Rev Arnold Culbreath

Rev. Arnold M. Culbreath is the Urban Outreach Director of Life Issues Institute, Inc., an organization established to serve the educational needs of the pro-life movement, internationally headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. He oversees its Urban Outreach Initiative, Protecting Black Life (www.protectingblacklife.org), with a primary objective of reaching the black community with the pro-life message.

Holding degrees in Architectural Engineering and Theology, Arnold has worked simultaneously in both fields for many years. Throughout his life, he has been intentional in promoting racial reconciliation and developing cross-racial relationships, positively impacting lives on many different levels. He was the Kroger Company’s first African-American draftsman, and also designed and managed construction projects for The City of Cincinnati. He is an ordained minister with 25 years experience, having served as Senior Pastor of the Tryed Stone Baptist Church and the First Liberty Baptist Church, both located in Cincinnati, OH. He also served as Urban Youth and Family Pastor of the University Christian Church (Cincinnati, OH), and was the first African-American on their pastoral team. He attends the Heirs Covenant Church of Cincinnati and serves as one of the associate pastors, as well as a member of the board of directors.

Arnold is dedicated to protecting unborn babies and their parents from abortion. He frequently travels, educating audiences about abortion’s devastating effects on both mother and child. As he extends Life Issues Institute’s urban outreach efforts, he is partnering with pro-life leaders across the country to multiply the number of baby’s lives saved. As Urban Outreach Director, Arnold carries out this mission by:

• Developing pro-life educational literature exclusively for the black community.
• Speaking at local and national gatherings.
• Operating educational booths at key events.
• Organizing educational groups and events.
• Collaborating with pastors and community leaders in the development of life-affirming strategies to reduce and eventually eliminate abortion.
• Encouraging and inspiring people to choose life.

Arnold resides in the greater Cincinnati area. He and his wife Barbara will be married 25 years this year, and have a 23 year old daughter and a 16 year old son.

Alex Schadenberg

 

Alex Schadenberg has been the Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (www.epcc.ca) since July 1999. The goal of this organisation is to build a well informed, broadly based membership of groups and individuals in order to establish an effective social barrier to euthanasia and assisted suicide. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition are responsible for organising the 1st and 2nd International Symposiums on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, which were held in Toronto in 2007 and Washington DC in 2009. Alex has vast experience of working in the Pro-Life movement and was also President of the Canadian Youth Pro-Life Organisation from 1988-1990.

Alex is a published author, having many articles published throughout Canada and worldwide. He wrote the book ‘Toward A Culture of Life’ in 1996.

He is married to Susan and they have 6 children. They live in Glencoe, Ontario.

Stephen Barrie

Stephen’s background is in philosophy: he holds an MA in Philosophy from the University of Manchester, and recently began studying for a part time MPhil/PhD in Philosophy at King’s College London. He is currently Education Officer at the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics, where he has worked for the past two years. He has spoken around the UK on a wide variety of topics including euthanasia, stem cell research, double effect reasoning, abortion, cloning and hybrids, and the role of men in prolife work. His research focuses on normative ethics, and in particular double effect reasoning and doing/allowing.

Stephen has been involved in starting up the Linacre Centre’s new office in Oxford, where he convenes a medical ethics reading group and tutors visiting students in medical ethics at Blackfriars Permanent Private Hall. He chairs the Linacre Ethics Forum in London, at which a different senior practitioner each month meets with junior healthcare professionals and students to discuss difficult theoretical and practical issues.

 

 

 

 

 

Eileen Reilly

 

 

Eileen is a consultant Obstetrician and  Gynaecologist, who studied and worked as a consultant in Glasgow. Her interest in natural fertility care was sparked by a 2 year period of working in a  maternity unit in Liberia. On return from Liberia , her interest in this field grew and after completing a 13 months course in Naprotechnology,  she then moved to Ireland to work with Dr Phil Boyle who established Naprotechnology in Galway 11 years ago. Her special interest is in surgical Naprotechnology. The aim of the surgery is to restore normal pelvic anatomy to enable the couple to concieve naturally.

 

 

Clare McGraw

Clare McGraw studied Philosophy and theology at Dundee and St Andrews Universities. She was awarded a PhD for a thesis entitled Realism in Science and Religion which explores parallel debates on realism in the philosophies of science and religion. Clare has taught ethics at Dundee and Stirling Universities and currently teaches Ethics and Religious Studies with the Open University.

Clare lives in Dundee with her husband and five children.

Margaret Cuthill

 

Margaret Cuthill is a Post Abortion Recovery Counsellor. She has been working as a full time counsellor for British Victims of Abortion for 19 years, giving her vast experience of helping those who are struggling in the aftermath of a personal abortion experience. Margaret deals with women and men who are suffering after an abortion on a daily basis and, as such, is a leading expert on the very real and very damaging effects that abortion can have on the lives of those who experience abortion.

 

Sr Roseann Reddy

 

Sr. Roseann Reddy has worked with the Cardinal Winning Pro-Life Initiative in Glasgow since its inception on 9^th March 1997. In the 13 years that have since passed, Sr. Roseann has worked tirelessly to assist countless women and their families who have been faced with crisis pregnancies whether they need help practically, financially, emotionally or spiritually. Sr. Roseann is one of the leading lights of the pro-life movement in Scotland and is a vibrant speaker. Her enthusiasm for pro-life work cannot fail to rub off on those who hear her speak.

 

 

Mattei Radu

 

Mattei Radu is an LL.M. candidate at the New York University School of Law and will graduate in May 2010. He received both his B.A. and J.D. from Villanova University and his M.A. from the London School of Economics. Mattei has published articles in the Villanova Law Review, the Southern University Law Review, the Campbell Law Review, and the University of St. Thomas Journal of Law & Public Policy. He is as a graduate editor for the New York University Journal of Law & Business and has served as both a staff writer and associate editor for the Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal. Mattei has presented scholarly papers on legal themes at conferences sponsored by University Faculty for Life and the Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University. He taught as an adjunct professor at Villanova University from 2007 to 2009.

 

Mattei first became actively involved in the pro-life movement in 1999. He has served in a number of posts in the movement, including president of American Collegians for Life, staff supervisor for Generation Life – Philadelphia, and president of Villanovans for Life.

 

 

 

 

 

George Beuken

George Beuken is the Pastoral/Spiritual Director at St Andrews Hospice, Airdrie. He has been involved in hospice care since 1994 and has held his present post since 1999, with the portfolio of Support Services and Education. In addition to his academic qualifications in Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology, George holds the certificate in Social and Pastoral Ministry and is a registered MBTI facilitator. He is also on the staff at Caledonian University Glasgow where he lectures on ‘Spirituality in Healthcare’. His thesis ‘Towards a Theology of Palliative Care’ has been published as a series of four articles in ‘The Scottish Journal for Healthcare Chaplaincy’.