After that we had a little housekeeping and announcements:
- Our resident runner-sunscreen-maker Jeff was our Spotlight of the month. If you missed it you can read it here.
- We have the first Dallas “Don’t Tell Me To Slow Down” 5K race on October 6th at Bachman Lake. It’s a race to raise (get it?) funds for the Scholarship Fund of the NSA and we need everybody to participate! Early bird registration for the race is $25 until September 1st, so hurry up and sign up. You get a swag bag from the NSA, a t-shirt and the satisfaction of helping our group grow and provide support for years to come. If racing is not your thing but still want to participate we need a ton of volunteers, from helping register people to course marshals and water stations attendants, there are a lot of volunteer opportunities available. You can read all about the race and signup here.
- With that being said, we have an open position for co-leader! If you are interested please don’t hesitate to reach out. Reply to this email and let’s talk about it!
And then, we got to our topic, “Conference Takeaways: Has There Been a Better Time than Now?”
With the Annual Conference in Chicago just a few weeks ago, it was the perfect time to reflect on the things we saw, the people we met, the food we ate, and also to look into the past, present and future of the stuttering world, and ponder “has there been a better time than now?”.
People that had the opportunity to attend the conference shared their experiences, the feeling of being surrounded by people that “get it”, and how transformative that experience can be. As people who stutter, we constantly are thinking about how we sound, or what our listener thinks about us, but as somebody in the room said “at the conference stuttering is everywhere you look, but it also disappears, you don’t think about it at all, you meet people without having to wear a mask.” Powerful words.
After that, we split into smaller groups to ponder on the following questions: |
