As Executive Director for NARAL Pro Choice SD, Samantha Spawn is an advocate for women’s rights. She has fought against discrimination for the past decade, feeling that this work is more important now than ever before.

NARAL is the political arm of the pro-choice movement. They educate and mobilize grassroots support to advocate for reproductive freedom for all. As executive director, her primary responsibilities are volunteer recruitment and retention, strategy development, fundraising, board management, and lobbying.

Samantha will share her personal journey and how her dedication to helping others has helped her persevere through the tough times.

BIO: Samantha grew up in Sioux Falls in a very conservative family. She has five younger siblings, and has always felt responsible for others. That feeling of responsibility grew and changed as she grew and changed, and responsibility and obligation turned into empathy and love.

She realized that she felt compelled to care for those around her because she feels a deep connection in the shared human experience. Now, as a mother, she feels it is important to demonstrate to her daughter caring for others and protecting civil liberties.