ATTEND: NC RIGHT TO LIFE PRAYER BREAKFAST AND MARCH - JANUARY 14, 2012

 North Carolina Right to Life, Inc.

13th Annual Prayer Breakfast for Life

 January 14, 2012

North Raleigh Hilton

3415 Wake Forest Road Raleigh, NC

(Breakfast begins at 9:30 a.m. - Program 10:00 a.m.)

The cost for the breakfast is $25/person, $40/married couple, $20/students, clergy, and seniors.
Payment can be made using MC/VISA/DISCOVER/Check.
Call 800-392-6275 to register by phone using MC, VISA or Discover.
Mail checks to NCRTL, PO Box 9282, Greensboro, N. C. 27429-0282.
After January 11, 2011, the price WILL go up $5. Sponsorships are available.

2012 Annual Rally and March for Life

begins at 1:00 pm

Nash Square (corner of Hargett and McDowell Streets, Raleigh, NC)

Join other pro-lifers to stand up for life and to display proudly yourchurch or school banner in support of life.

The Most Rev. Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh, will give remarks and the Invocation.
Christina Geradts, a student at UNC-CH and a graduate of the NRL Academy, and Teresa Pincus, a student at NCSU, will speak.

Randall K. O’ Bannon, Ph. D., the Director of Education and Research at National Right to Life will be the featured speaker at the Prayer Breakfast. Dr. O’ Bannon is an expert on the funding and activities of Planned Parenthood, having tracked the organization for over 20 years. Additionally, Dr. O’ Bannon has written dozens of stories and blog entries and produced numerous fact sheets about Planned Parenthood to highlight its being the country’s largest abortion provider, aborting 332,278 babies in 2009. He is also an expert on the chemical abortion RU-486. In addition to having been interviewed by the national press. Dr. O’ Bannon has worked on such notable projects as the award winning video, Infinite Possibilities.

Carol Tobias, the featured speaker at the Rally, became the 9th president of the National Right to Life Committee in April 2011.  A native of North Dakota, she has served on the National Right to Life board of directors since 1987.  From 1983 to 1991, she was executive director of North Dakota Right to Life and in 1991 was hired as National Right to Life Political Director, a position she held until 2005.  During her tenure as political director, pro-life majorities were elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.  In both 2000 and 2004, she oversaw the efforts of National Right to Life’s political action committee on behalf of George W. Bush. She has appeared on ABC’s World News Tonight, NBC’s Today Show, CNN, The News Hour on PBS, C-SPAN, and Fox News Channel, as well as numerous television and radio programs throughout the country.  She has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today.

For More Information, call: NCRTL at 1-800-392-6275 or email ncrtl73@aol.com.

THIRD ANNUAL LIFE CONFERENCE - ATTEND

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Dear Pro-Life Friends,

It is hard to believe the 3rd Annual Life Conference is six months from today!

Please mark your calendars and SAVE THE DATE for Sept. 24, 2011!

You won't want to miss out on this one-of-a-kind event to hear exceptional pro-life speakers and to connect with pro-life friends.

We are so excited to have on board Judie Brown and Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr.!!

Judie Brown is president and co-founder of American Life League, the nation's largest grassroots pro-life educational organization.

She is currently serving her second five-year term as a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life in Rome. Daily Catholic cited her as one of the top 100 Catholics of the 20th century.

Judie has appeared on 20/20, 60 Minutes, Mother Angelica Live, The O'Reilly Factor, Good Morning America, Today, Oprah, and Larry King Live, as well as hundreds of other television and radio talk shows. Her comments regularly appear in major print media nationwide, and she has written numerous editorial pieces for magazines and newspapers, including The Washington Post and USA Today.

Judie is married to Paul A. Brown, and they have three children and nine grandchildren. She and her husband have been involved in the pro-life movement since 1969.

Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr. is the President of the Life Education And Resource Network (L.E.A.R.N.) in the Northeast Region www.learninc.org. In September of 2002, he birthed the Pro-life website www.Blackgenocide.org. This website was designed to reach the Afro-American Community with the truth about abortion.

In March Of 2006 he authored his first book No Shepherd’s Cry. He and his book were featured on the 700 Club. Rev. Childress Jr. has repeatedly been featured in World Magazine and has contributed commentary and editorials for Christianity Today, The Christian Post, Black Christian News, The Washington Times and New Jersey Star Ledger and is a regular columnist on Alan Keyes Renew America.

He is joyously married to Regina Childress and has four children: Clenard, Thomas, Tonya and Tia.

If you would like to help with the Life Conference, please contact me. Updates coming soon on www.prolifeeventsnc.org

Please forward this to your pro-life family and friends, and keep the conference in your prayers.

Thank you and God bless,
Madonna Farrell
Life Conference Coordinator

"Every Christian must be a living book wherein one can read the teaching of the gospel." St. Joseph of Leonissa

ATTEND: PRO LIFE CONFERENCE

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ATTEND: ALAN KEYES FOR LIFECARE

Join The Movement to Change Hearts and Minds.

Maybe Even Yours.

LifeCare presents "Rally for Life" with special guest-speaker Alan Keyes.

February 19, 2010 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Crossroads Fellowship Church

2721 Millbrook. Rd., Raleigh, NC 27604

Coffee and dessert provided

Free childcare provided for ages 5 and under.
Register for childcare by February 15th.
liz@lifecarenc.org 919-873-2440

A lot of movements start off small - with a mission and a group of passionate, committed people.

For 25 years, we've made it possible to fight for the lives of the unborn. Now we've expanded our focus to increase the impact.

We make it possible for people to make good choices about sex and life by providing a safe place where they can talk and get answers and support. A place where someone listens instead of judges.

We may not be able to change the laws about abortion. But we can change hearts and minds - one at a time. With your support we can make abortion unthinkable. How? Find out now.

Join us for this awareness and support event, featuring Dr. Alan Keyes - a prominent pro-life advocate, former UN Ambassador, Presidential and Senatorial candidate and radio/TV personality. Dr. Keyes will share how you can become part of the movement to overcome the barriers to change.

ATTEND: WAKE SCHOOLS COMMUNITY ALLIANCE APRIL MEETING

Date: Thursday - April 2, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Carolina Barbecue
733 Highway 70 W
Garner, NC

Click here for a map.

ATTEND WSCA MEETING

Next Meeting: March 5, 2009 @ 6:00pm - Wake Forest

This meeting is for ALL Wake residents interested in challenging the WCPSS reassignment process and other severe problems within our school system.

Location:The Forks CafeteriaWake Forest - www.forkscafeteria.com

Time:6pm, Dinner available to purchase

Meeting starts @ 6:30pm

Seating is up to 120 people. Those who attended in Holly Springs are welcome, but this month's meeting is to welcome citizens from Northern Wake to join our cause!

**Attendees at this meeting include Mayor Mayor Ronnie Williams (Garner), Mayor Frank Eagles (Rolesville) and County Commissioner Joe Bryan**

UPCOMING CONSERVATIVE EVENTS

Beyond the regular meetings that occur, there are several events we strongly encourage you to attend.

February 25 - April 5, 2009
40 Days for Life to end abortion prayer vigil
No Cost
Location: National Women's Health Organization - 3613 Haworth Drive, Raleigh
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
NC4Marriage will hold at Marriage Rally at the NC Legislature
No cost
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Halifax Mall behind the General Assembly
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
Pro-Life Events NC will host a Life Conference
Cost: $20 for adults, $10 for students
Time: 8:00 am
Location: North Raleigh Christian Academy - 7300 Perry Creek Road, Raleigh
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Thursday and Friday, March 12-13, 2009
John William Pope Civitas Institute Investigative Journalism Training
Cost: $25 per day, $40 for both days (includes lunch)
Location: Brownstone Hotel - 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Friends of NRA Greater Triangle Dinner
Cost: Price of ticket
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Wake County Shrine Club - 6105 Leadmine Road, Raleigh
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ATTEND: PRO-LIFE RALLY AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

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COME SUPPORT LAW BREAKERS, (OH I MEAN OPPRESSED IMMIGRANTS) ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 IN RALEIGH

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ATTEND: AFP'S SAVE THE SECRET BALLOT EVENT ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

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ATTEND: PRO-LIFE EVENT THIS WEEKEND

From NC Students for Life:

Also, don't forget that this Saturday, February 14 10 am – 4 pm is the North Carolina Students For Life Conference right here at UNC's campus!

To register, email ncstudentsforlife@gmail.com. Suggested donation is $5.

Highlights include apologetics speaker Steve Wagner of Justice For All and author of Abortion: From Debate to Dialogue, and Becky Banks of Students For Life of America, who will give a session on sidewalk counseling.

Location is the Frank Porter Graham Student Union – Room 3206 (UNC-Chapel Hill campus).

Click here for a map.

ATTEND - STOP FORCED ANNEXATION MEETING

StopNCAnnexation Update

The next meeting of the Joint Commission is this coming Thursday. The location is different from where the last three meetings were held.

Meeting details:
Day: ThursdayTime: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Date: January 22nd
Location: Room 1027 - Legislative Building
Address: 16 West Jones Street, Raleigh, 27601
Directions: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/help/directions.html

The final meeting is less than five days away. It is critical that the Joint Commission members hear from hundreds of people from across NC while they hammer out the details of the recommendations they plan to unveil on the 22nd.

I hope that you realize the impact that your input has had on the direction of the conversation in this Joint Commission.

When the Senate decided to get involved in studying the annexation issue, all the signs were there that some Senate members were more interested in taking control of the conversation than in allowing the citizens and the growing number of pro-reform legislators to continue to control it. It looked like some pro-city Senators were stepping in to rescue the cities from the outcry of the people. But that hasn't happened thanks to the strong committment by so many people to stick together and keep writing, calling and doing whatever it took to be at the commission meetings.

The comments coming back from the commission members to some of the calls and letters has been encouraging to say the least. It appears that the legislators are listening to the people and are recognizing that there are serious problems with how city initiated annexation has been used. And they seem to realize that the people of this State are not going to rest until the laws are made right with the American principle of protecting individual rights.

No matter how much the city lobbyists would like to transform this wonderful State into the "Soviet Socialist Republic of North Carolina", that is not what the people will accept and that is not the kind of place we want to live in.

Please take the time to remind the Commission members that 'we the people' want to see real meaningful changes made to the annexation laws_"no more tweaks". We want change that restores just rights and protections to the property owners.

1. Meaningful oversight of city initiated annexation
2. Meaningful services defined and required
3. A meaningful voice in the final decision to join a city or not

Here are the email contact addresses for the Commission Members for your convenience:
vernonm@ncleg.net; Rcsoles@ncleg.net; Austina@ncleg.net; danielc@ncleg.net; done@ncleg.net; tonyf@ncleg.net; Steveg@ncleg.net; malcolmg@ncleg.net; joeq@ncleg.net; tonyr@ncleg.net; Bruceg@ncleg.net; Paull@ncleg.net; Larrybr@ncleg.net; nelsond@ncleg.net; Earlj@ncleg.net; louishomeofo@bellsouth.net; Edgars@ncleg.net; Fredst@ncleg.net; Russellt@ncleg.net;
bhcampen@bellsouth.net; Tina.Hall@rowancountync.gov; spfd1301@nc.rr.com; beth.trahos@smithmoorelaw.com; gbarrett@co.cumberland.nc.us; dmccarley@ci.charlotte.nc.us; judith_wegner@unc.edu; DAITKEN@nc.rr.com

(Trudi Walend is no longer receiving email at the General Assembly)

I have also attached a text document that lists the home addresses and phone numbers of all the Legislators on the Commission. You can also find this information online @ ttp://www.stopncannexation.com/Joint_Committee.htm

A couple of other things that you could do, that would raise the public discussion of the issue and help keep the annexation issue in the media, would be to write letters to the editor and call into radio talk shows. These two actions can be done for the next few months and will help the progress of the issue through the 2009 Legislative Session.

One thing that is very clear from the statements from the Legislators and the reaction of the NCLM during this study of the annexation laws; we are all being heard and taken seriously. This is unprecedented in all the past studies.
Let's keep the pressure up and take this issue to a successful resolution this year.

You can find this information and more on the StopNCAnnexation website: http://www.stopncannexation.com/ See you in Raleigh on January 22nd!

Catherine Heath
StopNCAnnexation Coalition
919 649-9154

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." abolitionist Frederick Douglass

ATTEND - NC RIGHT TO LIFE RALLY AND MARCH IN RALEIGH SATURDAY!

North Carolina Right to Life will hold their annual Rally and March for Life this Saturday, January 17, in downtown Raleigh.

It is important that we have a large crowd for this event.

The Rally will last no more than a couple of hours and is a great opportunity to show your support locally for the sanctity of life if you cannot make it to Washington DC.

Snacks and beverages will be provided following the March.

As the weather should be quite cool tomorrow, please dress warmly.

Here are the details:

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Nash Square – downtown Raleigh (corner of McDowell and Hargett Streets)
Google Maps: Nash Square

For Life,

Joey Stansbury
Wake Community Network
www.wakecommunity.blogspot.com

ATTEND AND GET A FREE LUNCH!

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As a service to Congressman Brad Miller we pass along the following information:

TUE 1/20. 10a – 3p. Inaugural Town Hall Meeting in Raleigh – Hosted by Congressman Brad Miller’s Office. Raleighwood Cinema Grill, 6609 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh, NC 27615The town hall meeting will give you the opportunity to discuss the state of our economy, foreign policy and, most important, what you believe should be the priorities of the 111th Congress. The town hall will begin at 10:00am and last until 11:30am on January 20, 2009. My office will be distributing surveys for you to offer your opinions and caseworkers will be on hand to answer questions about dealing with federal agencies. I also invite you to stay from 11:30am to 3:00pm to watch the Swearing-in Ceremony. It will be a chance to watch the Inauguration with others as excited and proud as you are. We will provide a buffet barbecue lunch. Reservations are required for this town hall meeting and will be on a first come/first serve basis. 1300 St. Mary's Street, Suite 504, Raleigh, NC 27605. (919) 836-1313

ATTEND THE SUPREME COURT HEARING FOR WAKECARES!

Dear Wake County Parents and Supporters of WakeCARES:

As you know, it's been a long battle for parents' rights regarding mandatory year round school and parental consent. In the recent round of reassignments, thousands more parents are effected in Wake County. The impact of this ruling will be felt state wide.

To review, our case was won in Superior Court, overturned in the NC Court of Appeals, and finally, a "stay" of the original order by Judge Manning, which required parental consent, was issued by the NC Supreme Court. As a result, Judge Manning's order stands, and as stated below, the Supreme Court will hear arguments next week!

We encourage all of those affected and interested to attend the hearing.

The Supreme Court of North Carolina has scheduled the oral arguments for the WakeCARES lawsuit for Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 9:30 am.

The Supreme Court of North Carolina is located at: 2 East Morgan Street - Third Floor, Raleigh, NC.

http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/www/public/sc/CAL081215.HTM

Again, we appreciate your support, and would especially appreciate any donations that would help us cover our legal costs.

Thank you!

Dawn Graff

Related link: WakeCares

ATTEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MEETING

Raleigh has unveiled its comprehensive plan. We will have more information on the plan shortly but want to encourage you to attend the Draft Plan Rollout and Open House on Wednesday evening. It will provide you the opportunity to ask questions and gather more information. You will need to register and can do so by clicking here. The event will take place at the Raleigh Convention Center with registration at 6:30 pm and the program running from 7 pm – 9 pm. You can access more information on the plan at www.planningraleigh2030.com.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM STAN NORWALK

Last week Stan Norwalk sent out an urgent message to Wake County taxpayers urging their attendance at his swearing-in and the Wake County Commissioners meeting to follow. He also wants you to speak out.

We’re happy to help out Stan.

And we will be there to lend our support to Commissioners Bryan, Coble and Gurley.

However we’ll be bringing our own message, not the regurgitated one you and Wake School bureaucrats have peddled for so long.

This is only the opening salvo by Stan and his group of Wake School System bureaucrats to push for an interlocal agreement that would raise property taxes by 67%. Those aren’t our words but those of Wake County Manager David Cooke.

Wear RED

What: Wake County Board of Commissioners meeting
When: Monday, December 1st - 2:00 pm (Citizens may speak at 3:00 pm but you will need to sign up)
Where: Wake County Courthouse, 7th Floor, Room 700 – 316 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh

Some short facts:

Wake County Manager David Cooke has asked that each department return funds to Wake County to accommodate revenue shortfalls. Wake County has asked the Wake County School System to return $5.7 million. Wake County has not singled out our schools. These are across the board cuts.

Once again our Wake School System leaders have resorted to using our children as pawns in their political game – not unlike when they threatened to take away dental insurance earlier this year.

Del “chicken little” Buns has indicated he will attend and tell Wake Commissioners how he intends to use our children as political pawns to wrestle more money away from Wake taxpayers. I can only guess how Del will threaten the educational future of Wake County students to scare Wake County families.

Honestly Del, it is getting old and unbecoming of a serious debate concerning millions of dollars.

Beverly Clark has also suggested that the school system simply return $2.8 million in funds for student enrollment projections that never occurred – money the school system should not have in the first place! That’s not a cut.

Some points to consider:

Wake County School System bureaucrats have once again angered families with a bloated reassignment process to achieve diversity goals.

It is irresponsible to ask other county departments and county employees to suffer further cuts beyond those requested by Manager Cooke due to the poor planning and poor financial stewardship of the Wake County Public School System. Should law enforcement, parks or emergency management suffer?

It takes leadership Stan to say who will suffer since you want absolutely no cuts in the Wake County School System budget. You are no longer a political hack on the sidelines.

Our Wake County School System has ongoing problems with poor financial mismanagement.

SCHOOL SYSTEM RECEIVES $6.4 MILLION FOR FAULTY ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS

$1.4 MILLION JUST THIS WEEK IN ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR A WAKE SCHOOL

Over $600,000 lost by the Wake School System in sales-tax exemptions

DEL BURNS SALARY DOESN'T SUFFER

$8.9 MILLION ALONE FOR LAND FOR A NEW HIGH SCHOOL

WAKE COMMISSIONERS STAND UP AGAINST $400,00 IN WAKE SCHOOLS WASTE

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Please take time to attend this important meeting. This will be the opening salvo in what will be an ongoing battle for responsible financial stewardship of Wake County tax dollars.

If you can come please let us know by contacting us at wakecommunity@bellsouth.net.

Thanks.

Wake Community Network

ATTEND!

Due to the timeline and state-level nature of these meetings, I am sending a notice of these meetings separate from the usual calendar. Governor-elect Beverly Perdue has invited public input at transition sessions led by her staff.

As these meetings are in Wake County, I hope you might attend and convey your matters of concern to her upcoming administration.

Thanks.

Joey Stansbury
Wake Community Network

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PERDUE TRANSITION SESSIONS LED BY HER STAFF

Monday – November 24, 2008
9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Mental Health
NC Rural Center
4021 Carya Drive, Raleigh

Transportation
Wake Tech – Western Campus, Room 101
Millpond Village – Kildaire Farm Road, Cary


Tuesday – November 25, 2008
9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Crime Control and Justice
NC Rural Center
4021 Carya Drive, Raleigh

Education
Wake Tech – Western Campus, Room 101
Millpond Village – Kildaire Farm Road, Cary

Information Technology and Department of Administration
Wake Tech – Western Campus, Room 118
Millpond Village – Kildaire Farm Road, Cary

ATTEND

Hopefully, you have already heard about the incredible Pro-Life event "Justice For All" (www.jfaweb.org) coming to the campuses of UNC and NC State Oct. 20 - 23rd. A crucial element of this ministry is the pre-event training which teaches both seasoned and baby Christians alike how to live out I Peter 3:15 "always be prepared to give an answer for the hope you have...with gentleness & respect."

This training is essential for all high school and college students, plus adults...please forward and ask them to do the following:

Please take 2 minutes to view this clip:

http://called2action.org/download/2008/jfa.wmv

May God use this clip to motivate you to read on... AND pass this on !

PLEASE SIGN UP for the TRAINING below....offered at 3 locations/ times !!
*** More compelling information is found in the "links" of the attached C2A email. Below is an actual presentation by JFA's Director, David Lee. David Lee is an ordained minister on staff with Dr. Dobson's Focus on the Family Institute where he conducts the SAME training he is bringing to North Carolina.

David Lee's 28 min. presentation:

http://www.jfaweb.org/presentations/ADD.html


Get JFA's critically acclaimed training!
Training at UNC on October 12th
Sunday, 12:00-4:30pm (pizza lunch from 12-1). Click here for the flyer.
Location: UNC Campus, Graham Student Union, 2nd Floor, Great Hall
Email Toni@jfaweb.org to pre-register

Training at TCC on October 12th
Sunday, 6:00-9:00pm. Click here for the flyer.
Location: Triangle Community Church, Apex, North Carolina. 4216 Kildaire Farm Rd. 27539 (map)
Email Toni@jfaweb.org to pre-register

Training at NCSU on October 19th
Sunday, 12:00-4:30pm (pizza lunch from 12-1). Click here for the flyer.
Location: NCSU Campus, Talley Student Center, Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor (map)
Email Toni@jfaweb.org to pre-register