2015-2016 plan your year guide
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This 2015-1016 Plan Your Year Guide is to help you and your group plan a successful, life-saving, culture-changing year!TRANSCRIPT
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SPECIAL DATES 2015-2016
September 2015
Sep. 23 40 Days for Life Fall Campaign starts: www.40daysforlife.com
October 2015
Oct. 2 National Pro-Life Chalk Day: www.nationalprolifechalkday.com
Oct. 5 Respect Life/Life Chain Sunday: www.nationallifechain.org
Oct. 9 National Pro-life Cupcake Day: www.cupcakesforlife.com
Oct 21 National Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity: www.silentday.org
November 2015
Nov. 1 40 Days for Life Fall Campaign ends
Nov. 3 Election Day
January 2016
Jan. 22 Anniversary of Roe V. Wade
Jan. 22 National March For Life: www.marchforlife.org
Jan. 23 National Students for Life Conference: www.sflalive.org
Jan. 23 West Coast Walk for Life: www.walkforlifewc.com
Jan. 24 Students for Life West Coast Conference: www.sflalive.org
February 2016
TBD 40 Days for Life Spring Campaign starts: www.40daysforlife.com
March 2016
Mar. 30 Spring National Chalk Day: www.nationalprolifechalkday.com
May 2016
May 5 National Day of Prayer: www.nationaldayofprayer.org
May 8 Mothers Day
June 2016
June 19 Fathers Day
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12 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
AugustSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Set up a recruitment table at Freshman Orientation or Club Fairs
Advertise for your group by flyering and chalking Have a welcome back social with pizza and
dessert
Help with Freshman move-in and other welcome week activities
SFLA August Event-in-a-Box www.studentsforlife.org/request-event-in-a-box
College or High School Activism Kit (New/beginner groups) Email [email protected]
Free SFLA Recruitment and Retaining Members Training www.studentsforlife.org/training
Plan to attend your Annual SFLA Regional Leadership Summit: www.college.studentsforlife.org/students-for-life-
regional-conferences
studentsforlife.org
2015
Group Notes:
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1 2 3 4 5
6 7Labor Day
8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 2340 Days for
Life
Campaign
Starts
24 25 26
27 28 29 30
SeptemberSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Set up a When Does Life Begin? Display on a hallway bulletin board or in a high trafficked area
on campus
Lead or participate in your local 40 Days for Life campaign
40 Days for Life Fall Campaign (Sept 23-Nov 1) http://40daysforlife.com/
SFLA September Event-in-a-Box www.studentsforlife.org/request-event-in-a-box
SFLA Fetal Development Topic Cards Email [email protected]
Free SFLA Apologetics or Embracing the Controversy of Abortion Training www.studentsforlife.org/training
studentsforlife.org
2015
Group Notes:
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1 2 3
4Respect
Life/Life Chain
Sunday
5 6 7 8 9Pro-Life
Cupcake Day
10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
19 20 21Silent Day
22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
OctoberSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Gather students together to chalk your campus with life-affirming pro-life messages
www.nationalprolifechalkday.com
Lead or participate in your local Respect Life or Life Chain Sunday: www.nationallifechain.org
Facilitate your schools Silent Day participation www.silentday.org
National Pro-life Cupcake Day Oct. 9, 2015 wwwl.cupcakesforlife.com
SFLA October Event-in-a-Box www.studentsforlife.org/request-event-in-a-box
SFLA Personhood Topic Cards Email [email protected]
Free Pro-Life Activism Training with SFLA wwwstudentsforlife.org/training
studentsforlife.org
2015
Group Notes:
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1 Daylight
Savings
2 3Election Day
4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 Veterans Day
12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26Thanksgiving
27 28
29 30
NovemberSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Share adoption facts with a flyering campaign www.college.studentsforlife.org/adoption-flyers
Host a speaker from a local adoption agency
SFLA November Event-in-a-Box www.studentsforlife.org/request-event-in-a-box
Radiance Foundation Topic Cards: Adoption, the Loving Option Email [email protected]
SFLA Social Justice Topic Cards Email [email protected]
studentsforlife.org
2015
Group Notes:
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1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25Christmas
26
27 28 29 30 31New Years
Eve
DecemberSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Have a Christmas party for your club Host a supply drive for your local Pregnancy
Resource Center
SFLA December Event-in-a-Box
www.studentsforlife.org/request-event-box
SFLA Diaper Drive Flyers www.pregnantoncampus.studentsforlife.org/ outreach-flyers
Free Fundraising Training with SFLA www.studentsforlife.org/training
studentsforlife.org
2015
Group Notes:
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1New Years
Day
2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20Martin Luther
King Jr. Day
21 22Anniversary of
Roe vs. Wade
and March
for Life
23West Coast
Walk for Life/
East Coast
National
Conference
24 West Coast
National
Conference
25 26 27 28 29 30
31
JanuarySunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Attend the SFLA East or West Coast Conference Attend the National March for Life or West Coast
Walk for Life
Attend your local March for Life Host a Prayer Vigil or Memorial Service for those
harmed by abortion.
Set up a Cemetery of the Innocents display www.college.studentsforlife.org/cemetery-of-
innocents-display
SFLA January Event-in-a-Box www.studentsforlife.org/request-event-in-a-box
Register for the SFLA East and West Coast Conferences www.sflalive.org SFLA Prayer Vigil or Memorial Service guide
studentsforlife.org/files/2007/08/PRAYER-VIGIL-GUIDE.pdf
SFLA Debunking the myth - We Need Legal Abortion Topic Cards email [email protected]
studentsforlife.org
2016
Group Notes:
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1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14Valentines Day
15 16Presidents
Day
17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29
FebruarySunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Distribute SFLA Topic Cards on the Myth of Safe Sex and Planned Parenthoods Abortion Business
Post flyers with STD and pregnancy statistics Advertise for your local Pregnancy Resource
Center
Lead or participate in your local Spring 40 Days for Life Campaign www.40daysforlife.com
SFLA February Event-in-a-Boxwww.studentsforlife.org/request-event-in-a-box
SFLA Dispelling the Myths of Safe-Sex Topic Cards Email [email protected]
SFLA Planned Parenthood Topic Cards and Flyers www.studentsforlife.org/plannedparenthood
Free Planned Parenthoods Abortion Business or How to Talk about Abstinence Training with SFLA www.studentsforlife.org/training
studentsforlife.org
2016
Group Notes:
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1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13Daylight
Savings
14 15 16 17St. Patricks
Day
18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27Easter
28 29 30 31
MarchSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Host a flyering campaign addresses different myths surrounding abortion (overpopulation, back-alley
abortions, etc.)
Set up a table where you ask trivia questions about common abortion myths and give cupcakes (or
other desserts) as prizes.
Spring National Chalk Day www.nationalprolifechalkday.com
SFLA March Event-in-a-Boxwww.studentsforlife.org/request-event-in-a-box
SFLA Overpopulation Topic Cards Email [email protected]
SFLA Debunking the Myth We Need Legal Abortion Topic Cards Email [email protected]
Free Apologetics Training with SFLA www.studentsforlife.org/training
studentsforlife.org
2016
Group Notes:
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1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
AprilSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Set up a table in a high traffic area with a display about Planned Parenthoods corrupt abortion business and distribute SFLA Planned Parenthood
Topic Cards
Post flyers about Planned Parenthoods abortion business
Host a protest or Prayer Vigil at your local Planned Parenthood or other abortion facility.
SFLA April Event-in-a-Boxwww.studentsforlife.org/request-event-in-a-box
SFLA Planned Parenthood Topic Cards Email [email protected]
SFLA Planned Parenthood flyer and social media graphics www.studentsforlife.org/plannedparenthood
Free SFLA Planned Parenthoods Abortion Business Training www.studentsforlife.org/training
studentsforlife.org
2016
Group Notes:
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1 2 3 4 5National Day
of Prayer
6 7
8Mothers Day
9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30Memorial Day
31
MaySunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Host a prayer vigil or memorial service on the National Day of Prayer for all victims of abortion
Collect items for mothers at your local Pregnancy Resource Center for Mothers Day
Have an end of the year social and transition your leaders.
SFLA May Event-in-a-Box studentsforlife.org/request-event-in-a-box
SFLA Prayer Vigil or Memorial Service guidestudentsforlife.org/files/2007/08/PRAYER-VIGIL-GUIDE.pdf
studentsforlife.org
2016
Group Notes:
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1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19Fathers Day
20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
JuneSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Celebrate graduating members Have a summer leadership planning meeting
2016-2017 SFLA Plan Your Year Guide Free Planning Your Year Training with SFLA
www.studentsforlife.org/training
studentsforlife.org
2016
Group Notes:
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1 2
3 4Independence
Day
5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
JulySunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Suggested Events & Activities Suggested SFLA Resources
Summer planning meeting with executive board Free Developing Your Leaders Training with SFLA www.studentsforlife.org/training
studentsforlife.org
2016
Group Notes: