Amarillo—The 27th annual Respect Life Banquet, taking place Sunday at the Amarillo Civic Center, is sold out, according to diocesan Family Life director Adrian Johnson.
Melissa Ohden, founder and director of the Abortion Survivors Network, will be the keynote speaker for the banquet, which benefits the Family Life Office of the Diocese of Amarillo.
Ohden is the Founder and Director of The Abortion Survivors Network, which is the only healing and advocacy organization for abortion survivors and their families worldwide. She is a Master’s level prepared social worker and the author of the award-winning book featuring her life story You Carried Me: A Daughter’s Memoir. Ohden is also the co-author of the book Abortion Survivors Break Their Silence.
Ohden is a frequent contributor to pro-life and conservative news outlets and a regular guest on radio and television programs around the world.
“This year’s theme, Radical Solidarity, couldn’t be more appropriate or needed for our time,” said Johnson. “Radical Solidarity in its essence, is to be courageously pro-woman, promoting a choice that truly protects, accompanies and supports, women and their children.”
“We are very blessed to have Melissa Ohden as keynote speaker at our banquet this year. The organization Melissa founded, The Abortion Survivors Network, is putting Radical Solidarity into action and her story is inspiring. I can’t wait for our diocese to hear Melissa’s journey and see the amazing impact just one person can have in a society.”
The evening will also feature Silent and Live Auctions. For more information or to make a financial gift to the Family Life Office, please contact Johnson at 806-410-3839.
Due to an Amarillo Sod Poodles game scheduled at Hodgetown that evening, there may be parking restrictions in and around the Amarillo Civic Center. Please make plans to arrive at the Amarillo Civic Center in plenty of time before the start of the banquet.