Table Manners for Tough Topics: A Pro-Life Guide to Holiday Conversations
If you want to be able to discuss abortion without spoiling the meal (or the relationship) this livestream is for you.
Every year around this time, we get the question from our followers:
“How am I supposed to talk about abortion with my family over the holidays?”
Monica Snyder and Herb Geraghty will share practical tools for communicating the pro-life position with confidence and compassion in every situation.
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What we covered:
- How to read the room before stirring the pot
- Tips for identifying common ground with the people closest to you
- Calm and kind ways to correct misinformation in real time
- When to disengage gracefully and just enjoy your life
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Presenters:
Monica Snyder
Executive Director, Secular Pro-Life
Favorite Thanksgiving Foods: Candied yams and dinner rolls
Monica Snyder is a pro-life atheist who has lived much of her adult life in secular, urban parts of California, surrounded by mostly pro-choice peers. She’s passionate about fostering friendships across ideological lines.
Herb Geraghty
Chief Communications Officer, Secular Pro-Life
Favorite Thanksgiving Foods: Tofurkey and cranberry sauce
Herb Geraghty is a pro-life atheist with an activist background, who has been involved with multiple diverse pro-life groups. Herb has spoken at events from college campuses to the steps of the Supreme Court and has had countless conversations about abortion with people from a wide range of perspectives.