Tia (left) with Linda Combs, Wampanoag Educator, who gave a presentation about their culture and history. 

Cape Cod, Mass. 2012 

(Oil painting in background is by Tia)

Bettye  (acrylic by Tia) 

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                          Sandy  (pastel by Tia)

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CAREER OVERVIEW

 1978 - Present

Consultant and educator on issues of cultural diversity and all forms of discrimination over decades of cultural and political change.  Work with people of diverse backgrounds to better understand and communicate with each other.  Teach in venues including community organizations, social service agencies, businesses, religious groups, high schools and universities, police departments.

Contributed papers, photographs and memorabilia of social justice work to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, where they were accepted as a permanent part of the collection.  At my death, they will also receive all of my photography negatives and the rest of my papers and memorabilia.

Currently:   Commissioner: Barnstable County Human Rights Commission

                   Member, Martin Luther King Action Team, Orleans, Mass.

                         Member, Racial Justice Committee, Brewster, Mass.

                   Member, One Earth, One People Committee (working to support the                                  Wampanoags of Cape Cod and the Islands), Brewster, Mass.

                   Member, NAACP of Cape Cod, Hyannis, Mass.

                   Member, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,

                                   Cape Cod Chapter

1978-2016  Cross Cultural Communications, Director 

*    Develop and implement educational workshops, classes and conferences,   emphasizing racial justice, white privilege and anti-racism issues and organizing.

*    Facilitate conflict-resolving sessions that focus on overcoming barriers to clear communication and encouraging the integrity, creativity and empowerment of each individual and the group as a whole.

*    Co-teach and facilitate multiracial groups with colleagues of color.  Teach or facilitate white groups independently or with white colleagues.

*     Recruit, train and supervise culturally diverse paid and volunteer staff.  Oversee fundraising and financial administration.

*     Colleges, organizations and businesses that have employed Cross Cultural Communications include:

        --   Brewster, Chatham and Provincetown Unitarian Universalist Churches

        --  Cape Cod Fellowship of Reconciliation

          --  Brewster Police Department

        --  United Way, Cambridge YWCA, Patriot Trail Girl Scout Council

          --  Daybreak Resource Center Domestic Violence Program, Victory Programs                        Living and Recovery Community,  Step-Up for Women, Umbrella Inc.

          --  Sisters of St. Joseph Board, Sisters of Mercy Coalition, Church Women United

          --  Digital Equipment Corporation, Northern New England Tradeswomen

          --  Antioch Law School, S.U.N.Y Plattsburg, University of Vermont, Women's                      Technical Institute, St. Michael's College, Burlington College, Trinity College

1988-1992   Multi-Cultural Council of Vermont,  Founder and Executive Director

         *  Created a statewide network of groups and individuals concerned with racism and multicultural issues via meetings, workshops, monthly events, films and newsletters.

         *  A highlight of the Council's work was creating and producing the first Multi-Cultural Conference/Celebration in Vermont, which offered ethnic foods, workshops, a panel presentation, an art exhibit, a "community meeting", multicultural entertainment and a very full, free childcare program for both days.

Published:

1979 "Face to Face, Day-to-Day -Racism C-R" by Tia Cross, Freada Klein, Barbara Smith and Beverly Smith, published in All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave:  Black Women's Studies, Edited by Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott and Barbara Smith, 1982

Located in the heart of Cape Cod, I am happy to travel to work with you. 

Contact Information:

508-776-8974

Tia@TiaCross.com 

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