Laugh - Enjoy Art - Support a Good Cause
Join our community event to raise awareness for stuttering and speech diversity. Enjoy comedy, art, food, alcoholic beverages, a silent auction, and more. Remarks will also be made by Dean Preston, District 5 Supervisor.
6:30pm—Red Carpet Arrivals
7:30pm—Program Begins
8:30pm—Comedy Show
8:30pm—Live Performance
This is a 21+ event
Sliding scale: buy tickets here
What is Proud Stutter?
Proud Stutter is a nonprofit that celebrates and advocates for speech diversity. Founder Maya Chupkov has stuttered all her life, and it has inspired her to become a stuttering advocate and community organizer. She is working to shift societal norms around stuttering and the disability community overall.
Listen to the Proud Stutter podcast where you can meet people who stutter and learn why advocating for verbal diversity matters.
“…informative, honest and insightful interviews with people who stammer."
- The Guardian
What to expect at the Event
Performance from writer and comedian Nina G - learn more about Nina G here
Alcoholic beverages & food
Artwork Showcase
Silent auction to raise funds for Proud Stutter’s audio documentary
Want to sponsor this event?
Learn more about the sponsorship levels and sign up here.
The deadline to sponsor is October 15, 2023.
Learn more about stuttering
Roughly 1% of the population has been diagnosed with some form of stuttering, but the actual number is thought to be much higher.
Many famous people stutter, including Emily Blunt, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Ed Sheeran, and even Joe Biden.
Stuttering tends to run in families and may have a genetic component
People who stutter don’t do so when they sing because this uses a different part of the brain.
Stuttering is more prevalent in men than women, with roughly four times as many men stuttering.
Stuttering is highly situational. A person may not stutter one day and struggle with a lot the next.
We look forward to seeing you!
THANK YOU
We offer our deepest gratitude to our Proud Stutter Gala sponsors and supporters for their most generous support.
Silver
Senior & Disability Action
CommunicationFIRST
Chmela Communication Center
National Stuttering Association
Tulips Therapy
Center for Story-based Strategy
Speech Path Speech & Language Therapy
Disability Rights California
Bronze
withVR
CommunicationCommunity
Sound Speech and Hearing Clinic - San Francisco
mowpod
OSSA
American Institute for Stuttering
Stuttering Therapy Resources
Center for Disability Justice Research: Health Equity, Education, and Creativity at Cal State East Bay
Jessica Chizen Speech Therapy
SAY
MySpeech
West Coast Stuttering Center
Other Sponsors