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New Generation Artist is a non-profit organization that is committed to teaching history, life-skills, social awareness and raising higher academic standards as an expression through the performing arts. Young people today live in a different world. They face new hazards and challenges sometimes unimaginable.

'I am very impressed with Jonathan Thompson and the work he is doing in the Indianapolis Public School System. His influence with our young people is certainly invaluable. I look forward to working with him and having him on my television program.'

- Dr. Eugene White
^{Superintendent, Indianapolis Public Schools}

Statics show every day, 30% of all indianapolis public high school students drop out of school. Youth account for 18 percent of all violent crime in the U.S. and 33 percent of all serious property crime, Every day 135,000 children carry a gun to school nationwide.

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it now has the worst dropout rates in the state. Test scores declined precipitously.”

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Justifiably, America’s concern about youth at risk is as prevalent as anxiety over jobs and the economy. With hopes of reversing this ominous trend, an increasing number of the nation’s 17,000 community organizations - libraries and parks and recreation sites - are using arts programs to: divert youth from gangs, drugs and the juvenile justice system, provide a more cost-effective approach with better results than traditional programs such as boot camps; reduce truancy and improve academic performance; and build critical self-discipline, communication and job skills.

"I have been impressed for five years with Jonathan Thompson's capacity to reach our more difficult boys and develop a positive relationship with them in a mentor role. His dedication goes beyond the classroom every week and remains active in their lives far beyond his his job description requires. His is gifted as a teacher and mentor. I have seen him mesmerize 300 plus students at a time in our gymnasium listening to every word. This is not easily accomplished with our students."

- Laurie K. Voss
^{Social Worker/Community Liaison}

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