There’s Always Hope: TLU’s Brown Event Features Elizabeth Smart

There’s Always Hope: Texas Lutheran University Brown Event Featuring Elizabeth Smart on February 27th.

Elizabeth Smart was only fourteen years old when she was abducted and what followed was one of the most famous child abduction cases of our time. Over the course of nine months, Smart endured unthinkable abuse but on March 12, 2003, was found and reunited with her family, and her captors were arrested.

She authored the bestselling book, My Story, in which she chronicles her experiences, as well as You’re Not Alone: The Journey from Abduction to Empowerment. Most recently, Smart has released Where There’s Hope, a powerful and inspiring book about what it takes to overcome trauma and to find strength to move forward and reclaim one’s life.

On Thursday, February 27, Elizabeth Smart will bring her story, and a message of overcoming adversity, to Texas Lutheran University. Following Smart’s presentation, there will be a meet-and-greet and book signing. The event, sponsored by the Jessie S. and Jack Harold Upton Brown Cultural Enrichment Endowment Fund, begins at 7 p.m. in Jackson Auditorium and is free and open to the public.