BW Breaking New: 2026 Cape Town Community-Based Oasis Program Starts Soon
BW Breaking New: 2026 Cape Town Community-Based Oasis Program Starts Soon Breaking Walls defines its Community-Based Oasis Program as bringing…
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Tangier Artist, Moha, Speaks from His Heart…
Dear BW supporters and friends, Sometimes, even when you pour your heart into something, things don’t go as planned. After…
Read MoreExcerpts from their Breaking Walls Mock Trial Written Reflections…
Students at the LAB Middle School for Collaborative Education collaborated with the Breaking Walls In-School Arts Education program. Their experience…
Read MoreBW Breaking News: Tangier Artist Moha Shares His Excitement for 2027 Istanbul Summit
As the 2027 Breaking Walls Summit in Istanbul draws closer, I feel that familiar inner spark slowly turning into a…
Read MoreBW Breaking News: Reflections on the 2025 PEACE: ILLUSIVE, NOT AN ILLUSION International Youth Art Summit
Being part of the two-day virtual Summit this year brought me back to what first drew me to Breaking Walls…
Read MoreBW Breaking News: #GivingTuesday is December 2
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Read MoreBW Breaking News: 2 X BW Impact Coming Up!
Your BW global family is thrilled to share that two extraordinary impact opportunities are on the horizon for you and…
Read MoreBW Breaking News: 2025 Cape Town Artists Build Peace & Acceptance through Art
Three of the 2025 Cape Town Breaking Walls Artists Build Peace and Acceptance through Art Awonke, Rabia, and Kersten illustrate…
Read MoreBW: Breaking News! Imane Named Social Media Content Creator
Some journeys begin with art, but they end with family. In 2019, I joined Breaking Walls as an artist, carrying…
Read MoreBW: Breaking News: Fran Recieves the Blue Flame of Peace for Building Peace Through Art
On September 13, 2025, Pathways to Peace honored Fran as part of their Exceptional Women of Peace Program. Here is…
Read MoreExcerpts from their Breaking Walls Mock Trial Written Reflections …
The seventh-grade ELA students participated in a Breaking Walls Creative Writing, Improvisation, and Experience drew to a close, their fabulous teachers asked for their reflections on their Workshop experience. A taste of these responses are below - Guiding Questions: 1. What did you learn about performing or speaking in front…
Excerpts from their Breaking Walls Mock Trial Written Reflections
Breaking Walls facilitated a four-day Creative Writing, Improvisation, and Public Speaking technique-building workshop with students at the LAB Middle School for Collaboration. The Workshops' focus was based on the novel ANIMAL FARM as the foundation for a Mock Trial. At the conclusion of the Workshop, the classroom teachers asked the…
Breaking Walls 2018 Berlin
First I would like to thank you for your time and your support. When I made contact with you, I was surprised how you explained what Breaking walls means to young people around the world. Breaking Walls is making a really huge labor with students who need hope and healing…
Breaking Walls 2016 “Inclusive City” Cape Town
Breaking Walls 2016 "Inclusive City" Cape Town During this turbulent time, a group of 20 teenage artists from Cape Town’s divergent communities came together to promote peace and unity and start a dialogue: They created a one-of-a-kind theater piece that left a lasting impression on the community. Breaking Walls, a…
Throwback to the 2015 Barcelona Performance: Khusi, Nuria, and all the group
The breaking walls family after the show, Barcelona 2015. KHUSI Here I am smiling, crying, letting out what is killing me inside in front of my brothers’ and sisters’ neighborhoods. Facing some of my fears for the first time in front of them because of their inspiration. I see my past…
Detroit 2016: ‘When They, When You’ by Athenkosi
What do you do when they close your eyes when you want to see? When they close the door because you black. When they can see you but turn their back. When they have bad names for our color. When they have shames to put us on the dollar. Black mail,…
Detroit 2016: ‘Let Freedom Ring’ by Joelle
My dear global brothers and sisters, “Let freedom ring! Let freedom ring!” As said by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King, did you know freedom isn’t ringing? The only thing that is ringing is our ears from hearing gunshots all through the night, screams from family frights, fear of…
A Sparkle of Breaking Walls 2016 Detroit: ‘In my Neighborhood’ by Zaria, Nuria and Celynah
In my neighborhood In my neighborhood I see children of the same culture playing around in the yards and having picnics with Twizzlers. I see all the people smiling, gossiping, having fun, making new friends, playing, but mostly smiling and having fun. I see rushing crowds moving at a pace I can’t…