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Josh Brahm interviews Ali Rak, an incredibly effective community organizer and activist in Maryland, to explain the nuts and bolts of how she gets people involved in contacting their political representatives in order to accomplish pro-life goals.
- 00:00 Introducing Ali and the topic;
- 13:14 Why apologetics training is important for lobbyists;
- 15:20 What Ali does as a lobbyist and community organizer;
- 38:44 Do email templates for people to send to their representatives work?
- 47:00 Tips for in-person meetings with legislators;
- 55:04 Is it possible for pro-life lobbyists to come across as too emotional when making their case?
- 59:23 Do you send email alerts with only one call-to-action or multiple?
- 1:04:08 What are the most common mistakes that lobbyists and community organizers make?
- 1:06:47 How do you keep people motivated?
- 1:10:48 How local pro-life people can work well together.
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Contact Ali at: alexandra.petti@gmail.com
Josh worked in the pro-life movement starting at age 18. After 12 years of full-time pro-life work he launched Equal Rights Institute to maximize his impact on the movement.
A sought-after speaker, Josh has spoken for more than 29,000 people in six countries and in 25 of the 50 states.
Josh’s primary passion is helping pro-life people to be more persuasive when they communicate with pro-choice people. That means ditching faulty rhetoric and tactics and embracing arguments that hold up under philosophical scrutiny.
He has publicly debated leaders from Planned Parenthood, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), Georgians for Choice, and one of the leading abortion facilities in Atlanta.
Josh also wants to bring relational apologetics to the pro-life movement. “Some pro-choice people will not change their mind after one conversation on a college campus. Some of them will only change their mind after dozens of conversations with a person they trust in the context of friendship.”
Josh is formerly the host of a globally-heard podcast turned radio/TV show, Life Report and the Equipped for Life Podcast. He’s also written dozens of articles for LifeNews.com and the ERI blog. He has been interviewed by the Washington Post, NPR, and Focus on the Family.
He directed the first 40 Days for Life campaign in Fresno, resulting in up to 60 lives saved.
Josh has been happily married to his wife, Hannah, for 19 years. They have three sons, Noah, William, and Eli. They live in Charlotte, North Carolina.