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Presentation titled 鈥楽PEAK: Vocal Empowerment for Students and Educators鈥� is set for April 29

Your voice can be a path to power, a CU 麻豆影院 expert argues, and she will explain how in a public presentation this month.

Chelsea Hackett, a university research associate, will give a presentation titled 鈥淪PEAK: Vocal Empowerment for Students and Educators,鈥� on Monday, April 29, at 3 p.m. .

The event is free and open to everyone, but registration is required at . The event is sponsored by Be Well, the College of Arts and Sciences' wellness initiative, and is part of its regular Let鈥檚 CU Well series of programs.

During the session, Hackett will explore 鈥渉ow to support your voice both within and outside of the classroom. This focuses on three aspects of voice: social/emotional, physical听and civic.

鈥淒uring this interactive hour, you will learn tangible skills to keep your voice healthy, and to practice getting comfortable being uncomfortable so that you can speak about issues that are important to you!鈥�

Hackett is a 2010 CU 麻豆影院 theatre performance graduate and PhD graduate of New York University. She is now a research associate at CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Ren茅e Crown Wellness Institute.

She is the co-founder and executive director of , a nonprofit that focuses on vocal empowerment for young women and girls. In addition, she is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher听and creative consultant.

SPEAK, which Hackett founded with Beth Osnes, a CU 麻豆影院 professor of theatre, aims to 鈥渟upport and celebrate the voices of all young women and girls.鈥�

The organization envisions a world in which all young women and girls are 鈥渉eard, valued,听and affirmed, a world that benefits from their unique contributions, one where they are safe to express themselves fully, and are free to co-author an equitable, survivable, and thrive-able future.鈥�

The nonprofit says vocal empowerment 鈥渋s the ability to express yourself the way you want in any context.鈥� The group鈥檚 approach to vocal empowerment addresses three aspects of of voice: physical, which draws from theater and voice and speech pathology; social/emotional, which uses meditations, journal activities听and games to help young women and girls explore their internal voices, ideas听and emotions; and civic, through which women and girls are encouraged to share their thoughts about vital issues with their communities.

鈥淏y combining theatre with voice speech pathology, Dr. Beth Osnes and I have worked to charter a new, creative听and trans-disciplinary endeavor we call Vocal Empowerment that is designed for use primarily by young women to become agents of change in their communities, their nations听and the world," Hackett says.听"This work supports youth in speaking about issues that are important to them, such as sexual violence prevention, climate change听and racial justice.鈥�

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