Unlocking Voices
Dhriti R. | Bothell, Washington
My Gold Award set out to challenge the societal norms surrounding speech and fluency and to create a space where stuttering is accepted and supported in an environment where children spend arguably the most amount of time outside of their home: school. By educating my school’s staff and fostering empathy, I broke down the barriers that keep students who stutter from asking for help, being supported, and feeling understood. I aimed to create a community where everyone feels valued, regardless of their speech pattern, and where it is seen as a sign of strength to ask for help, not a sign of weakness. School should be a place that fosters diversity by allowing and encouraging everyone to be themselves. I created an awareness campaign that contained a presentation about stuttering, common misconceptions, and ways to support students who stutter that I presented to 60 schoolteachers, administrators, and staff. The presentation contained a pretest and post-test to determine how much my audience’s thinking changed after listening to my presentation.
Advice to Future Gold Award Girl Scouts: There are so many different activities you can participate in through Girl Scouts. Do it all and enjoy every moment. You make irreplaceable and lasting relationships and memories.
Quote That Personifies Your Girl Scout Experience: There are friends, there are families, and there are friends that become family.
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