Thrive Collective
Living, Breathing Artists from the Bronx Tats Cru’s work around the school entrance. It’s a rare school that features murals by some of the greatest street artists in the world, but P.S. 9, Ryer Avenue Elementary School does! A massive mural makeover transformed three floors of this Bronx-based elementary school over the past two weekends. Created in collaboration with eight…
read moreR.H.Y.M.E x The Point CDC x Bronx Arts Elementary Rhymes help young minds excel 2022 Winter music and mentoring program in collaboration with The Point CDC and Bronx Arts Elementary. 2nd grade scholars met with Thrive Collective teaching artist, Randy Mason twice a week for 12 weeks as part of the R.H.Y.M.E Books Beats & Bars Hip Hop songwriting program.…
read moreR.H.Y.M.E x The Point CDC x Bronx Arts Elementary In February of 2022 Bronx Arts Elementary 5th grade scholars met with Thrive Collective teaching artist, Randy Mason twice a week for several weeks as part of the R.H.Y.M.E Books Beats & Bars Hip Hop songwriting program. During Black History Month students learned about DJ Kool Herc, a Jamaican American Hip…
read moreAs part of New York City’s “It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC” experience and emphasizing the historical connection between Hip Hop and graffiti art, Thrive Collective—a nonprofit that creates hope and opportunity through arts, sports, and mentoring in and around public schools—has curated a roster of standout New York City street artists that will create live, temporary art installations…
read moreMayor de Blasio and Rocky Bucano Announce “It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC” Free Concerts to be Held During NYC Homecoming Week, August 14-22 July 29, 2021 Concerts to air exclusively on Twitch channel Behind The Rhyme Concerts will include live graffiti, temporary art installations produced with Thrive Collective “Hip Hop embodies the creative spirit of resilient New Yorkers.…
read moreA Special Thank You to All of our Sponsors Sponsor Hope and Opportunity Sponsors fuel our mission to eradicate artless education. Sponsor Hope Key Sponsors Corporate Sponsors Government Supporters Non-Profits Arts Organizations Other Corporate Sponsors AC Hotel Times Square American Express Alacrity Financial Services Brooklyn Nets Citigroup Clorox Costco Edition Hotel times Square Hilton Hotels House of Slay I Heart…
read moreCoach Damian Rosado Facebook Twitter Thrive Sports Commissioner Coach Damian Rosado co-founded and leads Thrive Sports, bringing a lifetime of youth sports and recreation experience. For twenty years, he has coached at every level from recreational leagues to PSAL, AAU, and college; has organized hundreds of basketball, football, baseball, and soccer leagues, clinics, and tournaments around the country; and facilitated health…
read moreWe are thrilled to partner with Hope for New York as a new affiliate this year. That means HFNY helps us recruit amazing volunteers to serve at our arts and mentoring projects citywide. Join us in welcoming our newest affiliate @nycthrive! 🎨 🎉 Thrive Collective mobilizes students, parents, artists, & community stakeholders to partner with public schools for transformational change.…
read moreEd. Note: Thrive Collective grew organically out of a conversation among mostly faith-based youth workers that began in 2005 during the production of the 2005 Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade. On this page is a brief history of that evolution until incorporating as 20/20 Vision for Schools, Inc. on August 17, 2011. Here you can read a more personal account…
read moreEd Note: Paint the Town was an initiative sponsored by the Southern Baptist Association in New York City beginning in 2005. In 2007, they asked Jeremy Del Rio to help them reimagine how an evangelical Christian denomination could come alongside public schools in a faith-neutral way. This report, originally written for denominational leaders, summarizes the results. INTRODUCTION This case study…
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