Artivism got its start in the summer of 2016 when a number of Big Thought’s students were attending a DaVerse Lounge event in Deep Ellum together. Tragically, that evening was the night of the downtown shooting where 5 officers lost their...
Big Thought’s senior director of programs, Erin Offord, has been selected as an honoree for the Dallas Business Journal’s 2020 Minority Business Leader Awards. As senior director of programs at Big Thought, Erin Offord is instrumental in...
Earlier this month several young men from The Fellowship Initiative had the opportunity to take in a bit of theatrics with City of Dallas Office of Arts & Cultural partner, South Dallas Cultural Center. The Fellows had the opportunity to...
Dallas Morning News Opinion By Byron Sanders 2:00 AM on Dec 13,...
Dallas City of Learning is in its third year of operation and serves an average of 76,500 Dallas ISD students each summer to help stop the ‘summer...
Big Thought recently met with special guests Hyo Won Song and Soyeon Lee from the Korea Arts and Culture Education Service (KACES) to share common visions, challenges and best practices in youth development and arts and cultural...
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