Middle schools unveil youth mural with ribbon-cutting event

On Aug. 11, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders students from both Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School and P.S. 66 — where Phipps Neighborhoods hosts Summer Rising and after school programs — unveiled a new mural in the schools’ shared play yard. The mural was co-painted and co-designed by the two schools’ students.

The students worked through July and August to complete the mural, working alongside Savannah Zambrano, a teaching artist from Thrive Collective, to create an image inspired by the power of youth, Bronx activists and Fannie Lou Hamer’s guiding words, “nobody’s free until everybody’s free.”

Students from both Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School and P.S. 66 unveil a new mural in the schools’ shared play yard.File photo
Students from both Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School and P.S. 66--where Phipps Neighborhoods hosts Summer Rising & after school programs—unveiled a new mural in the schools’ shared play yard.
Students from both Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School and P.S. 66--where Phipps Neighborhoods hosts Summer Rising & after school programs—unveiled a new mural in the schools’ shared play yard.
Students from both Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School and P.S. 66--where Phipps Neighborhoods hosts Summer Rising & after school programs—unveiled a new mural in the schools’ shared play yard.
Students from both Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School and P.S. 66--where Phipps Neighborhoods hosts Summer Rising & after school programs—unveiled a new mural in the schools’ shared play yard.
Students from both Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School and P.S. 66--where Phipps Neighborhoods hosts Summer Rising & after school programs—unveiled a new mural in the schools’ shared play yard.
Students from both Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School and P.S. 66 unveil a mural painted by the students in the schools’ shared play yard.Photos courtesy Risa Heller Communications