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TSM25-29 Christine Olson Founder of Tiffs Initiative’

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Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Christine Olson, on air from July 22nd

TIFF (To Inform Families First) is a groundbreaking initiative designed to save lives by ensuring first responders can access emergency contact information directly from a person’s driver’s license or state ID. By embedding emergency contacts into DMV records, TIFF drastically reduces the time it takes for families to be notified.

TIFF, To Inform Families First, is a first of its kind emergency contact program born from the personal tragedy my family experienced involving my then 22-year-old daughter Tiffiany Marie Olson. It aims to bridge the critical information gap between law enforcement and families in emergency situations by including designated emergency contacts in a driver’s license or state issued I.D. that can be used within minutes at the scene of your emergency being by accident or medical. Reducing the national average from 6 hours to minutes.

“I cannot change what happened to me, but with TIFF, I know
I’m making a difference. This program saves lives.”

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Christine Olson moved from Milwaukee Wisconsin to Anna Maria Island in 1999 following her brother, her son and then joined by Tiffany shortly thereafter. Living on a 7-mile-long barrier island located on the Gulf of Mexico seemed like a dream until the evening of December 7th 2005 when a drunk driver ran a stop sign, killing Tiffany and her boyfriend on impact. The fear, panic, chaos and timeline of the 6 ½ hours it took before hearing the words, “She’s gone” has led me for the last 19 years on a campaign driven to change that national average so my story does not become yours. With over 21 million Floridians now registered and 18 states following in Florida’s footsteps, great success has been made…. But not enough. The goal is to take TIFF national by October 2nd 2026, my 20th anniversary of beginning my journey.

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TSM24-27. Tracie Eaton Art & Sex Trafficking’s

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Their Story Matter with Sara Troy and her guest Tracie Eaton, on air from July 2nd

Tracie Eaton is an Internationally-renowned & award-winning Australian artist with an artistic career spanning over 17 years. Tracie’s studio is located on the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. Tracie’s specialises in creating original acrylic & mixed media artworks for the luxury art sector.

Tracie has also established the Art for Rescue initiative, an approved fundraiser for the Charity Destiny Rescue, established to eradicate sex trafficking and exploitation of children. MORE HERE

Tracie is often referred to as a ‘Celebrity Artist’ following her exclusive 3-year commission (2019-2021) to create bespoke artwork for Oscar’s nominees & winners, with an impressive list of Hollywood A-listers, such as Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, Tom Hanks, Anthony Hopkins and Charlize Theron (to name a few) owning a Tracie Eaton Artwork. Tracie has was again commissioned for another 3-year term (2023-2025) as the exclusive artist to create product for Oscar nominees, to celebrate their creative success.

Recent highlights so far for Tracie in 2024 include winning the international Masterful Minds award by Circle Foundation. She has also been recognised as International Acrylic Artist of the Year Award (Australia) by Lux Life).

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In 2023 Tracie was awarded the Best Acrylic Artist – Asia-Pacific by APAC.  Additionally, Tracie was the only international artist invited, and participate in a joint digital exhibition in ToDA(Dubai).

In 2022, she was published by Lux Life as the Leading Luxury Art Company – Australia and has been awarded the Leonardo Da Vinci International Artist Award for Outstanding Artistic Merit for her acrylic & mixed media piece ‘Flowers In Bloom’, curated and judged by curators Dr Salavore Russo and Dr Francesco Saverio Russo.  Additionally, 2022 saw Tracie been recognised by APAC Best Original Painting & Art Studio QLD & Most Creative Australian Arts & Painting Company.  

In 2021 Tracie Eaton was recognised by GAA as one of the Leading & Investable Contemporary Artists worldwide and included in their Curated publication for distribution to galleries, collectors, art museums & art fairs around the world.  Additionally she was listed by Herrington Publications as one of the top 25 Global Woman Change Makers of the year.

The high demand for Tracie’s art has led to a wait list for both commissions, and to attend her sell-out, invitation-only events, exhibitions & releases of new artwork series.  The last five years has seen Tracie involved in over 20 live art performances, solo or joint exhibitions.

Tracie is a self-taught artist with a painting style that is expressive & unique, with her creativity knowing no bounds.  Her luxurious artworks are bold, textured with loose form & brush strokes, and has been described by curators as ‘passion-art’ – “everyone who sees it loves it”.

Tracie began working with colour following her training in Occupational Therapy and Colour Psychology, working with art therapy with her clients.

She has been supporting the charity Destiny Rescue for years, and founded Art for Rescue to continue to raise awareness and funds to eradicate sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of children.

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TSM24-15. Ona Gritz “Everywhere I Look” 

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Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Ona Gritz, on air from April 9th

 Ona Gritz, author of the beautifully written memoir, Everywhere I Look ? With an investigator’s determination, Gritz unravels the mystery and tragedy of the murder of her sister, Andrea Susan Gritz, also known as Angie Boggs, while sharing her own awakening to loss, grief, guilt, and the truth. Her story is testament to the idea that grief can be transformative, and that the truth can truly set us free.

On January 11, 1982, Angie Boggs was brutally murdered in her home, along with her husband, Ray, and their eleven-month-old son. She was twenty-five and pregnant with their second child. Six weeks later, Angie’s body was found, stuffed in the crawlspace of the apartment she had shared with her family and her murderers.

When Angie was just a little girl called Andra, she was the first person Ona remembers loving. Gritz was nineteen when she learned of her sister’s murder. “Well, she’s dead,” their mom announced, with a crisscross slap of her hands, later remarking: “A social worker told us years ago that, with the way Andra lived her life, she wouldn’t make it to thirty.” That made Gritz angry, but she wasn’t grief stricken either. After all, she was used to being without Angie. For many years after losing her, all she felt was numb.

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When Ona Gritz was in her late forties and the only survivor of her immediate family, a succession of small events began to bring Angie back to her.  Suddenly, she was filled with questions about the disparaging view of Angie that, despite her love, she had internalized from her parents. “She’s a runaway.” Growing up, that’s what Ona would answer whenever someone asked, “Where’s your sister?” But what was Angie running from? And why did her parents keep shutting her out and sending her away?

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Ona Gritz holds a Master of Arts in poetry from the creative writing program at New York University. She is the author of August Or Forever, a Reader’s Choice and Wishing Shelf finalist in middle grade fiction. Her nonfiction has appeared in Brevity, The Guardian, The New York Times, River Teeth, The Rumpus, The Utne Reader, and been named Notable in The Best American Essays and Best of the Year in Salon. Her earlier books include On the Whole: A Story of Mothering and Disability and Geode, a finalist for the Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award. She won the Poetry Archive Now Worldview 2020 Competition and has received many other honors for her poems, which have been widely anthologized. Ona lives with her husband, writer Daniel Simpson, near Philadelphia.

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TSM23-44.Brandie Phillips Tattoo Therapy Healing

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How I turned my scars into beautiful art and current taking my life journey and showing the world how tattoos have become more than just beautiful art now. It’s become a form of therapy. Redefining a scar of pain or abuse gives one empowerment to speak what we want out scar to represent, not giving power to what caused them.

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I am a true trauma survivor. Mother of two amazing grown adults and a grandmother of a beautiful 3 year old girl. I am a creator of so many things including 4 streetwear brands launching in 2024, currently writing my book, being featured in a book, two tattoo lifestyle shows and a leader of a tattoo women’s group called “Angel’s In Ink.” Recently exploring the podcast world and potentially doing a movie based on my life story. I have a 4 year old Frenchie who is my best friend. I recently quit my career in the service industry to drive for Lyft so I can meet new people and network my career. I am 45. I love to cook in my spare time and music is my therapy along with changing peoples lives. 

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TSM23-44.Brandie Phillips Tattoo Therapy Healing

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How I turned my scars into beautiful art and current taking my life journey and showing the world how tattoos have become more than just beautiful art now. It’s become a form of therapy. Redefining a scar of pain or abuse gives one empowerment to speak what we want out scar to represent, not giving power to what caused them.

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I am a true trauma survivor. Mother of two amazing grown adults and a grandmother of a beautiful 3 year old girl. I am a creator of so many things including 4 streetwear brands launching in 2024, currently writing my book, being featured in a book, two tattoo lifestyle shows and a leader of a tattoo women’s group called “Angel’s In Ink.” Recently exploring the podcast world and potentially doing a movie based on my life story. I have a 4 year old Frenchie who is my best friend. I recently quit my career in the service industry to drive for Lyft so I can meet new people and network my career. I am 45. I love to cook in my spare time and music is my therapy along with changing peoples lives. 

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