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All Assaults Aren’t: A Sexual Assault Awareness Q & A with ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ Author George M Johnson
This Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we explored the culture that breeds sexual violence among young adults, and particularly among queer and trans youth of color, with author George M. Johnson.
Read MoreProtected: How Breakthrough is continuing to build community despite COVID-19
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Read MoreWelcome to BY & FOR: A TIKTOK COMMUNITY!
Breakthrough is a non-profit organization that harnesses the power of media, arts and tech to spark radical culture change. We believe that those facing systemic barriers have the most effective ideas for a liberated future. The best pathways to a future where everyone is treated with dignity and respect are created by them and for…
Read MoreMy Colorful Nana Project: “Making Believers in Unprecedented Times,” an interview with NYC Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales
This piece is published in partnership with the My Colorful Nana Project as part of By & For: A Podcast Community, a series of podcast partnerships to uplift the lived experiences and liberation dreams of girls and gender non-conforming youth of color Season 2, Episode 2: “Making Believers in Unprecedented Times.” Dianne Morales wants to be New York…
Read MoreBY & FOR: A PODCAST COMMUNITY launches with a creative collaboration between Breakthrough & the My Colorful Nana Project!
We are so excited to be an official creative collaborator for Season 2 of the My Colorful Nana Project podcast, a powerful series about a collected group of Generous Thinkers who invite all people to consider and celebrate their definitions of the words “beauty,” “femininity,” and Blackness through a discussion of hair. Every two weeks,…
Read MoreWelcome to By & For: Black Youth!
Since 1999, Breakthrough has been at the vanguard of harnessing the power of media, arts and tech to spark radical culture change. Working in the U.S. and India, we have used pop culture vehicles like music videos, video games, and stand up comedy to promote human rights at the intersection of gender equity, racial justice,…
Read MoreWe can’t achieve immigration justice without gender justice, too
In recent weeks, we’ve faced an onslaught of stories about the human rights abuses being perpetrated at our southern border. Detention centers where children, forcibly separated from adult family members, lack access to soap, diapers, toys, even beds. Where adults, crammed behind wire fences, look out with hunted, haunted eyes. We shiver when, on social…
Read MoreMeet The Unsung Heroes of the #MeToo Movement: ‘It’s Powerful to Be Honored’
Long before the “#MeToo era” was given a name, activists worked tirelessly with and for survivors of sexual violence to make change and help people heal Since it took off in 2017, the #MeToo movement has provided people with the opportunity to speak out and condemn gender-based violence and sexual misconduct. In the time since,…
Read MoreAnti-Abortion Misogyny: It’s Never About the Children
Last Thursday, while driving my fifteen-year-old daughter to school, she asked, “Mom, why do men hate women?” We had been discussing Alabama’s anti-abortion legislation, and she was keen to better understand why politicians would pass laws that criminalize girls and women. She was especially horrified that rape victims — some younger than she — could be…
Read MoreMarked dance project Defies Gravity
Artists and cultural workers are pivotal contributors to social change. They are catalysts who help us to imagine communities rooted in equity and radical love. Breakthrough VOICES is a space for artists to not only amplify their own talents but to use those talents to inspire others. In the latest installment of Breakthrough VOICES, meet marked dance project.…
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