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Leadership Foundations MYL Summit February, 2025 By: Marina Mason Greetings from Chattanooga! Thrive Collective had the privilege of not only attending Mentoring Youth as Leaders Annual summit this year, but also the honor to help facilitate the three-day Leadership Foundations Annual MYL Gathering in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The focus for this year was centered around Positive…
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Story of Impact- Head, Heart & Hands (June 2024) The first day of meeting revealed young men, guarded, unsure and admittedly feeling jaded. Each with a connection to someone in their family who has been incarcerated. Each of our mentees over the course of time began to open up and share their background and day…
read moreBronx Connect RTG North x Thrive Collective Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel present “Make a Change” “Make a Change” is an original song written and performed by Nakwon, Drip, Nello, Corey, and Randy Mason. The beat was generously donated to R.H.Y.M.E students for non profit use by producer Jabez beats. The song was recorded at…
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Thrive Collective proudly welcomes Once Upon a Time, Inc., to our network of affiliated arts organizations. Since its incorporation in 1980, Once Upon a Time, Inc. has been a dream incubator, enriching the lives of countless individuals through its arts-oriented education. Their mission is to bring warmth and delight to both the young and the…
read moreStudents from the “My Camera is My Weapon” program highlighted the restoration of Thrive Collective’s mural collaboration with La Borinqueña in The Bronx. The short film, produced by The Hip Hop Museum, features an interview with Murals Art Director Marissa Molina.
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The Brooklyn Paper celebrates the “Welcome to Bay Ridge” mural by Michael “Kaves” McCleer, with support from NYC Council Member Justin Brannan and the Brooklyn Nets. Here’s an excerpt. Full article. The “Welcome to Bay Ridge” mural on 86th Street, near the corner of Gatling Place, memorializes some of the neighborhood’s most prominent figures, including…
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Thrive Collective returned to John Dewey High School for the 2023-2024 school year to inaugurate its Project Pivot program with an integrated arts academy. Collaborating once again with our partners Projectivity and Speek Lyfe, we produced a 36-week, multimedia experience in three 12-week modules: RHYME Hip Hop and Mentoring The JDHS Podcast School Murals Veteran…
read moreNYC Council Member Mercedes Narcisse x PS 272 x R.H.Y.M.E & Speek Lyfe PS 272 scholars proudly present “Don’t Worry,” an unforgettable Hip Hop anthem. PS 272 elementary students in Brooklyn NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with RHYME and Speek Lyfe teaching artists Paul and Lawrence Coles for the 2024 spring semester…
read moreJDHS x RHYME x Speek Lyfe JDHS students in Brooklyn NYC met twice a week for 12 weeks with Speek Lyfe / RHYME teaching artists Lawrence and Paul Coles for the 2024 spring semester to collaboratively write, record and film an official Hip Hop song titled “Push through Follow Through.” JDHS students also collaborated to…
read moreR.H.Y.M.E x Speek Lyfe x NYC Council x MS 42 MS 42Q students in Far Rockaway Queens met twice a week for 12 weeks with Speek Lyfe / RHYME teaching artists Lawrence and Paul Coles for the 2024 spring semester to collaboratively write, record and film an official R.H.Y.M.E remix titled “The Way Up Remix”…
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