David Cicotello, an instructor at Motlow State Community College, lived for 6 days stranded on a ledge in the unforgiving canyon lands of Utah. He survived. His brother did not
Journalists report stories all the time. But what do Nashvillians really know about the anchors, columnists and reporters who present the news each day? Join us for a night when…
Journalists report stories all the time. But what do Nashvillians really know about the anchors, columnists and reporters who present the news each day? Join us for a night when…
Journalists report stories all the time. But what do Nashvillians really know about the anchors, columnists and reporters who present the news each day? Join us for a night when…
Journalists report stories all the time. But what do Nashvillians really know about the anchors, columnists and reporters who present the news each day? Join us for a night when…
The day after Clark and her mom moved to Nashville, they awoke to find two nooses hanging on the back porch of their apartment. Clark, who is biracial, grew up…
Alana was raised in a loving African Methodist Episcopal church family. Alana felt welcomed, but she never got that whole Trinity thing: the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. So, Alana…
Marcia's mother is South Korean, her father, Sicilian. As a little girl, Marcia never knew she was different from the other kids. Until a boy in her class walked up…
Robin Patty was paralyzed in a HALO jump as part of time served with U.S. Army Special Forces, but that's not the only way her life has changed since her…
Marine and Army Veteran Ken Poindexter tells us his story of honor, loyalty and incredible grief. It was awful losing a military comrade to a training accident. It was even…
The rocket-launched grenade exploded into his armored personnel carrier, and the driver's body parts instantly flew back onto the Army infantrymen inside. Disoriented, ears ringing, everything seemed to be in…
Having seen the results of ineffective schooling, Sarah takes it upon herself to ensure a quality education for those who matter most. Her passion for kids with limited resources led…
From her schooling to first-hand experiences in investigative journalism, and back to school, Tonyaa collected many life lessons that she uses to create empathy for others in her reporting.
According to statistics, Jason Farmer's success never should have happened. He grew up poor. But through the confidence and hard work instilled in him by his parents and his upbringing…
Ballet was everything for Katie as an artistic child. Through one important question at an assembly at her new high school, she learns the power to make a change in…
Curtis Shaw and his husband decided they wanted children. All they had to do was find an egg donor, and another woman to carry their child. Well, children. The couple…
Helen Johnson, 15, the first teen speaker at Nashville Storytellers, has six siblings, three of which are adopted. Helen shares her experience, as a 9 year old, traveling to Africa…
1997, working at the College of Social Work at UT. Michael met Michael a really neat, smart 16 year old kid who just wanted to finish high school and go…
After 15 years of opioid use and abuse, Brandie Reeves woke up one morning in rehab convinced she was about to die. With the support and inspiration of women she…
Mohamed, an East African native, discusses advocacy on behalf of new Americans in Nashville. He and his family fled civil war in Somalia when he was young. Now in Nashville,…
Mollenkof is a biracial, gay atheist, from a very religiously conservative family. Mollenkof even has geographic diversity. Now a public defender in Nashville, he spent his first 16 years in…