As we head into Week 5 of our Confident Voices programming, we are proud to share this exceptional poem collaboratively written by The Song & Spoken Word Project participants in celebration of International Stuttering Awareness Day.
What Stuttering is
Stuttering, it's not messed up words it's...
Hard work
Expressing yourself
Trying your best
Interesting to experience
Sometimes it feels weird
You can't get your words out
Other people won't give you time
It's just around you
It's there, and it might be a friend, or a foe
For everyone it's different
But for you, it's unique
There are lots of ways to share the #ISAD spirit and spread stuttering awareness all year long. Visit say.org/isad2022 to check out some of our ideas...and feel free to let us know some of yours!
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A favorite moment from our Confident Voices Graduation Celebration was the premiere of this year's 'SAY Scroll', featuring our Class of 2022 answering the question, 'What advice do you have for young people who stutter?'
We proudly present SAY's 2022 Graduating Class sharing their wisdom, encouragement, and their bold and unique voices with kids & teens who stutter everywhere! In the sage words of one of our grads, 'There's over 70 million people that stutter, so none of us are really alone.'
We wish exciting, inspiring, and beautiful things for all of our 2022 SAY Graduates! Antonio, Elijah, Isabella, Reuben, Ricardo & Tyrese, always remember that you are SEEN, you are HEARD, and you are LOVED (so much!) by your SAY family.❤️
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We're so grateful to everyone who joined us at Open Jar Studios for SAY's Confident Voices Graduation Celebration on Monday evening. Having so many friends, families, teaching artists, and SAY alumni there to cheer on our grads made a wonderful occasion that much more special.
Congratulations again to SAY's Class of 2022: Antonio Otero, Elijah Haynes, Isabella Lashley, Reuben Polanco, Ricardo Saavedra, and Tyrese Reed. THANK YOU for sharing your courage, kindness, and your beautiful voices with us. As you move forward to new adventures and bright futures, we hope you’ll hold the admiration, pride, and love from your SAY family in your hearts forever...and carry it wherever you go.❤️
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We're so grateful to everyone who joined us at Open Jar Studios for SAY's Confident Voices Graduation Celebration on Monday evening. Having so many friends, families, teaching artists, and SAY alumni there to cheer on our grads made a wonderful occasion that much more special.
Congratulations again to SAY's Class of 2022: Antonio Otero, Elijah Haynes, Isabella Lashley, Reuben Polanco, Ricardo Saavedra, and Tyrese Reed. THANK YOU for sharing your courage, kindness, and your beautiful voices with us. As you move forward to new adventures and bright futures, we hope you’ll hold the admiration, pride, and love from your SAY family in your hearts forever...and carry it wherever you go.❤️
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We're so grateful to everyone who joined us at Open Jar Studios for SAY's Confident Voices Graduation Celebration on Monday evening. Having so many friends, families, teaching artists, and SAY alumni there to cheer on our grads made a wonderful occasion that much more special.
Congratulations again to SAY's Class of 2022: Antonio Otero, Elijah Haynes, Isabella Lashley, Reuben Polanco, Ricardo Saavedra, and Tyrese Reed. THANK YOU for sharing your courage, kindness, and your beautiful voices with us. As you move forward to new adventures and bright futures, we hope you will hold the admiration, pride, and love from your SAY family forever in your hearts...and carry it wherever you go. ❤️
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SAY's Confident Voices 2022 Graduation Ceremony is TONIGHT and you're invited!!! Please come and join us at 7:00 PM at Open Jar Studios in NYC to celebrate our extraordinary Class of 2022:
Antonio Otero🔹Elijah Haynes🔹Isabella Lashley🔹Reuben Polanco🔹Ricardo Saavedra🔹Tyrese Reed
This very special occasion will include a Directors' Honoring Ceremony, The Paperback Project Live Readings, the debut of our 2022 'SAY Scroll', and other fantastic surprises!
There's still time to get your FREE tickets so visit say.org/programs/confidentvoices NOW to share in the fun! See you tonight at 7PM!
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SAY's Confident Voices SPRING MENTOR PROJECT In-Person Group Shares - June 12, 2022
Featuring the following Confident Voices participants:
Geceila & Stephanie ⭐ John-Paul, Tyrese & Braylan ⭐ Evan, Kaiden & Corey ⭐ Luka & Josiah
Our NYC & Tri-State area Spring Mentor Project groups met up each week at Pearl Studios in Midtown Manhattan to connect, create, and collaborate on their own unique stories. The joy of being there LIVE for the In-Person Group Shares was second only to the incredible performances from our young people who stutter...and their Mentors!
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So much FUN getting together to enjoy the amazing stories and performances at SAY's Confident Voices Online: Winter Project FINAL SHARES last week!
We are super grateful, as always, to SAY's stellar Teaching Artists, staff, friends & families for joining us to experience the powerful art created by our awesome kids & teens who stutter during the 7 weeks of The Winter Project! Virtual standing ovations all around for the following Confident Voices Online participants:
Gavin & Khalid ⭐ Halen & Harlow ⭐ Dominic, Hunter & Milo ⭐ Danella, Jeanette Amira & Kwinn ⭐ Estefani, Liam & Travis ⭐ Austyn, Ethan Ka & Zayne ⭐ Daniel & Justin ⭐ Cate & Evan ⭐ Ava & Senai ⭐ Ethan Kr & Grace ⭐ Luka & Pablo ⭐ Declan, Gavin & Vinny ⭐ Geceila & Niaz ⭐ Devin, Giovanni & Samuel ⭐ Bennie ⭐ Abraham & Chauncey ⭐ Syeda ⭐ Dougie, Matthew & Spencer ⭐ Bryn, Olivia & Stephanie ⭐ Nayla & Yasmin ⭐ Blaize, Ethan & Trevor ⭐ Corey & Elijah ⭐ Ben, Cesar & Josiah ⭐ Dillone, Jack & Jaden ⭐ Awa & Maysen ⭐ Kat & Yasmin ⭐ Ariana, Airena & Dana
Confident Voices Spring programming will be here before you know it, so STAY TUNED for all the details and registration info, COMING SOON! In the meantime, we hope you'll love these highlights as much as we do. 📸
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