{"id":814035,"date":"2026-08-15T02:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814035\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T02:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:56:16","slug":"roanoke-event-uses-storytelling-and-performance-to-spark-mental-health-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814035\/","title":{"rendered":"Roanoke event uses storytelling and performance to spark mental health conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) &#8211; A community storytelling and performance event aimed at sparking conversations around mental health, substance use recovery, trauma, resilience, and healing is coming to Roanoke next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen Truth Takes the Stage\u201d is scheduled for Sept. 26, 2026, from 6 to 9 p.m. at 3025 Frontier Road.<\/p>\n<p>About the event<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The event is presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5nLGqDfYTNQGf4blTaWXQ2\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5nLGqDfYTNQGf4blTaWXQ2\">The Blinded Truth Podcast,<\/a> a recovery-centered platform focused on breaking the stigma surrounding mental health and substance use through storytelling. The podcast is hosted by Certified Peer Recovery Specialists Destinnee Vance and Eric Foster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Through spoken word, music, dance, poetry, and personal testimonies, the event is designed to create a space where individuals can share their lived experiences and promote hope around healing.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WDBJ. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) &#8211; A community storytelling and performance event aimed at sparking conversations around mental health, substance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[97,259,345273,260,345276,345274,345275,345272],"class_list":["post-814035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mental-health-storytelling-event-roanoke","tag-mentalhealth","tag-roanoke-mental-health-awareness","tag-substance-use-recovery-community-event","tag-the-blinded-truth-podcast","tag-when-truth-takes-the-stage-roanoke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}