Proud Stutter is partnering with Design Matters and Sappi Ideas That Matter for a special event in Pasadena, California.
Join the stuttering community and allies for a special evening featuring a reading from the authors of Proud Stutter’s new comic book, Life of Verbal Turbulence, and special guest speakers from the Los Angeles stuttering community.
RSVP at designmatters@artcenter.edu
Tickets are FREE. Comic books will be available with a suggested donation of $30 to Proud Stutter.
All proceeds will go to the production of Proud Stutter’s documentary on Californians Who Stutter.
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
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!