Organization: STARLING PRODUCTIONS INC
Mission: MEMOIR WORKSHOPS & PERFORMANCES THAT EXPLORE NEW PERSPECTIVES
Activities: TMI PROJECT OFFERS TRANSFORMATIVE MEMOIR WORKSHOPS AND TRUE STORYTELLING PERFORMANCES THAT ASPIRE TO INCITE SOCIAL, LEGAL, AND POLITICAL CHANGE BY GIVING VOICE TO POPULATIONS WHOSE STORIES OFTEN GO UNHEARD, AND TO ENGENDER COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ISSUES THAT ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA. THROUGH THE ANCIENT ART OF STORYTELLING, PARTICIPANTS DIVULGE THE PARTS OF THEIR STORIES THAT THEY USUALLY LEAVE OUT - THE PARTS THEY ARE USUALLY TOO ASHAMED OR EMBARRASSED TO SHARE - AND THE PARTS OTHERS MOST WANT TO HEAR, TURNING THEIR PASTS INTO TESTIMONIALS OF SURVIVAL, DISPELLING OLD SHAME AND INSPIRING OTHERS.
NTEE category: Arts, Culture & Humanities
Secondary category: Mental Health & Crisis Intervention