Teaching Artist Training Initiative (TATI)  is a program that Crossing Point Arts launched in 2018, providing training for survivors to lead their own arta workshops, as Teaching Artists.

 

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 TATI  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 TATI 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.