Thrive Collective
R.H.Y.M.E. Season Kickoff: Hip Hop Music & Mentoring in NYC Schools On Saturday, November 8th, we officially kicked off a new season of R.H.Y.M.E. (Rhymes Help Young Minds Excel) at the Lower East Side Family Enrichment Center — and the energy in the room was electric. The event brought together teaching artists, mentors, and community…
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Celebrating Our Partnership with Bronx Arts Elementary & Middle School Since 2021, Thrive Collective has been honored to partner with Bronx Arts Elementary and Middle School to bring creativity, mentorship, and community impact to life through the arts. Big shout out to The Point CDC for initiating this collaboration! Together, we’ve empowered students to find…
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Thrive Collective has partnered with Bronx Connect officially as one of their arts education providers since 2021, and unofficially as friends and colleagues for more than 25 years. BronxConnect is a faith and community-based organization in the Bronx that provides alternative-to-incarceration and detention programs for high-risk youth and young adults. Founded in 1999 by the Urban Youth Alliance, it…
read moreThrive Collective has proudly partnered with New York Edge as one of their arts education providers since 2018. Founded in 1992, New York Edge (formerly Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation) is one of the largest providers of school-based afterschool and summer programs in New York City and the metropolitan region. They offer enrichment programs before or after the…
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“On the Level” Cover Story Features School Partners USA The current issue of “On the Level” magazine features Thrive Collective’s launch of School Partners USA as a case study in multicity collaboration. Here’s a fun excerpt, from their interview with Jeremy Del Rio: The success of the multicity collaboration also meant that resource networking would…
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As we wrap up the 2023-2024 school year, we salute our hometown heroes, the Brooklyn Nets for partnering with Thrive Collective since 2019. In so many ways, Brooklyn is home. Jeremy‘s immigrant grandparents all landed in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. His parents experienced their own West Side love Story in the borough during the…
read more“Limitless” is an inspiring documentary showcasing the incredible talents of the students of PS/MS 105. Shot and edited by talented filmmaker Eric Mason, it takes viewers on a journey into the vibrant world of hip hop and the transformative power it holds. “Limitless” focuses on the students’ involvement in Thrive Collective’s “RHYME” Program, a unique…
read moreThrive Collective’s RHYME program at PS 105Q in Far Rockaway, Queens was recently featured on NY1 News. Reporter Roger Clark interviewed students, Principal Laurie Shapiro and RHYME staff on June 2, and returned three days later for a live segment with Jeremy Del Rio, founder and executive director of Thrive. Three years ago, Thrive Collective…
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Every year, Thrive Collective produces an annual Team Building Conference for current and prospective teaching artists and project managers. On January 30-31, we held our 7th annual two-day conference at Living Redemption Youth Opportunity Hub in Harlem in a space renovated and painted by our studio arts students since 2018. Everything at Thrive is built…
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TEDx recently featured Thrive Collective’s co-founder and executive director Jeremy Del Rio at the University of North Carolina’s online “TEDxUNC Roots” conference. “Live ARTfully: Six Essential Questions for Creating Masterpiece Lives” What do 9/11, immigration, and eradicating artless education show us about the power of our roots to shape masterpiece lives? Explore six essential questions…
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