When we first launched the course in the Fall of 2016 we decided to format it as an annual membership because we wanted to best serve our main demographic: pro-life student club leaders who want to train their new incoming students every year. After asking for feedback from course members, … Read More
Debate vs. Dialogue: How Do They Differ?
Estimated reading time: 11 minutes. Debate is fun for me, but I’m odd like that. I’m an academic and ethics teacher, so I’ve debated abortion formally and informally, in academic settings and elsewhere. The subject arises most every time I’m in a panel discussion, too. In that time, I’ve come … Read More
PODCAST: Stories from the Students for Life Conference
[youtube id=”Bbdk_15yelU”] Download Audio MP3 | 01:00:30 Tim, Rachel, and I sat down to share some of our favorite stories from the people we talked to at the 2018 Students for Life East Coast Conference. We walked away from that conference glowing, excitedly telling each other stories, because that was … Read More
FULL COURSE PODCAST: Listener Mail – Questions About Confirmation Bias
Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on occasionally making exceptions, and … Read More
Abuse of Academic Authority Regularly Inhibits Pro-Life Speech
Estimated reading time: 11 minutes. Sometimes it is tough to be a pro-life college student. Most challenges students face are found on campus during a tabling event or with the administration, but sometimes they are inside the classroom. Far too often when pro-life students dare to speak up in defense … Read More
10 Practical Tips for Leading a Campus Outreach
I hope that as more groups purchase the Equipped for Life Course, they will be prepared to participate in more outreach events like polling tables. Having a strategic plan in mind and practical supplies on hand can help your event be a greater success. Speaking as the president of a … Read More
Announcing Scholarships for Pro-Life Clubs!
We have exciting news to share for pro-life high school and college clubs! As many of you know, ERI published the Equipped for Life Course last year. It’s designed to help pro-life clubs get trained in dialogue skills and the most persuasive pro-life arguments so they can change more minds … Read More
A Look Back at 2016 and What We’re Doing Next!
It has been a transformative year at Equal Rights Institute. In our second full year as an organization we gave 27 speeches in Illinois, California, Missouri, Massachusetts, Michigan, Virginia, Colorado, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, and Washington, DC! Thanks to some great logistical planning from Jacob Nels, … Read More
Early Feedback on the Equipped for Life Course
The Equipped for Life course has only been out for about four months, but we’re already getting a sense for how it’s helping the people who’ve taken it. My favorite bit of feedback we’ve received is from Rachel Crawford, the president of the University of Michigan Students for Life group. … Read More
The Equipped for Life Course is Live!
Just two months after starting Equal Rights Institute, Josh and Timothy Brahm gave their first seminar together on pro-life dialogue. In order for that to be possible, they had to very quickly take their growing body of original content and combine it with the most helpful tools they had learned … Read More