Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Hello blogland! Katie (writing director) here again. A few Fridays ago the VOICES staff, board, volunteers and funders met for our First-Annual Volunteer and Funder Appreciation Holiday Party. Many of you already know that we are in the process of merging with another Tucson storytelling organization, SharMoore Children’s Productions/Stories that Soar (STS). We have been [...]
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
(VOICES Photo/Josh Garcia)
I picked up Hector Mendoza and Lilliana Lopez and we got to Oracle as fast as we could. Hector was running late for his interview, so he got a crash course on photography from Lilliana in the car. We arrived as the sun began to set, and one of the owners of Jax [...]
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Just a quick note to say we at VOICES were reminded of the old adage, “you get what you pay for” this week when we contracted with a less-expensive mail house to send our annual appeal to 3,800 households. Needless to say we have our regrets.
The mailing was botched and on many levels. Letters weren’t [...]
Monday, December 7th, 2009
What led you to VOICES? Why are you here?
I came to VOICES because … I’ve seen how writing can transform lives. When I arrived in Tucson, I was looking for a community literacy organization to support but I wasn’t sure how available I would be. After visiting, it became clear that VOICES would put to [...]
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Hello VOICES friends! This is Katie (writing director) again. I’m sitting here at my desk in our EXTREMELY COLD office staring at the cork board on my bookshelf. I’ve got my VOICES press pass hanging up, a list of everyone’s phone extensions, a business card for a VOICES alum’s portrait photography business…and a list of [...]
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
In the nonprofit world we often talk about the “elevator speech.” An elevator speech is a buzzword that means simply how you tell another person about what your agency does in roughly 30 seconds, or the length of time two people might be on a proverbial elevator together, when one person conveniently asks the other, “VOICES, huh [...]
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
( VOICES Photo collage by: Marena Priday, Michelle Rogers, Maria Aguirre, Samuel Crosswell, Anthony Valencia, Victoria Garcia, Fabian De La Pena)
We polled the staff, youth staff, Board and volunteers of VOICES to learn what people are thankful for in this season of gratitude. Check it out, we’re a thank-filled crew:
“I’m thankful for chickens, turkeys, beets, [...]
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Hello blog world! Katie (writing director) here. I’m writing to tell you a little bit about our radio spots on Arizona’s Public Media, 89.1 FM. I really believe that they’re the coolest thing we’re doing right now.
Once a month, audio essays by VOICES youth are featured on Arizona Spotlight, which airs at 8:30am and 6pm [...]
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Hello VOICES world,
This is Stephanie, the executive director, blogging for the first but not last time. Today is Veteran’s Day and I am alone in the office catching up on quiet desk work. Since this is my first blog post perhaps it is appropriate for me to introduce myself. I have been at VOICES now [...]
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Stephanie here. Lots of you know that this is a very exciting time for VOICES because we are merging with another youth voice nonprofit called SharMoore Children’s Productions, which takes stories that young people write or illustrate and brings them to a public audience, whether that’s theatre or in book form.
Together, SMPC and VOICES will [...]
