Listen to GIVE Out Loud! A podcast where our GIVE trainers discuss their experience, successes, and barriers in creating inclusive classroom environments.

EPISODE ONE: Who’s Who

Get to Know our GIVE trainers: Sofiya, Arielle, Andrew, and Jashua

In this episode, we meet our host and teaching artist, Sofiya, and her fellow GIVE trainers, who will be guiding us on how they use Teach with GIVE in the classroom. We will hear their backgrounds, get to know their stories, and learn what the GIVE guide means to them.

EPISODE TWO: First Moments featuring Arielle Lever 

What is GIVE and why do we use it? 

In this episode, Sofiya and Arielle discuss best practices for how to enter the classroom, why these first moments matter as a guest in the space, and how GIVE can serve teaching artist’s practice when things go well…and when they don’t.

EPISODE THREE Breaking Down Resistance featuring Andrew Strano

How can we reframe student resistance in the classroom? 

This episode with Sofiya and Andrew is COMING SOON!

EPISODE FOUR Partner in the Classroom featuring Jashua Sa-Ra

How can teaching artists and classroom teachers partner together for inclusive arts lessons?

This episode with Sofiya and Joshua is COMING SOON!

Meet the GIVE Trainers

Host:

索菲娅-夏安 is a Teaching Artist, multi-disciplinary performer and Disability Advocate/Consultant. She is the Inclusion Director of Little People of America, Co-Chair of The Dwarf Artist Coalition and also part of the Disability Advisory Council for ART NY, where she continually advocates for people of short stature on and off the stage. Learn More.

Special guests:

阿丽尔·莱弗 is an Arts Administrator/Theater Artist/Teaching Artist, who focuses a great deal of her energy around accessibility in theater. She is currently the Project Manager of Supporting Transitions at MAC, which promotes the inclusion of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities at cultural institutions. She is a co-founder and Teaching Artist at CO/LAB Theater Group. Learn more. 

Andrew Strano is an Australian multidisciplinary theatre maker living and working in New York. They’re a Fulbright Scholar, a NYFA City Artists Corps member, and a member of the Theater Now New York Musical Theater Writers Lab. Andrew’s strong focus on pedagogy, accessibility in the arts, and innovation in arts education has seen them teach for theatres, universities, and schools worldwide. Learn More. 

Jashua Sa-Ra is an award-winning performance poet, author, event producer, host, lecturer, playwright, educator, graphic designer, and percussionist. He has produced and hosted several critically acclaimed performance events, including a festival in Brooklyn, NY, concerts, open mic venues, showcases, slams, and a variety of special events. Learn More.