Students for Life of America
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| Founded | 1988 Reorganized 2006 |
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| Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit |
| Focus | Pro-life activism on college and high school campuses |
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Area served
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United States |
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Members
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Over 1,100 campus pro-life groups |
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Key people
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Kristan Hawkins (Executive Director) |
| Slogan | Courageously Abolishing Abortion |
| Website | http://www.studentsforlife.org/ |
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Formerly called
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American Collegians for Life |
Students for Life of America (SFLA), also known as simply Students for Life (SFL), is a pro-life 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that seeks to end abortion, euthanasia, and infanticide by educating students about these issues and identifying pro-life student leaders and giving them the training, skills, and resources to effectively spread their message. They send out field teams to organize new campus pro-life groups on American college, high school, and middle school campuses, and have started over 714 campus pro-life groups at colleges since 2006. Students for Life has also founded Law Students for Life and Medical Students for Life.
In 1988, students at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. formed American Collegians for Life, which was a student-run, volunteer-based organization that held an annual conference and developed a resource website and a publication. Elizabeth Schmitz, Catherine Deeds, Michael Pauley, and Susan Meuller were among the founders of American Collegians for Life, who set up their organization as "a national coalition of college and university-based pro-life action groups." Until 2006, the base of operations for American Collegians for Life (ACL) remained in Washington, D.C. with a new set of student officers being elected every year at the annual conference, the conference being held on the eve of the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.
From 1988 to 2006, ACL's main activity was its annual conference. In 2006, ACL became Students for Life of America, hiring a staff and opening a national headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, which has relocated to Manassas and then to Fredericksburg, Virginia. Kristan Hawkins became the executive director. SFLA changed its focus from conferences to a more active role on college campuses. Though the organization still continues to hold an annual conference, its activities have greatly broadened to do more direct campus organizing work and direct action. Since 2006, they have been very dedicated to starting new college, high school, and home school pro-life organizations across The United states. SFLA has started over 714 new pro-life campus organizations. There are now over 838 Students for Life groups in 49 states. The annual conference has doubled in attendance; this has led to the creation of an annual West Coast National Conference in addition to the original East Coast National Conference.
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