Stand for the Family: Alarming Evidence and Firsthand Accounts from the Front Lines of Battle: A Call to Responsible Citizens Everywhere

Alarming evidence and firsthand accounts from the front lines of the battle for the family. A call to responsible citizens everywhere.

Sharon Slater has dedicated the past ten years of her life to defending marriage, family and life. Whether in a remote village in Africa, addressing 1.5 million people at a pro-marriage rally in Spain, or opposing challenges to family values in the United States, Canada or at the United Nations, Sharon is an internationally recognized leader in the effort to protect and promote the family and family values at the international, national and local level. In 1999, Sharon co-founded Family Watch International (FWI), a nonprofit organization in consultative status with the United Nations, and she currently serves as its president. Among other activities, Sharon writes a biweekly column for The Family Watch a free e-newsletter with readers in over 100 countries around the world. Sharon is extensively involved in international adoption issues, including developing FWI s Families For Orphans project. She has also been active in defending marriage and the family in her local community and was selected to represent American Mothers, Inc., as the 2007 Arizona Mother of the Year. In all of her activities to protect the family, Sharon, along with her husband Greg, has worked as an unpaid volunteer. Sharon holds a Bachelors degree in Family Sciences. Before becoming involved in family issues, Sharon was a certified interpreter for the deaf and an instructor of American Sign Language at the university level. She also is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. Sharon and her husband Greg are the parents of seven children, four biological and three orphan siblings from Mozambique whose parents died of AIDS.