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School Murals on WABC

Thank you, Joe Torres and Tiempo at WABC 7, for celebrating students and schools that thrive! Guests: Jeremy Del Rio and Emmanuel Delgado Original Air Date: Sunday, March 29, 2015 Part 2

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Manhood Essentials

The Brotherhood’s third School Mentors session yesterday at Harlem Village Academy included fingerprinting fun for the mentors, and the introduction of our Manhood Essentials core values of the Brotherhood: Reject Passivity Embrace Responsibility Serve Humbly Lead Courageously Love Sacrificially These values frame the goals of the entire program, including group talks, life skills, professional networking, and…

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The Mentor’s Heartbeat

Meet Gregory Moore, the program coordinator of the Brotherhood Fellowship Mentoring Program at Harlem Village Academy, and hear why twenty business executives are mentoring high school boys in Harlem. The Brotherhood meets for dinner the first and third Tuesday of every month, and individual pairs meet offline in alternating weeks. Our flagship School Mentors program,…

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Meet Zanab and Josh

In 2015, Jeffrey Deitsch commissioned street art legend DAZE for the Coney Art Walls exhibition. DAZE collaborated with students from SchoolMurals.org to create a signature piece. Enjoy the “Under the Sea” School Mural portfolio here.

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Expanding to Ridgewood

Our School Mentors programs are expanding from Harlem and Inwood in Manhattan, to Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, Queens, in partnership with Cru High School. We have proudly supported Cru’s area director Danny Cruz in adapting the School Mentors program to fit the particular needs of the freshman class at Grover Cleveland. He launched “All…

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Award Winning Club Returns

The award-winning School Murals after-school club at IS 117 Joseph Wade Academy in the Bronx returns for a second year tomorrow, November 10, 2015 from 2:30 – 5 pm. The club, which won the District 9 award for Best After School Art program last spring, anchors a campus wide collaboration between IS 117 and The Young Women’s…

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“Campeones” in Mexico

Campeones School Mural Featuring “Mexico en la Piel” Music by Luis Miguel Video by Christine Casado SchoolMurals.org Escuela Secundaria No. 5, Playas, Tijuana, Mexico (2015) Thanks to Lily of the Valley Orphanage, Abounding Grace Ministries, Bethel Church San Diego, New Covenant Tabernacle, Sherwin Williams, Hilton Hotels, Costco See Also

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PS 102 Says “Thank You”

Students from Brooklyn’s PS 102 say, “Thank you!” to all our School Murals schools, partners, students, artists, volunteers, and sponsors this year. Together, 1,100 students from thirteen schools and 550 volunteers from 34 partner organizations produced ten murals totaling 5,900 square feet of public art this school year.

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