Amazon Supports Big Thought’s Creative Solutions Program
Creative Solutions is an arts-as-workforce intervention program for adjudicated youth that has garnered support from Amazon.
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Truth vs. Perception: Confidence in Who You Are
Big Thought presents Truth Versus Perception, a multi-part series that intimately explores and shares experiences of the Fellows of The Fellowship Initiative designed to dispel the negative, perceived notions of young men of color. These are their words. Their experiences. Their truths. Listen and unlearn. As the only child of a single mother, Donavan was
From a love of reading to entrepreneur
Tej Dhingra, Greenhill School rising senior and founder of Teen Book Lover, Big Thought Intern – Summer 2019 Dear Big Thought Community, I’m writing this letter, not with the goal of chronicling my Big Thought intern experience down to each coffee run. I’m also most definitely not writing this because my two months at Big
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.
Conversations about Masculinity: How Mentors Can Support Young Men of Color
How Mentors Can Support Young Men of Color is a research-backed and youth-informed guide to unpack the timely and critical topic of toxic masculinity.
Before and After: How an Immersive Journey Through Costa Rica Changed the Perspectives of the Young Men of The Fellowship Initiative
For many of the students, it was their first time leaving the U.S. — and they had high hopes for what they’d gain from the experience.