Proud Stutter Gala & Comedy Night
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Doors open at 6:30pm
Laugh
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Enjoy Art
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Support a Good Cause
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Laugh ~ Enjoy Art ~ Support a Good Cause ~
Join our community event to raise awareness for stuttering and speech diversity. Enjoy comedy, art, complimentary food, live music, a silent auction, and more.
Special guests include Supervisor Dean Preston and Alexis Madrigal of KQED’s Forum.
Location: Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight Street
6:30pm Red Carpet Arrivals + Live Music
7:30pm Program Begins
8:45pm Comedy Performances
This is a 21+ event
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
~Live Music
~Artwork Showcase
~Silent auction to raise funds for Proud Stutter’s mini series
Sneak preview of silent auction items:
SF Giants’ Joc Pederson Autographed Baseball
Grand Tour of KQED Headquarters in San Francisco
Private Wine Class for 20 ($600 value)
4 Tickets to an Oakland A’s Game of your choice
Tickets to SF’s finest museums, including Contemporary Jewish Museum, De Young, Legion of Honor and SF MOMA.
Gift cards for Bi-Rite, Q Spa, Idlewild, Stoa SF, Animal House, WorkshopSF, and more!
Tickets to City Arts & Lectures, New Conservatory Theatre, and the SF Ballet
Special gifts from Ritual Coffee, Woods SF, Indosole, Bar Part Time, and more!
Fund the Future of Stuttering Campaign
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 early sponsors and supporters for their most generous support.
Platinum
Whole Foods
Silver
Senior & Disability Action
CommunicationFIRST
Chmela Communication Center
National Stuttering Association
Tulips Therapy
Center for Story-based Strategy
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
Speech Path Speech & Language Therapy
The Page
Upward Speech Therapy
Other Sponsors
Indosole
Retreat Skin & Hair Studio
Studio 208
Idle Hand
New Conservatory Theatre Center
Oakland A’s
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
City Arts & Lectures
KQED
BI-RITE
WorkshopSF
City Arts & Lectures
Vinyl Dreams
Total Wine
Steven Tallas
SF MOMA
SF Giants
Q Spa
Contemporary Jewish Museum
Facetronomy
Bar Part Time
Animal House
Ritual Coffee