2021年会议发言人
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Melba Tajallieh Aguilar
Former Republican candidate for New Mexico House of Representatives
Melba is a third year law student at the University of New Mexico where she is the president of both the Federalist Society and the Children's Law and Policy Society. She currently works with her state's child welfare agency and is a Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Fellow. Prior to law school Melba was a science teacher at a rural Title I high school, an experience which compelled her to make an (unsuccessful) attempt at joining the state legislature. Prior to her time in education Melba earned her B.Sc. in chemical engineering and spent three years researching and developing biofuel technologies. Melba identifies as a republican for electoral purposes, and as a devout Catholic is interested primarily in protecting vulnerable persons from exploitation and harm, and supporting human flourishing broadly. Melba is the mother of three children aged 2, 16, and 17, who are the light of her life.
亚伯拉罕·博诺维茨
死刑行动
亚伯拉罕·博诺维茨 (Abraham Bonowitz) 是“死刑行动”的联合创始人兼执行董事,该组织是在美国寻找打击处决和死刑的行动机会的地方。自 1980 年代后期以来,安倍一直是废除死刑运动的主要组织者之一。迄今为止,他参与了全国范围内的每一次立法废除胜利,并在许多尚未完成工作的州活跃。安倍曾在全国废除死刑联盟、希望之旅……从暴力到治疗以及美国大赦国际的董事会任职。他帮助发起了许多直接行动和非暴力的公民抵抗活动,并曾十次因抗议死刑而被捕。在短暂离开反死刑工作后,安倍是塞萨尔·E·查韦斯基金会的原始工作人员之一,1994年至1997年在加利福尼亚参加了许多农场工人运动活动。他与妻子住在俄亥俄州哥伦布市、儿子、两只猫和一只狗。
Jack Champagne
Rehumanize International
Jack was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and has been involved in human rights activism since he was a teen. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he served as an officer in the Prisoner Legal Support Project there and was part of the inaugural cohort of the Pittsburgh branch of the Innocence Project. Jack has previously worked as a fellow for the Southern Poverty Law Center's voting rights project, as policy director for the New Mexico Black Leadership Council, where he worked to address housing instability throughout the city of Albuquerque, and as a teacher in Albuquerque Public Schools. With Rehumanize International, Jack has previously served as a staff writer for the Rehumanize Blog and Life Matters Journal as well as a presenter at the 2022 Rehumanize Conference on the intersection of anti-racism and pro-life work. He currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his "badass, heroic, extraordinary" wife, her two teens, and their clever and mischievous almost-two-year-old daughter.
贝丝福克斯,英里/小时
重新人性化国际
身材矮小,志向远大,贝丝福克斯的人生是一个值得分享的故事。在她还没有名字之前,贝丝就成为了堕胎的主要目标。她母亲的怀孕很危险,医生建议堕胎以保住她的生命。贝丝的胎儿预后不佳导致医生得出结论,她的生活质量将如此糟糕,以至于堕胎将是“仁慈的”选择。尽管患有慢性疾病和残疾的生活是一场战斗,但贝丝在这里分享为什么生活值得生活和为之奋斗。今天,贝丝不能自己看、走路或呼吸。正是通过这些身体上的挣扎,过去对自我价值的怀疑,以及对一种罕见的、限制生命的疾病的诊断,贝丝发展了一种积极的声音,旨在做出积极的改变。尽管面临挑战,贝丝仍独立生活在弗吉尼亚州中部,在那里她攻读第二个硕士学位,并渴望成为一名教授,并亲切地抚养身患绝症的孩子。
Marcia Lane-Mcgee
Author
Marcia Lane-McGee, the coauthor of Fat Luther, Slim Pickin’s, is a national speaker, graduate student, and the cohost of the Plaid Skirts and Basic Black podcast.
A Chicago native and eldest sibling, Marcia refuses pull any punches, doesn’t easily give into “can’t,” has a close (and complicated) relationship with feedback, and believes “no” is a love word!
Marcia is also a first mom of 20 years. She has learned a lot, loved a lot, and grieved a lot. From her place in the tension of the prolife movement and the reality of a choice for adoption, she hopes to inform, educate, and accompany those who want the needs of women and their children met.
Treneé McGee
Connecticut State Representative
Treneé McGee is a powerful voice of her generation, serving as a speaker, advocate, and artist both nationally and internationally. She is a member of the Connecticut General Assembly, proudly representing the 116th District. For the 2024 legislative session, she serves on the following committees: Education, Environment, and Veterans' and Military Affairs.
Treneé earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Acting from Marymount Manhattan College, complemented by a certificate from The Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy. Her passion for the arts was first ignited at the early age of 3, when she captivated audiences through her appearances in TV commercials.
In 2020, Treneé took a bold step by establishing her own production company, TDM Productions & Acting Studio, dedicated to nurturing new artists and fueling their passion for the arts. Prior to her role in state politics, she served as the youngest person on her town’s council.
In December 2021, Treneé achieved a historic milestone by becoming the Youngest Black Woman elected to the Connecticut General Assembly. Her dedication extends beyond politics; she champions the holistic well-being of women and families as a Whole Life advocate.
Additionally, in 2021, Treneé joined the board of Pro-Black, Pro-Life, a non-profit organization fostering crucial dialogues within the black community about life-related issues. She proudly identifies as a member of Democrats for Life. One of her favorite quotes is from the late John Lewis: “If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"
Rosalyn Mitchell
Rehumanize Toronto
Rosalyn Mitchell is a Christian creative author and essayist who draws upon the tradition of Flannery O’Connor to engage modern audiences on questions of grace and redemption. In a culture where bad news often dominates, she advocates for life and peace as a Canadian-born Eastern Catholic convert and global citizen, telling stories of hope. Readers can subscribe to her Substack blogs, Evangeline Press and Literary Ladybug, to follow her reflections and writings.
艾梅·墨菲
重新人性化国际
Aimee Murphy 是 Rehumanize International 的创始人,这是一个无党派、世俗的组织,致力于通过教育、话语和行动来结束对人类的所有侵略性暴力。通过她与 Rehumanize International 的合作,Aimee 正在向全球各地的人们传达一致的人权信息,并正在创建和参与有效的对话以改变人们的思想和思想。她曾出现在 MSNBC、Maria Claire、Cosmopolitan、《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、《VICE 新闻》等新闻媒体上。她目前和她非常支持的丈夫、他们的狗以及——本着热情好客的精神——住在匹兹堡,无论哪个朋友走进墨菲家。
梅拉罗德里格斯
前计划生育总监+举报人
Mayra Rodriguez 是亚利桑那州三个计划生育诊所的前任主任,曾是计划生育协会 2016 年年度员工,并且是一位勇敢的举报人,他赢得了 2019 年针对计划生育协会的不当终止诉讼,并获得了 300 万美元的赔偿金
损害赔偿。在计划生育协会工作的 17 年中,Mayra 目睹了与安全和健康相关的严重违规行为,包括不完全流产、伪造患者记录、非法行为、未报告的法定强奸、因流产而严重受伤的妇女以及高并发症率
一个特定的堕胎者。 Mayra 对这些事件的报告遭到了骚扰、敌意和解雇。
今天,Mayra 是反对堕胎的有力倡导者,是女性和未出生婴儿的拥护者,并被驱使揭露计划生育危险做法背后的真相。梅拉将那些在人行道上祈祷的人的信仰和上帝的神圣慈悲归功于她回归天主教信仰以及对抗堕胎歌利亚并取得胜利所需的力量。