SpeakOut Illinois Sponsors

Sponsoring organizations for SpeakOut Illinois are listed in alphabetical order. Organization names are linked to their websites, when available.

Aid for Women (Chicago)
Aid for Women is a not-for-profit volunteer organization located in the heart of Chicago's Loop serving approximately 200 women each month. Our counselors provide each woman with compassionate, confidential counseling, and the information and encouragement she needs to make wholesome and healthy choices regarding her pregnancy or sexual activity. Our mission is to empower women to choose life by supporting her in accessing personal and community resources. 312-621-1100
Aid for Women of Northern Lake County (Waukegan)
Aid for Women of Northern Lake County (Waukegan) ministers to the physical and emotional needs of women looking for assistance in the face of an unexpected pregnancy as well as provides for the well-being of families with short-term needs such as formula, clothing and diapers for children under 2 years old. We are non-profit and all volunteer staffed in the downtown metropolitan Waukegan area. 847-249-2700
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property
TFP was founded in New York in 1973. It is a nationwide civic organization of Catholic inspiration that strives to defend -- always in a legal and peaceful way -- the three pillars of Christian civilization: tradition, family, and private property. 847-692-2585
Archdiocese of Chicago Respect Life Office
The Respect Life office proclaims, by word and action, the teaching of Jesus Christ on the respect for the dignity of each human being, from conception to natural death. This mission is carried out in four major areas: spiritual, educational, public policy and pastoral care. 312-751-5355
Catholic Citizens of Illinois
Catholic Citizens of ILlinois is a lay organization which exists to restore and support traditional Catholic values in the public life of Illinois and to educate Illinois Catholics to serve as responsible witnesses to Christ in the midst of human society. Catholic Citizens endeavors to fulfill that role through press conferences, newspaper ads, letters to the editors and TV and radio. Catholic Citizens of Illinois publishes a quarterly newsletter and has monthly Forum luncheons on the 2nd Friday of the month, with inspiring speakers followed by Q & A. 312-409-1845
Citizens for a Pro-Life Society
815-722-4223
Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer
We are an international women's organization whose purpose is to protect the health and save the lives of women by educating and providing information on abortion as a risk factor for breast cancer.
Concerned Women for America
CWA is the nation's largest public policy women's organization, dedicated to protecting and promoting Biblical values among all citizens--first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society--thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation. 708-371-7810
Eagle Forum of Illinois
Eagle Forum's mission is to enable conservative and pro-family men and women to participate in the process of self-government and public policy-making so that America will continue to be a land of individual liberty, respect for life, family integrity, public and private virtue, and private enterprise. 708-687-4264
Illinois Citizens for Life
ICL is an education and information arm of the pro-life movement funded entirely by individual donations and fundraising events. Founded in 1973, ICL is a non-partisan, on-denominational, grassroots organization working to inform Illinoisans on all pro-life issues and to influence legislation. 630-852-5448
Illinois Federation for Right to Life
The state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee, the Illinois Federation for Right to Life is the largest grassroots pro-life organization in Illinois, bringing together diverse local chapters throughout the state. 847-548-2229
The Illinois Right to Life Committee
The Illinois Right to Life Committee is the oldest not-for-profit pro-life educational organization in the state of Illinois. IRLC is a resource center for films, slides, videos, books and literature on all life-related issues. We educate the public through billboards, CTA ads, flyers in college newspapers, and a speakers bureau for classroom presentations. Our Human Life Resource Center has developed an Abstinence Starter Kit which has been sold in all 50 states and overseas. 312-422-9300
Lake County Right to Life
Lake County Right to Life is a grassroots organization with the common goal of protecting life from conception to natural death. Our goal is to inform and educate on all life issues -- fetal development, chastity until marriage, abortion and its consequences, partial-birth abortion, assisted suicide and the growing euthanasia movement. We are committed to serving God first and through Him, His human family. 708-223-7022
Life Advocacy Resource Project
Founded and directed by former Illinois State Rep. Penny Pullen, the Life Advocacy Resource Project works to equip pro-life citizens, candidates and public officials to be more strategic, persuasive and effective in communicating the need for laws to protect innocent preborn babies. To that end, Life Advocacy offers six-hour Winning with Life seminars and a weekly bulletin, Life Advocacy Briefing, featuring timely news you can use in the cause of Life. Subscription is by fax, e-mail or postal mail for an annual fee. 847-825-4334
Love from Above
Founded in 1999 by Yvonne Florczak-Seeman, Love From Above assists women dealing with post-abortive concerns or contemplating abortion through spiritual guidance, counseling alternatives and employment opportunities. Central to the Love From Above mission is to provide jobs manufacturing Christian products for as many women in crisis as possible. 630-971-9143
Lutherans for Life
Lutherans for Life is to witness to the sanctity of human life through education based on the Word of God. This grassroots organization has chapters and life ministry coordinators in Lutheran congregations across the country. Members witness their faith through teaching, caring and service. 630-495-4783
Orthodox Church in America
Orthodox Christians for Life - Chicago brings together the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, the Orthodox Church of America and the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese to declare the Orthodox Christian Church's affirmation of the sanctity of life from the womb to the tomb and to provide support and love to a torn, hurting and fallen world. 312-459-0420
PASS Pregnancy Care Centers
PASS pregnancy care centers are celebrating their twentieth year in crisis pregnancy intervention and post-abortion healing with three centers throughout Chicago's greater Southland community. PASS's IMPACT abstinence education program is one of the oldest and most successful prevention programs of its kind, greatly reducing the number of sexually active youth. 708-614-9777
Priests for Life
Priests for Life is an officially approved association of Catholic Clergy who give special emphasis to the pro-life teachings of the Church. We offer ongoing assistance to the clergy in addressing the topics of abortion and euthanasia, and training and resources to the entire pro-life movement. 312-751-5354
The Professional Women's Network
The Professional Women's Network seeks to support pro-life women in the workplace and in the home. We recognize abortion as a procedure that violates women physically, mentally, and emotionally. PWN promotes a pro-life, pro-woman philosophy through educational presentations and an annual scholarship essay contest for college-bound women. Members are welcome. 312-362-1620
Project Reality
Project Reality has been a pioneer in the national field of adolescent health education, teaching and evaluating abstinence- centered programs in the public schools since 1985. During the 1999-2000 school year, Project Reality classroom abstinence programs were taught to more than 52,000 students in over 340 schools in Illinois. In addition, since April 2000, Project Reality has produced six Reality Check rallies -- one in Rockford and the rest in the Chicago area at which an additional 20,000 students were entertained and educated about abstinence until marriage as the healthiest lifestyle choice. 847-729-5042
The Pro-Life Action League
The Pro-Life Action League is an activist organization, specializing in sidewalk counseling to offer alternatives to abortion-bound women, protests and demonstrations to raise public consciousness on abortion and using the media to spread the pro-life message. Volunteers are appreciated for participation in events, as well as office work. 773-777-2900
The Pro-Life/Pro-Family Coalition
Under Rev. Hiram Crawford's leadership, the Pro-Life/Pro-Family Coalition worked to block the school contraceptive clinics. An annual seminar and banquet, pro-life newspaper ads, and other initiatives keep the knowledge of the daily murder of unborn children before the eyes of God and the African-American community. All are welcome to join. 773-483-1132
Relevant Radio 820 AM & 1270 AM
Relevant Radio is a breakthrough format of Catholic talk radio that seeks to help you bridge the gap between faith and everyday life. Start your day with Morning Air with Jeff Cavins from 7am to 9am, then stay tuned for a wide variety of popular and exciting programs featuring content you can relate to and utilize on a daily basis. Listen across Chicagoland on 820 AM WCSN from sunrise to sunset, and in Northwest Indiana and South Chicago around the clock on 1270 AM WWCA.
Right to Life McHenry County
is an affiliate of Illinois Federation for Right to Life, the state arm of National Right to Life. It is an inter-faith, tax-exempt organization offering speakers at the request of schools. RLMC purchases billboards and coordinates newspaper ads protesting the slaughter of the innocents. RLMC has a PAC and endorses and promotes pro-life candidates for public office. 815-459-3849
Southside Pregnancy Center
Southside Pregnancy Center is a not-for-profit organization ministering to women in unplanned pregnancy situations. SPC provides life affirming help through education, counseling, referrals, seeing to meet emotional, material, social and spiritual needs of the mother, the unborn and the family. 708-346-9070
Victims of Choice, Inc.
Victims of Choice is a Christian, internationally recognized post abortion recovery ministry promoting abortion recovery, awareness and education. Provide training and assistance in establishing local independent healing centers using the unique, one-on-one recovery program titled "My Abortion Grief, Guilt and Shame Is Ending Soon", a proven ten-step program designed to be used by women and men on a professional and lay level. Confidential and non-judgmental. Local and national referrals made to trained post-abortion healing centers. Toll free 888-267-3998
The Walsh Forum
The Walsh Forum was founded by Taft Construction CEO Dick Walsh to educate, enlighten, and inform the citizens of Illinois and beyond concerning the four ideologies of life, family, business, and America. 630-963-1190
The Women's Center
The Women's Center is an emergency pregnancy counseling and assistance service that seeks, through the most effective means available, to reach the most abortion-vulnerable women and help them choose life for their pre-born children, by presenting and assisting them with life-sustaining alternatives. 773-794-1313
WYLL Chicago's Word
At 1160 AM, WYLL is the Chicago area's most-listened to Christian talk radio station and your most reliable source on issues that matter!
Updated 1/12/04