Saturday, September 4, 2010

Matt Roloff to speak at Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Sept. 26

From Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center:


Matt Roloff will speak at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Sunday, September 26, at 1 p.m.

Roloff, patriarch of the Roloff Family on TLC's reality series Little People, Big World, discusses his advocacy for the rights of little people.

In 1999, Matt wrote and published Against Tall Odds, which chronicles his business and professional success in the face of enormous medical and social adversity.

He is the former president of Little People of America (LPA) - a social and advocacy group for little people.

Q&A session will follow the presentation. Admission is $20 for Non-Members (includes Admission) and $10 for Members.

The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is a project of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois. This new world-class museum is dedicated to preserving the memories of those lost in the Holocaust and teaching current generations about the need to fight hatred, indifference and genocide in today’s world.