On Thursday, November 12th, author Nina Sankovitch will present the compelling true story of Universal Friend, a self-proclaimed genderless minister who, after awakening from a prolonged illness in 1776, announced they had been sent by God to save the world. Universal Friend ended up founding communities which, in the years following America’s independence from England, provided anyone – no matter their gender or race – with the opportunity to enjoy the “unalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” that had been promised to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence. Universal Friend, in other words, did what other early American leaders had promised: created a society that strove to uphold equality and opportunity – and succeeded beyond all expectations. But into every Eden comes a snake.

Tickets are on sale now, with discounts available for KTM&HC members. Books on the Common will have copies of Not Your Founding Father available for purchase at the event.