‘Faith and Four Letter Words’ tour coming to Malcom

MALCOM — Tara Thomas and Amanda Goodman are bringing their speaking series, “Faith and Four Letter Words,” to the Malcom American Legion Hall Wednesday, April 16.

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Through humor and raw honesty, Thomas and Goodman want to empower other women to find their voice and never apologize for using it.

The event is being hosted by Katy Calkins of Brooklyn.

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Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased at eventbrite.com.

Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. so attendees can shop from local, women-owned businesses. A cash bar will be available, and a loose meat sandwich meal with sides will be available to purchase for supper. The meal benefits the Malcom American Legion.

Thomas and Goodman will take the stage promptly at 6 p.m. and will wrap up at 8 p.m.

The duo of Thomas and Goodman have what they call a “unicorn friendship.” One's departure from the boys' club was led by faith. The other was led by four-letter words.

Thomas is the communications director for Waterloo Public School. For nearly 20 years prior, she was a television news anchor and reporter for KWWL in Waterloo and stations in Yakima, Washington and Mason City. 

Thomas’s baby steps blog chronicling her family’s ups and downs became a popular way for Eastern Iowa viewers to connect with her.

Goodman is the executive director of Family & Children’s Council, an agency devoted to preventing child abuse. Because of her outspoken determination to keep every child safe, she was recently named Child Advocate of the Year.

Goodman is an Emmy Award winning journalist who worked in television news for nearly two decades in four different states. She started writing a popular blog that pulls the rug out on community issues, motherhood and being a woman constantly under the microscope.