This page describes the 30-to-90-minute versions of Buidling Bridges as a single presentation. To learn more about the full-day Bridges Intensive, go here.

To schedule a virtual or in-person presentation of Building Bridges, please contact us.

An Audience-Specific Presentation

Secular Pro-Life’s Building Bridges presentation equips pro-life advocates to communicate more effectively with people who don’t already agree with them. We focus on practical strategies for connection, clarity, and persuasion across ideological lines.

We have delivered this presentation to a wide range of groups, including:

• Students and campus groups
• Young pro-life advocates, especially in politically “blue” states
• Pregnancy resource center staff and volunteers
• Pro-life doctors, nurses, and medical professionals

We can optimize the content for the audience.

Three Key Groups

The original version of Building Bridges includes modules on how to connect to three key groups:

1. Abortion-vulnerable women
2. Moderate pro-choicers
3. Non-traditional pro-lifers

We break down key traits about each group and concrete strategies for effective communication.

We at Secular Pro-Life designed Building Bridges primarily for more “traditional” (i.e. conservative Christian) pro-lifers. We’ve interviewed PRC directors, pro-life OBGYNs, and experts in post-abortion healing. We incorporated our own knowledge and experience as secular people working alongside a largely religious movement. And we honed Building Bridges by asking some of our Christian allies to review the content and let us know if our main points were translating appropriately to our target audience.

Modular and Customizable

We can adapt Bridges to your audience and event. Options include:

• Focusing on one, two, or all three key groups
• Adjusting tone and examples for medical, PRC, student, or advocacy audiences
• Presenting in 30-, 45-, 60-, or 90-minute formats. (For more in-depth training, consider our Bridges Intensive.)

Whether your audience is new to pro-life advocacy or highly experienced, we can meet them where they are.

Many pro-life advocates know what they believe but struggle with how to communicate it in diverse or skeptical environments. Building Bridges provides tools to engage thoughtfully, reduce defensiveness, and open real conversations.

If you’re interested in bringing Building Bridges to your audience, contact us to discuss your goals and customize the experience.

Additional Resources

See Monica’s and Herb’s Speakers bios here

Get the associated Bridges PRC curriculum here.

Related Secular Pro-Life pieces:

• PRC conference attendees loved SPL’s presentation on Building Bridges
• 3 reasons you should let people know you’re pro-life (also as a flyer)
• How to talk (not fight) about abortion (flyer)
• Quick tips for making online debates worthwhile
• Pro-choice vs. Pro-life vocabulary
• Statistics demonstrating you don’t have to be religious to be pro-life
• Don’t tell people they can’t be pro-life
• 15 areas of common ground in the abortion debate

Below is an excerpt from the inaugural Building Bridges presentation:

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