Finding Your Voice at Work: How Mentorship Supports People Who Stutter
Thu, May 28
|Virtual Event
Join this Lunch & Learn to explore how mentorship, workplace advocacy, and community can help people who stutter build confidence and find their voice at work.
Time & Location
May 28, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
Virtual Event
About the event
Stuttering in the workplace can be a complicated and confusing journey, but it doesn't have to be. Mentorship programs help people who stutter build skills, find community, and face workplace challenges.
In this Lunch & Learn session, Ariel Sonn and Abhishek Agarwal from the NSA's WeStutter@Work program and Iain Wilkie from 50 Million Voices will discuss what workplace advocacy really looks like and why mentorship can be such a meaningful source of confidence and clarity. We will also explore why it can be hard to spark mentee participation, how to build strong mentor-mentee relationships, and how to sustain those relationships.
If you are curious about becoming a mentor, thinking about asking for a mentor or interested in how advocacy can strengthen your career, this is the place to be.
Meet your hosts:
Abhishek Agarwal is a proud person who stutters and the leader of the WeStutter@Work NSA committee. He is quite…
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