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Play + SEL = Out of School Time Success

By Lindsey Holzmeister

By Tiffany Self & Déjà Bailey At Big Thought, equipping all youth to imagine and create their best lives and world is our North Star; it informs how we approach our work. Empowering youth by building their creative muscle, developing social and emotional skills and well-being, and fostering their authentic voice is the Big Thought way.

Youth at the Center: Building Trust and Being Available

By Lindsey Holzmeister

The transition into adulthood includes countless “firsts” – a first resume, first job, first college experience, first time moving out, first chance to pursue a passion. Navigating those firsts can have many moving parts, like staying connected to a community and finding the right resources when they’re needed. Vincent Coronado wears a hat for each

In The Fellowship Initiative, Mental Health Education is College Prep

By Lindsey Holzmeister

For Sean Walker, his family’s openness about mental health was a resource for navigating life in college. His parents, who had experience in school counseling and social work, were consistent in discussing mental health at home. Later, he would later realize that wasn’t typical for all families. “My dad has always meditated and emphasized how

It’s Time to Work Together to Defend SEL

By Lindsey Holzmeister

Our organization, Big Thought, was hosting a showcase created this past spring break by an amazing group of teenage young creators. The program, Artivism, invites youth to tap into that powerful element that has forged the entire nation’s sense of propriety and purpose–youth voice. Tell stories that move people to action. As I sat in the audience listening

Amazon Supports Big Thought’s Creative Solutions Program

By Lindsey Holzmeister

It’s an unconventional approach – but after nearly 30 years of Creative Solutions, it’s an approach that has had powerful results. Time and time again, the award winning arts-as-workforce intervention program has revealed that engaging youth to their own creativity works. Empowering youth to choose their best path and equipping them to create it –

SEL in the Community

By brandon.mcknight

Big Thought’s President and CEO Byron Sanders, along with Creative Lead Sasha Davis, joins Brandon Frame of The Urban Assembly in one of their ongoing professional learning sessions. Byron, Sasha and Brandon discuss utilizing social and emotional learning to help close the opportunity gap.