Celebrate Life Conference 2024 Tentative Schedule
*Please note speaker and breakouts schedules are subject to change
11:00 am Registration and Vendors open
1:00 pm Welcome – Dr. Abby Johnson, ProLove Ministries, and Lauren Muzyka, Esq.,
Sidewalk Advocates for Life
1:30 pm Joint Session Keynote: From Rallying against Roe to Celebrating Dobbs … What’s Next? – Jeanne Mancini, March for Life President
2:00 pm Break and Vendors Open
2:15 pm Breakout Session 1 – Choose your track:
Empowering Women Track: Holistic Womanhood and Reproductive Health
– Leah Jacobson, Guiding Star Project; Dr. Marguerite Duane, FACTS about Fertility
Fostering Faith & Family Track: Activate “Life Disciples” in Your Church Community
– Andrew Wood, Care Net
Taking Action to Save Lives Track: How to Shift the Cultural Needle for Life
– Brandy Meeks, Vitae Foundation; Matthew Meeks, Cornerstone Marketing Strategies
3:15 pm Break and Vendors Open
3:30 pm Joint Session Panel: Obliterating the Demand for Abortion by Creating Life-Saving Partnerships and Resource Networks – Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Sidewalk Advocates for Life;
Missy Martinez-Stone, The Center for Client Safety
4:45 pm Closing Announcements
5:00 pm Adjourn for the evening (Vendors open until 7:15 p.m.)
6:30 pm Celebrate Life VIP Reception*
7:30 pm Celebrate Life Gala featuring Matt Walsh, Daily Wire*
*Admission to Celebrate Life VIP Reception & Gala is not included in a standard conference ticket. Discount packages for all the weekend events are however available.*
8:30 am Breakfast and Vendors Open
9:00 am Morning Devotional – Rev. James Douthwaite, Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
10:00 am Celebrate Life Rally at the Lincoln Memorial (included in Conference ticket)
12:30 pm Vendors Open after Rally
1:00 pm Lunch and Vendors Open
1:30 pm Welcome & Announcements – Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Sidewalk Advocates for Life
1:40 pm Joint Session Keynote: Light A Thousand Fires – Heidi St. John, Podcast Host,
Author & Founder of Faith that Speaks
2:35 pm Breakout Session 2 – Choose your track:
Empowering Women Track: Countering Planned Parenthood with Feminine Genius
– Dr. Abby Johnson, And Then There Were None; Heidi St. John, Faith that Speaks; Heather Lawless, Reliance Ministries
Fostering Faith & Family Track: Raising & Engaging Pro-Life Youth in a Pro-Abortion Culture – Ryan & Bethany Bomberger, Radiance Foundation; Kristan Hawkins, Students for Life of America
Taking Action to Save Lives Track: Sidewalk Advocacy: How to Save Lives at Abortion
Facilities – Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Nate Robertson, Susan O’Neill, and Melissa Yeomans, Sidewalk Advocates for Life
3:35 pm Break and Vendors Open
3:50 pm Joint Session Panel: New Ideas to Solve Old Problems – Dr. Abby Johnson and
ProLove Ministries Team
4:50 pm Breakout Session 3 – Choose your track:
Empowering Women Track: Stopping the Sex-Trafficking Crisis – Lisa Haba, Esq.,
The Haba Law Firm; Demetria Gilliam-Williams, Life 107
Fostering Faith & Family Track: Faith-filled Fatherhood & A New Vision of Masculinity
– Doug Johnson, Doug on Tap; Shawn Carney, 40 Days for Life; Nate Robertson,
Sidewalk Advocates for Life
Taking Action to Save Lives Track: How to Lead & Cultivate On-Fire Volunteers for
Your Local Life-Saving Mission – Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Sidewalk Advocates for Life;
Heather Gardner, 40 Days for Life
6:00 pm Conference Announcements
7:30 am Religious Services:
Mass celebrated by Father Patrick Briscoe with music led by The C Major Project
Worship Service led by Pastor Dallas and Ryan & Bethany Bomberger, Radiance Foundation
9:00 am Welcome & Announcements – Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Sidewalk Advocates for Life
9:10 am Joint Session Panel: How to Win the Battle for Life Legally – Thomas More Society Legal Team
10:05 am Breakout Session 4 – Choose your track:
Empowering Women Track: Healing Hearts Broken by Abortion – Ivy Almon, Support After Abortion; Melissa Ohden, The Abortion Survivors Network; Dr. Amanda Willie, And Then There Were None
Fostering Faith & Family Track: Embracing Adoption and Dispelling the Myths
– Britt Paladino, Abiding Love Adoptions; Christie Mac Segars, LICSW-S, Lifeline Children’s Services
Taking Action to Save Lives Track: How to Build and Execute a Grassroots Campaign
to Win Hearts and Elections in the Dobbs Era – Kate Maloney, Abortion-Free Cities / Students for Life of America; Steven Aden, Esq., Americans United for Life
11:05 am Break and Vendors Open
11:20 am Joint Session Presentation: Looking Forward – 2024 and Beyond – Michael Kenney, Esq., Pro-Life Partners Foundation
11:30 am Joint Session Keynote: The Strategy to End Abortion in America -David Bereit, Pro-Life Strategist and Founder & Former CEO of 40 Days for Life
12:15 pm Closing Remarks – Dr. Abby Johnson, ProLove Ministries, and Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Sidewalk Advocates for Life, with Celebrate Life Weekend Co-Hosts
Celebrate Life Conference 2024 Tentative Schedule
*Please note speaker and breakouts schedules are subject to change
11:00 am Registration and Vendors open
1:00 pm Welcome – Dr. Abby Johnson, ProLove Ministries, and Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Sidewalk Advocates for Life
1:30 pm Joint Session Keynote: From Rallying against Roe to Celebrating Dobbs … What’s Next? – Jeanne Mancini, March for Life President
2:00 pm Break and Vendors Open
2:15 pm Breakout Session 1 – Choose your track:
Empowering Women Track: Holistic Womanhood and Reproductive Health
– Leah Jacobson, Guiding Star Project; Dr. Marguerite Duane, FACTS about Fertility
Fostering Faith & Family Track: Activate “Life Disciples” in Your Church Community – Andrew Wood, Care Net
Taking Action to Save Lives Track: How to Shift the Cultural Needle for Life – Brandy Meeks, Vitae Foundation; Matthew Meeks, Cornerstone Marketing Strategies
3:15 pm Break and Vendors Open
3:30 pm Joint Session Panel: Obliterating the Demand for Abortion by Creating Life-Saving Partnerships and Resource Networks – Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Sidewalk Advocates for Life; Missy Martinez-Stone, The Center for Client Safety
4:45 pm Closing Announcements
5:00 pm Adjourn for the evening (Vendors open until 7:15 p.m.)
6:30 pm Celebrate Life VIP Reception*
7:30 pm Celebrate Life Gala featuring Matt Walsh, Daily Wire*
*Admission to Celebrate Life VIP Reception & Gala is not included in a standard conference ticket. Discount packages for all the weekend events are however available.*
8:30 am Breakfast and Vendors Open
9:00 am Morning Devotional – Rev. James Douthwaite, Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
10:00 am Celebrate Life Rally at the Lincoln Memorial (included in Conference ticket)
12:30 pm Vendors Open after Rally
1:00 pm Lunch and Vendors Open
1:30 pm Welcome & Announcements – Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Sidewalk Advocates for Life
1:40 pm Joint Session Keynote: Light A Thousand Fires – Heidi St. John, Podcast Host, Author & Founder of Faith that Speaks
2:35 pm Breakout Session 2 – Choose your track:
Empowering Women Track: Countering Planned Parenthood with Feminine Genius – Dr. Abby Johnson, And Then There Were None; Heidi St. John, Faith that Speaks; Heather Lawless, Reliance Ministries
Fostering Faith & Family Track: Raising & Engaging Pro-Life Youth in a Pro-Abortion Culture – Ryan & Bethany Bomberger, Radiance Foundation; Kristan Hawkins, Students for Life of America
Taking Action to Save Lives Track: Sidewalk Advocacy: How to Save Lives at Abortion Facilities – Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Nate Robertson, Susan O’Neill, and Melissa Yeomans, Sidewalk Advocates for Life
3:35 pm Break and Vendors Open
3:50 pm Joint Session Panel: New Ideas to Solve Old Problems – Dr. Abby Johnson and ProLove Ministries Team
4:50 pm Breakout Session 3 – Choose your track:
Empowering Women Track: Stopping the Sex-Trafficking Crisis – Lisa Haba, Esq., The Haba Law Firm; Demetria Gilliam-Williams, Life 107
Fostering Faith & Family Track: Faith-filled Fatherhood & A New Vision of Masculinity
– Doug Johnson, Doug on Tap; Shawn Carney, 40 Days for Life; Nate Robertson, Sidewalk Advocates for Life
Taking Action to Save Lives Track: How to Lead & Cultivate On-Fire Volunteers for
Your Local Life-Saving Mission – Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Sidewalk Advocates for Life; Heather Gardner, 40 Days for Life
6:00 pm Conference Announcements
7:30 am Religious Services:
Mass celebrated by Father Patrick Briscoe with music led by The C Major Project
Worship Service led by Pastor Dallas and Ryan & Bethany Bomberger, Radiance Foundation
9:00 am Welcome & Announcements – Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Sidewalk Advocates for Life
9:10 am Joint Session Panel: How to Win the Battle for Life Legally – Thomas More Society Legal Team
10:05 am Breakout Session 4 – Choose your track:
Empowering Women Track: Healing Hearts Broken by Abortion – Ivy Almon, Support After Abortion; Melissa Ohden, The Abortion Survivors Network; Dr. Amanda Willie, And Then There Were None
Fostering Faith & Family Track: Embracing Adoption and Dispelling the Myths – Britt Paladino, Abiding Love Adoptions; Christie Mac Segars, LICSW-S, Lifeline Children’s Services
Taking Action to Save Lives Track: How to Build and Execute a Grassroots Campaign
to Win Hearts and Elections in the Dobbs Era – Kate Maloney, Abortion-Free Cities / Students for Life of America; Steven Aden, Esq., Americans United for Life
11:05 am Break and Vendors Open
11:20 am Joint Session Presentation: Looking Forward – 2024 and Beyond – Michael Kenney, Esq., Pro-Life Partners Foundation
11:30 am Joint Session Keynote: The Strategy to End Abortion in America -David Bereit, Pro-Life Strategist and Founder & Former CEO of 40 Days for Life
12:15 pm Closing Remarks – Dr. Abby Johnson, ProLove Ministries, and Lauren Muzyka, Esq., Sidewalk Advocates for Life, with Celebrate Life Weekend Co-Hosts
Dynamic Speakers
Fellowship & Friendship