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Speak Up Live: Stories From Around the World

June 20, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Speak Up is bringing its unique brand of storytelling to the CMCH’s Zoom Room! Join us from home to hear storytellers from around the world tell true stories about lived experiences. 45-time Moth StorySLAM champion and 6-time GrandSLAM champion Matthew Dicks, Speak Up co-founder will cap the evening with a story of his own. The program will be hosted by Speak Up co-founder, Elysha Dicks.

$10 per household. Half of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to COVID-19 relief.

Spaces are limited, please register soon! Click here to reserve a spot. On the day of the program, we’ll email you the link to join the Zoom event.

ABOUT SPEAK UP
Speak Up is a Hartford-based storytelling organization that seeks to promote the art of personal storytelling to a wide audience and build a community of storytellers in Connecticut. Speak Up brings professional and amateur storytellers to stage to share true stories from their lives. Speak Up founders and producers Matthew and Elysha Dicks work closely with storytellers to help them craft their stories for the stage and teach storytelling workshops to storytellers at all levels.

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