February 18th, 2014
Voice
Avoiding the Temptation to Silence, Promoting the Need to Listen
The Direct Support Workers Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 12
By: Colleen Orrick
Recently my husband went to a conference. He brought back a satchel full of papers from the conference and on the front of the satchel was printed “Our Voice.” We often hear reference to “voice” when talking about people making their views, wishes and perspectives known. My husband’s satchel and our chat about his conference got me thinking about “voice.”
We know the power of voice. Barak Obama said: “One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.”
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