Indianapolis: “Storytelling and Liberty” with Gen LaGreca

970 North Delaware Street,Indianapolis IN 46202

17 August, 2021

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Please join AIER's Bastiat Society program in Indianapolis for an in-person event with local playwright and author, Gen LaGreca. Please join AIER's Bastiat Society program in Indianapolis for an in-person event with local playwright and award-winning author, Gen LaGreca. In this talk, novelist and playwright Gen LaGreca shows how mankind’s yearning for liberty and battles against authoritarian control have been a recurring theme in storytelling from ancient times to the present. You’ll see how the unique attributes of myths, plays, novels, and films offer a compelling way to illustrate the values of liberty and a free society and to inspire an audience to embrace them—even more so than the most eloquent article, lecture, or documentary. Gen will have FREE copies of her latest novel, Just the Truth. Called “A Mirror for our Time” by The Epoch Times, this political thriller and murder mystery explores the threats to a free press—and to truth itself—in an era of growing, unchecked government. Gen’s play adaptation of Just the Truth recently premiered to enthusiastic audiences, showing the power of live theatre to entertain, inspire, and shed light on important issues and ideas. Gen will introduce you to a new organization, the Winged Victory Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing liberty through storytelling and the arts. She’ll describe its first projects to bring liberty-based educational and cultural activities to our local schools and community theatres. Eventbrite registration required. _______________________ More about the speaker: Gen LaGreca has written four liberty-themed novels that have won 14 book awards. She’s one of the successful indie authors whose novels have topped the charts on Amazon. Gen’s first novel, Noble Vision, makes a dramatic case against socialized medicine. A Conservative Book Club pick and an Amazon Kindle Best Seller, Noble Vision garnered praise from Steve Forbes, Walter Williams, Milton Friedman, and other leading voices for liberty. Her next two novels, A Dream of Daring and Fugitive From Asteron, each won an Eric Hoffer Book Award, among other honors. Her latest novel, Just the Truth, won 2 literary awards, and her stage adaptation has played to enthusiastic audiences. Gen has also written commentaries that have appeared in Forbes, The Orange County Register, The Daily Caller, Real Clear Markets, Front Page Magazine, and World Net Daily. She has been a guest speaker for FreedomFest, Students for Liberty, Americans for Prosperity, and other pro-freedom organizations, and she has appeared on The Glenn Beck Show. With a graduate degree in philosophy from Columbia University, Gen brings vibrant characters, urgent issues, thematic depth, and an outside-the-box approach to her stories. Their sweeping themes of self-sovereignty and the triumph of the individual attract thoughtful readers across political and cultural lines. AIER’s Bastiat Society program is a global network of business professionals committed to advancing free trade, individual freedom, and responsible governance. Our chapters host over 200 lectures, discussions, seminars, workshops, and conferences in over 20 countries each year.