Open Your Good Heart, Help Others to Matter

Monday, August 17, 2026

6:00-8:00 pm (doors 5:30)

Sonoma Community Center,  Room 110 

Free (Donations Accepted)

Join national speaker, transgender writer and human “inclusionist” Ellen “Ellie” Krug as she conducts her highly valued human inclusivity workshop Gray Area Thinking®. Join us (ages 10 and above) and come learn:

✓ A new approach to human inclusivity

✓ Tools to foster human connection and meaning

✓ Organizational and culture change

A Brief Bio for Ellie Krug: Ellen (Ellie) Krug transitioned from male to female in 2009. The author of Getting to Ellen: A Memoir about Love, Honesty and Gender Change (2013) and Being Ellen: A Second Chance at Life (2025), Ellie has workshopped on diversity and inclusion across North American on than 1000 occasions. A hopeless idealist, Ellie is the recipient of a number of awards and recognition, including the 2023 Stonewall Award from the American Bar Association. Her monthly compassion-oriented e-newsletter, The Ripple, reaches 9000+ readers and can be found at www.elliekrug.com. In 2022, Ellie was elected to her local school board. She resides with her dog, Jack, in Victoria MN.

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