Dear Families and Friends,

 

Registration is open for VOICES Always Remember Gala to be held on Thursday, November 14th at the New York Athletic Club. Join us to celebrate A Night of Champions, when we will recognize ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro with VOICES 2024 Leadership Award and 9/11 Day Co-founders Jay Winuk and David Paine with VOICES 2024 Legacy Award.

 

Thank you to all who attended VOICES 2024 NYC Symposium, Bringing Communities Together, held in partnership with LinCT-AA, INVICTM, our 9/11 Community partners and NYPD Shield. A special thank you to our generous sponsors, our incredible presenters and the NYPD Ceremonial Unit who contributed to making the Symposium a tremendous success!

 

The anniversary of 9/11 is an emotional time of year, and we are grateful to our friends from the American Group Psychological Association who facilitated virtual gatherings for our 9/11 Community members before and after the anniversary.

 

As we look ahead to the month of October, we wish you a peaceful and happy autumn!

 

With warm regards,
Mary Fetchet & the VOICES Team

 

 

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Join us at VOICES Always Remember Gala to be held once again at the spectacular New York Athletic Club on Thursday, November 14th. This year’s theme, A Night of Champions, will celebrate the important contributions of three remarkable individuals.

 

VOICES 2024 Leadership Award will be presented to ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro. 9/11 Day co-founders, Jay Winuk and David Paine, will be recognized with VOICES 2024 Legacy Award. VOICES longtime friend, ESPN’s Mike Greenberg will once again take the helm as our Master of Ceremonies. Broadway star, Julie Reiber will entertain guests with a medley from Come From Away.

 

Sponsorships, tables, tickets, and program tribute ads are available. Register here.

 

 

This year VOICES held its 23rd Annual Symposium at the NY Marriott Downtown Hotel. The two-day event highlighted our commitment to bring communities together and provide long-term support for victims’ families, responders and survivors, while also collaborating with public-private partners to help communities prepare for and respond to tragedies.

 

The Symposium reached 1,136 individuals from 28 states and 12 countries. To view the Photo Gallery and the agenda from each day, click here.

 

As part of this year’s Symposium VOICES was proud to participate in our inaugural 9/11 Day of Service Project. Panelists and attendees were invited to assemble Preparedness Backpacks.

 

In the spirit of the National Day of Service and Remembrance, all who took part in the event created one backpack for themselves and paid it forward by creating a second backpack that we will distribute to others. VOICES is extremely grateful to 9/11 Day and AmeriCorps who sponsored the project.

 

To view the Photo Gallery from the Pack for Preparedness initiative, click here.

 

Each year, VOICES commemorates the anniversary of 9/11 with a candle lighting ceremony. This year, members of our 9/11 Community family volunteered to participate in a taping of the service which was broadcast at our 2024 Symposium on September 10th.

 

The candle lighting ceremony allows us to reflect on the years that have passed as we remember those who were taken on that day. We pay tribute to our loved ones by lighting candles that illuminate their memory.

 

To view VOICES 2024 Candle Lighting ceremony, click here.

 

VOICES hosted two support groups that provided an opportunity for 9/11 family members, responders, survivors, and families of those impacted by 9/11-related illness to gather virtually in advance of, and after the 23rd Anniversary of 9/11. Participants were placed in small discussion groups to allow for meaningful conversation.

 

We are grateful to Dr. Suzanne Phillips, Dr. Craig Haen and their colleagues from the American Group Psychological Association (AGPA) who facilitated the sessions.

Bereavement Group Who Lost a Loved One in the Past 3 Years

October 3 & 17 - Register

 

Caregivers

October 9 - Register

 

Family Members

October 7 - Register

Parents Helping Parents In-Person Peer Support Group

October 2 & 16 - Register

 

Responders

October 21 - Register

 

Survivors

October 8 & 22 - Register

 

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