Breaking Walls Makes A Splash at 2019 SXSW
I listen to myself reflect on SXSW and words like awesome, amazing, fascinating, inspirational, humbling . . . exhilarating pop...
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Breaking Walls 2019 Harlem @ The Dwyer Cultural Center – In Their Own Words
Our director/founder, Fran Tarr, is so pleased to introduce you to our Breaking Walls 2019 Harlem artists, their photographer, and...
Read MoreAn Evening To Never Be Forgotten by Brooklyn Ambassador, Miana Vega
2019 marked my fifth year in Breaking Walls and my third year as an Ambassador. There were times where I...
Read MoreMy Evolution in Breaking Walls by Naya Mason, Brookyln Ambassador
I joined Breaking Walls in late 2015, after being asked by my teacher to stay after school for a workshop...
Read MoreBreaking Walls 2019 Harlem @ Lead Yourself To Life
Breaking Walls director/founder, Fran Tarr is pleased to share that the Dwyer Cultural Center in partnership with Breaking Walls has...
Read MoreLuna’s Truth
My name is Luna and I am a student at the Paula-Fürst Schule in Berlin. Last week the Breaking Walls...
Read MoreFRAN TARR: The Woman Behind Breaking Walls
BY ALEJANDRO BRUNA ALL PICTURES BY ANNA VILARRÚ Fresh off her In-School 5 Day Workshop in Berlin, the Founder, and...
Read MoreI Am A Proud Breaking Walls 2018 Cape Town Artist
During every Breaking Walls experience, our artists are asked to reflect on the creative writing, performance peacemaking experience they just...
Read MoreFive Day Community-Based Initiative 2018 Cape Town
Wardah and Aashiquah The Breaking Walls 2018 experience… I could never be able to describe how this experience has helped...
Read MoreBreaking Walls Anthem by Ilhaam Gordon 2018 Cape Town Artist
BE INSPIRED . . . We are enough. We are enough no matter what society thinks of us. We are...
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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2016 Global Youth Rising Young Peace Makers Forum
“This past summer of 2016, I got this amazing opportunity to travel to Romania for a peace education workshop called Global Youth Rising. I was super excited to go travel and explore different ways to promote peace and teach peace. I was one of the youngest teens there at the…
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