Washington, DC Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom Regional Training Sponsored by the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

What are your goals for the training? urgent issues diversity activism messaging SYRF community personal growth network lobby

urgent issues

diversity

activism

messaging

SYRF community

personal growth

network

lobby

Schedule Overview Day One LUNCH What is Reproductive Justice? Faith and Choice Panel Discussion Break/SNACK Organizing 101 Break/SNACK Messaging to Millennials DINNER Day Two Learn to Lobby Lobby Visits/LUNCH Debrief/SNACK Personal Leadership Program Brainstorm Closing/Evaluation

Day One

LUNCH

What is Reproductive Justice?

Faith and Choice Panel Discussion

Break/SNACK

Organizing 101

Break/SNACK

Messaging to Millennials

DINNER

Day Two

Learn to Lobby

Lobby Visits/LUNCH

Debrief/SNACK

Personal Leadership

Program Brainstorm

Closing/Evaluation

Clergy Consultation Service Pro-choice clergy in New York begin to organize in 1967 1,400 members throughout the nation join in one year Formation of the Religious Coalition on Abortion Rights in 1973

Clergy Consultation Service

Pro-choice clergy in New York begin to organize in 1967

1,400 members throughout the nation join in one year

Formation of the Religious Coalition on Abortion Rights in 1973

What’s in a name? 1973: Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (RCAR) pronounced “R-car” 1993: RCAR broadens its mission and changed its name to the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) 2001: RCRC starts Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom (SYRF) program Pronounced “surf”

1973: Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (RCAR)

pronounced “R-car”

1993: RCAR broadens its mission and changed its name to the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC)

2001: RCRC starts Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom (SYRF) program

Pronounced “surf”

RCRC Members Include… United Methodist Board of Church and Society Union for Reform Judaism Catholics for a Free Choice Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Others…

United Methodist Board of Church and Society

Union for Reform Judaism

Catholics for a Free Choice

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

Others…

RCRC Mission preservation of reproductive justice through a religious lens

Reproductive Justice healthy families parent with dignity determine whether or when to have children healthy pregnancy healthy and safe families and relationships more from Edith to come

Reproductive Justice

healthy families

parent with dignity

determine whether or when to have children

healthy pregnancy

healthy and safe families and relationships

more from Edith to come

RCRC’s programs today…

Clergy for Choice Multi-Cultural Programs La Iniciativa Latina Black Church Initiative Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom Public Policy Call to Justice Healthy Families

Clergy for Choice

Multi-Cultural Programs

La Iniciativa Latina

Black Church Initiative

Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom

Public Policy

Call to Justice

Healthy Families

SYRF Program Grant$ Paid Organizing Positions Regional Training Institute

SYRF Program

Grant$

Paid Organizing Positions

Regional Training Institute

Sexuality is God's life-giving and life-fulfilling gift . Our culture needs a sexual ethic focused on personal relationships and social justice rather than particular sexual acts.