{"id":265094,"date":"2022-03-26T13:32:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T18:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=265094"},"modified":"2022-03-26T10:58:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T15:58:21","slug":"live-action-50000-grant-national-prayer-luncheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/live-action-50000-grant-national-prayer-luncheon\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Action receives $50,000 grant at National Prayer Luncheon for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday, pro-life advocates united online and in-person for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalprayerluncheonforlife.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Prayer Luncheon for Life<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to honor various organizations for their efforts to end abortion. <a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\">Live Action<\/a> was one of six finalists for the 2022 Pro-Life Impact Award, a list that also included <a href=\"http:\/\/embracegrace.com\">Embrace Grace<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/prolifeaction.org\">Pro-Life Action League<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/proloveministries.org\">ProLove Ministries<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/supportafterabortion.com\">Support After Abortion<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/theradiancefoundation.org\">The Radiance Foundation<\/a>. Participants were invited to hear from a variety of pro-life speakers, pray, and listen live to the announcement of the 2022 National Prayer Luncheon for Life Pro-Life Impact Award winner and recipient of the $50,000 Pro-Life Impact Grant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/heroicmedia.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heroic Media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 an organization that runs online advertisements to connect women to life-affirming pregnancy options \u2014 the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalprayerluncheonforlife.org\/about-national-prayer-luncheon-for-life\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Prayer Luncheon for Life<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started in 2016 as a way to counter Planned Parenthood\u2019s annual Dallas luncheon. By 2021, the initiative evolved into a year-round event that celebrates pro-life organizations and uplifts their efforts to create positive cultural change on abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, <a href=\"http:\/\/studentsforlife.org\">Students for Life of America<\/a> was the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvnews.com\/2022\/03\/21\/thousands-expected-to-take-part-in-online-national-prayer-luncheon-for-life\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recipient<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the $50,000 grant. Kristan Hawkins, the president of the organization, was one of the speakers at the 2022 National Prayer Luncheon. During her speech, Hawkins encouraged pro-lifers to take an active role in the movement to end abortion, especially with the Supreme Court\u2019s upcoming decision in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-overturn-roe-decides-dobbs\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/live-action-2021-year-review-olivia-2363\/\">Live Action\u2019s 2021 Year in Review: Baby Olivia, 2363 campaign, and more<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy plea for you today is not to waste a moment. Not to let a day go by where you\u2019re not actively thinking or preparing for what is to come in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dobbs v. Jackson<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> case,\u201d Hawkins said. \u201cAnd what you have been called, specifically, by our Lord and Savior, to do about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the event, people were invited to vote for which group should take first place and be awarded the full grant. At the end of the luncheon, Live Action was announced as the recipient of the $50,000 grant, while Embrace Grace and the Radiance Foundation took home $20,000 and $15,000 respectively as the second and third place honorees. The rest of the finalists each received a $5,000 grant to help them continue their impactful work in the fight for life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kimberly Bird, Vice President of External Relations for Live Action, accepted the award, giving a speech on how it will benefit the organization\u2019s work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOn behalf of Lila Rose and Live Action, we are so grateful to accept this very generous gift to help fund our mission to end abortion,\u201d Bird said. \u201cWe are so honored and humbled to be on the stage with these amazing organizations\u2026 It\u2019s going to take all of us to end abortion, and we\u2019re so grateful for this opportunity. And we\u2019re grateful for our donors, [and] our staff who passionately, passionately fight every single day to save these preborn children.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd I just thank our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for bringing us all here together today, and we\u2019re grateful for this opportunity. Thank you, Heroic Media,\u201d she continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, pro-life advocates united online and in-person for the National Prayer Luncheon for Life to honor various organizations for their efforts to end abortion. 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