Programs

  • Education and Advocacy in Sports

    EDUCATION: THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, TAOS PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, CONFERENCES, AND SUMMITS AS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, PANELISTS, TRAINERS. AND MODERATORS, ADVOCATING FOR THE PREVENTION OF ABUSE AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN SPORTS. THROUGH THESE EVENTS, MEMBERS OF TAOS ENCOURAGED THE ADOPTION OF TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES WITHIN SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS AND CHAMPIONED A SPORTING CULTURE THAT PRIORITIZES ATHLETE WELL-BEING OVER FINANCIAL GAINS AND MEDALS. THESE EVENTS ALSO SERVED AS A CRUCIAL SPACE FOR TAOS TO CONTINUE ITS COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS, FURTHERING ITS MISSION TO ENHANCE SAFETY IN SPORTS THROUGH ITS CORE PILLARS OF EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. FOR EXAMPLE, TAOS' EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JULIE ANN RIVERS-COCHRAN, ATTENDED THE FIRST-EVER FIFA INAUGURAL SAFEGUARDING SUMMIT IN ZURICH, SWITZERLAND. THE SUMMIT WAS ORGANIZED AS FIFA CONTINUES ITS ONGOING WORK THROUGH ITS FIFA GUARDIANS PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO PROMOTE CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING IN FOOTBALL AND DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SAFEGUARDING BEST PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE GAME. MS. RIVERS-COCHRAN SERVED AS A MODERATOR FOR A PANEL WITH ATHLETE-SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN SPORT WHERE THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON EXPLORING THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS CREATING A CULTURE OF SAFEGUARDING WHERE ALL LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION CENTER ATHLETES AND THEIR WELL-BEING. PANELISTS SHARED THEIR PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT SAFEGUARDING LOOKS LIKE FROM THE LENS OF ATHLETES WITH LIVED EXPERIENCES OF THE ABUSE.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $195.5K

  • Abuse In Sports Resources

    RESOURCES: TAOS CONTINUED TO CREATE RESOURCES ON ABUSE IN SPORTS, TAILORED TO MEET ATHLETE AND ATHLETE-SURVIVOR NEEDS. RESOURCES INCLUDED, BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO, AN UPDATED VERSION OF TAOS' "ABUSE IN SPORTS" RESOURCE. "APPROPRIATE ATHLETE-COACH RELATIONSHIPS" "BARRIERS TO REPORTING ABUSE IN SPORTS" "DISCLOSING ABUSE IN SPORTS" "TRAUMA-INFORMED ENVIRONMENT IN SPORTS" "WHAT TO DO IF YOU SUSPECT ABUSE OR NEGLECT."
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $19.3K

  • Advocacy Against Sexual Abuse

    ADVOCACY: MEMBERS OF TAOS, INCLUDING TAOS FOUNDER AND BOARD PRESIDENT GRACE FRENCH AND TAOS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JULIE ANN RIVERS-COCHRAN, JOINED FORCES WITH ADVOCATES FROM THE KEEP KIDS SAFE MOVEMENT AND OTHER ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS DURING A MEETING IN WASHINGTON, DC WITH THE BIPARTISAN TASK FORCE TO END SEXUAL VIOLENCE. TAOS CO-FOUNDER AND BOARD PRESIDENT, GRACE FRENCH, PROVIDED TESTIMONY FOR THE USOPC COMMISSION ON THE STATE OF THE U.S. OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS' PUBLIC HEARING TITLED "PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF MOVEMENT PARTICIPANTS SESSION. GRACE SHARED THE POTENTIALLY RE-TRAUMATIZING IMPACT OF CURRENT ABUSE REPORTING PROCESSES IN THE U.S. ON ATHLETE-SURVIVORS AS WELL AS THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS TAOS HAD HEARD FROM ATHLETES AND THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF ABUSE IN SPORT DURING LISTENING SESSIONS HOSTED BY TAOS.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $53.1K