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Date:         Tue, 7 Apr 1992 10:16:00 CDT
From:         MB09@SWTEXAS.BITNET
Subject:      ACL!!!

Hello Pro-Lifers,

So what is ACL anyway?  It stands for American Collegians for Life.  Are you
a student that wants to do something about the abortion holocaust that is
sweeping America?  Maybe you aren't a student, and that is okay too!  Well,
ACL is out there to help you!  ACL is the only national, Pro-Life,
student-run, collegiate organization that works to educate students and
others on the horrors of abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia.  They have
been around since 1987.

"ACL is a coalition of more than 300 Pro-Life campus groups operating
throughout the United States.  One of ACL's primary missions is to assist
in the formation of state-wide coalitions of individual college Pro-Life
campus groups.  These state coalitions, once formed, can organize state-wide
activities in the hope of changing the minds and hearts of both college
students and society at large."  (Taken from ACL's pamphlet)

Texas Collegians for Life (TCL) an affiliate of ACL has been instrumental
in helping getting our campus Pro-Life group started.  There are other state
collegiate coalitions.  They include California, Wisconsin, New Jersey,
Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.  For those states out there with no
state-level organization, maybe it is time YOU started one!  Besides our
conference this past weekend in which we learned more about the Pro-Life
movement, our state-wide group holds the annual "Run For Their Lives".  This
is an awesome event in which Collegians from the individual college groups
all get together and run from San Antonio to Austin.  The runners don't run
the whole distance (about 80 miles) of course.  It is like a relay.  But
they get people to donate money for each mile that they run.  They start
the night before the Texas Rally for Life which is held around Roe v Wade
anniversary in January and then arrive at the rally at a specified time and
the crowd cheers them on!  It is something that the public can't ignore with
their "Abortion Stops a Beating Heart" sign on the side of the van that
stays behind the runners!

Please write to ACL if your college doesn't have a Pro-Life group, they
can help you get one started!

American Collegians for Life
P.O. Box 1112
Washington, DC  20013

If you aren't a student and don't think you belong in this crusade to help
the unborn, you are wrong!  I am no longer a student, so as a staff member
of SWTSU I am sponsoring our group--SWT-LIFE (Southwest Texas State
University - Life Is For Everyone!).  You can also get involved by going
to your local Right to Life group, or volunteer at your local CPC.
If you feel you couldn't counsel, there is plenty of mailing, computer work,
and reception work, hot line work, etc., to do!  You CAN be a part of the
Pro-Life movement.  You CAN make a difference!

This quote really touched my heart:

      "When the time comes as it surely will, when we
      face that awesome moment, the final judgement,
      I've often thought, as Fulton Sheen wrote, that
      is a terrible moment of loneliness.  You have no
      advocates, you are there alone standing before
      God--and a terror will rip your soul like nothing
      you can imagine.  But I really think that those
      in the pro-life movement will not be alone.  I
      think there'll be a chorus of voices that have
      never been heard in this world but are heard
      beautifully and clearly in the next world--and
      they will plead for everyone who has been in
      this movement.  They will say to God, 'Spare
      him, because he loved us,'--and God will look
      at you and say not, 'Did you succeed?' but
      'Did you try?'."
                             Congressman Henry Hyde

Our theme for the convention was...
      If not us...who?
      If not now...when?

Think about it!!

May Christ's Peace and Love be with you,

Michelle
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"With God all things are  possible."  Matthew 19:26
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