Truth Teller Consulting

Adriane Wilson (she/hers)

Facilitator & Liberation Educator | Truth & Equity Changemaker | Creative Visionary | Community Engagement Specialist | Cultural Story Teller | Healing Centered Leader | Heart WorkerI pull from lived experience, create brave spaces for dialogue, and use historical and contemporary contexts to frame analysis and inform action.I am a voracious advocate with a track record of developing collaborative agendas and fostering conversations about race, racism, anti-blackness, and intersectionality.

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Featured projects

Below is a list of discussions, workshops, and events I've successfully organized and/or lead in Pierce and King County.- Backyard Boogie 4 Justice 253 (BYB4J253): A People's Movement Assembly (PMA)
- Real Talk: Dinner & Conversation About Racial Justice
- Black Celebration (Honoring Black, Brown, Native & Indigenous Community Members)
- African American Financial Capabilities Initiative
- Keepin' It Hilltop: Hilltop Urban Garden's 1st Annual Black Party
- Just & Healthy Food System Work Plan & Budget Creation 2019 @ The Puyallup Watershed Initiative
- Still Pickin' Cotton: An Oral History of Being Displaced on Hilltop
- Sunshine & Friends 1st Edition Coloring Book
- Displaced, The Movie, Vol 1
- KNOW the LEDGE Civic Engagement - Civic Engagement led through a Black cultural lens
- CEO (Community Engagement Organization)

BYB4J253 PMA 2019
Housing Injustice, Gentrification, and Displacement on the Hilltop

The hands of one of the amazing drummers from the Khalfani Group. BYB4J253 PMA 2019. Photo Credit Jefferson Mok.

Nofo, a local female artist, painter & illustrator, hard at work during the 2019 BYB4J253.

Hands of one of the Khalfani Drummers made beautiful music at the BYB4J253 PMA hosted in Tacoma, WA 2019.

The hands of one of the amazing drummers from the Khalfani Group. BYB4J253 PMA 2019. Photo Credit Jefferson Mok.

Tiffanny Hammonds, a local female artist, painter & illustrator, hard at work during the 2019 BYB4J253 for the Amara Project.

Young Native dancers opening the event for the BYB4J253 PMA hosted in Tacoma, WA 2019 for the Amara Project.

We Are Who We Are Waiting For Event honoring local Eastside of Tacoma Grassroots leaders - BYB4J253 PMA 2022.

Local community members sitting down to enjoy a free catered meal while discussing the honorees of the We Are Who We Are Waiting For Event at the 2022 BYB4J253.

We Are Who We Are Waiting For Event honoring Grassroots leaders who have, or are from, the Eastside of Tacoma - BYB4J253 PMA hosted in Tacoma, WA 2022.

CEO serves and promotes the Engagement, Empowerment, Educational, Social, Economic, Housing, Cultural, Recreational, and other Human needs and concerns of persons in Washington State.Our mission is to combat the physical deterioration of communities in order to encourage good citizenship.

We Are Who We Are Waiting For Event honoring local Eastside of Tacoma Grassroots leaders - BYB4J253 PMA 2022.

Community Empowerment Organization (CEO) - (Community Engagement, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship Organization Collective) - Our mission is to build knowledge, skills, and power across generations and across walls.

KNOW the LEDGE Civic Engagement 2024 is a program that serves youth, adults, people in reentry, and those currently incarcerated. We believe everyone - no matter their age, background, or experience - has something valuable to share.

KNOW the LEDGE Civic Engagement 2024

KNOW the LEDGE Civic Engagement 2024 event gathered 60-70 young people and their families - all who have been impacted by mass incarceration.

KNOW the LEDGE Civic Engagement has an event in Oct 2024 to gather input from the community about their understanding of civic engagement and why, if it all, it's important to them.

About Adriane

Adriane Wilson is an independent consultant specializing in equity and community engagement, particularly focusing on communities that are typically underrepresented in the policies, programs and services that seek to serve them.As a woman who identifies from the African Diaspora, that has deep ties in Tacoma, has herself overcome personal and professional challenges. These opportunities have been gifts that support Adriane in seeing the "nuances" in the work and deepening her skills in connecting with individuals and groups where they are; listening and motivating their engagement to bring about real, sustainable change.With more than 15 years experience working with nonprofits and government agencies, she excels at clearly articulating community concerns and creating suggestions for how to improve community engagement to ultimately improve outcomes and advance equity goals.Services
Community Engagement Audit - A comprehensive review of a program’s community engagement strategies with suggestions to improve the relevance and connection to communities of color and low-income communities.BackYard Boogie 4 Justice 253 PMA - A community organizing tool that visits the community where they’re at through a series of private house meetings. This provides an opportunity to connect with community organizers and residents all leading up to a large event where the community synthesizes their motivations and ideas and decide how to move forward together as a group.Equity Trainings - Workshops to help organizations wrestle with internal barriers to more authentic, equitable community engagement and to create a “readiness” for acting on community feedback and suggestions.Areas of Expertise
Community Development, Housing, Food, Health, Environmental Sustainability, Families, At-risk Youth, Schools, Literacy.Experience
- Led legislative advocacy efforts, including coalition building
- Supported incarcerated individuals, particularly members of the Black Prisoners Caucus, ensuring advocacy is guided by their lived experiences
- Developed and led youth programming focused on civic engagement through a cultural perspective focused on systemic change
- Provided Court support and created newsletters to amplify advocacy work and community engagement
- Successfully implemented a youth civic education program through a Black cultural lens

Area's of Expertise

  • - Community Development

  • - Systems Navigation

  • - Food Justice

  • - Environmental Sustainability

  • - Systems Navigation

  • - Non-Profit Organizations

  • - African American Financial Literacy

  • - Violence Prevention

  • - Youth & Young Adults

  • - Connect with the Heart

  • - Equity Training

  • - Progressive Marketing

  • - Conduit & Steward of Power

  • - Healing Circle but nothing speaks to my expertise like Heart Work.

Booking

I am available to facilitate, organize discussions & activities, or speak on a variety of topics, such as:

  • Equity & Anti-racism & Anti-oppression (implementing in the workplace, community groups, projects or programming)

  • Food Justice

  • Housing and Land Justice Displacement

  • Financial Empowerment

  • Organizational & Institutional Pivots

  • Community-Based Participatory Research

  • Community Engagement Methods

Thank you

I work to bring intention and perspective to help build spaces that others like me can bravely step into."SPEAK YOUR TRUTH to the outside AND FEEL THE WHOLE WORLD SHIFT, speak your truth inside and feel your shift coming into alignment."I look forward to working with you!

Truth Teller ValuesFocusing on racial justice, community engagement, and creating inclusive spaces.Values
Truth tellerSocial Justice
Justice begins from the heart and extends its way out, influencing the natural balance of all our relationships. CommUNITY jUSTICE(Social Justice) is established through:* Honesty * Care * Support * Integrity * Accountability
* Transparency * Equity
* Mutual Aid * Vulnerability * Truth TellingHeart WorkHeart Work establishes the health status of all systems, without it we will replicate those processes, procedures and programs that have produced historical harm.Truth is MedicineTruth Telling is critical in the pursuit of justice and a crucial step towards developing equitable solutions to social issues that paint the face of equality. Everyone should have equal opportunity, equal access and equal space available according to their specific needs.Shifting Power
Truth Telling is the conduit for shaping progressive strategies in the course of confronting power differentials and building capacity within marginalized communities.Truth Telling is a form of HEALING!
Truth Telling is MEDICINE!

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Venmo: @Adriane-Wilson-2

This coloring book isn’t just art, it’s a living archive and celebration of grassroots leaders. This is more than a coloring book — it’s a tribute. Each page features a local grassroots leader who is rarely recognized but does the essential heavy lifting in equity, justice, and community care.Every featured leader designed their own coloring page — drawing from their work, passions, or creative vision. Alongside their portrait, you’ll find their name and contact information so you can connect, support, and learn from the people who are actively building a better world.Sunshine's coloring book not only features portraits of grassroots leaders, it's also a community history and education tool. It's a book that honors the past and present changemakers in Tacoma.

Video

“Displaced: Sunshine’s Story - The Beginning” is a powerful journey into resilience, injustice, and truth-telling.This film uncovers the realities and the human cost of displacement and erasure all the while honoring the strength of a young girl and her family story as a mirror of many. Recognizing the resilience it takes to reclaim one’s story, this movie is a true reflection of community, history, and the fight for dignity. It reveals how systems uproot lives - and through Sunshine’s eyes, we witness both the pain of loss and the unbreakable will to rise.Lifting up Sunshine’s voice is a testament to courage, power, and the fight for justice. Sunshine’s story asks us: what does it mean to be home?