Chicago March for Life!
Friday May 22, 2009, Americans for Life will be hosting a March for Life in Chicago. Click here to go to their website.
Please join us at the May 22, 2009 March for Life
11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in downtown ChicagoSponsored by WYLL Radio AM1160 and WIND AM560Join hundreds of pro-lifers to support Life!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
11:30 am to 12:15 pm Rally at the State of Illinois Building 100 West Randolph Street
(between LaSalle and Clark Sts.)
Speakers:
Dick Walsh, Chairman, Americans For LifeSandy Rios, Radio Host from WYLLMary Anne Hackett, Illinois Right to Life CommitteeDave Smith, Illinois Family InstituteJim Finnegan, License Plates For Life
12:15 p.m. to 1:00 pm March For Life from the State of Illinois Building to the Federal Building Plaza
1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Rally in the Plaza north of the Federal Building at 50 West Adams
Speakers:
Opening PrayerJoe Scheidler, Pro-Life Action LeagueJill Stanek, Born Alive Infant Protection Act... and religious leaders for pro-life causesPro-life flags, signs, placards, hats, and all displays WILL BE PROVIDED at the event. Please DO NOT bring homemade signs.Notre Dame was just a warm up! Join Chicago's Pro-Life community in demonstrating on behalf of the unborn. Your participation makes a statement to the entire world that the abortions and child killing have to stop! It was President Obama himself who led the fight against the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act in the Illinois Senate, a bill that simply would have given medical treatment to babies born ALIVE after failed abortions! Your voice was heard in Notre Dame. Let it be heard on the streets of Chicago on Friday, May 22.For more information about participation, please contact Dick Walsh at 630-312-0081.For information on co-sponsorship opportunities, please contact Bea Sutkus at WYLL at 708 256 2851 or by email at bea@salemradiochicago.com.FREE BUS PARKING WILL BE AVAILABLEDROP OFF AT STATE OF ILLINOIS BUILDINGPICK UP AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING(Driver directions will be provided at drop off)Parking garages are available downtown and in Grant Park. Participants are encouraged to rent buses or to take public transportation to the March For Life. To plan your trip to the event in downtown Chicago by commuter rail, go to www.metrarail.com. To see bus routes in the city go to www.transitchicago.com.All of the necessary permits for these events have been awarded.