Wade Dance

WADE was born out of love, resilience, and a deep commitment to ending gender-based violence. Its mission is to raise awareness, create programs that help prevent violence, and support survivors through dance and the performing arts as pathways toward healing and empowerment. The project emerged from my own experience with domestic violence. What many people do not realize is that leaving an abusive relationship does not always end the abuse. Although I found the courage to leave, my former partner continued to harm me for more than six years through false reports to New York City’s child welfare system. He understood that making fabricated allegations against me would allow him to maintain control and inflict fear from a distance. ACS investigators repeatedly came to my home, my son’s school, and questioned family members, neighbors, and teachers.