Team Humanity Gathers,

supports the movie Anecdotals, and is sharing a link with you so you can watch it

“Tell your story.

Shout it.

Write it.

Whisper it if you have to.

But tell it.

Some won’t understand it.

Some will outright reject it.

But many will thank you for it.

And then the most magical thing will happen.

One by one, voices will start whispering, ‘Me, too’.

And your tribe will gather.

And you will never feel alone again.”

L.R. Knost

Team Humanity had one of these moments last weekend.  Our tribe gathered, we shared stories, we connected with new and old friends, we congregated, we celebrated and; our tribe grew exponentially.  More of us came out of the shadows and whispered “me too”.  Team Humanity showed the injured that there is always light even when it seems like darkness prevails.  

We participated in the Minnesota and Wisconsin premier of the movie Anecdotals.   

It was a magical and emotional weekend at the same time.  

Magical because our friends from outside of Minnesota chose to visit our winter wonderland and support Team Humanity.  We had friends from Maryland to California to Texas to Michigan fly in to spend the weekend with us.  

The weekend was also emotional.  So many of our injured have felt so alone for the last 21 months, lost in the shadows.  They felt that no one wanted to hear their story let alone gather together; and here we were with movie theaters full of people willing and wanting to hear our stories.  The energy and love was palpable.  We hugged, cried, laughed and simply just gathered.  We listened to each other’s struggles and celebrated our triumphs.

Jennifer Sharp and Kim Witczak

We chose to help sponsor the premier of Anecdotals because, “it provides a glimpse into the lives of the injured and how their day to day existence has drastically changed.”  

Anecdotals was produced and directed by Jennifer Sharp. “Jennifer is a believer that Art has the power to change the world; and that artists have responsibility to facilitate that change through sharing their truths.  After having an adverse reaction to the COVID vaccine, she found herself mandated out of society and cast aside by friends and family.  At that moment she believed that it was her responsibility as an artist to tell the stories that no one was talking about.  She picked up her camera, and created Anecdotals.”

In Jennifer’s words, “Anecdotals is a personal journey that focuses on questions, not answers, and people, not politics.”

At the bottom of this Team Humanity update is a link to watch Anecdotals for free.  Join our tribe, watch the movie, help us share our stories.

Lindsay, Brook, Suzanna, Andrew and Kim

Suzanna, our first Team Humanity member, and many of her injured friends from React19 are featured in the movie.  Suzanna was at both premiers.  In spite of her injuries Suzanna was able to harness her hope and greet injured friends she had only met online.  Suzanna also connected with the non-injured who were at the premier to offer support; and advocate for change.  

One of our Team Humanity members coined the phrase: “6 degrees of separation from Suzanna”.  Suzanna has devoted the last 21 months of her life to healing.  Yes, she has focused innumerable hours and money to finding a cure for her injuries.  But, she has spent just as many hours trying to help the countless others who have been injured and connect with them.

Suzanna has also linked up with many non-injured Americans.  Regular people who have put themselves out there to seek and share truth, to stop censorship, to create change, to open peoples’ eyes and hearts. We would like to share the stories of these women.

Kim Witczak:

Kim Witczak is a member of Team Humanity.  Suzanna’s suffering is near and dear to Kim’s heart.   Kim serves on the FDA Pscyhopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee that evaluates new antidepressants and other psych drugs coming to the market. She fell into this work due to the devastating loss of her husband because of an undisclosed side effect of a prescription drug.  Kim sued Pfizer after her husband’s death and is responsible for getting black box warnings on antidepressants.  Kim has traveled the world educating people on the “spider web” of Big Pharma.  Her dedication to advocacy and speaking her story are an example for all of us.  She truly is a force of nature!  

Kim shared with us a very poignant fact at one of our Team Humanity meetings.  

“The more she shared her story, the more she was able to heal.”

This is Team Humanity’s mission:  to share the stories of the injured. “We want to give a voice to the voiceless, to get weak with weak, and vulnerable with the vulnerable.  We want to fully immerse ourselves in what it is to be a compassionate human” (Henri Nouwen)

Kim embodies this spirit and mission.  

Please visit her website to learn more about her advocacy efforts and listen to her podcast interview with Michele Tafoya.

www.kimwitczak.com

Brook Jackson

Prior to 2020 Brook had spent 20 years working in clinical research.  In 2020 Brook was working as the Regional Director at Ventavia, one of the drug trial sites working on the phase 3 trials for Covid vaccines.  Brook witnessed many safety concerns that terrified her.  She witnessed fraudulent data being collected, reported these findings to the FDA, and was fired within hours of her report.  Currently, she has a lawsuit pending against the government.  Brook is a true whistleblower.  She is in a league of her own-a true warrior for truth.  You can learn more about Brook and her lawsuit from her website.

 

https://www.iambrookjackson.com/

Brook came to Minnesota to support Team Humanity and Jennifer Sharp.  Her courage to share her story and fight her fight in spite of her challenger exemplifies her ability to triumph over fear.  

Brook like Suzanna and Team Humanity realize that yes we are full of fear, scared of tomorrow but we still have hope and can do courageous things.

Brook shared her story with Michele Tafoya recently on the Sideline Sanity podcast.

Texas Lindsay

@Texas_Kate

On Twitter Lindsay’s bio states that she is a “free speech absolutist, a whistleblower ally, and a medical freedom advocate.”  

One of Lindsay’s tweets simply says:  “standing up and speaking the truth takes a lot of courage these days…”

Lindsay saw what we are doing in Minnesota and Wisconsin and wanted to be a part of it. She knew there was a story in Minnesota, in fact lots of stories and truth warriors. She knew our stories were not just anecdotes.  Our stories are about real people who have suffered from real, life altering injuries.  

Thank you Lindsay for supporting Team Humanity.

If this is your first time hearing about Team Humanity and you would like to learn more

let us know.  We would love for you to join us.  

The more we whisper our stories, the more we will heal.  

As Dr Tess Lawrie recently published in her substack, “among the never-ending shaping of all things is the light of humanity burning brightest in times of darkness”  

We need to whisper, share and shout our stories.  We need to tend to our lights, shine them, connect them with others, watch them grow into something magical.  We need to gather and never feel alone again.

Here is a link to the movie, enjoy!

All stories are edited and approved by the participant before the story is published.

If you would like to connect with Team Humanity on Twitter here is our contact information.

The movie: @AnecdotalsMovie

The movie producer/director: @jensharpfilms

Kim Witczak: @woodymatters

Suzanna Newell: @SuzannaNewell

Kristie (our 2nd story): @KrystalKool