MIRA VIA’S 23RD ANNUAL FUNDRAISING BANQUET
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2018
Location: Crown Ballroom of the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C.
Time: Check-in/Reception begins at 5:30 PM; Dinner starts at 6:30 PM
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Keynote Speaker: Shawn Carney, founder of 40 Days for Life
Shawn Carney is the co-founder and president of 40 Days for Life, a breakthrough initiative of 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion, round-the-clock peaceful vigil outside a local abortion center and grassroots door-to-door outreach that has dropped local abortion numbers by 28 percent. Shawn helped to lead the first 40 Days for Life in 2004 and helped to expand the campaign as a national and international movement by 2007. Today, 40 Days for Life has been done in 769 cities in all 50 states and 47 countries. His efforts have mobilized more than 750,000 pro-life volunteers and have confirmed reports of over 14,600 mothers choosing life and 177 abortion center workers who have had conversions and left their jobs, including former abortion center director, Abby Johnson, who walked into Shawn’s office just next door to her abortion facility.
Shawn is a regular media spokesperson and his work has been featured on hundreds of media outlets including Fox News, The New York Times, USA Today, National Catholic Register, and EWTN Radio. Shawn has also produced and hosted award-winning pro-life documentaries that have aired on EWTN. Shawn is the co-author of 40 Days for Life and lives in Texas with his wife and six children.
For more information, contact Megan Whiteside at meganwhiteside@miravia.org or by phone at 704-525-4673 Ext. 13.