Trust the Process is a design lab experience designed to inspire emerging creatives by embracing the beauty of the design process. Led by professional designers and working artists, this month-long program gives participants a roadmap to creative success.

Winter of 2025, More Info >

AIMS (Apprenticeships, Internships, Mentorships, Support) is a project-based mentorship program that pairs emerging creatives with affinity-grouped mentors in a curated, real-world project.

Ongoing Program, More Info >

CANS is a program where students analyze the cultural significance of spray-paint-based art while learning fundamentals in lettering, design, composition, and spray technique. Classes include an exploration of both historical lettering/styles and how they influence modern interpretations around the Portland area.

Currently Active At Various Schools, More info >

Beyond the Decks is a DJ education and support program that offers three levels of instruction, open decks, access to equipment, community, and support for all levels.

Next session: Winter 2025, More Info >

Cada Casa supports various Multicultural Soccer Teams throughout Beaverton School District. In efforts to combat the pay-to-play model, we facilitate accessible, community-based soccer, with a focus reducing barriers of entry for students of color and immigrants. The world’s game for all.

Returning Winter, 2025 at Various Schools, More Info >

Exploration of a new-age approach to fashion design, revolving around the use of imagination and retired garments. Students will explore the fashion design process through the use of common tools, basic sewing, embroidery, and screen printing. After exploring a variety of techniques, students may choose to follow the screen printing or sewing pathway.

Ongoing program, More Info >

Despite our community’s best intentions, if you build it - they will come, didn’t quite work the way we wanted. Futsal has been growing tremendously in and around Portland, but it has fallen into the same problem as soccer: a boutique sport that requires committed parents willing to pay and drive. It’s not the same game that children across the world play until they either run out of light or are told to come in for dinner. But the courts are there. We just need to show the kids how to use them.

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This course is designed to apply the Scientific Method and Engineering & Design process to the variables associated with coffee brewing and roasting. The mission of this course parallels that of Cada Casa, in that students engage in a real-world, interdisciplinary, learning experience. We envision this year-long exploration being separated into three parts: the pour-over, the bean, the roast.

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The Bigger Than Hip Hop program is a 8-week series of workshops and mentorships, culminating in a multi-disciplinary show celebrating student creativity in the realm of Hip-Hop (music, dance, fashion, art).  Six artists from our local POC community will host workshops in a variety of art disciplines, including street fashion, lyric development and live rapping, beat production, DJing, murals / street-art, and hip-hop dance ensemble. More info >

The Cada Casa design and production studio allows students to get real-world experience in various design elements while fundraising for their own classes and projects. As this is not a set class and is based upon the desired projects in the community, students can contact us at any point if they are interested in participating. When a community member reaches out to us, we will pair them with a supervisor/student team. Based on the experience of the student and the complexity of the project, the supervisor will oversee the different elements of the project including the development of a proposal, timeline, budget, quality control, delivery, and communication with the client. All proceeds of the project directly fund materials and supplies for the students to do their own projects. More info >

This class will introduce young adults to the art of spoken word poetry. Students will be encouraged to listen, write, and perform poetry with focus on social commentary, tone, and eventually compete in a poetry competition – a Slam.