She’s Got Something To SaySo Does He
The Convergence
- When
- Saturday, March 20, 2027
- Where
- Kahlert Foundation Complex
- Howard Community College, 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD 21046
- Time
- 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
She has something to say. So does he. And this is the one morning they both get to say it. Short, true stories told from a living room set on a stage, a musician answering each one, and real conversation you do not want to miss. No notes, no filters, no podium. Just truth, sitting down, close enough to feel. This is where your whisper becomes a roar. Come to be nosy, come to laugh, come to shop. Bring a friend. Bring your other half. And stay to celebrate four names we read aloud.
Stephanie1 Million Lives Transformed
If this sounds like you, the chair is ready
This is not a room for people who have already arrived. It is a room for people who have been carrying something and have not yet said it out loud.
The woman with something to say
You have had the words for years. You keep them in your chest at work, at home, on stage. This is the room that finally asks you for them.
The man who has been holding it in
You were never invited to the last room. This one saves you a chair, and it listens when you sit down.
The pair who stopped talking
Come with your partner, your best friend, your mother, your other half. Sit close, hear truth out loud, and leave saying more to each other than you said on the way in.
The one tired of being talked at
If you are done with podiums and panels and people selling from the stage, this is your morning. Nobody performs. Everybody tells the truth.
What you leave carrying
Picture a living room set on a stage, a big red rug at its center, and a musician in the corner. You sink into your chair and the lights soften, and the rest of the morning stops asking anything of you except this one question we all sit with: when did a voice change you?
You came to listen. But somewhere between the first true story and the last note, you realize you have been carrying something too. And for the first time in a long time, you have a safe place to put it down. You leave with your chest a little lighter, your voice a little louder, and the feeling that three hours just changed the way you see the people in your own house.
A room that holds your voice
Everyone gets space here. To be heard, not fixed. To be seen, not sized up. To tell the truth without shrinking it first. A safe place to find the voice you have been quieting for years.
Stories, not speeches
Real stories, told in the room, with a musician answering each one. Some things can only be felt, never said.
Both halves of the house
So much of this work leaves him outside the door. This is the room where she and he both walk in, and both get heard.
You leave changed
Not just inspired. Moved. With a knot in your chest that has finally started to loosen.
Four names, read aloud
The event title is the award ballot. The nominations are written by the community in the weeks before, and the winners are read out word for word on the day.
She Said It
A woman whose voice changed a room, a decision, or a life.
So Did He
A man who used his voice to make room for, or amplify, a woman's voice.
The Convergence
A pair, partnership, or team where two voices together changed something.
The People's Voice
The crowd favorite. Decided by a free public vote before the event.
You have never been to this morning
One hundred seats. When they are gone, they are gone. This is not a rerun of last time, and it is not like any room you have sat in.
No podium. No PowerPoint. No keynote.
You have sat through enough conferences. Here, nobody reads slides and nobody sells from the stage. It is people in chairs, telling the truth, close enough to feel it.
Both halves of the house, at last
Her last room was for women. This one widens the door. The men get invited in, and they get heard. A morning where no one is talked at, and no one is left at the door.
Stories answered by music
Every true story is met by a musician in the corner. Some things can only be felt, so this room does not try to explain them. It lets the song do it.
An honor you write yourself
The community nominates the honorees by name in the weeks before. You do not watch a trophy get handed out. You read a name you helped put there.
Tell your story in the circle
She has something to say, and so does he. We are choosing six voices, hers and his in equal measure, to tell a true, personal story. We want your voice, not your resume.
You are promoted
Your name and face run in the event's advertising and across its social channels.
Footage and photos
You receive professional video footage of your talk, plus still photography from the day.
Incentives, too
Speakers can take part in the event's own incentives, just like our ambassadors.
Pick your seat
One hundred seats, and they go in September. Join the waitlist now and you buy in the first ten days at the early-bird price, before it ever goes public.
Early Bird
$57
Waitlist only. Buy in the first ten days of the sale.
General Admission
$77
The full morning. This is the seat most people pick.
At the Door
$97
If a seat is still open on the day.
Bring Your Other Half
$127
Two seats, one price. Bring a friend, bring your other half.
VIP Front Row
$147
Front seats, a gift bag, and a photo with Stephanie and the honorees.
Put your brand in the room
This is an intimate gathering of about 100 people, and a portion of every dollar raised goes to HopeWorks of Howard County and Perfect Generation Ministries. Choose how you want to show up.
This event gives back
A portion of all proceeds from 1 Million Lives Transformed is donated to organizations doing important work in our community. The two at the top of our list are HopeWorks of Howard County and Perfect Generation Ministries. You can support them too.
Help fill the room, attend free
You believe in this room and you know the people who belong in it. Become an ambassador, share your personal code, and get 20% off for your people. Bring five of them, and your own ticket is free.
A free ticket after 5 sales
Share your code. When five people buy a ticket with it, yours is on us.
A shoutout in the room
Active ambassadors are named on the event page and in the program.
Giving back together
Every ticket you bring also gives to HopeWorks and Perfect Generation Ministries.
Bring your wallet, not just your story
Between the stories and the songs, the lobby becomes a market. You do not just come to listen. You come to browse, to shop, and to leave with something in your hand.
Woman-owned and small-business vendors
Products with a story behind them, from founders who built something with their own two hands.
Shop the lobby, not the algorithm
A curated market in the lobby. Hold it, ask about it, buy it from the person who made it. No cart, no shipping, no scrolling.
A little something to take home
Come for the stories, leave with a bag in your hand. Something real to remember the morning by.
Sell in the lobby
Your table sits in the market we are building between the stories, where the room browses, asks, and buys. If your product belongs in someone’s hands that morning, tell us who you are and we will reach out with vendor and partner details.