A.C.T.
Over the weekend, I spoke at Connecticut Right to Life’s (CTRTL) Annual Convention. I’d planned to tell my abbreviated life story. I’d be tying in aspects of the fact that I was conceived by rape and how that affected me. Then, that I was a trafficked child from my 14th birthday and some of what happened with that. Then, how I was purchased by a man who would have forced me to have and abortion and how I faked an abortion to get away from him.
Friday night, the President of CT RTL told me I’d be first. With that complicated, emotional and draining topic, how would the rest of the day look?
I’d run all day events with speakers and music and demonstration or protests in the past. If people are going to be able to participate in an all day event, you can’t drain them by pulling all of their emotions out first thing. That might work if your goal is to get them motivated to do something that day, but this was a room full of people expected to sit through an entire day of speakers. It was social and a nice lunch was provided.
So, I decided to be light and interactive. With such heavy topics, it took a great deal of energy. I was given the floor for an hour. The sound system at the hotel wasn’t working and the room, that could have held 150 people was set banquet style and held 80.
How’d I do?
Sorry about the disorientation.