Defining Moments

ONE VOICE- THE START OF A VIDEO PODCAST SERIES.

A few days later, I began to reflect upon what I was told at the retail store. I kept going over in my head what the clerk had told me, when I was trying to buy a monkey for Danielle. I started to become angry because it was not right to be treated like that. I am going to have a family and I needed to make a statement against such hatred. The question of the day lied in what could I do. I wanted to give a personal insight into what I had experienced so others would know the truth. The time came to take my voice into action and I decided to create a video on my cell phone and upload it to Youtube.com. I called it ONE VOICE.

“It only takes one to make a difference”

On the cold morning of September 21^st, 2011 I launched ONE VOICE. You can find the original podcast launching ONE VOICE at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDJkbYPdPYo

I went on to create ONE VOICE: Stepping stones to the next generation. You can find the link to the group here.

http://www.Facebook.com/groups/101796346596410/members/

One Voice had a mission that I wrote to inspire people.

“In the milestones of who we are, it took one voice to change our future. We will not give in. There are various aspects to one voice, different dimensions, and levels. The issues of equality and the issues of this generation will pave the road to our future. It’s about humanity. We need to take a stand. One Voice is that forum, that project, is that podium produced by House of SVOI owned and operated by Katherine Symthe. The stepping stone began with one voice taking a stand.” (One Voice Mission)

When Danielle and I had dinner next, I told her about ONE VOICE.

She was excited that I was taking a stand.

Danielle hugs me,

“You need to also give hope. While you are angry at what happened, you need to show others that there is hope. That they can survive, that their voice is important. I would like to see ONE VOICE give hope to others.”

I thought about what Danielle said and she was absolutely correct. At the time, all I could think about was doing anything to please Danielle and make her proud of me. There could be no mistake on my part. Someone needs to offer hope so I sat down and thought about it all night. In that moment I decided that I was going to create a series of podcasts when I saw issues arise in the community and address them. No one should ever think that they are alone. There are too many people in their life think that they are alone. The time to change the reality was now.

Random moments often become the stepping stones for other opportunities. Currently, at the time of this books release, One VOICE has gone silent. There was a time that the project served as a stepping stone to equality within the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered community. The lives that ONE VOICE has touched had been amazing. The project once received a thank you letter from the WE GIVE A DAMN campaign operated by Cyndi Lauper. ONE VOICE still exists under my company, HOUSE OF SVOI. One day that project might come back to life. One Voice became a foundation for me to create other video series. I shall remember One Voice in how it led me to create other shows.