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Scouting Without a Compass
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, For many years my husband and I were volunteers with Boy Scouts of America. We served in packs, troops, crews and districts in a variety of positions. We helped youth develop virtues embodied in the Scout oath, law and motto...
Best Job Ever: A Millennial Mother’s Response to the New York Times
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, When I was young, Erma Bombeck was the definitive voice on motherhood. With wit and wisdom she managed to balance the absurd and sublime that distinguishes the life of a mother. She was one of the greatest humorists of her...
Inconvenient truths
From the Desk of Tori Black: Dear Friends, I recently had a conversation with some friends who tend to see things through a pair of liberal lenses. We happened upon the subject of children who think they are trapped in the body of the opposite sex. When I mentioned my...
Protecting Families at CSW 62
Hello Friends, The UFI team had a very successful experience at this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). We had eight university students and four faculty join us in visiting representatives from over 50 countries, as well as attending and reporting on...
Who Has Your Back?
From the desk of Tori Black: Here at UFI, we are in the thick of preparations for attending the UN during the Commission on the Status of Women. We have been busy facilitating participation in side events by pro-family organizations and setting up appointments to...
Simple is Best – even at the UN
Sometimes the simple approach ends up being the best thing! The 56th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) concluded this week and although there was some not-so-good language that ended up in the Commission’s outcome document, there were some...
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Gender Identity Wars: How Redefining Gender Hurts Women
By Tori Levulis Black One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I arrived late to my P.E. class due to an early morning orthodontist appointment. The woman that oversaw several of the girls’ team sports was short – as in tiny. She took my “excused slip”, and...
The New Comprehensive Sexuality Education that has Teachers Horrified and Parents Fighting Back
The following guest post is an excerpt from "Standing Up to Goliath" by Rebecca Friedrichs In 2013 a dear friend sent me a most shocking email message. She forwarded it from a young mother living in Northern California. The email’s subject was: The Latest Horror! The...
Assisted Suicide: Society’s Dangerous Embrace of Legalized Killing
By Tori Levulis Black In 1993, I had my last child on my living room floor. On purpose! Disappointed with some aspects of my previous births, I did my homework and chose to have a homebirth with the help of a certified midwife. It was by far my best birth. Two...
Employment and the Family
By Marci Nelson I grew up in a large family. My parents had four sons and four daughters, and we lived a very happy childhood where my siblings and I felt immense love and safety. For as long as I can remember, my dad has been a cemetery caretaker. This means that he...
Gosnell: The True Crime Story America Tried to Hide
A message from UFI: In 1984, former abortionist, Dr. Bernard Nathanson, released a groundbreaking film called The Silent Scream. The film took advantage of ultrasound technology to reveal the human reality of the fetus. When preparing women for abortion, abortion...
Sex Robots: Coming Soon to a City Near You
By Elizabeth Warner Cover image via National Center on Sexual Exploitation As a recent resident of Texas, I was appalled to hear about the proposed sex robot, or sexbot, brothel opening in Houston, Texas just a couple hours away from my home. While Houston’s...