News12: “Artists Transform BQE Underpass”
New12 photojournalist Carolina Rudas reports on the transformation of the BQE underpass at Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Thrive Collective produced a gallery of murals for…
read moreJeremy R. Del Rio, Esq., co-founded and leads Thrive Collective (a/k/a 20/20 Vision for Schools, Inc.), a nonprofit that creates hope and opportunity through arts and mentoring in and around public schools. He also teaches youth and community development as an adjunct professor since 2004; and connects, trains, and mentors youth workers nationally since 2001. He has consulted businesses and nonprofits on leadership and strategy since 2000; and co-founded and directed Generation Xcel, a holistic youth center in Manhattan, from 1996-2006.
Jeremy was the founding youth pastor at Abounding Grace Ministries (1994-2004), and also worked as a corporate attorney at Dewey Ballantine in New York before resigning after 9/11 to lead relief work at Ground Zero. He has contributed to six books, including Deep Justice in a Broken World (Zondervan/YS 2008) and The Justice Project (Baker Books 2009), and his articles have appeared in dozens of publications. He is married to Delliz Hazell-Del Rio, and his two sons are proud NYC public school students and graduates.
New12 photojournalist Carolina Rudas reports on the transformation of the BQE underpass at Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Thrive Collective produced a gallery of murals for…
read moreJeremy Del Rio (CAS ’95, LAW ’99) Brings Art Back to New York City’s Students and Spaces A native New Yorker, Jeremy Del Rio (CAS…
read more“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…
read moreGrit and Prosper: Basketball Court Murals at P.S.56 & BRONX HSVA (2024) Sponsored by the NYC Department of Education Arts Office. Video filmed and directed…
read moreIllustration by Mario Ruiz Photos & Reflection by Jeremy Del Rio The seeds that bloomed into Thrive Collective were planted in The Pile at Ground…
read moreOn the final day of Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary Year, we offer our love letter to hip hop: “Coke La Rock is Still Here.” Video…
read moreFeliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo from Canóvanas, Puerto Rico. This fall, Thrive Collective completed our first two school mural programs at Colegio Católico Nuestra…
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…
read more“Peace in the Park,” an anti-violence mural created by Projectivity and Thrive Collective, was recently featured on a Staten Island news site. The mural, which…
read moreThe New York Mets recently announced a mural collaboration with Thrive Collective. Here is the Mets official press release: Mets to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Night…
read moreRev. Rick Del Rio was one of the first clergy to arrive on the scene at Ground Zero. The founding pastor at Abounding Grace Ministries…
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…
read moreThrive Collective was recently featured on WPIX during its 6 p.m. evening newscast. On Feb. 17, at P.S. 155 and the Renaissance School of the…
read moreFashion brand and comic creator House of Slay recently featured Thrive’s very own Jeremy Del Rio, Esq. on their Instagram page as part of their…
read moreNon-Profit Organization Has Completed Over 300 Murals, Impacted 25,000 Public School Students Since 2014 NEW YORK, N.Y. (January 10, 2023) – “A Better Tomorrow”…
read moreOn Saturday, December 17, an intergenerational group of Lower East Side leaders came together to celebrate the ribbon cutting for a series of murals that…
read moreOur #GivingTuesday 300 for 300 campaign launched with an assist from the Brooklyn Nets. #ThriveCollective interactive arts experience in the lobby of the Barclays Center…
read more300 murals. 25,000 students served. 130,000 square feet of art! On Giving Tuesday and throughout the end of 2022, Thrive Collective is celebrating these amazing…
read moreToday’s the day! Our #GivingTuesday “300 for 300” campaign is officially underway, and I am thrilled to let you know that it has tipped off…
read moreFor Immediate Release BROOKLYN NETS, HOUSE OF SLAY AND THRIVE COLLECTIVE UNVEIL PUBLIC MURAL AT JOHN JAY PERSHING MIDDLE SCHOOL Mural Unveiled Ahead of Brooklyn…
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