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A look back at the 2026 Óscar Romero Awards Ceremony: Health Justice at the Rothko Chapel 🤍 Together, we honored extraordinary leaders and organizations advancing health, dignity, compassion, and human rights in their communities: • Kevin Anderson & The @truthprojecthtx • @fajrglobal.en • Pastor Dianne Garcia & @nuevos_vecinos • Ruben Garcia & @annunciation_house • Transgender Education Network of Texas @transtexas Thank you to everyone who joined us for this moving afternoon of reflection, storytelling, and collective action inspired by the legacy of Archbishop Óscar Romero. Which moment from the ceremony resonated with you most?

✨ Year 3 of The Formation ✨ The T.R.U.T.H. Project’s Community Advisory Board, The Formation, continues its powerful journey of community education, advocacy, and public health engagement. As they move through Year 3, members are preparing to present their latest community findings and survey insights while amplifying their national virtual syphilis awareness campaign. To support this next phase of engagement with both community and practitioners, we welcomed the brilliant Josie Pickens to our May meeting for an intentional Facilitation 101 training. This experience offered additional tools to strengthen community dialogue, education, and care-centered facilitation. We are incredibly proud of this collective and their continued commitment to the work. Stay tuned for updates on our June Community Report Out. We look forward to sharing space, knowledge, and conversation with you soon. 💛 #TRUTHProjectHTX #TheFormation #PublicHealth #CommunityCare #SyphilisAwareness

✨ MARK YOUR CALENDAR + SAVE THE DATE ✨ The Black Alphabet Film Festival Houston returns for its 2nd year...bigger, bolder, and blooming beyond boundaries. 🌸🎬 We are honored to continue this beautiful collaboration between Black Alphabet NFP, The T.R.U.T.H. Project, and new partner, the historic The DeLUXE Theater, as we gather to center Black queer storytelling, visibility, healing, and cultural expression through film and community. 📍 June 26 & 27, 2026 📍 The DeLUXE Theater | Houston, TX This year, we’re expanding to TWO DAYS of celebration beginning with a joy-filled community screening experience designed to bring us together in reflection, laughter, connection, and collective care. As a part of Joy Found Us, a week of curated experiences amplifying the queer narrative, this festival continues to create space for stories that liberate, flourish, and remind us that our joy is powerful, necessary, and worthy of being witnessed. 💛

It's time to experience ART & PLEASURE @ heART&SOUL! Experience heART&SOUL, one of the longest-running queer-centered open mics in the country, as we gather in community, creativity, and truth for a special Art & Pleasure experience. This month, we’re excited to welcome two Co-Host, Preechkid & Josie Pickens, ushering in a fresh energy while tap into the depths of pleasure and sensuality. And in true heART&SOUL fashion, we’re expanding the experience… 🎨 Live Visual Art Experience by Marcus Arceneaux as he will be bringing sensual art to life in real time. 🎤 Spoken Word + Song + Dance + Community = heART&SOUL Friday, May 22nd ✨ 6:30PM | VIP Experience Sip champagne, connect, and vibe with Kevin Dapree & Josie Pickens Early seating access 🚪 7:30PM | Doors Open 🎭 8:00PM | Show Begins 🎟 Investment: $20 General Admission $30 VIP Experience Secure your seat in the bio. 🎙 Ready to hit the stage? Text “soul144” to 833-451-1939 to sign up for the Open Mic list and receive your registration link. Whether you’re coming to perform, reflect, or simply be held in the energy of community, this is your invitation to return to your creative self. We’ll see you at heART&SOUL. ❤️‍🔥

✨ See you tonight at 7:15pm✨ The T.R.U.T.H. Project is proud and honored to produce the work of Phillip “Preechkid” Burton as returns to MATCH Theater with his One Man Show, And The Walls Came Tumbling Down, as a part of our Mindful Monday Wellness series. 📍 MATCH Theater 🗓 May 11, 2026 ⏰ 7:15 PM This powerful evening will invite you into a sound bath with Andrea Venson as we center our energy followed by storytelling, vulnerability, and brilliance, where truth telling meets embodied performance. Join us as we gather to witness and celebrate the voice, vision, and lived poetry of an extraordinary spoken word artist and the mindfulness of a wellness guide. Let’s show up, lean in, and hold space together. 💛🎤 Secure your seat in the bio. Photography by @closeyoureyesphoto #TRUTHProjectHTX #MindfulMonday #AndTheWallsCameTumblingDown #Preechkid #SpokenWord #BlackQueerArt #StorytellingAsHealing

#ThrowbackThursday There was something sacred in the room on April 22nd. ✂️🖤 For Wellness Wednesday, Learning to Hold Myself Together, we gathered in intentional space and explored healing through collage, guided by Terrell Swinton. Through cutting, layering, and creating, we honored every piece of ourselves, finding alignment, reflection, and softness in the process. Collaging became more than art; it was a practice of choosing ourselves and embracing the beauty of becoming whole. We’re deeply grateful to Terrell for holding such a thoughtful, affirming space for our community. Your guidance invited vulnerability, creativity, and restoration. Thank you to lululemon for supporting this experience through our Mindful Monday and Wellness Wednesday series. And to everyone who showed up...thank you for trusting the process. The healing continues. ✨ #HealingThroughArt #WellnessInCommunity #TRUTHProjectHTX #CollageForCare #MindfulCreativePractice

The reviews are in...and the impact is undeniable. 💫 Audiences are calling And The Walls Came Tumbling Down “alluring”, “deeply healing", and "out of 1 to 10, it was a 99". What happened in that room wasn’t just a performance, it was truth. ✨ Back by Popular Demand ✨ The T.R.U.T.H. Project proudly welcomes Phillip Preechkid Burton back to MATCH Theater for his powerful one-man show. 📍 MATCH Theater 🗓 May 11, 2026 ⏰ 7:30 PM Begin with a grounding sound bath led by Andrea Venson, then journey through storytelling that moves the soul. If you missed it, or need it again....this is your moment. 🎟 Secure your seat in the bio.

Cinco de Mayo is more than a celebration, it’s a remembrance of resilience. On May 5, 1862, Mexico claimed victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla, a powerful reminder that community strength can overcome even the greatest odds. At The T.R.U.T.H. Project, we honor that same spirit of resistance, culture, and collective care. Our work is rooted in uplifting community, celebrating identity, and creating spaces where healing and joy can exist side by side. Today, we celebrate the beauty of culture, the power of perseverance, and the importance of standing together...always. ✨ #CincoDeMayo #CommunityCare #Resilience #CulturalCelebration #TRUTHProjectHTX

On this National Teachers Day, we honor the educators who shape minds, nurture curiosity, and hold the foundation of our collective learning. Thank you for being the backbone of how we grow, question, and understand the world. Your patience, passion, and commitment ripple far beyond the classroom...into every life you touch. Today, we celebrate you and the lasting impact of your work. #educatorsrock #NationalTeachersDay #TRUTHProjectHTX

✨ Back By Popular Demand✨ The T.R.U.T.H. Project is proud and honored to produce the work of Phillip “Preechkid” Burton as returns to MATCH Theater with his One Man Show, And The Walls Came Tumbling Down, as a part of our Mindful Monday Wellness series. 📍 MATCH Theater 🗓 May 11, 2026 ⏰ 7:30 PM This powerful evening will invite you into a purposed sound bath with Andrea Venson as we center our energy followed by storytelling, vulnerability, and brilliance, where truth telling meets embodied performance. Join us as we gather to witness and celebrate the voice, vision, and lived poetry of an extraordinary spoken word artist and the mindfulness of a wellness guide. Let’s show up, lean in, and hold space together. 💛🎤 Secure your seat @ , link in the bio. Photography by @closeyoureyesphoto #TRUTHProjectHTX #MindfulMonday #AndTheWallsCameTumblingDown #Preechkid #SpokenWord #BlackQueerArt #StorytellingAsHealing

So grateful to have had this experience within my community! Stay locked in with all the amazing experiences @truthprojecthtx has coming up! #wellnesswednesdays #queercommunity #houstonevent #houstonartist #creativeevents

***Exciting News Alert*** We’re excited to share that The T.R.U.T.H. Project’s latest short documentary, Southern Son Shine, is an Official Selection and will make its St. Louis debut this summer at the QFest St. Louis the week of June 12th - 21st at the historic Hi Pointe Theater. Southern Son Shine is an intergenerational short documentary spanning six decades of lived experience, and amplifying the lives of Black queer men navigating life with HIV in the South. Through storytelling rooted in truth, resilience, and care, the film bridges generations to honor legacy while inspiring new pathways of healing and understanding. We are currently in the film festival season and look forward to continuing the work of educating, raising awareness, and uplifting our collective narrative through the power of storytelling. More to come. Stay with us. ✨🎥