Breaking Walls 2016 Detroit Artists Begin Rehearsal!
Breaking Walls 2016 Detroit Testimonial #2: Yasir
“At breaking walls we all do workshops to either get comfortable with others, to get ready to perform, or to enhance our horizon on writing. The workshops are very fun and they engage us. I honestly love the workshops although they are a bit too long, but they really help make us better writers and […]
Breaking Walls 2016 Detroit Testimonial #1: Mziyanda
“The writing triggers are a great way of getting a better understanding of the other artist and where they come from. It has helped me to write what I feel inside and this is great because, it improves my confidence on speaking when I read what I wrote for everyone. It has showed me that […]
Yes, breaking walls has arrived in Detroit!
It’s July 6, 2016 and our new breaking walls artists from Detroit are meeting with returning breaking walls from Barcelona, Brooklyn and Cape Town — so our family is almost reunited. Our breaking walls artist from Bethlehem, Hamza, joins us on July 12. We can’t wait to say “Hola” to our brother Hamza!! https://www.dropbox.com/sc/6kn18fi8ko0n4om/AACcdGw7lPjKmsy_JP78UpcJa
What Being A breaking walls Artist Means
I’m Egypt Murrpy-Smith, a Brooklyn artist. Being a breaking walls artist for two years has been amazing. I’ve learned the importance of trust, friendship, respect, courage, and leadership in just a little time. Being chosen to go to Barcelona in 2015 was one of the greatest things that could ever happen to me. I was […]
Broadway Star, HBO Leading Man & Humanitarian-Jonathan Groff On breaking walls
I want to share with you how inspired I am by the work breaking walls is doing with young men and women from around the world. I LOVED bethlehem 2 brooklyn– the documentary that motivated the creation of breaking walls. The doc and breaking walls are moving, honest and inspiring examples of how art can […]
High School Musicial Star & U.N. Youth Ambassador Monique Coleman on breaking walls
Monique here to tell you about the not-for-profit I totally believe in and support. breaking walls encourages global dialogue in a day and age when our youth culture is less about sharing and more about self-soothing and isolation . . . And, that is not what breaking walls is about. It makes breaking walls so necessary right now. The program […]
There are many stereotypes about Detroit and I want to show . . .”
“My name is Hassan Marong I’m 16 and this summer I will be participating in the Breaking Walls summer initiative. There are so many things that I am looking forward to do this summer. Meeting people from different places and being able to write and perform with them will be very exciting! I am really […]
As a young teenager, I always found it hard to feel like I belonged somewhere . . .”
“As a young teenager, I always found it hard to feel like I belonged somewhere and be apart of a family. Especially being in the child care services at a very early age. Consistent bullying and rejection, feeling weak and incompetent; made it even harder to feel like I had a purpose. But when I […]
BILLIONS Star Condola Rashad – “Why I Believe In breaking walls!”
Condola here to tell you about the not-for-profit I totally believe in and support. What I love about breaking walls is that it encourages global dialogue in a day and age when our youth culture is less about sharing and more about self-soothing and isolation . . . And, that is so not what breaking […]