Co-founder of TMI Project, and my partner in life and love

Ashia Wilson is a mother and an author of Back in my Day, as well as a podcast host of Let the Healing Begin Podcast, faith-based clothing brand owner of Greater Growth, LLC, and dedicated advocate for returning citizens and unhoused individuals.

Briana is committed to working for collective action and peace. She is a licensed attorney, a mediator, and an entrepreneur who’s vision for the future includes mindfulness and nature.

Calief “Cai” Housen, Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Career InTouch Inc., is a dynamic force in educational advocacy. A first-generation graduate from Kingston, NY, he holds a BA in Political Science with a minor in Philosophy from the University at Albany.

Makayla is currently a junior at Kingston High School. She enjoys anything to do with social justice and wants to make an impact on people’s lives. Once she graduates, she plans to go to a 4 year college and major in Interior Design or Sociology and Psychology.

Storyteller Mx. Renae Taylor is an inspiring individual with a rich background in activism and advocacy. As a 48-year-old Black, Disabled Non-Binary Trans Organizer based in Memphis, Tennessee, Renae has dedicated her life to promoting transgender rights, HIV prevention, and social justice.

Storyteller Angel Gates was born and raised in the South Bronx before relocating to the Hudson Valley in 2016. He initially pursued a career in the music industry, but his passion for film ultimately led to his role as Co-Founder and Executive Director of Production & Development of HUDSY. 

New episode of The TMI Project Story Hour airs today, featuring storyteller Sam Chilton. 

When Sam finds himself for the second time at St. Christophers, an in-patient addiction treatment facility, he discovers an unexpected solace in his work as church choir director. When his community learns of a tragic loss, Sam helps them find harmony within the chaos.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we are participating with the launch of The TMI Project Story Hour Season 7, Vicarious Resilience: Storytelling for Mental Health. 

Vicarious Resilience highlights the brave souls who stepped on stage and shared the truth about their lived experience to raise awareness and break the stigma around mental illness.

Listen to “Sam Finds a Ripple of Hope with the Grateful Dead” and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

New episodes air Wednesdays.

Stories for Freedom is a new TMI Project program that centers true stories of love, resistance, and growth in the lives of storytellers who have been cultivating practices of liberation within their work and lives. 

Donwell Mpofu is a teacher and a human rights activist who is based in South Africa, and one of the 10 storytellers who will perform in TMI Project’s first ever Stories for Freedom live performance. 

Our storytellers have endured injustices from police brutality and incarceration, to transphobia, environmental racism, poverty, and HIV stigma. Now, they find freedom through liberatory practices like filmmaking, working with formerly incarcerated people, Black trans activism, and feminist art. 

On June 26, 2024, these storytellers will take the stage and share how their personal experiences of oppression have fueled them as they fight back, and work to create a better world for us all. 

Stories for Freedom is a new TMI Project program that centers true stories of love, resistance, and growth in the lives of storytellers who have been cultivating practices of liberation within their work and lives. 

On June 26th, 10 storytellers will take the stage and share how their personal experiences of oppression have fueled them as they fight back, and work to create a better world for us all. 

Storyteller Jaguar Mary X is a glossolalia vocalist, ritual performance artist and mover, making work informed by queer and black feminist discourse, afro-futurisms, plant sentience, ancestral appreciation and shamanism. https://www.kaliartproject.com/

Through deeply personal storytelling, Stories for Freedom shines a light through the darkness of this moment in history, providing a beacon of inspiration. Crafting their narratives also works to forward the important change making work our storytellers are engaged in, building connection and power for both the storytellers and those who listen.