January
Paul Kulas (center) traveled to South Dakota in the dead of winter (!). He reported an outdoor temperature of 3 degrees the afternoon of the workshop he led. Good thing the SDSU students reserved indoor space for the outreach event!
January
Our smaller outreach signs enhance indoor events like the one at South Dakota State University.
February
In Louisiana, JFA Fellow Amy Grace (yellow scarf) engages a passerby while two other conversations happen near the poll table. Amy Grace also just completed a week intensive in Wichita in July.
March
Susanna (pink) joined us in Georgia for events at Kennesaw State University.
March
Thomas (left) is a high school student in Georgia. He was electrified by the “Three Essential Skills” presentation he attended in March in a JFA supporter’s home and decided to make it a priority to attend the JFA seminar and outreach events at Kennesaw State during the next week.
March
Julia (front left), Rebekah (front center), Kaitlyn (blue), and Moriah (right) joined JFA for outreach at UNM in Albuquerque. Moriah interned with JFA in 2017, and Julia shared some of her story in our February Impact Report (www.jfaweb.org/feb-2019). Kaitlyn is now raising support to work for JFA from Michigan, and Rebekah is raising support to travel to JFA events.
March
Esther (left) joined a small JFA team as we partnered with Master Plan Ministries for outreach at Fort Lewis College in beautiful Durango, CO.
April
At Johns Hopkins in Maryland in April, Steve Wagner (not pictured) helped Elisabeth (center) and her club create conversations with fellow students.
April
Susanna (right) also participated in two outreach events at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. An intern with JFA in 2017-2018, Susanna is now raising support to work as a JFA trainer in Washington, D.C.!
May
Peyton (left) joined us for outreach at UCLA to learn to come alongside those who are tolerant of abortion and help them love unborn children and their mothers.
May
Eager to change minds about abortion, Rebekah (left) also joined JFA closer to home in Southern California for our UCLA outreach.
Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX (Sept. 27-28)
During our first-ever outreach event at this campus, we felt great support from the community. One local had been praying for years for more campus engagement on abortion.
Tarleton State (Sept. 27-28)
Mary (green), Kristina (hat), and Faith (brochure), the club president, seek to change hearts.
Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, CO (Oct. 4-5)
In our first outreach at CCU, we took two polls simultaneously: “Should Abortion Remain Legal?” (Yes=12, No=106) and “Should Christians Focus on Abortion More or Less?” (More=49, Less=7).
University of Oklahoma in Norman (Oct. 25-26)
Students from Christian Heritage Academy joined us both days to create conversations with OU students.
California State University at Fullerton (Nov. 9-10)
After conducting a seminar at Biola University, our team used surveys to create conversations with students at a nearby college.
University of Texas at San Antonio (Nov. 15-16)
Bella (third from right) and other JFA team members interacted with angry students in a crowd that lasted much of the first day.
Texas State University in San Marcos (Nov. 17)
After attending JFA’s Love3 online interactive workshop in August, Cole (blue shirt, center) joined the JFA team for outreach in Texas. Here, he listens while Paul Kulas (in hat) interacts with students.
See www.jfaweb.org/love3 for upcoming Love3 workshops.
WSU Aug. 2021
Kristina (center) uses the Invitation to Dialogue Brochure (www.jfaweb.org/invitation) as a visual aid in a conversation at WSU.
WSU Aug. 2021
Rose (center) laughs with a student at WSU. Though our team aims to maintain a sober atmosphere at our outreach events, we also aim to connect with each person, so we savor lighter conversation moments when they arise.
WSU Sept. 2021
Kristina (left), Rose (center in hat), and Bella (right) returned to WSU in September to create conversations with students about abortion. Here each is in a separate conversation with various students. A week later, these three were on the campus of Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX, and Andrea was preparing to help our team conduct our first outreach event at Colorado Christian University.
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Wichita State University
Pictured, interns Kristina Massa and Bella O’Neill
Sept. 2023 - UNC Greeley
Seth (second from left) talks with a group of students at University of Northern Colorado while Catherine (left) and JFA trainer Kristina (near kiosk) listen. (September)
Sept. 2023 - Minnesota
Fall 2023 Intern Seth Wiesner speaks at an interactive training seminar in Minnesota. (September)
Oct. 2023 - MSU Mankato
Seth talks with “Lisa” at Minnesota State University in Mankato. Seth is continuing to serve as an intern while raising support to work for JFA as a full-time Training Specialist. (October)
Oct. 2023 - UCO
Fall 2023 Intern Catherine Gimino (in cap, facing camera) navigates a group conversation at University of Central Oklahoma. (October)
Oct. 2023 - WSU
Fall 2023 intern Catherine Gimino comments: “At Wichita State University, I was hoping more students would stop to talk if they saw a dog.”
Nov. 2023 - JCCC
Seth (with hat in group of four) and Catherine (sitting) engage students at Johnson County Community College near Kansas City. (November)
Nov. 2023 - JCCC
Catherine, with characteristic joy, carries all of the 40-pound sandbags at our Johnson County Community College outreach (near Kansas City). Don’t worry – Seth didn’t leave all the sandbag carrying to the women! (November)
Nov. 2023 - UNT
Fall 2023 intern Catherine interacts with students at JFA’s outreach event at the University of North Texas (November).
Ines, a member of Live Action UCLA (left), interacts with other UCLA students in front of the Art of Life Exhibit.
Nathan, a member of Live Action UCLA (right), interacts with a fellow UCLA student in May 2016.
Meredith, of Live Action UCLA (left), and Clare, a leader of the UNLV pro-life club who was visiting UCLA for the day (middle), interact with another university student in front of JFA's Art of Life Exhibit at UCLA in May 2016.
Meredith, an Art History major, was ecstatic that JFA brought the Art of Life Exhibit to UCLA. Here, she interacts with other UCLA students in front of that exhibit.
Ines, a member of Live Action UCLA (right), talks with other UCLA students in front of JFA's Stop and Think Exhibit.
Live Action UCLA member Meredith interacts at the Stop and Think Exhibit. Read the story in JFA's August 2016 Impact Report.
