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MANILA, June 20, 2010— Pro-life advocates are stepping up their lobby and advocacy efforts in time for the opening of the 15th Congress.

Aiming to educate pro-lifers on how to use lobbying activities to advance the pro-life agenda in various venues especially in the legislature, Pro-life Philippines Foundation, Inc. is holding a seminar titled “Strategies to Protect Life and the Family in the 15th Congress.”

Resource speakers are pro-life lawyer Attorney Jo Aurea Imbong of the Ang Kapatiran Party who will share her expertise on raising arguments against controversial anti-life bills.

Buhay Party-list’s Mr. Jose “Agoy” Descallar will explain the prospective landscape of the 15th Congress, while Rep. William Irwin Tieng of the BUHAY Party-List will discuss on how prolifers can help convince legislators to support the pro-life cause.

An open forum follows after each of the speaker’s discussion.

Invited participants for the seminar include advocacy group leaders, parishioners, teachers, and students.

The seminar is slated on a Saturday, July 31, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the St. Joseph Retreat House Conference Room, Our Lady of Loreto Church, Manzanas Street, Sampaloc, Manila.

Participants will be asked a registration fee of P 750.00 which includes one snack, one lunch, one seminar kit, and a certificate of participation signed by the organizers.

More information on the seminar can be asked from this number 733-7027, telefax 734-9425; text through mobile# 0919-2337783; or an email at life@prolife.org.ph. (CBCPNews)