Janet Porter | President and Founder of Faith2Action

Janet Porter

President and Founder of Faith2Action

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Janet Porter
Biography

Janet L. Folger is the President and Founder of Faith2Action--created to WIN the cultural war by working TOGETHER with the most effective organizations on the side of faith and family. She hosts a daily radio program, Faith2Action with Janet Folger, (from 2-3 p.m. EST) currently in 25 markets.

Janet served as the National Director for the Center for Reclaiming America, founded by Dr. D. James Kennedy [from 1997-2002] where she launched an online effort that resulted in one of the largest pro-family grassroots armies in the nation--more than 500,000 strong..

Before that, Janet Folger served for nine years as Legislative Director of Ohio Right to Life where she successfully lobbied for passage of the nation's first partial-birth abortion ban, which sparked the national debate in Congress and throughout the country. She also secured passage of the Woman's Right to Know Law, Parental Consent, Fetal Homicide, Clinic Regulations, Adoption reform, as well as removing all state funding of abortion.

Janet Folger has appeared on NBC's Today Show, ABC's Evening News, FOX News, Nightline, 20/20, Hannity and Colmes, Hardball with Chris Mathews, Inside Politics, MSNBC, CNN, CNNHeadline News, CBS This Morning, Hard Copy, and Extra among others.

Janet has been profiled in The New York Times, People magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dayton Daily News, Akron Beacon Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer, is listed one of the city's 10 most fascinating faces in Miami Metro Magazine and is recognized in Who's Who.

She has debated Planned Parenthood president, Gloria Feldt, National Organization of Women (NOW) president, Kim Gandy, former NOW president, Patricia Ireland, Jack Kevorkian, as well as spokespeople from the ACLU, The Human Rights Campaign, NARAL, GLSEN, and Atheist Organizations.

Janet Folger has also appeared on hundreds of radio programs, including multiple appearances on Focus on the Family, USA Radio Network News, SRN News, Family News In Focus, as well as programs hosted by: Colonel Oliver North, Alan Keys, Pat Buchanan, and Janet Parshall.

In 2000, Janet authored the book, True to Life, her life story and dramatic lessons learned in the pro-life movement. Her second book, :30 Seconds to Common Sense, features a compilation of her Award-winning radio and TV commentaries, was published in 2001. Janet Folger's third book, What's a Girl to Do? The Inside Scoop on Living for Jesus while waiting for Mr. Right, is scheduled for release in January 2004.

Janet has received an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Christian Humanitarian Service from the South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary. She also graduated with honors from Cleveland State University with a Masters degree in Communication.

Janet Folger is a frequent speaker at banquets, conferences, high schools, and universities.

Janet has spearheaded several high-profile national campaigns:
In January of 2003, Janet launched the "I am an American" Campaign featuring a 3-D ultrasound picture of an unborn baby's face and a call for action on the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Full page ads ran in newspapers across the country, along with television ads, billboards, church bulletins, and bumper stickers, through National Right to Life's network and 35 Faith2Action partnering organizations.

In 2001 & 2002 Janet Folger led the "Shake the Nation back to Life Campaign," which coordinated with more than 20 pro-life groups to send the message "loud and clear" about the need for pro-life judges to the U.S. Senate--to be accompanied with more than 45,000 baby rattles. Folger wrote and was the Executive Producer of the television commercials for this campaign that ran nationally and won the "Silver Angel Award" for excellence in Media.

In 2000, Janet Folger spearheaded the "Second Thoughts About Abortion" campaign to raise awareness of the life-altering consequences of abortion. The campaign featured a powerful, award-winning television commercial that aired in Philadelphia and Los Angeles during the weeks of the Republican and Democratic political conventions. It was joined by a dozen national organizations.

In 1999, after the shootings at Columbine, she launched the "Yes, I Believe in God" campaign designed to equip and empower students across the nation to boldly proclaim their faith in Jesus Christ. More than 10,000 "Yes, I Believe in God Kits" went to high school leaders across the country--complete with resources from the Alliance Defense Fund, American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), and Liberty Counsel for students whose First Amendment rights were being violated. During this campaign, she co-authored, with Christian recording artist Rebecca St. James, the "Yes, I Believe in God" song that climbed to number 2 on the Christian Adult Contemporary Music Chart.

In 1998, Janet coordinated the "Truth In Love" campaign that carried the message of hope for change to those struggling with homosexuality in full-page ads and television commercials across the country. This unified effort was the first of it's kind and it's unprecedented success set the stage for the campaigns that followed, and ultimately, the foundation of Faith2Action.

From June 1998 to December 2000, Janet Folger hosted "Reclaiming America with Janet Folger," a daily 60-second commentary on issues affecting Christians. It aired on more than 500 radio and TV stations and received the National Religious Broadcaster's "Genesis Award," as well as the Excellence In Media "Silver Angel Award.

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