Minutes

November 7, 2006


  1. Prayer…………………………………………………………………..Group

    1. Kevin Grillot

  2. Opening Remarks………………………………………………..President

  3. Life Lesson………………………………………………………...Pepe Ruiz

    1. Pepe is from a town near the Mexican border

      1. worked for 2 years at “the lord’s ranch”, a clinic where young women would come to U.S. to receive abortion counseling

      2. father involved in pro-life organization that resembled an abortion clinic

    2. The Tough cases: Rape, Incest, Mother’s life endangered. For more information can be found at www.nrlc.org.

    3. Volunteer Sign Up

  4. Students For Life of America….................................Kristan Hawkins

    1. Executive Director of Students for Life of American, Kristan arrived in St. Louis on Sunday to help defeat Amendment 2.

    2. SFL of America is an organization located in Arlington, VA that helps network college and university pro-life organizations.

    3. SFL of America is more than willing to help Students for Life with events and programs, including bringing speakers to campus.

    4. They are also looking for Interns and field Representatives so please contact Kristan at kristan@sflamerica.org for additional information.

  5. Old Business

    1. March for Life Update…………………………………President

      1. Online registration will be available at the end of this week.

      2. we are going to take at least two buses of students!

      3. A ‘march for life kick off’ at the end of this month, with congressman Todd Akin in attendance.

        1. Possible sponsorship, trivia, games, raffle, slide show; This falls to Campus Outreach committee

      4. advertisment about march by banner, sga mailers, ect. any ideas? let us know at sfl@slu.edu.

    2. Service Committee Update……..………………...Caitlin Boyce

      1. Gave $285.00 check to Our Lady’s Inn from Project Baby bottle during respect Life week.

      2. they were grateful!

  6. New Business

    1. Students for Life information Tables……………..President

      1. The past two days have been great! Thank you!

      2. wednesday table will be SFL oriented 11:00am-2:00pm.

      3. Please email us at SFL@slu.edu if you can be there for a half hour shift.

  7. Open Forum………………………………………………………Secretary

    1. We would like open forum to be a forum for discussion amonst all members of the group.

    2. Members can bring up topics or talk about the topic in the life lesson.

    3. What will happen if Amendment 2 passes? The rest of the country will be looking at Missouri and try to bring it to their state. (Group Discussion)

  8. Opportunities……………………………………………..Vice-President

    1. Planned Parenthood at Cathedral Basilica 8:00am every 3rd Saturday.

    2. Vigil followed by coffee and donuts.

  9. Adjournment…………………………………………………….President

    1. Please bring at least one friend to the meeting next week!

    2. We really want to continue to increase membership and reach out to those who are already in the group.

    3. If you would like the SFL logo to use as your facebook profile photograph, just let us know!



Thank you for all of your efforts in the fight against Amendment 2!