A Conversation on Family and Feminism
with Leah Libresco Sargeant and Emma Waters
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | 6:30 PM | with the Blue Ridge Center
Join writer Leah Libresco Sargeant and Heritage Foundation policy analyst Emma Waters for a conversation about modern feminism and its implications for family, work, faith, and relationships.
This event is hosted in partnership with the Blue Ridge Center
Leah Libresco Sargeant is the author of three books, most recently The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto. She is also the author of Arriving at Amen and Building the Benedict Option. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, First Things, The Dispatch, and The New Atlantis. She works in family policy in Washington, D.C., and lives in Maryland with her husband and children.
Emma Waters is a Senior Policy Analyst in the Center for Technology and the Human Person at The Heritage Foundation, where her work focuses on family, biotechnology, and reproductive medicine. She is the author of Lead Like Jael: Seven Timeless Principles for Today’s Women of Faith and the forthcoming Rethinking Fertility. She is also a monthly contributor to WORLD Magazine and host of the Rethinking Fertility podcast.