Richard Souto

Learning through an Expanded Arts Program (LeAP) is an educational services organization that improves the quality of public education for New York City youth through a hands-on, arts-based approach to teaching the academic curriculum.

To support a program that actively engages students in drama, visual arts, peer mediation, and other hands-on activities, enabling students to develop the skills they need to succeed academically, communicate effectively, and resolve conflicts before they escalate into violence.

To support LEAP’s Violence Prevention Program, which employs art, peer mediation, and other hands-on activities to help students communicate effectively and dissolve conflicts before they escalate into violence.