IMpower Author Engagement Experience with Megan Phelps-Roper

Subline: Join us for a powerful conversation with a former member of a hate group who learned to love!

When: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 – 7:00pm – 8:15pm

Where: Virtual

Tickets: $25+

Event Sponsorships: $1,000+

Event website: https://www.imgh.org/events/impower_author_event/

For more information about IMpower Women’s Initiative, membership or sponsorship opportunities please visit https://www.imgh.org/impower-womens-initiative/, or please contact Brandi Ledet at [email protected] or 713-533-4925.

Longer event description:
Join us for a real-time virtual conversation with Megan Phelps Roper, a former member of the Westboro Baptist Church. Her book, Unfollow: A  Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church, debuted in October 2019.  It chronicles her life inside “America’s most hated family” and their worldwide notoriety for picketing military funerals and expressing hateful ideologies. A chance encounter on Twitter led her to doubt what she had been taught and ultimately led to her departure from the church and a new life as an author, speaker and activist exposing the dangers of extremism and hatred.

Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston’s women’s initiative, IMpower, is hosting this powerful conversation with Megan Phelps Roper as part of its 2020-2021 programming.

​“Wildly brave and incredibly thoughtful…This book will leave you holding your heart.” — Sarah Silverman

​“From her story, we can learn things sorely needed in our age: empathy, openness, and how we can best build bridges across divided lines.”— Chris Anderson, Head of TED

​​“If you want to see how a girl raised on religious fanaticism and sectarian hatred can be cured by the power of honest reasoning, read this book.”— Sam Harris​

For information on IMpower membership, program sponsorships and individual tickets for this event, visit https://www.imgh.org/impower-womens-initiative/ or email Brandi Ledet at [email protected].