From Adversity to Empowerment

Elizabeth Smart

Friday, 05 Oct 2018 at 7:00 pm – Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center

No tickets | General admission seating
Doors open at 6pm – Enter through the north, ticket office doors

A campus resource fair will precede the lecture, 6:00-7:00pm, in the lower level of Stephens Auditorium. Representatives from ISU Police, Student Health and Wellness, and other university and community programs assisting with trauma, recovery, and personal safety will be onsite to share information. A book signing will immediately follow the lecture in the Celebrity Café, on the lower level.

Elizabeth Smart spent nine months in captivity after being abducted from her home in 2002 at age 14. It was one of the most followed child abduction cases of our time. In the years after her rescue, Smart has transformed from victim to advocate, traveling the country and working to educate, inspire, and foster change. She created the Elizabeth Smart Foundation to help prevent crimes against children and worked with the Department of Justice to create a survivors’ guide. She has chronicled her experiences in the book, My Story. Her most recent book, Where There’s Hope: Healing, Moving Forward, and Never Giving Up, offers a powerful message of hope in our ability to overcome trauma.

Iowa State Students – LIMITED PRIORITY SEATING
Iowa State students may present their ISU Card for limited, first-floor priority seating until 6:30pm. Seats will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis, and may not be saved. 

Cosponsored By:
  • ACCESS
  • Ames Police Department
  • Ames Public Library Friends Foundation
  • Athletics Department
  • Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
  • Community Support Advocates
  • Green Dot
  • Iowa Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery
  • Iowa State University Police
  • Margaret Sloss Women's Center
  • Martial Arts Club @ ISU
  • Mary Greeley Medical Center
  • Program for Women in Science and Engineering
  • Thielen Student Health Center
  • United Church of Christ
  • University Library
  • YWCA Ames at ISU
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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  • Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
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