diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 7e54c691281..9d5e17ba2da 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -600,6 +600,10 @@
     "See when the avatar changes in this room": "See when the avatar changes in this room",
     "Change the avatar of your active room": "Change the avatar of your active room",
     "See when the avatar changes in your active room": "See when the avatar changes in your active room",
+    "Kick, ban, or invite people to this room, and make you leave": "Kick, ban, or invite people to this room, and make you leave",
+    "See when people join, leave, or are invited to this room": "See when people join, leave, or are invited to this room",
+    "Kick, ban, or invite people to your active room, and make you leave": "Kick, ban, or invite people to your active room, and make you leave",
+    "See when people join, leave, or are invited to your active room": "See when people join, leave, or are invited to your active room",
     "Send stickers to this room as you": "Send stickers to this room as you",
     "See when a sticker is posted in this room": "See when a sticker is posted in this room",
     "Send stickers to your active room as you": "Send stickers to your active room as you",
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
index 8a286d909b0..25e81c47a20 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import { CHAT_EFFECTS } from "../../effects";
 import { containsEmoji } from "../../effects/utils";
 import dis from "../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import {tryTransformPermalinkToLocalHref} from "../../utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
+import {MatrixEvent} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
 
 // TODO: Purge this from the universe
 
@@ -144,6 +145,52 @@ export class StopGapWidgetDriver extends WidgetDriver {
         return {roomId, eventId: r.event_id};
     }
 
+    public async readRoomEvents(eventType: string, msgtype: string | undefined, limit: number): Promise<MatrixEvent[]> {
+        limit = limit > 0 ? Math.min(limit, 25) : 25; // arbitrary choice
+
+        const client = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+        const roomId = ActiveRoomObserver.activeRoomId;
+        const room = client.getRoom(roomId);
+        if (!client || !roomId || !room) throw new Error("Not in a room or not attached to a client");
+
+        const results: MatrixEvent[] = [];
+        const events = room.getLiveTimeline().getEvents(); // timelines are most recent last
+        for (let i = events.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
+            if (results.length >= limit) break;
+
+            const ev = events[i];
+            if (ev.getType() !== eventType) continue;
+            if (eventType === EventType.RoomMessage && msgtype && msgtype !== ev.getContent()['msgtype']) continue;
+            results.push(ev);
+        }
+
+        return results.map(e => e.event);
+    }
+
+    public async readStateEvents(
+        eventType: string, stateKey: string | undefined, limit: number,
+    ): Promise<MatrixEvent[]> {
+        limit = limit > 0 ? Math.min(limit, 100) : 100; // arbitrary choice
+
+        const client = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+        const roomId = ActiveRoomObserver.activeRoomId;
+        const room = client.getRoom(roomId);
+        if (!client || !roomId || !room) throw new Error("Not in a room or not attached to a client");
+
+        const results: MatrixEvent[] = [];
+        const state = room.currentState.events.get(eventType);
+        if (state) {
+            if (stateKey === "" || !!stateKey) {
+                const forKey = state.get(stateKey);
+                if (forKey) results.push(forKey);
+            } else {
+                results.push(...Array.from(state.values()));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return results.slice(0, limit).map(e => e.event);
+    }
+
     public async askOpenID(observer: SimpleObservable<IOpenIDUpdate>) {
         const oidcState = WidgetPermissionStore.instance.getOIDCState(
             this.forWidget, this.forWidgetKind, this.inRoomId,
diff --git a/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx b/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx
index 273d22dc814..05e6c590838 100644
--- a/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx
+++ b/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ export class CapabilityText {
                 [EventDirection.Receive]: _td("See when the avatar changes in your active room"),
             },
         },
+        [EventType.RoomMember]: {
+            [WidgetKind.Room]: {
+                [EventDirection.Send]: _td("Kick, ban, or invite people to this room, and make you leave"),
+                [EventDirection.Receive]: _td("See when people join, leave, or are invited to this room"),
+            },
+            [GENERIC_WIDGET_KIND]: {
+                [EventDirection.Send]: _td("Kick, ban, or invite people to your active room, and make you leave"),
+                [EventDirection.Receive]: _td("See when people join, leave, or are invited to your active room"),
+            },
+        },
     };
 
     private static nonStateSendRecvCaps: ISendRecvStaticCapText = {