{"id":34134,"date":"2026-01-15T16:18:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsuccess.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=34134"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:18:32","slug":"letters-aloud-be-the-change","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsuccess.org\/so\/event\/letters-aloud-be-the-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters Aloud: Be the Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Letters Aloud presents BE THE CHANGE, a lively and inspiring performance that\u00a0brings to\u00a0life over a dozen letters written by young people to their heroes throughout history, the responses they received, and their powerful impact on society.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Among the many letters in this program, Stan Lee makes good on a decades old promise, a 9-year-old hoopster consults NBA superstar Steph Curry on his shoe empire, a teenaged Tom Hanks tries to get \u201cdiscovered\u201d, and an 11-year-old girl tells Abraham Lincoln to grow a beard.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our production will include letters written by St. Kate\u2019s students and community members. BE THE CHANGE is a powerful reminder that writing one single letter can\u00a0truly change\u00a0the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Digniinta nuxurka\/Talooyinka Da&#039;da<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This performance is recommended for\u00a0all\u00a0ages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mawduucyada<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Who is someone, either alive today or someone from the past, that\u00a0you\u2019d\u00a0like to\u00a0write a letter to?\u00a0Why that person, and what would you want to say?<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Helitaanka<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meelo badan oo waxqabad ah ayaa bixiya meelo la heli karo sida kursiga curyaanka, dhegeysiga caawinta, dhagaha dhegaha dareenka, tarjumaada ASL, qoraal qoraal ah, ama sharaxaad maqal ah, iyo doorashooyin kale. Degaanadani waxay gaar u yihiin dhacdo kasta, waxaana laga yaabaa inaan meel walba laga heli karin. Marka aad nala diiwaan gelinayso, fadlan nala soo socodsii waxa aad u baahan tahay waanu kula socon doonaa!<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gaadiidka<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Haddii aadan heli karin baabuur, wac Project Success oo aanu ku siin karno gaadiid. Fadlan nala soo socodsii haddii aad u baahan tahay fuul marka aad sii qabsato. Waxaan u baahan doonaa ugu yaraan 2 maalmood oo ogeysiis ah si aan u diyaarino gaadiid.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Xanaanada caruurta<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Xanaanada caruurta ayaa diyaar u ah waxqabadkaan. Fadlan nala soo socodsii haddii aad u baahan tahay xanaano caruur markaad sameyso boos celin.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Warbaahinta Dheeraadka ah<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here are\u00a0some of the letters that may be read in the show:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Be The Change&quot; - a Middle &amp; High School Assembly Program\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/toiZj6WfTQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letters Aloud presents BE THE CHANGE, a lively and inspiring performance that\u00a0brings to\u00a0life over a dozen letters written by young people to their heroes throughout history, the responses they received,&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":34135,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[504],"tribe_events_cat":[493],"class_list":["post-34134","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-theater-experience","tribe_events_cat-arts","cat_arts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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