{"id":8206,"date":"2026-10-05T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/say.org\/?page_id=8206"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:35:50","slug":"says-2021-virtual-annual-gala","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/say.org\/?page_id=8206","title":{"rendered":"SAY&#8217;s 2021 Virtual Annual Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-top-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:80vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1144\" height=\"642\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-8215 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/say.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-at-12.01.26-PM.png\" 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Bloom, III, Timothy Pfeifer<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id8206_b8fef5-34 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id8206_b8fef5-34 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id8206_b8fef5-34 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id8206_b8fef5-34 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id8206_b8fef5-34 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id8206_b8fef5-34 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id8206_b8fef5-34 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column8206_d15325-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column8206_d15325-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column8206_d15325-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column8206_d15325-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column8206_d15325-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column8206_d15325-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column8206_d15325-e2{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column8206_d15325-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column8206_d15325-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column8206_d15325-e2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>HONORING 2021 SAY: Hero Award&nbsp;Recipient:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dr. Cleavon Gilman \u2013&nbsp;<em>Emergency Room&nbsp;Physician<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Cleavon Gilman is an emergency room physician and a person who stutters. He grew up in New Jersey, then served 5 years in the U.S. Navy as a Hospital Corpsman. After returning from the Iraq War in 2004, Dr. Gilman began his journey to become an ER doctor and graduated from UC Berkeley in 2009. He earned his Medical Degree at UC San Francisco Medical School and completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at New York-Presbyterian in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Gilman is an outspoken public health advocate who chronicled the realities of the COVID-19 outbreak from the front lines and continues to raise awareness about the coronavirus pandemic. SAY is thrilled to honor Dr. Cleavon Gilman with the&nbsp;<em><strong>SAY: Hero Award<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;for his enormous contributions to the health and safety of our country, and as a shining example to the stuttering community!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a great honor to receive the SAY: Hero Award. I\u2019ve had a very circuitous path to becoming an emergency medicine physician, which has been difficult for many reasons, including being a person who stutters. I\u2019m looking forward to working with the SAY community to help young people who stutter realize their dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DR. CLEAVON GILMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/say.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-at-11.55.44-AM-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/say.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-at-11.55.44-AM-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/say.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-at-11.55.44-AM-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/say.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-at-11.55.44-AM-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/say.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-at-11.55.44-AM-1536x846.png 1536w, https:\/\/say.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-at-11.55.44-AM-2048x1128.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BENEFIT COMMITTEE:*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jane Alexander,&nbsp;Riki Alexander,&nbsp;Marrah &amp; Lee Balan,&nbsp;Lackland H. Bloom III,&nbsp;Everett Bradley,&nbsp;Angelina Bruno-Metzger &amp; John Gaut,&nbsp;Corey Caporale,&nbsp;Jacie &amp; Arnie Civins,&nbsp;Kerry &amp; Noah Cornman,&nbsp;Frank DiLella,&nbsp;Will Edwards,&nbsp;Rachel Glube &amp; David Friedman,&nbsp;Richard Gervase &amp; Stuart Delery,&nbsp;Sunny &amp; Brad Goldberg,&nbsp;Dan Greenwald,&nbsp;Tobey Grumet,&nbsp;Iliana Guibert,&nbsp;Brandon Guidry,&nbsp;Barry Gurland,&nbsp;Lisa Hertz-Apkon,&nbsp;Richard Hester &amp; Michael Mastro,&nbsp;Julianne Hoffenberg,&nbsp;Paul Johansen,&nbsp;Marie &amp; Fred Kaplowitz,&nbsp;Silvia Martinez &amp; Charles Helme,&nbsp;Jennifer &amp; Seth McGuire,&nbsp;Danielle &amp; Steven Mirsky,&nbsp;Kim &amp; Chad Morganlander,&nbsp;Patricia Mulvey &amp; Michael Cornman,&nbsp;Keira Naughton,&nbsp;Kelli O\u2019Hara &amp; Greg Naughton,&nbsp;Claudia &amp; Mark Negron,&nbsp;Angela, Macrae &amp; Andrew Olson,&nbsp;Leigh Pennebaker &amp; Taro Alexander,&nbsp;Cliff Perlman,&nbsp;Alexandra Pizzo &amp; A.J. Melaragno,&nbsp;Barbara &amp; Alan Polinsky,&nbsp;Kate Popovich &amp; Peter Gargiulo,&nbsp;Alysia Reiner &amp; David Alan Basche,&nbsp;Lili &amp; Judah Rosenberg,&nbsp;Phil Schneider,&nbsp;Shachar &amp; Jason Scott,&nbsp;Yona &amp; Steven Serota,&nbsp;Liz Tuccillo, Marc Vetri,&nbsp;Justin Waller &amp; Michael Stehlik,&nbsp;Susan Ziskin &amp; Daniel Ginsberg.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-video-popup8206_5062ce-7d .kadence-video-popup-wrap{border-top-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.8);border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.8);border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.8);border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.8);border-left-style:solid;}.kadence-video-popup8206_5062ce-7d .kadence-video-popup-wrap .kt-video-svg-icon{color:#ffffff;}.kadence-video-popup8206_5062ce-7d .kadence-video-popup-wrap .kt-video-svg-icon > svg{stroke-width:2;}.kadence-video-popup8206_5062ce-7d .kadence-video-popup-wrap 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young people&nbsp;have.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">With your help, children who stutter will find&nbsp;community and camaraderie.<br>With your help, a young person who stutters will make it&nbsp;through.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>With your help, we can do&nbsp;more.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/say.org\/?page_id=209\" style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong>Donate Today<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column8206_1b01a5-98 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column8206_1b01a5-98 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column8206_1b01a5-98 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 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