SEAT WORK

Abortion: From Debate to Dialogue Seminar

Led by JFA Mentors

Abortion: From Debate to Dialogue (ADD) is a five-hour seminar that teaches you to be a good ambassador for Christ. You will learn to create dialogue on abortion and give good reasons for the pro-life position.  While we call this “Seat Work” (there are short lecture segments), JFA mentors use role-playing and small-group interaction to keep you actively engaged throughout the seminar. 

The goal is simple: Help you feel competent enough to start a dialogue with someone who disagrees with you about abortion.

While we encourage you to continue your training with us at a campus outreach event (our dialogue tools make it easy to start conversations about abortion), we understand that not everyone can attend.  In those cases, we always give you an alternate Feet Work assignment that you can complete on your own.

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FEET WORK

Campus Outreach with Dialogue Tools

Led by JFA Mentors

Training continues on a public university campus where JFA, at the invitation of a campus club, uses one or more of its visual tools to create a debate about abortion on campus.  These tools include a museum-quality exhibit that’s two stories high, an 8-foot version of the same exhibit, free speech boards, and poll tables (“Should Abortion Remain Legal?”).  As ADD seminar participants, you become volunteers at the outreach, and you have one job: Turn the debate about abortion into a dialogue. 

To begin, you shadow your mentor for a half-hour or more, listening to her begin conversations and dialogue with college students.  When you feel ready, you start your own conversations by asking students questions like, “What do you think?” or “Have you seen pictures like these before?” or “I’m a volunteer. Would it be helpful if I gave you an explanation of the exhibit?” 

We encourage you to debrief with your mentor throughout the day after your conversations. 

At the end of the Feet Work training day, JFA mentors will challenge you to do something in the coming week to repeat what you’ve learned.  (See Repeat Work below.)

More on this:

1. ➡“Would you call yourself a marine if you never left the classroom?”  JFA Mentor and Executive Director David Lee explains Feet Work to a marine at UNT.