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Nothing is as raw and poignant as the experiences told by the people who lived them. Come listen. Immerse yourself in snapshots from our lives delivered in poetry, flow, and traditional storytelling. Journey with us through the expanse of human emotion. We're holding nothing back.

Thurs, May 15
8 pm ET/5 pm PT

[Closed captioning and transcription will be available during the event.]

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Your Host: David Roche
(he/him)

David Roche, C.M., is a pioneer of disability culture, an inspirational humorist who has transformed the challenges and gifts of living with facial difference into a compelling message that has won standing ovations from New Zealand to Moscow, across Canada and the USA, including at the White House, the Kennedy Center and the Sydney and Vancouver Olympics Arts Festivals. David recently was awarded the Order of Canada “for making both Canada and the US a better place” through his disability and facial difference-related activism.

He is featured in Shameless: the Art of Disability, the iconic film from the National Film Board of Canada directed by Bonnie Sherr Klein. He also has a principal role in the feature film Happy Face directed by Alexandre Franchi.

David has published two books: The Church of 80% Sincerity and Standing at the Back Door of Happiness.

He is active in the Facial Difference Hub begun by Sora Kasuga.

David and Marlena Blavin’s 24 minute video, Love at Second Sight, based on over 15 years of live presentations to students, is available at no cost at loveatsecondsight.org. They live on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.

David Roche, a white inspirational humorist and pioneer of disability culture, shown gesturing expressively with his hands. David has a facial differece on the left side of his face.

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The image is a stylized logo for “Activism Hub.” The word ACTIVISM is in bold, white, all-caps text tilted slightly upward and centered within a bright red rectangular banner. Behind the red banner are overlapping gray rectangles that add depth and movement. The word HUB is placed to the right in large, clean, white capital letters with a modern sans-serif font, standing upright. The background is solid black, and the design is accented with various white, gray, and red geometric shapes—dots, circles, lines, and plus signs—scattered around the text to create a dynamic, energetic vibe.
(From left to right): Sora J. Kasuga, Rena Rosen, Kim Teem-Fox, and Rasheer Dopson beam at a camera off to the side. They are at the FACES 50th Anniversary Party.

(From left to right): Sora J. Kasuga, Rena Rosen, Kim Teem-Fox, and Rasheer Dopson beam at a camera off to the side. They are at the FACES 50th Anniversary Party.

At the 50th Anniversary Celebration of FACES, four women stand arm-in-arm, smiling brightly in a warmly lit room. From left to right: Sora J. Kasuga, a Japanese American person with a facial difference (vascular malformations), wears a sleeveless navy blue dress and smiles widely. Rena Rosen, a white woman with a facial difference (cleft lip and palate, craniosynostosis), wears glasses and a pink ruffled blouse. Kim Teems Fox, a white woman without a facial difference, stands behind the group, embracing the others with both arms and smiling. Rasheera Dopson, a Black woman with a facial difference (Goldenhar Syndrome), wears a bright blue paisley dress and smiles warmly. The group radiates joy, connection, and celebration.
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