The History of Chile – Breaking Walls 2018 Summit by Brooklyn Ambassador Naya Mason
Every country has its own story and the past of Santiago, Chile is one that should especially never be forgotten. For the past few days, we have learned a lot on the cultural excursions. From the ways of honoring their dead to the nightmarish struggles with converting to a left wing government, Chile has had […]
Breaking Walls 2018 Santiago Summit Writing Triggers by Brooklyn Ambassador Naya Mason
In life, we all create goals for ourselves- and we do just that with Breaking Walls. There is a mission for Breaking Walls to accomplish during the two weeks here in Santiago, Chile. The artists have recently completed all five writing triggers for the three themes: “The Thirst For Truth – Words Matter,” “I Have […]
Breaking Walls 2018 Santiago Summit Goals by Brooklym Ambassador Naya Mason
In life, we often create barriers between ourselves and others based on conflicting ideas or opinions. Considering this, Breaking Walls certainly stands by its name. On the second day of the summit, the adult team and ambassadors had “Training Day,” where we constructed a goal based off of our main theme: “Speak our Truth.” In […]
Breaking Walls LIVE!!
Join Us live on-line Saturday JUNE 23, 2018. Breaking Walls Brooklyn will be hosting a live stream round table with 2018 Breaking Walls artists Jesse from South Africa and Lorenzo from Chile. Our first 30-minute conversation with Breaking Walls International artists, ambassadors and associates. Also, joining us live in NY special guest former NY Assemblyman […]
The Artist, Ambassador & Associate Process To Reach Breaking Walls 2018 Santiago
PROCESS: Each year young people from across the globe dream of participating in our annual Breaking Walls Boot Camp. The first step is receiving an invitation to be an artist, ambassador or associate, and then signing a Letter of Commitment. That is the easy part because the next steps are getting Passports and Visas for […]
Help Breaking Walls Break Boundaries in Santiago
Breaking Walls, an international youth empowerment movement, uses creative writing and theatrical performance as peace-building tools in crafting an equitable, unified, trusting global community. Breaking Walls 2018 Santiago, our largest and most diverse Boot Camp, brings together 43 young people from nine international cities from July 5 through 19, 2018. As our logo – Breaking […]
World Creativity & Innovation Day – April 21, 2018
HAPPY, HAPPY WORLD CREATIVITY & INNOVATION DAY! In celebration of United Nations World Creativity & Innovation Day, Breaking Walls’ Brooklyn Ambassadors Miana & Naya share their Spoken Word artistry “Synthetic Delusion” to shine a light on U.N. Sustainable Goal 5 – Gender Equity – and the people who play large roles in our lives. The […]
Miana Vega & Naya Mason, Brroklyn Ambassadors, & Sustainable Development Goal 15
Our heartfelt thanks and deep respect to Spoken Word artist, Kurt Peloquin, for sharing his talent and insights with Brooklyn ambassadors, Naya & Miana as they craft their own Spoken Word performance for the United Nations World Creativity & Innovation Week. These brilliant young women are going to rock the world! In their own words […]
Brooklyn Ambassador, Britani Fraser, Addresses the Commission on the Status of Women
Breaking Walls is a unique model for global citizenship development among young people who have had everything against them…through creative expression they are empowering themselves with hard work, prodigious talent and intelligence and trustworthy teamwork strategizing. So proud to be part of this. So what a privilege it was for me, as a long time […]
The J. Luce Foundation 2018 Outstanding NGO Candle Light Award
This year the J. Luce Foundation unveiled four awards: their foundation’s Clare Boothe Luce Award for International Service, Outstanding NGO Award, Junior Leadership Award, and our Candlelight Awards to honor those who are pushing back darkness in an increasingly dark world. A special thanks for an inspirational evening to Jim Luce and Chloe Hoang, and […]