I’m thrilled to announce two featured individuals for our 6th annual Life Awards Gala on September 27, 2025, in Los Angeles, CA!

John,

I’m thrilled to announce two featured individuals for our 6th annual Life Awards Gala ([link removed] ) on September 27, 2025, in Los Angeles, CA!

The Life Awards Gala is a special evening where we honor outspoken leaders who defend preborn life within media, politics, and entertainment. The night is also a time to celebrate pro-life wins while hearing from Live Action’s Lila Rose on how we can continue making pivotal progress in building a lasting culture of life.

One of the pro-life heroes we will feature this year is Bevelyn Williams. We are so excited to showcase her bravery on behalf of the most vulnerable.

Here’s her incredible story:

Bevelyn Beatty (now Williams) was born in Staten Island, New York, and soon after moved to North Carolina, where she spent the majority of her childhood. In her formative years as a child, her parents separated, and she was raised in an environment of instability, turmoil, and both sexual and physical abuse.

A product of a broken culture, she acted out with rebellious behavior from a young age. She developed a negative image of men, which was more deeply confirmed through repeated experiences. Men were after one thing, and one thing only, just like her father had told her as a teenager. Having had her first abortion at 15 and later dropping out of high school, she continued on a self-destructive path centered around dating, drugs, and drinking. She would go on to have two more abortions during that time.

Living a carefree lifestyle and needing a large sum of money to catch up on past due rent payments, she was caught and arrested for money laundering from her employer. While in jail awaiting bail for 7 days, she met a woman who had the God-given ability to see her internal struggle with depression that she had kept secret for quite some time. The woman told her that if she did not change her life, the next step for her would be the grave. Bevelyn knew in her heart this was true and upon her release moved forward with the determination to choose a new path.

Not long after, working for a non-profit women’s organization, she was raising awareness and fundraising from people on the street in front of the Trump Towers in New York City. She met a woman named Edmee who patiently listened to her explanation of all the things they were doing to help young girls. After completing her pitch, Edmee responded, “I could give you money, but if these girls don’t know Jesus, nothing will change.”

Bevelyn knew deep down that this was true and, with curiosity sparked by their conversation, proceeded to get to know Edmee more in the coming weeks. Shortly after, Edmee began discipling Bevelyn, and they began working alongside one another to pursue the ministry God had called them to: feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In short, sharing the truth that until Jesus Matters, nothing else matters.

Bevelyn is now the wife of Rickey Williams Jr. and the mother of beautiful Eleanor Grace Williams.

I’m also excited to share that we will feature Michael Knowles as the emcee for the night!

Michael Knowles is the celebrated host of “The Michael Knowles Show” at the Daily Wire and “The Book Club” at PragerU. He is also the author of the best-selling book “Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds.”

John, this will be an unforgettable night of community, celebration, and inspiration. Will we see you there?

Tickets are limited, so be sure to lock yours in right away: gala.liveaction.org ([link removed] )

Please forward this email to a friend if they’d be interested!

For Life,

Josef Lipp

Chief Operating Officer

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