The Collegiate Cultural Foundation is pleased to cosponsor this pro-life event at Yale.
We hope you will join us for the 5th Annual Conference on October 6-7, 2017.
The theme for the 2017 Vita et Veritas is “Pro-Life is Pro-Woman,” where we will explore the relationship between the pro-life movement and the promotion of women’s rights.
To learn more, or to register, please visit the conference website here.
Please take a look at our schedule for the 2017 conference
(details are subject to change)
Friday, October 6:
6:30 p.m. Opening Banquet
The Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale
(155 Temple Street)
Keynote presented by Abby Johnson,
Pro-Life Activist & Former Planned Parenthood Clinic Director
9:15 p.m. Student Meet-and-Greet
Berkeley Mendenhall Room in Yale College
(near 107 Wall Street)
Saturday, October 7:
All events at the Yale Golden Center (268 Park Street)
Conference Emcee: Christian Conway, Yale ’18
8:30 a.m. Breakfast provided by St. Thomas More Chapel
9:00 a.m. Arina Grossu, Center for Human Dignity
“Dangerous, Legal, and Common:
How Abortion Threatens Women’s Health and Safety“
10:15 a.m. Kathleen Neher, Catholic Social Workers’ National Association & Kevin Burke, Rachel’s Vineyard
“Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Healing after Abortion”
11:30 a.m. Fertility Education & Medical Management
“Thinking Long-Term: Models for Sustainable Pro-Life Women’s Healthcare”
12:30 p.m. Provided Lunch
1:30 p.m. Student Essay Contest Readings
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Winners
2:00 p.m. Daniel K. Williams, University of West Georgia
“The Liberal Origins of the Pro-Life Cause:
Political Lessons from the Movement’s Forgotten Past”
3:15 p.m. Eve Tushnet, Author and Blogger
“What Anacostia, D.C. can Teach Yale”
4:30 p.m. Christina Bennett, ABC Women’s Center
Talk to be Announced