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Wednesdays starting June 24th, 7pm-8:30

These free workshops will be offered as a safe space for storytellers of color to gather, write, and share their stories.

Black Stories Matter 8-week virtual drop-in storytelling workshop series

Inside Black Stories Matter Host Jessieca McNabb, Black Stories Matter Workshop Leaders Dara Lurie and Micah, special guests Terry James from The Slave Dwelling Project and storyteller Freedom Walker explore the connection between the personal and the political, and unpack how the past connects us to the present.

Thursday, August 6th, 2020 at 7pm

Inside Black Stories Matter

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Submit a story of up to 1000 words about hope, resilience, silver linings and the unexpected gifts you’ve received during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are now accepting rolling submissions.

Call for COVID-19 Pandemic Stories

SHARE YOUR STORY

Coming Fall 2020

Don’t miss the release of Season 2: Black Stories Matter featuring underrepresented stories of the Black experience in America – the full spectrum – the triumphs, humor, beauty, and resilience.

The TMI Project Podcast
Season 2: Black Stories Matter

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Join Inside Black Stories Matter Host Jessieca McNabb, Black Stories Matter Workshop Leaders Dara Lurie and Micah, special guests Bard College Scholar in Residence, Human Rights, Kwame Holmes and storyteller Beetle Bailey to explore the connection between the personal and the political, and to discuss the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality.

Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 at 7pm

Inside Black Stories Matter

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Fill out our form to access the film and our Viewing & Discussion Guide.

Interested in viewing the film or hosting a screening?

Over the past ten years, TMI Project has collected nearly 2,000 true stories. The TMI Project Podcast profiles the people who got on stage and shared the stories they were most afraid to tell. The stories behind the secrets. And what happened next.

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Fill-out our form to access our Viewing and Discussion Guide.

Bring our Black Stories Matter storytelling performance to your organization, community group or home by hosting a viewing party.

Black Stories Matter 8-week virtual drop-in storytelling workshop series.

Wednesdays starting
June 24th, 7-8:30pm

These free workshops will be offered as a safe space for storytellers of color to gather, write, and share their stories.

Inside Black Stories Matter

Thursday, August 6th,
2020 at 7pm

More Info / Register

Call for COVID-19 Pandemic Stories

We are now accepting rolling submissions.

Submit a story of up to 1000 words about hope, resilience, silver linings and the unexpected gifts you’ve received during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SHARE YOUR STORY

Don’t miss the release of Season 2: Black Stories Matter featuring underrepresented stories of the Black experience in America – the full spectrum – the triumphs, humor, beauty, and resilience.

Learn More

Inside Black Stories Matter

Thursday, September 3rd,
2020 at 7pm

More Info / Register

Interested in viewing the film or hosting a screening?

Fill out our form to access the film and our Viewing & Discussion Guide.

HOST A SCREENING

Bring our Black Stories Matter storytelling performance to your organization, community group or home by hosting a viewing party.

Fill-out our form to access our Viewing and Discussion Guide.

SUBSCRIBE NOW

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AREAS OF FOCUS

Writing and Performance

True stories told by the people who lived them. Our instructors help participants produce compelling, highly personal monologues and essays through exercises and feedback in a safe space, followed by hands-on editing.

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Community Outreach

Mental illness often has a stigma associated with it that prevents those who suffer to get the help they need. Discover how telling true stories to live audiences with the help of TMI Project and The Mental Health Association of Ulster County helps people cope and heal.

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Education

With the help of TMI Project, students come to understand one another through hearing each other's stories. Walls are often broken down between "cliques." As a result of increased compassion and a deeper understanding of one another, bullying decreases.

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Activism

Twelve feminists from around the world met in upstate New York in September 2014. They gathered to pilot TMI Project's methodology for Gender at Work and to unearth and tell their own stories. This video is a testimony to the power of the personal story.

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TESTIMONIALS

"By not merely acknowledging my deepest insecurities, but also publicly sharing them at the United Nations, of all the places in the world, I began to accept them. I became more open with my mentors and friends and ended up creating an amazing circle of support based on genuine human connection."

Momal Mushtaq Participant
"Listening to veterans' stories is literally a way to consciously share the burden of war with the warriors. I know because through TMI Project, the people in my community listened, and shared the burden of Vietnam with me."

Ray Cocks Participant
"I don't want the mental illness to rule my life anymore; I want to be free: Free from that which has controlled me. I truly believe that I would have sought help sooner had I heard someone relate a story similar to mine. So I read my story at the performance, and I will continue to read it if people ask me."

Anastasia Wasko Participant