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Tickets will be available Monday, Feb. 7, for the second speaker in a notable lineup headlining the 30th season of Kent State University at Stark’s Featured Speakers Series.
Elizabeth Smart, child abduction survivor and present-day advocate, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Kent State University at Stark.
Tickets for Smart’s presentation will be available beginning Monday, Feb. 7.
Pick up tickets in the Office of Student Services, 132 Main Hall, during regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
The Featured Speakers Series is free and open to the public, but tickets are required and limited to two per person.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, seating and tickets will be limited and ticket distribution is first-come, first-served. No phone or email reservations will be taken, nor will tickets be mailed. All tickets are general admission.
The abduction of Elizabeth Smart was one of the most followed child abduction cases of our time. Abducted in 2002, Smart’s captors controlled her by threatening to kill her and her family if she tried to escape. Police safely reunited Smart with her family nine months later.
Through this traumatic experience, Smart has become an advocate for change related to child abduction, recovery programs and national legislation. The founder of the Elizabeth Smart Foundation, Smart has helped promote The National AMBER Alert, The Adam Walsh Child Protection & Safety Act and other safety legislation. She also has chronicled her experiences in the New York Times best-selling book, “My Story” and has recently released a new book about reclaiming one’s life, “Where There’s Hope”.
Following Smart on Feb. 23, the Featured Speakers Series will wrap up its 30th season with Erin Brockovich, the brash legal clerk turned environmental powerhouse, on April 13.
Lectures are held in Timken Great Hall at the Kent State University at Stark Conference Center. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Face coverings are required at all times while in the building.
For disability accommodations, please email starkcmc@kent.edu.
For more information about the series, visit www.kent.edu/stark/featured-speakers-series.