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.