I don’t know if I deserve to live in America. I have a job I love and feel safe in my house and have a colorful backyard. Do I deserve to be free? Why me? Why can I sleep at night? I think about [...]
Last February, Erica Chase Salerno, a friend, and TMI Project storyteller passed away from Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month and while I’ve thought of her every [...]
Since 2012, TMI Project has offered two 10-week storytelling workshops a year in collaboration with the Mental Health Association of Ulster County (MHA). The mission of the program is to [...]
In the face of racism and the daily microaggressions churned out in a white world, Zanyell spends years starving herself and self-harming in an attempt to disappear until she finds yoga and [...]
“All my life I tried to stay quiet no matter what but a noise inside of me has roared to be set free.” Storyteller Cherie Hanley wrote and performed our story of the week during a [...]
While our storytellers rehearse their BRAND NEW stories, in preparation for Black Stories Matter: Truth to Power, taking place on June 21st at 7:30pm, we’re diving into TMI Project’s archive. [...]
On Sunday, June 2nd, TMI Project joined the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center at the 2019 Hudson Valley Pride Festival and March. It was a beautiful day, and we met so many inspiring LGBTQ+ [...]
by Allie Quinn In the Fall of 2015, one of my therapists at the Mental Health Association in Ulster County (MHA) suggested I sign up for a TMI Project true storytelling workshop. Even though my [...]
Through TMI Project’s week-long intensive workshop and culminating Off-Broadway performance Life Lines: Queer Stories of Survival, Sam shared the details of the anguish and despair they felt [...]
A disturbing finding in leading TMI Project true storytelling workshops over the past 8 years is the prevalence of sexual abuse among our participants. Early on, I noticed if one person shared a [...]
