Say Speakers

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                                                                                     SAY Speakers


   "We all want the teasing to stop!"  This is the message SAY Speakers want everyone to hear. The SAY Speakers are adults with various disabilities. They want to increase understanding and acceptance of people who have disabilities. The SAY Speakers want people to see how all people are more the same than they are different and to respect and celebrate those differences. Our main focus is to encourage people of all ages and abilities to treat each other with dignity, acceptance, respect, and kindness.

   SAY Speakers go into classrooms, children or adult groups, and agencies to talk with people of all abilities. Many of the SAY Speakers were teased and tormented in school and discouraged from having dreams of living independently, working in the community, or ever marrying. Despite this, they have gone on to achieve their hopes and dreams. They have a powerful message to share with us all. All SAY presentations are free of charge.

   SAY is a project of People First and the Regional Self-Advocacy Project. The SAY Speaker's Bureau is funded by a generous grant from Far Northern Regional Center. For more information call Brandi Seaters at 530-223-7771 or email bseaters@wecarealot.org

Source:  The Same As You Brochure, by the SEA Center and the Regional Self-Advocacy Project