Teaching Artist Development Academy (TADA!)  is a program that Crossing Point Arts launched in 2018, providing training for survivors to lead their own arts workshops, as Teaching Artists.  This was originally formed as the Teaching Artist Training Initiative (TATI) and has expanded to promote professional advancement, from the ground up through TADA!  Providing business training to those in our programs has been a critical element in their employment expansion.

 

When survivors discover their capacity for leadership, they are met with powerful acknowledgment by fellow-survivors. This very important step toward self-actualization for survivors in the TADA! is an important role-model for the participants in their workshops.  The sense of pride among the survivor-leaders is life-changing!

 

Our Teaching Artists provide training, mentorship and on-going support to our TADA! trainees toward the goal of their teaching workshops in the arts in a variety of local anti-trafficking agencies.  This step into a viable means of employment is an inspiration and an important anchor for survivors who are doing the hard work of rebuilding their lives.