Community Healing

Theme

75 segments · 54 voices · 8 events · 13 videos

Voices on this theme

• Tyler Calabrese · 29 segments
• David Idemudia · 27 segments
• Malcolm McFadden · 22 segments
• NAMI Anne Arundel County · 17 segments
• Dr. Ashley Elliott · 6 segments
• Patrick Finn · 5 segments
• Reid Chancellor · 3 segments
• Christine Russell · 3 segments
• Renee · 2 segments
• Josh Through These Eyes · 2 segments
• Julie Larkins · 2 segments
• BTF Clothiers · 2 segments
• …and 42 more

Often appears alongside

• Stigma Reduction · co-occurs in 34 segments
• Depression · co-occurs in 20 segments
• Anxiety · co-occurs in 16 segments
• PTSD Trauma · co-occurs in 14 segments
• Grief Loss · co-occurs in 12 segments
• Art Therapy · co-occurs in 11 segments
• Addiction Recovery · co-occurs in 11 segments
• Veteran Experience · co-occurs in 3 segments

Segments

• Performer Closing Remarks – Art, Community & Mental Health An unidentified drummer and performer closes out the segment with reflective remarks on the power of drumming, art, and community, drawing on their personal journey from street per… · 2025-10-31
• Felicia’s Opening Remarks – Serenity Gallery & SYT Fashion Show Introduction Felicia, the curator of the ‘Serenity’ gallery exhibit, opens the My Fit Speaks fashion show by describing how she chose to transform a solo exhibit into a 29-artist collaborative… · 2025-10-31
• Closing Remarks, Raffle Drawing, and Vendor Shoutouts MC Malcolm McFadden delivers closing remarks for the 9th annual Speak Your Truth event in Annapolis, expressing gratitude to performers, attendees, organizers Tyler Calabrese and D… · 2025-07-13
• Artie Fox Performs ‘This Is Not’ Spoken Word Spoken word artist Artie Fox (Arthur) opens with an impromptu reflection on mental illness and the X-Men as a metaphor for shared human difference, then performs his piece ‘This Is… · 2025-07-13
• MC Commentary After ‘What If’ Poem Malcolm McFadden briefly takes the mic after an extended spoken-word piece by a textile artist, applauding her performance and reflecting on the ‘What If’ poem’s sweeping vision of… · 2025-07-13
• David MC Commentary on Co-Pay Fund and SYT Mission David Idemudia addresses the audience between acts, revealing a newly proposed co-pay fund initiative discussed with Tyler Calabrese aimed at making mental health services more acc… · 2025-07-13
• Daniella Knight — ‘Together We Rise’ (Music) Daniella Knight (performing under the name Tiger Lily) takes the stage for her second SYT appearance and performs her original song ‘Together We Rise,’ a heartfelt anthem about com… · 2025-07-13
• Welcome and Opening Remarks — Dr. Tyler Calabrese Dr. Tyler Calabrese delivers opening remarks for SYT 2025, reflecting on global mental health observations from trips to London and Japan, sharing a recent personal tragedy that ne… · 2025-07-13
• Personal Testimony: PTSD, Veteran Experience, and Closing Community Call A speaker describes the raw, hidden reality of PTSD — sitting in tears on the phone begging for help, hypervigilant driving behaviors, eating a meal in seconds, and viewing everyda… · 2025-05-17
• Personal Testimony: Sobriety Miracle and Stage as Transformation A speaker shares the ironic encounter of meeting a friend from their early sobriety days right before the event. They describe August 2019 as a miraculous turning point, crediting… · 2025-05-17
• Spoken Word: Performing for the Voiceless — Family Dedication A performer dedicates all future poems to their family, articulating that their stage presence is an act of collective advocacy for those who couldn’t speak for themselves. They de… · 2025-05-17
• Growing Up in Inland Maine, Letting Go & Mirror Neurons Ben Roy delivers a stand-up comedy set weaving his turbulent upbringing in rural inland Maine — marked by opioid culture, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation — into a pivotal st… · 2024-08-04
• Psychiatric Hold & Half-Cornrow Release Story An unknown speaker delivers a comedic stand-up set recounting her experience in a psychiatric hold as a 17-year-old — including saving two lives on the unit and being released the… · 2024-08-04
• Kasper — Personal Testimony: Prison, Mentorship, and Reclaiming Purpose Christopher ‘Kasper’ James Tobias, host of the ‘Screaming at a Wall podcast, delivers a personal testimony about surviving a five-year prison sentence beginning at age 17, the ment… · 2024-07-30
• The Daniel Carl Torsch Foundation, Losing His Mother to Overdose, and the Mother’s Day Hardcore Show Josh answers the final interview question about how his annual Mother’s Day hardcore show and partnership with the Daniel Carl Torsch Foundation came about. He recounts meeting fou… · 2024-07-29
• How Heavy Music and the Hardcore Community Gave Josh a Sense of Belonging Josh answers the question ‘How has heavy music and the community been helpful for you?’ He traces his path from childhood trauma and social isolation through discovering hardcore a… · 2024-07-29
• MC Breathing Exercise & Closing Reflection David Idemudia serves as MC between segments, offering a brief moment of grounding by leading the audience through a breathing exercise called the ‘ocean breath’ (also referred to… · 2024-07-14
• MC Reflection on Courage to Speak Truth David Idemudia, serving as MC, offers a brief reflective interlude between performers, affirming that it takes courage to speak one’s truth and that sharing—whether through song, w… · 2024-07-14
• Sister Fran — ‘Battlefield on the Brain’ & ‘Onward and Upward’ Poetry An unknown speaker identifying herself as ‘Sister Fran’ performs two original spoken-word poems at SYT Annapolis 2024. The first, ‘Battlefield on the Brain,’ recounts her 2018 psyc… · 2024-07-14
• MC Reflection on Addiction Monologue & Breathing Exercise David Idemudia reflects on the emotional weight of the preceding addiction monologue, offering an impromptu group breathing exercise to ground the audience. He articulates how addi… · 2024-07-14
• MC & Malcolm Gratitude Moment for SYT Community Malcolm McFadden shares a heartfelt moment of gratitude with the SYT audience and organizers, revealing that a friend’s suicide is among his personal motivations for MCing the even… · 2024-07-14
• Laura Brino — ‘Cactus Moon’ Original Song on Generational Healing Laura Brino performs her original song ‘Cactus Moon,’ a deeply personal live musical piece about breaking cycles of generational trauma, dedicated to healing her mother, her daught… · 2024-07-14
• MC Reflection on Dr. Elliott & Coping Through Arts David Idemudia serves as MC, reflecting warmly on Dr. Ashley Elliott’s longtime dedication to Speak Your Truth — including her legendary appearance shortly after giving birth at th… · 2024-07-14
• MC Reflection on Veterans’ Experiences & Crisis Resources David Idemudia, serving as MC, offers a brief reflective interlude between performances, affirming that every person’s struggle is unique but that no one is alone. He provides the… · 2024-07-14
• Dana Denise — ‘The Last Thing I’ll Think Of’ Original Song Dana Denise, an Annapolis-based singer-songwriter and co-organizer of the Annapolis Songbird Festival, introduces her work providing storytelling platforms for survivors of abuse b… · 2024-07-14
• LM Designs — ‘Ancestors Walking’ Spoken Word LM Designs performs an original spoken-word piece titled ‘Ancestors Walking, a poem about breaking generational chains, reclaiming personal identity, and drawing strength from ance… · 2024-07-14
• Welcome & Opening Remarks by Tyler Calabrese Dr. Tyler Calabrese, co-founder of Speak Your Truth, delivers opening remarks for SYT 2024, welcoming returning and first-time attendees, reflecting on the event’s growth into a fo… · 2024-07-14
• Reid Chancellor on Art, Mental Health, and Performs ‘Haircuts Reid Chancellor, returning for his third SYT appearance, reflects on how his non-fiction graphic novels ‘Hardcore Anxiety’ and ‘Sad Religion’ explore mental health through punk cul… · 2023-07-15
• Jack Ferguson on Bipolar Disorder and Stand-Up Comedy Stand-up comic Jack Ferguson delivers a video submission discussing his lived experience with bipolar disorder and how performing openly about his diagnosis on stage proved far les… · 2023-07-15
• Closing Remarks – Tyler, Malcolm, and David Tyler Calabrese, Malcolm McFadden, and David Idemudia deliver closing remarks for Speak Your Truth 2023, thanking vendors, performers, and the audience for their vulnerability and… · 2023-07-09
• Scribe (Aaron Yieldhall) – Personal Story on Music, Anxiety, and Community Aaron Yieldhall, known by the alias ‘Scribe,’ shares a candid personal story about using music and songwriting as a coping mechanism for severe social anxiety since adolescence, an… · 2023-07-09
• Carly Winter – Original Song ‘Chemicals’ on Bullying and Mental Health Carly Winter, a high-school freshman and songwriter, performs her original song ‘Chemicals’ — a raw, emotionally vulnerable piece about the lasting psychological impact of being bu… · 2023-07-09
• Sarah Kitlowski – Story of Recovery and Hope Sarah Kitlowski shares her personal recovery story, describing how a stranger’s 40-year-delayed letter of amends — discovered during her own early days of heroin addiction recovery… · 2023-07-09
• Tancredi Calabrese – Personal Story on Addiction and Recovery Tancredi Calabrese, brother of SYT founder Tyler Calabrese, delivers a candid personal narrative about years of high-functioning addiction as an attorney, a near-fatal overdose, fe… · 2023-07-09
• David MC Reflection on Openness and Storytelling David Idemudia offers a brief reflective MC moment encouraging the audience to be open and welcoming, emphasizing that every person’s story and path to healing is unique. The segme… · 2023-07-09
• Victor — Visual Art and Isolation Story Victor, a visual artist and graphic designer, shares a vulnerable and candid account of being roughly four months into recovery from addiction and depression, describing how art se… · 2023-07-09
• MC Introductions & Ground Rules — Malcolm & David Malcolm McFadden (aka Justice the Genius Child) and David Idemudia open the 7th annual Speak Your Truth! event as co-emcees, welcoming the audience to a safe and supportive space f… · 2023-07-09
• Tyler Calabrese Opening Remarks & Personal Story Dr. Tyler Calabrese opens the 7th annual Speak Your Truth! event by welcoming returning and first-time attendees, acknowledging NAMI as the evening’s beneficiary, and sharing a dee… · 2023-07-09
• Closing Remarks, Thank-Yous, and Donation Appeal David Idemudia and Malcolm McFadden close out Speak Your Truth 2022 with heartfelt thank-yous to performers, volunteers, vendors, and the live and online audience, followed by a di… · 2022-07-17
• Atlas of the World — Hip-Hop Performance ‘Endangered’ and ‘Stepped On Atlas of the World (Brian), a 24-year-old Annapolis-based hip-hop artist, performs two original songs — ‘Endangered,’ a personal narrative about leaving drug dealing behind to purs… · 2022-07-17
• Alpha — Live Music Performance ‘Let It Go Two emerging artists, Alpha and Scotty A.P., take the stage for back-to-back live music performances at SYT 2022. Alpha performs ‘Let It Go,’ an original song tracing his mental he… · 2022-07-17
• Heather — NAMI Recovery Support Group Advocacy Heather, a seven-year NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group facilitator, shares her personal journey with bipolar disorder and anxiety, describing how attending her first NAMI mee… · 2022-07-17
• Christine Russell — NAMI Anne Arundel Introduction & Resources Christine Russell, representing NAMI Anne Arundel County, briefly addresses the audience to highlight free community mental health resources including the Family-to-Family class, C… · 2022-07-17
• MC Welcome & Event Origin Story David Idemudia serves as MC for the 6th Annual SYT event, welcoming the audience with high energy, recounting the origin story of SYT as a NAMI fundraiser that evolved from a propo… · 2022-07-17
• Desiree Blanson: STAY Non-Profit — Mental Health Advocacy in Action Sports Desiree Blanson, founder of STAY (Somebody’s Thinking About You), introduces her 501(c)3 non-profit coalition dedicated to combating mental health stigma within action sports commu… · 2022-07-16
• Kenneth Stone: Veteran, TBI Survivor, and Founding ”Soldiers on Single Track Kenneth Stone, a 34-year-old Army infantry veteran and TBI survivor from Oregon, shares how years of post-service struggle with reintegration and mental health led him to rediscove… · 2022-07-16
• Renee Ruin: ”Wounds Volume 2” — Writing as Catharsis and Mental Health Advocacy Renee Ruin, a poet, podcaster, and mental health ambassador diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, introduces her poetr… · 2022-07-16
• Brian Morrison: ”Bastards Road” Documentary and Veteran Mental Health Storytelling Documentary filmmaker Brian Morrison presents his project ‘Bastards Road, which follows Marine veteran Jonathan Hancock’s nearly 6,000-mile walk across the USA to reconnect with fe… · 2022-07-16
• Kelsey Boyer: Snowboarder, Brain Surgery Survivor, and Mental Health Journey Kelsey Boyer, competitive snowboarder turned non-profit founder, shares her six-year mental health journey following forced retirement due to multiple concussions and emergency bra… · 2022-07-16
• Closing Remarks and Goodnight Malcolm McFadden closes out SYT 2021 with warm, humorous remarks, publicly crediting Tyler Calabrese for organizing the event and inviting the community together, before signing of… · 2021-07-09
• Will - Guided Mindfulness and Breathing Exercise Will, a clinician with Amir Mental Health, leads the audience through a guided mindfulness and progressive muscle relaxation breathing exercise, walking participants both in-person… · 2021-07-09
• David Idemudia - Closing Reflections and You Are Not Alone David Idemudia delivers closing reflections sharing his own experiences with racial trauma and emotional vulnerability, before affirming to the audience that they are not alone and… · 2021-07-09
• Malcolm McFadden - Personal Truth About 2020 Pandemic Struggles Malcolm McFadden, the event’s MC, steps out of his usual host role to share a deeply personal account of his 2020 pandemic struggles — including contracting COVID-19, a torn Achill… · 2021-07-09
• MC Commentary on Trauma and Support David Idemudia offers MC commentary following a performer named Nia’s story, affirming the reality of trauma and its effects on daily life — including sensory triggers and altered… · 2021-07-09
• Lydia - Nigerian Front-Line COVID Experience and Humanitarian Work Lydia, a Nigerian front-line worker and humanitarian advocate, shares her personal experience of being stranded in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health toll of is… · 2021-07-09
• Kim Kozak - Disability Advocacy and Workplace Accommodations Kim Kozak delivers an impromptu spoken advocacy segment about navigating workplace disability accommodations with mental and physical health conditions, drawing on her background a… · 2021-07-09
• Cam Isaiah - Social Anxiety Story and Rap Performance 18-year-old Annapolis rapper Cam Isaiah shares a candid personal story about lifelong social anxiety, depression, and the isolating experience of never feeling truly accepted, befo… · 2021-07-09
• MC Reads Message from Sally Calabrese MC Malcolm McFadden briefly reacts to the previous spoken word performance (‘Dark Parent’ by Patrick Finn) and reads aloud a remote message from Sally Calabrese, who watched from h… · 2021-07-09
• Patrick Finn - My Dark Parent and Heather’s Poem Patrick Finn performs two spoken-word pieces: his own poem ”My Dark Parent,” a visceral metaphor for bipolar disorder and PTSD written during a PTSD attack, and a poem by his abs… · 2021-07-09
• Jenna - Vinyl Scrap Art and Meditation A speaker named Jenna shares her vinyl scrap art created from recycled boat-graphics materials and speaks about how discovering meditation has been healing in her mental health jou… · 2021-07-09
• Dylan Ignacio - Law Enforcement Mental Health & One Less Nonprofit Dylan Ignacio, a law enforcement officer and founder of the ‘One Less nonprofit, shares his personal mental health journey — including suicidal ideation, a negative therapy experie… · 2021-07-09
• MC Reflection on Julie Larkins’ Performance David Idemudia reflects on the preceding spoken-word performance by Julie Larkins, highlighting her message of self-love and independence from external validation. He uses the mome… · 2021-07-09
• Julie Larkins - Three Decades of Mental Health Self-Talk Jackie, a community coach, advocate, and founder of Revealing Colors, delivers a powerful spoken-word performance titled ‘Three Decades of Self-Talk’ — an unfiltered, age-by-age jo… · 2021-07-09
• Fred Delph - NAMI Anne Arundel County Introduction Fred Delph, Executive Director of NAMI Anne Arundel County, introduces the organization to the SYT audience, explaining its national structure, local affiliate programs, support gr… · 2021-07-09
• Dr. Tyler Calabrese Welcome & Opening Remarks Dr. Tyler Calabrese delivers the opening welcome remarks for Speak Your Truth 2021, recounting the event’s five-year history as a fundraiser for NAMI Anne Arundel County co-founded… · 2021-07-09
• Closing Remarks – Tyler, David, and Malcolm Tyler Calabrese, David Idemudia, and Malcolm McFadden close out the SYT 2020 live stream with warm remarks reflecting on the virtual format, a brief discussion of mindfulness groun… · 2020-06-25
• Patrick Finn Discusses NAMI Connections Program Following his spoken-word performance, Patrick Finn speaks with the host about the NAMI Connections program, explaining his dual role as a group facilitator and licensed peer-to-pe… · 2020-06-25
• Patrick Finn: ”My Dark Parrot” Slam Poem Patrick Finn performs his original slam poem ‘My Dark Parrot,’ a visceral spoken-word piece using the metaphor of an invisible parrot to personify PTSD, intrusive thoughts, and sui… · 2020-06-25
• Reed Chancellor: ”Hardcore Anxiety” — Punk Rock and Mental Health Reed Chancellor, comic book artist and author of ”Hardcore Anxiety: A Graphic Guide to Punk Rock and Mental Health,” shares how his journey through punk and hardcore culture was… · 2020-06-25
• Dr. Ashley Elliott: ”Something Has To Break” Dance Performance Dr. Ashley Elliott performs an expressive dance to the gospel-inflected song ‘Something Has To Break,’ channeling themes of spiritual surrender, faith, and breakthrough. The perfor… · 2020-06-25
• MCs Discuss Renee’s Story on Bipolar Disorder David Idemudia and a co-host reflect on Renee’s preceding testimony about living with bipolar disorder, discussing mood shifts, the impact of going off medication, and how a formal… · 2020-06-25
• MCs Discuss Chris Haslam’s Story Malcolm McFadden and a co-MC reflect on Chris Haslin’s video segment, discussing the common barrier of feeling one’s problems aren’t significant enough to share, and emphasizing th… · 2020-06-25
• MCs Reflect on Preach’s Performance and Social Justice Following Randy ‘Preach’ Atterson’s spoken word performance, MCs Malcolm McFadden and a co-host reflect on the emotional weight of the piece, connecting its imagery and the phrase… · 2020-06-25
• Steve Thomas: COVID-19 Recovery and Mental Health Steve Thomas, a law enforcement officer, shares his firsthand account of contracting COVID-19 with bilateral pneumonia and spending seven days in the hospital, including two in the… · 2020-06-25
• David & Malcolm Opening Remarks and Welcome David Idemudia delivers opening remarks at the 2020 Speak Your Truth! livestream, introducing himself as a licensed social worker, therapist, and community activist, while expressi… · 2020-06-25