{"id":5174,"date":"2006-01-24T11:06:18","date_gmt":"2006-01-24T11:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/americans-on-call-1.html"},"modified":"2006-01-24T11:06:18","modified_gmt":"2006-01-24T11:06:18","slug":"americans-on-call-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/americans-on-call-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Americans on Call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Go and read Annie Banno’s post on this new initiative, designed to signal those in need that they are surrounded by people who want to help:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Goal:<\/strong> To help\u2014not re-create\u2014all of the good pro-life (and other) efforts across America be more recognizable to those who can benefit from them.<\/p>\n

The Plan:<\/strong> Every person, from the president of a pro-life law firm, to a young teen, to a pro-life politician, to a woman who thinks abortion should be legal but rare, wears this symbol every day\u2014on a t-shirt, a hat, or a lapel pin. Maybe they put bumper stickers on their cars, or fly the flag outside their houses, or put a sign on the front lawn.<\/p>\n

The symbol means merely this: "How can I help you?"<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The website<\/a><\/p>\n

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Go and read Annie Banno’s post on this new initiative, designed to signal those in need that they are surrounded by people who want to help: The Goal: To help\u2014not re-create\u2014all of the good pro-life (and other) efforts across America be more recognizable to those who can benefit from them. 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