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The Proponents
Our Stories
Faye Barnhart is a Life Affirming Specialist, professional speaker and writer, and co-proponent of the life amendment in Colorado. Faye was a successful CEO/Executive Director of the largest pregnancy care center geographically in the United States with more than a 90% carry rate, growing the center to five locations, training staff and volunteers, and converting it to a medical clinic. When she was asked about putting forward a people's initiative, she began seeking Scripture, praying, and consulting those who have gone before.​​​​
Faye was a women's advocate of nineteen years and has walked alongside hundreds of women experiencing overwhelming challenges while pregnant, including survivors of sexual assault, partner violence, and the trauma of abortion. She served on a federal think tank on the co-occurrence of adult and child violence and has served four pregnancy care centers in two states since the 1980's. While mentoring teens for panel presentations in public schools to address the most common issues contributing to teen pregnancy, Faye was the first individual awarded for efforts in reducing teen pregnancies in El Paso County by the Colorado Springs Health Department in the late 1990's.
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Faye pursued undergraduate courses in social work, theology, and prelaw, completing her BA with honors in English with a minor in Communications and interning in both media and at the Colorado State Capitol. She continued post graduate work in Organizational Leadership and pursued a career in Public Relations and Communications for international ministries including Focus on the Family and International Bible Society before being called into professional women's and children's advocacy. While at Focus on the Family, she was tasked by H.B. London to create a marketing plan to make Pastor Appreciation in October a household concept within the year. She served seven years on the executive team and Board of Directors of the Christian Leadership Alliance in Colorado Springs.
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Faye completed her degree and pursued a career as a single parent and is now married with an adopted special needs son and several grandchildren, including a grandson who needed life-saving surgery at birth. She has been a follower of Jesus Christ since asking Him to forgive her sins and come into her life as a small child on the front pew of the church where her father pastored. She continues her walk with the Lord in daily dependance, seeking to honor Him in all she does and gives Him glory for all He has done in her life. ​​
Angela is a Doctor of Physical Therapy. A student of Scripture and follower of Christ, she is a Catholic seminary graduate and teaches Catechism to youth at her church. She is the wife of a flight paramedic and mother of three teenagers who enjoys camping and spending time with her family. She volunteers for the local pregnancy center and for the past five years directed Northeast Colorado's United for Life Walk, an annual event that educated others on the sanctity of life and exhibited the many resources available to help individuals and families in all stages of life from preborn babies to the elderly, and those overcoming physical and emotional handicaps in need of hope along the way. Working with this event led her to realize the deep need for legal protections for our most vulnerable neighbors.​​
Angela has many years of experience in petition drives. Due to her full-time career, she often provides behind-the-scenes research and support to Task Force and Regional Team volunteers while also helping at booths and personally collecting thousands of signatures across the state. While working full-time and using her evenings, weekends, and vacation time to try to save children, Angela manages her family, raising her children and serving others through her church and occupation. This is her third election cycle as a co-proponent to give Coloradans an opportunity to protect our youngest and most vulnerable children.