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Stand over here.
Wait your turn.
All right.
Can you hear me?
OK.
Hi, I'm Sara Reisman.
I'm president of the Teva Community,
president of the board of the Teva Community.
We have a beautiful 35 acre property in Prescott, Arizona,
and we are developing a retreat center, a education center,
and eventually a residence for non-speaking autistic
individuals who all communicate by spelling and typing.
And this is my son Jake, and the reason I started it.
And I want to introduce Aulton Grubbs.
He is a member of our board, and he can explain Teva lot better
than anybody else.
Johnny, come over here.
He said, I am so proud to share what
I love about the mission of Teva,
and why I'm so proud to be on its board.
Teva events are focused on elevating the voices
of non-speakers like myself.
The community plans events with the sole focus on non-speakers,
so much so that several non-speakers make
key decisions on how we can best be supported.
This makes Teva so special and unique.
While we are fundraising, we have not stopped
or moved our gaze away from our main goal.
Teva sponsors events around Arizona
and also in the beauty of--
sorry-- Prescott's forest.
It is the future of Teva.
And for those of us fortunate enough to have gone there,
we can visualize the tranquil living
in the harmony and emergence of mutuality with nature.
It is perfect and hopeful, which is
what you will hear from my dearest, most
intelligent, kindest friends today.
Thank you for coming.
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We cannot do this alone, and luckily we have local groups
of spellers around Arizona.
And I wanted to introduce Courtney, who is President
of the Tucson Spellers group.
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