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news and national events planning calendar 

 

Use this events calendar to tie in your ads, education or outreach activities to national events.

 

For example, during May, run a Mothers Day ad, billboard, distribute bookmarks and write letters to the editor about teens and women at risk of coerced abortion and post-abortion harm and heartbreak.

 

In September, before National Suicide Prevention Week, you could run healing ads and write a letter to your legislators about unwanted or coerced abortions and post-abortion suicide risk.

 

March is National Talk to Your Teens about Sex Week and you can proactively raise awareness of abortion's risks to teens, including risk of coerced or deceptively presented abortion.

 

During January and October events, you can plan ahead to run a compassionate Signature Ad or run small space ads in bulletins and other publications. Take a moment to plan ahead and you'll see extra leverage from news organizations that like to cover timely issues.

 

 

tips for planning – how to multiply your impact

  • Schedule projects ahead at the beginning of each year, quarter or month. 

  • Join forces and funds with  like-minded groups for even greater impact,
    e.g., counseling centers, civic groups or local churches.  (Use or edit this sample fundraising letter and co-op ads where a friendly local business or group can sponsor an ad with their logo or message.)

  • PR project ideas ...

  • Use our letters to the editor as a guide; add your own comments
    (Keep it positive and informational most people are unaware of widespread unwanted, coerced, deceptively informed or even forced abortions as well as heartbreaking pregnancy-related abuses or post-abortion issues among many in our own midst. 
     

  • Send an introductory kit to journalists, editors and local writers; ask them to write about widespread unwanted or coerced abortion and post-abortion grief, injury and high death rates, including suicide a clear and immediate danger
     

Note: The following list includes links to many associations that sponsor health and wellness outreach or other annual events. These links are for informational purposes only to help you prepare your own education and outreach materials. They are not an endorsement of any group's programs or philosophy.

 

Some of the dates listed below change yearly. While we try to keep this list updated, check the links to make sure you know the correct date.

 

 

JANUARY

 

FEBRUARY

MARCH


APRIL


MAY


JUNE

 

JULY

  • National Purposeful Parenting Month -- tie-in the effects of abortion on subsequent children

  • Summer fairs and festivals - plan ahead for your state fair, health fair, school events, etc.

 

AUGUST

  • plan ahead to run a signature ad for October pro-life events and lobby lawmakers and plan election-year political projects

  • Summer fairs and festivals - plan ahead for your state fair, health fair, school events, etc.


SEPT


OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

 
DECEMBER

  • Holidays can be difficult for those suffering post-abortion grief
    activities, tie-ins: 
    - send press release on this issue, quote local counselor and briefly mention research
    studies about post-abortion depression and trauma
    - run healing ads in local newsletters and publications

  • Make a tax-deductible end-of-year donation to support essential post-abortion ministries

  • Plan Signature Ad for January Roe v. Wade anniversary

 

ANYTIME ...

 

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