About Us
Our Mission
Our model focuses on recognizing the unique ways gender, race, sexuality, and the fullness of our experiences impact mental health. We provide a platform for Black folks neglected in mental health dialogues to have space to share their narratives and redefine their power.
OUR PILLARS:
Our framework is built on three pillars: Storytelling, Wellness and Capacity Building.
Storytelling: We equip participants to use storytelling, facilitation and art practices as roadmaps to share their voices.
Wellness: We provide holistic mental wellness support from a lived experience that doesn’t require anybody to leave themselves at the door.
Capacity Building: We empower youth participants by building their skill set, building curriculum and offering opportunities to continue developing.
Meet the Team
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Natasha Graham is a Transformation Stories alum who earned her degree in marketing at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is driven by her curiosity and thirst for knowledge, combined with lived experience and deeply values community, collaboration, and connection.
She is also an experienced facilitator, thanks to the skills she developed in our program. Her background is in the non-profit world, and she is happy to contribute her skills and knowledge as she grows here at Adornment Stories.
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Nishi Gouldbourne is the Operations Coordinator of Adornment Stories. They have facilitated and created several workshops centering the wellness and healing of Women, Femmes, and Gender Expansive folks in the community. Her work prioritizes the liberation and her love for her Black kin in the form of care work under a healing justice and love-focused framework. They are a nonbinary femme mother, healer, and creator who recognizes the importance of collective care and joy as being an integral component of resistance. Nishi likes to take the time to talk, sing, dance and share libations with faer ancestors by the river as a way to connect with themselves ancestrally.
Not only does Nishi enjoy being a parent to a wonderful human being, but they also love being the caregiver and protector of their 30+ green babies at home. Nishi likes to apply their ways of loving into community and is looking forward to the further creating, expanding and cultivation of loving spaces in Adornment Stories.
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Juliet Jones-Rodney is a multidiscplinary artist and digital marketing specialist based in Toronto. Over the last four years she has workied with small businesses, non profits and independent artists to build their online brands and cultivate an engaged online community. Previous clients include Lakeshore Arts and the SummerWorks Performance Festival.
Outside of marketing Juliet is a singer, songwriter, actor and playwright. Credits include Theatre Passe Muraille, Tarragon Theatre, Paprika Theatre Festival, Nightwood Theatre and more. Stream her music anywhere you listen to music.
You can follow her as she continues her artistic journey on Instagram @constantjuliet or connect with her through her website www.Julietjonesrodney.com
Meet the Advisory Board
Pascale Diverlus
Board Member
Alawiya Hassan
Board Member
Meet The Board of Directors
Tanya Turton
Board Chair and Founder
Sanique Walters
Board Secretary
Fonna Seidu
Board Treasurer
Join Our Board
Adornment Stories is expanding! We are currently looking for new board members for both our Advisory Board and our Board of Directors. Specifically those with knowledge in law and fundraising, however all are welcome to apply!
Interested? Click the link below to read the full position description and apply.