{"id":23001,"date":"2016-08-22T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T21:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/?p=23001"},"modified":"2020-04-03T15:49:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T19:49:59","slug":"good-tavia-hartley-urban-arts-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/good-tavia-hartley-urban-arts-partnership","title":{"rendered":"Doing Good: Tavia Hartley of Urban Arts Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The statistics are startling: one in five New York City public school students missed more than a month of classes last year. That\u2019s where the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanarts.org\/\">Urban Arts Partnership<\/a> comes in. The nonprofit targets underserved public school students with innovative in-school and after-school programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I was always an avid believer in the power of the arts and its impact on education,\u201d says Tavia Hartley, executive assistant at Urban Arts Partnership. \u201cEveryone here believes in the mission of the organization, and there is no greater feeling than doing our part in addressing inequalities in education and inspiring the growth of arts education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By using the arts as an educational tool, the organization engages students and helps close the achievement gap. By doing things like taking a popular song and replacing the original lyrics with ones that speak directly to students, Urban Arts Partnership can transform an average history class into something inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"393\" src=\"\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/08\/Tavia-Hartley.png\" alt=\"Tavia Hartley\" class=\"wp-image-23003\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year founded: <\/strong>1991<br><strong>Employees: <\/strong>a total of 150 in and out of the office<br><strong>Where we\u2019re based: <\/strong>WeWork member based in New York<br><strong>Moment of inspiration: <\/strong>\u201cWe are here to address inequity in education by providing an arts-based curriculum for students that come from underprivileged backgrounds,\u201d says Hartley. \u201cThe CEO wanted to bring these services to schools that needed them.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong>Biggest hurdle: \u201c<\/strong>Adjusting the achievement gaps in education and just finding different means in which to adequately address social justice,\u201d says Hartley.<br><strong>How we want to change the world: <\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBy having the next generation of scholars and students carry on education and do good work,\u201d says Hartley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The statistics are startling: one in five New York City public school students missed more than a month of classes last year. 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