January 29, 2025
VA PRO-LIFE DAY
Join us for our fourth annual Virginia Pro-Life Day on January 29, 2025 in Richmond! Meet with your legislators to advocate for pro-life causes.
Program for Jan 29, 2025 Pro-Life Advocacy Day
- 8:00 am – Doors Open (GRCC)
- 8:30 am – 9:00 am – Opening Programming (GRCC)
- 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Visits to legislators (GAB)
- Noon – Choice of activity: Groups visiting galleries (GAB) or Mass at St. Peter’s Parish
- After adjournment of floor sessions (around 2:00pm) – Visits to legislators for late arriving participants (GAB)
GRCC = Greater Richmond Convention Center
GAB = General Assembly Building
Advocate for Life
Your personal presence is vital. It powerfully supports pro-life members of the General Assembly or encourages those who have voted against pro-life bills in the past to reconsider their views. We want our legislators to see we are engaged and expect to see them pass life-affirming legislation.
We will gather in the morning at the Richmond Convention Center to organize our advocacy teams, receive guidance for meeting with members, and gain inspiration from pro-life leaders. After organizing into district groups, we will then walk over to our legislators’ offices to meet with our senators and members of the House of Delegates. We want to let them know, as their constituents, that we hope to see them pass legislation to uphold and defend the dignity of every human life.
Talking points, legislative updates and tips for effective advocacy will be provided by the organizers to make your constituent meetings easy and successful. Please join us!
organize a group
Help us reach our goal of assembling advocates from every district in the Commonwealth! Choose to become an integral part of this day by serving as a District Captain.
Volunteer District Captains will be named by the organizing committee and are a critical component to making the day successful. The major responsibilities are listed below.
- Keep track of and communicate with local constituents who sign up online for their district. The contact information for the constituents will be given to the captain as it is collected.
- If applicable, help to organize how advocates travel to Richmond. (e.g. carpools, buses, etc.)
- Encourage everyone who is coming to wear something red.
- Make sure everyone has received talking points, maps of Richmond, General Assembly information, or any other documents the organizers will provide.
- Keep track of their delegation groups at the General Assembly Building and after lobbying time is done.
- Help ensure that those in their group get home.
To apply to be selected as a District Captain, select “Yes” under District Captain on the Sign Up page.
PARKING, BUS INFORMATION, AND DAY-OF MAP
Where can I park my personal vehicle?
9th and Franklin Street Parking Deck: Paid parking for Capitol Square visitors is available from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Friday excluding state holidays. Parking rates (cards only) are $5/hour or $20/day. This parking deck can be accessed by heading North on 9th street after turning onto or crossing Main Street. Immediately after the Bank Street stop light the parking deck entrance is on the left.
Greater Richmond Convention Center: The address for the Parking Garage of the Convention Center is 351 N. Third Street. Cost is $7.00 per vehicle for the entire day.
Public Parking: A limited number of metered public parking spaces (2 hours) are on Bank Street, between Governor and 14th Streets, on the south side of Main Street, between 9th and 12th Streets and on 12th Street between Main and Bank Streets.
Pay parking lots and decks are nearby on 8th and Grace Streets and 7th and Marshall Streets.
Note: Due to ongoing construction projects in Downtown Richmond, some parking lots listed on the links above may not exist any longer. If you have any questions about parking lots in the Capitol vicinity, please call the Capitol Tour Desk at (804) 698-1788.
Where is Bus Parking?
Between dropping off and picking up participants, buses can park all day for free at the Richmond Flying Squirrels stadium in the Yellow lot. The stadium address is: 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. Richmond, VA 23230. The best way to get to the Yellow Lot is to turn at the light onto Squirrels Way. If coming from Broad Street, make a right and if coming from I64, make a left. There is a tall marquee sign at the light. The Yellow lot will be straight ahead.
virginia pro-life day Schedule
January 29, 2025
- 7:30am Doors Open at Greater Richmond Convention Center
- 8:30am Gather in constituent groups
- 9:15am Short walk to General Assembly Offices (Shuttle available with prior registration for those unable to walk)
- 10:00am Senate Meetings
- 10:30am Delegate Meetings
- Noon Choice of activity: Groups visiting galleries (GAB) or Mass at St. Peter’s Parish
- After adjournment of floor sessions (around 2:00pm) – Visits to legislators for late arriving participants (GAB)
A collaborative effort of the Virginia Catholic Conference, the Dioceses of Arlington and Richmond, and Virginia Society for Human Life.
