Thrive Collective
Thank you, Amazon and Public Housing Community Fund, for you incredible support of Thrive Hub’s new computer lab and podcast studio. It was great hosting Julie Jursik and introducing your great work to our friends and neighbors at Jacob Riis Houses. “Last weekend, Amazon NY public policy’s newest team member Julie Jursik opened up Public Housing Community Fund‘s…
read more
Reporting by Stacie Joy. A new innovation hub officially opened this past Saturday at the Jacob Riis Houses, featuring computer and podcast labs designed to provide residents with educational and career opportunities. … The project was funded through a donation from Amazon to the Public Housing Community Fund. According to organizers, the Jacob Riis Houses…
read more
Join Us at the THRIVE HUB Open House 💥 August 1 | 1-4 PM 💥 NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses 💥 152-154 Avenue D | NYC, NY 10009 Fifteen years after moving Generation Xcel from this same NYCHA community space into PS/MS 34 across the street, we are back. Experience what the Thrive Hub is becoming.…
read more
– By Alex Winn, with reporting from Emily Perez Five years after Citi-Bike moved out of the space in 2021, and a protracted lease negotiation, Thrive Collective has officially moved their headquarters back into Jacob Riis Houses in the bottom floor of 154 Avenue D. After originally operating out of the space from 1996 to…
read more
This week is the Fifth (and final) Friday of our Harlem Hub music pilot. Join us to help record “Turn Up the Value,” written by Hub students. Shout out to emcee / music educator Randy Mason for holding it down and turning it up! @hiphoppinheart Writing and recording session with the teens at @nycthrive #HarlemHub…
read moreAward-winning actor Sterling K. Brown joined Clorox and Thrive Collective to celebrate the opening of our new Studio Arts programs at the Living Redemption Youth Opportunity Hub in Harlem, on Feb. 27, 2018. The space was cleaned with a grant from Clorox and the help of 250 community volunteers. Give today to support the move.
read moreThank you, Clorox and Sterling K. Brown, for helping to amplify the message that New York City must Bring Art Back to public schools. In the three weeks since we helped open the arts space at the Living Redemption Youth Opportunity Hub, media outlets have published at least 57 news reports and videos, including: ABC…
read more
From the corresponding article by Carson Blackwelder: Since its founding in 2011, Thrive Collective has been evolving with the times. While it is still focused on improving public education for all children by connecting schools with entities that could help them, it found that classrooms had two common requests: strengthening arts programs and finding mentors for kids. A 2014…
read more
Award-winning actor Sterling K. Brown joins Clorox and Thrive Collective to celebrate the transformative power of clean at a new Youth Opportunity Hub in Harlem, New York, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. The space was cleaned with a grant from Clorox and the help of 250 community volunteers to create new possibilities for youth as an…
read moreFor the youth in this Harlem community, the transformative power of clean brought this old building back to life, and into a safe place where they can express their creativity. This video, produced by ATTN: with Clorox for the Power of Clean campaign, has now been viewed more than 1.1 Million times as of 3/5/18.…
read more