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Students Declare: #WeAreThrive

Watch the video that debuted for Mayor de Blasio at Gracie Mansion. Celebrate revitalized arts education and mentoring programs catalyzed by student-led, community-connected school partnerships at 100 New York City public schools. More info: thrivecollective.org/wearethrive #WeAreThrive

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Video Premier: Create a Brotherhood

Celebrate our flagship School Mentors program at Harlem Village Academies High School. Featuring Young Life NYC and New Canaan Society. Filmed and directed by 96 Pixels Productions. Produced by Jeremy Del Rio.

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Little kids, big art! Ridge school makes mural

Thrive Collective proudly collaborated with Lutheran Elementary School in Brooklyn for our first non-public school mural project this year. The Brooklyn Daily reported: Who says they don’t teach art in schools anymore?! Bay Ridge artists, students, teachers, and community members painted a mural at Lutheran Elementary School on June 4. The day taught kids how…

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2016 Thrive Collective Mural Celebration

Work Hard. Then Celebrate (17 Times)!

What’s better than to celebrate twelve murals, a South Bronx art festival, three recitals, and three film festivals throughout the city? Celebrating this accomplishment with all our friends! The completion of public art, whether murals, music, or media, testafies to the creative capacities of our students and their communities. From local art stores and artist…

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Thank you, “Loving Our Neighbor” Volunteers!

“I’ve been trying to find ways to get my kids involved and helping other people. A lot of us don’t know each other but we came together for a common goal to paint this mural because it shows that it’s a form of sacrifice and that we care about the community and it’s appearance.” Thanks…

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Mentors Talk SEX with Teens

You guessed it. Year after year, the topic that ignites the most passion in teen boys remains sex. Since October, twenty-five Young Life boys from Harlem Village Academy High School and eighteen men from New Canaan Society have met on the first and third Tuesday of every month to explore what real manhood looks like…

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