Partners

Hope for New York’s Newest Affiliate

We 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…

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Thank you, “Loving Our Neighbor” Volunteers!

“I’ve been trying to find ways to get my kids involved and helping other people. A lot of us don’t know each other but we came together for a common goal to paint this mural because it shows that it’s a form of sacrifice and that we care about the community and it’s appearance.” Thanks…

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kids clapping to speech

The Mission: Eradicate Educational Apartheid

Ed note: The contents of this page are reproduced from the original 20/20 Vision for School’s website for archival reference. “I don’t want to send another generation of American children to failing schools. I don’t want that future for my daughters. I don’t want that future for your sons. I do not want that future…

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Overachievers

[Original Post, 2012] It’s not often that students hear themselves called “Overachievers.” Even less often do they see themselves that way. Yet that’s exactly what fifteen 6th graders from I.S. 8 in Jamaica Queens saw after completing the “I Am Now” performing arts based student leadership club at their school this year. “I Am Now”…

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Case Study: Abounding Grace Ministries

Ed. Note: The story of PS 34′s partnership with Abounding Grace Ministries and Generation Xcel in Manhattan’s Lower East Side remains the primary inspiration for 20/20 Vision’s school engagement paradigm. Includes narrative, photos, and educational outcome data. This case study was originally published in June 2011, before 20/20 incorporated. // MULTIMEDIA Inspiring a Movement In July…

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