by Thrive Chicago | May 11, 2022 | My Brother's Keeper, Opportunity Youth, Uncategorized
Wednesday, April 6, was already shaping up to be a memorable day when students from Thrive Chicago’s “Intro to Urban Education” (IUE) pilot program arrived at the United Center for a very special evening. IUE is part of Thrive’s larger “Male Educators of Color”...
by Thrive Chicago | Nov 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends of Thrive, It’s not every day that my personal and professional lives collide so significantly, but that’s exactly where I have found myself recently. As some of you may know, about four weeks ago, my family was in the Chicago news because my...
by Leah Busey | Nov 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
COVID Relief Efforts Since July 2020, Thrive has coordinated COVID response efforts across the city as part of a national initiative spearheaded by the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) and the Audacious Project. The initiative focuses on concentrating recovery efforts...
by Leah Busey | Jun 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today, our country officially marks – for the first time – the 1865 dismantling of one of the last holdouts to Black emancipation from slavery – while, simultaneously, upholding laws and systems in 2021 that provide a daily threat to that very...
