It's official – we'll be at SXSW EDU 2024! 🎉 Our panel with reDesign LLC and History Co:Lab will highlight youth as the design thinkers needed to reimagine the future of education

This investment in #TheAchievery and collaborators like summerlearning, Hispanic Heritage Foundation, Farmworker Justice, Camp Fire 🏕🔥, CityYear, Think Together and Big Thought will support summer learning and out-of-school programs to close education gaps that emerged in the pandemic.

Chris Smith of Boston After School & Beyond, Lela Bell Wesley of @BigThought, Knellee Bisram of Prime Time PBC, Inc. and Heather Schwartz of RAND reflect on ways to foster belonging and life skills in #OST programs at the @BSHConference #BeyondSchoolHours

A BIG thank you 🏆 CBAA staff members & Board member Gillian Breidenbach presented the inaugural Community Champion Award to @BigThought as one of our 2023-24 Cotton Bowl Foundation grants recipients! Big Thought has been making a big impact since 1987. #LikeNoOther

Thank you, James Gonzalez (Iterative Health) and Joe Posada, for sharing your candid insights with the scholars from Uplift Education and participants in The Fellowship Initiative (Dallas), a program of J.P. Morgan and Big Thought. Hearing from local business leaders from

We’re thrilled to announce this support from NBA Foundation. This investment will support opportunities and experiences where youth utilize their voices and creativity, learn about themselves, and build skills they'll carry for the rest of their lives. nba.com/news/nba-found…

We want to thank youth panelists at reDesign, Big Thought and The History Co:Lab for leading the session on transforming education, “Can Young People Solve the Post-Pandemic Learning Equation,” at SXSW EDU! Listen to the full session here! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mwtacccc #SXSWEDU24

At ASA, we're committed to uplifting other organizations that focus on improving #careerreadiness outcomes for teens from underserved communities. That's why we've awarded grants to 16 youth-serving orgs. Keep reading to learn who our grantees are... prn.to/4cJqTC7

Founded in 1987, Big Thought is a Dallas based organization that is dedicated to youth empowerment 🥳👏 As an impact nonprofit, Big Thought closes the opportunity gap by equipping all youth in marginalized communities with the skills and tools they need to imagine and create

🌟A conversation with COMMON at #ASUGSVSummit! With 5.5M disconnected + 728k justice-involved youth in the US, we must illuminate pathways to empower their dreams. Join this special panel to hear from experts & learn about a new campaign by Common + ASA. bit.ly/3Tzp3e3

Excited to be a partner for Earthx2024 Congress of Conferences, April 22-26 at Hilton Anatole, Dallas, TX! Experts from various fields will gather for this week-long event. Use our code BIGTHOUGHT20 to get 20% off on passes. Register at earthx.org to join us!

Byron Sanders, Big Thought joined by Kara May, Art in Motion School; Gholdy Muhammad, University of Illinois Chicago; & Grammy + Academy Award-winning artist @Common for a discussion on engaging opportunity + justice-involved youth in dreaming big & planning for their futures! #asugsvsummit #IAmFreeToDream

“We treat dreams as the frosting on the cake, but dreaming is the cake itself.” Byron Sanders, President/CEO of Big Thought

Discover the power of belief in the latest installment of our Voices on Teaching series featuring Byron Sanders, the President and CEO of @BigThought, and the teacher who unlocked his potential and changed the course of his life. charlesbuttfdn.org/teaching/helpe…

What does fully integrating #AI in #education look like? In a new #GettingSmartBlog, Mason Pashia shares how DeSoto ISD, @Knomadix & @BigThought are pioneering a district-wide AI system to personalize & enhance learning. Explore the revolution: gettingsmart.com/2024/06/20/lea…

So glad to see such great art with great youth and a great leader and teacher. Big Thought is a proud partner with The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc. and Mr. King. Great showcase!

We completed an incredible journey discussing the career and life-enhancing power of emotional intelligence with the young men from The Fellowship Initiative, a program of Big Thought.

Join us and Big Thought this Thursday at noon ET for a webinar about preparing and supporting the OST workforce! impact.bigthought.org/event/built-fo…

The Sam’s Club initiative, "Unlock Potential," has given $3 million in grants to Big Thought & SHRM Foundation to support building stronger pathways to employment for young people from underserved communities, with a focus on opportunity youth. Learn more: bit.ly/4iUloCu

🚨 Partnership Alert: Big Thought + pepelwerk 🚨 We’re teaming up to bring our AI Career Assistant to the youth Big Thought serves, helping them plan strong futures through personalized career guidance. Together, we’re making career dreams more accessible than ever. It’s one