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Respect starts with a name!
Respect starts
with a name!
Names are frequently mispronounced, shortened, or changed without our consent. But names carry heritage, identity, and dignity.
Join SpeakHire every June 16th to share your name story using #SpeakingMyName to amplify the power of identity.
Names are frequently mispronounced, shortened, or changed without our consent. But names carry heritage, identity, and dignity.
Join SpeakHire every June 16th to share your name story using #SpeakingMyName to amplify the power of identity.
Your name. Your voice.
Your name. Your voice.
Your name. Your voice. Help us build a more inclusive world.
Help us build a more inclusive world.
Help us build a more inclusive world.
It all started when...
My first grade teacher told me how to pronounce my name incorrectly. Since then, I’ve been called so many things but my own name.
I’ve wanted to change my name so often, and always cringe when I hear my name mispronounced even after I correct someone…
Read more
I have to unlearn how to pronounce my name incorrectly.
Join the movement
Join the movement
Share your name story on June 16th
Chuck Park
Queens Collegiate
Kalakars
African Comuunities Together
01
Record your story
Record a quick video introducing your name.
You can choose to:
Share its true pronunciation, its meaning, or a time you had to reclaim it.
Share why making the effort to learn and respect everyone's name matters to you.
01
Record your story
Record a quick video introducing your name.
You can choose to:
Share its true pronunciation, its meaning, or a time you had to reclaim it.
Share why making the effort to learn and respect everyone's name matters to you.
Record your story
01
Record a quick video introducing your name.
You can choose to:
Share its true pronunciation, its meaning, or a time you had to reclaim it.
Share why making the effort to learn and respect everyone's name matters to you.
02
Share on June 16th
Drop your video wherever you communicate most:
Public: Post on social media using
#SpeakingMyName and tag @SpeakHire.Internal: Share it on your workplace Slack/Teams, school portal, or email signature.
02
Share on June 16th
Drop your video wherever you communicate most:
Public: Post on social media using
#SpeakingMyName and tag @SpeakHire.Internal: Share it on your workplace Slack/Teams, school portal, or email signature.
02
Share on June 16th
Drop your video wherever you communicate most:
Public: Post on social media using
#SpeakingMyName and tag @SpeakHire.Internal: Share it on your workplace Slack/Teams, school portal, or email signature.
Share on June 16th
02
Drop your video wherever you communicate most:
Public: Post on social media using #SpeakingMyName and tag @SPEAKHIRE.
Internal: Share it on your workplace Slack/Teams, school portal, or email signature.
03
Lead the movement
Tag, challenge, or invite three friends, classmates, or colleagues to share their stories next. Let’s change the narrative together!
03
Lead the movement
Tag, challenge, or invite three friends, classmates, or colleagues to share their stories next. Let’s change the narrative together!
03
Lead the movement
Tag, challenge, or invite three friends, classmates, or colleagues to share their stories next. Let’s change the narrative together!
Lead the movement
03
Tag, challenge, or invite three friends, classmates, or colleagues to share their stories next. Let’s change the narrative together!
Is your organization in?
Is your organization in?
Show your community that names matter.
Partner with us for #SpeakingMyName on June 16th and display your support.
Show your community that names matter. Partner with us for #SpeakingMyName on June 16th and display your support.
Campaign partners
Chuck Park
African Comuunities Together
Queens Collegiate
Kalakars
Voices from the community
Voices from the community
Real people. Real stories. Real impact.
Real people. Real stories. Real impact.
“There’s a story behind how my name is pronounced — a story of heritage, migration, and identity. Saying it correctly is one way we honor where we come from.”
DAVID SHAPIRO
Your voice.
Your name.
“There’s a story behind how my name is pronounced — a story of heritage, migration, and identity. Saying it correctly is one way we honor where we come from.”
DAVID SHAPIRO
Your voice.
Your name.
“There’s a story behind how my name is pronounced — a story of heritage, migration, and identity. Saying it correctly is one way we honor where we come from.”
DAVID SHAPIRO
Your voice.
Your name.
Join us for
#SpeakingMyName
June 16th
Because respect starts with a name.
SpeakHire is a 501c3 organization. EIN 47-4132773
SpeakHire is a 501c3 organization. EIN 47-4132773
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