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…
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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…
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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.…
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– 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 moreIn support of #GivingTuesday this year, join Thrive Collective in giving our support to Projectivity for their University Blvd. Beautification Project in Montgomery County, Maryland. Please join us and give generously via their GoFundMe page. Projectivity is no stranger to Thrive Collective. We have actively collaborated in New York City to create hope and opportunity…
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Aloha, friends and ohana In January my heart broke when Kekoa was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), a cancer of the bone marrow and blood. It was hard to believe that my super husband and the unstoppable Sifu (head of his martial arts school) was now facing this terrible killer. Anyone who knows Kekoa…
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In support of #GivingTuesday this year, a generous friend will double December donations dollar for dollar up to $10,000. That means every $1 you give, will equal $2. Help us raise $20,000 to Bring Art Back to 100 New York City public school students without art or music teachers of any kind. Thanks to a…
read more“Bring Art Back” (since 2014) It’s been 10 years since the City of New York confessed to eliminating arts and music programs at more than 400 schools in low income neighborhoods. The very same communities that had invented hip hop in the 1970s were denied access to even the most basic arts education in the…
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Story and Art by Sam Wisneski “Opportunities to give are everywhere. … Together we can make life a little brighter and more colorful for everyone! “Please consider giving to my friends at Thrive Collective.” Starting on Giving Tuesday and through the end of December, join GEORGIE. Give to create hope and opportunity through arts, sports,…
read more“There is a reciprocity to generosity. … Giving is contagious.” – Randy Mason Join Randy Mason and the Thrive Collective community of artists, students, mentors and educators who create hope and opportunity through arts, sports, and mentoring in public schools everyday. Give on #GivingTuesday and beyond.
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