Monica Loesel, 1st place winner in the Virginia Society for Human Life Educational Fund’s Alex and Geline Williams Pro-Life Oratory Contest
The winners of the Virginia Society for Human Life, Inc., Educational Fund, Alex and Geline Williams Pro-Life Oratory Contest held in Richmond, Virginia on May 4, 2013 are:
1st place winner was Monica Loesel, from John Paul the Great High School, was awarded $500; tied for 2nd place were Kathleen Loesel from John Paul the Great High School and Clarissa Traub from Princess Ann High School, each were awarded $250; and 3rd place winner was Grace Godeaux from Seton School was awarded $100.
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Ten finalists in their junior or senior year of high school competed. Miss Monica Loesel will represent Virginia at the Jane B. Thompson Oratory Contest national competition in Dallas, TX, June 29. This contest is held in conjunction with the annual National Right to Life Convention.
The Alex and Geline Williams Pro-Life Contest is the Virginia statewide pro-life oratory contest sponsored by the Virginia Society for Human Life Educational Fund. It provides the youth of Virginia a way to seek the truth regarding the right to life, and having found it, to proclaim the truth.
“This program gives high school juniors and seniors an opportunity to speak in defense of the unalienable right to life of all human beings and on the urgent need to protect them from the tragedy of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and embryonic stem cell research,” stated Kathy Nowinsky, coordinator of the Virginia Society for Human Life contest.
“All of this year’s speakers demonstrated an exceptionally high level of poise and understanding about these vital issues, “said Olivia Gans Turner, President of the Virginia Society for Human Life. “The Commonwealth of Virginia is fortunate to have so many eloquent defenders of human life rising up in the next generation.”