Get Involved & Volunteer

I’m Pro-Life and want to help!

Do you want to make a difference in building a culture of life in your area? Dubuque County Right To Life (DCRTL) has several opportunities for those who are interested in serving in a direct or indirect role within our mission.

Below is a list of ways to be pro-life throughout the year, whether with DCRTL, within your community and circles of influence, or within the broader pro-life movement. Every little bit makes an impact.

  • Become better at dialoguing about abortion by enrolling in a pro-life apologetics course such as Equipped for Life (available through DCRTL) or Love3 available through Justice for All.
  • Talk with your friends and family about abortion.
  • Clean out your closets and donate the proceeds to the pro-life cause.
  • Support pro-life organizations financially.
  • Sponsor a pro-life speaker at your church, community group, or home.
  • Pray outside the Emma Goldman Abortion Clinic in Iowa City, especially on Thursdays (Carpools are available.)
  • Pray on Wednesday night or Thursday morning for the people who have an abortion scheduled at Emma Goldman Abortion Clinic in Iowa City.
  • Talk to your pastor or priest about discussing abortion publicly within your church.
  • Organize community events to promote pro-life issues through awareness walks, panel discussions, and local service projects.
  • Sponsor or create advertisements for pro-life legislation.
  • Buy sidewalk counselors a coffee.
  • Learn the stances of your political representatives and share with them your view on Life.
  • LOVE social media? Assist with the social media page for DCRTL.
  • Know a medical provider? Ask them how they can be better served in delivering prenatal diagnoses (e.g., Down syndrome).
  • Create a book club directly or indirectly related to promoting Life.
  • Participate in a local 40 Days for Life Campaign.
  • Write a letter to the editor.
  • Volunteer to help a pro-life organization by sending thank you notes to donors.
  • Create a pro-life prayer group.
  • Find pro-life healthcare providers.
  • Buy lunch for a local pro-life organization.
  • Visit the elderly, sick, or lonely.
  • Put a pro-life sticker or magnet on your car (DCRTL has options at the office).
  • Place pro-life literature in your church.
  • Host an Equipped for Life Seminar (having better conversations about abortion) small group among family, friends, church, or school.
  • Advocate for perinatal hospice notification.
  • Work with local high schools to support pregnant and parenting students and employees.
  • Send elected officials thank you notes when they accomplish pro-life work.
  • Attend a March for Life.
  • Leave business cards for your local pregnancy resource center.
  • Support women with unintended pregnancies in your church.
  • Erect a “Cemetery of the Innocents” at your church or school.
  • Talk about your experiences in online support groups.
  • Put a pro-life sign in your yard.
  • Pray for DCRTL and the pro-life organizations you admire and support.
  • Learn the details of fetal development.
  • Bring a meal to a family who have a child in the womb, just gave birth, or lost a child to miscarriage or stillbirth.
  • Like, comment on, and share content from your favorite pro-life organizations.
  • Volunteer on campaigns for candidates who are pro-life.
  • Pray for sidewalk counselors.
  • Commit to praying once a day for an end to abortion.
  • Study the pro-choice worldview.
  • Subscribe to pro-life podcasts.
  • Create a “Contact Our Reps” group.
  • Take pictures at pro-life events to share with the organization.
  • Post ads in newspapers for local pregnancy resources.
  • Create chalk art with a pro-life message.
  • Donate items to babies in need.
  • Advocate for laws preventing minors from obtaining abortions out of state without parental permission.

And this is only a start! For more ideas or in-depth explanations of these suggestions, visit the site www.howtobeprolife.com. Know that whatever your gifts or talents are, they can be used for the pro-life cause.

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