Thrive Collective

What if Kindness goes viral? What if a novel strain of #CoronaKindness infected #humanKIND during the quarantine? A kindness not inoculated by mistrust and cynicism. What if #HopeAndHealing were as infectious as COVID-19?... What if we #ConquerCorona because #KindnessBeatsTheVirus? This week, five public school students gathered in lower Manhattan with #ThriveCollective teaching artist Jon Souza and street art legend Toofly to imagine what such a world might look like. How might the world be different than it was a week ago if we #InfectKindness? What if students, mentors, #artivists and artist friends everywhere used this time of #SocialDistancing to #IsolateToCreate and imagine together? We are asking you to join our #KindnessBeatsTheVirus Challenge. Shared trauma creates opportunities for shared healing. Help Kindness go viral with your own iconic artwork: drawings, emojis, paintings, photos, videos, songs, stories, whatever. Post on social media and tag @nycthrive and #KindnessBeatsTheVirus. Let’s #BringArtBack to help eradicate loneliness and isolation now and always. More info: thrivecollective.org/kindness/

Socially distant teaching artist training looks like this. #WeAreThrive #BringArtBack #KindnessBeatsTheVirus #EHMH #CreateWithUs