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Latest revision as of 12:14, 5 August 2023
| Organization | Breaking Walls, Inc. |
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| Region | South Africa |
| Website | Website |
| ProjectLeader | Fran Tarr |
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Breaking Walls seeks to create an empathetic global youth community through its arts education programming that culminates in an empowering 18-day Summit in Yerevan, Armenia in 2022. Young artists and ambassadors from 13 different communities, who have been affected and isolated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, will have the opportunity to partake in collective ensemble creative writing workshops, rehearsals, a culminating performance, and the sharing of life experiences with their peers.
Challenge
Although youths make up nearly 16% of the world's population, they encounter what philosophers have coined as "voice poverty"- which is the denial of access to opportunities, agency, & advocacy due to a lack of attention given to them. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated this isolation felt by many young people today, with a new report from the CDC in June of 2020 showing that 63% of youths experience an increase of anxiety and depression brought on by lack of connection & community.
Long-Term Impact
Young artists who participate in Breaking Walls' programming & workshops are encouraged to write with rare honesty & to use writing and theater as tools for personal & social change. Over 1,650 young people internationally have been impacted by this programming & 95% of participants have returned to take part in each successive program & Summit. About 85% of returning artists assume leadership roles within their home communities & select a college major and/or career based on their experience.
References
- http://breakingwallsprogram.org/
- http://breakingwallsprogram.org/about-us/what-is-breaking-walls/
- https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6932a1.htm?s_cid=mm6932a1_w
- https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2020/07/2020-World-Youth-Report-FULL-FINAL.pdf
Additional Documentation
Project Gallery
Berlin In-School Wokshop 2019
Warsaw Summit 2017
Ensemble-Building Tangier Summit
Cape Town Initiative 2018
Cape Town Summit 2014
Ambassadors collaborate with Artists.
Culminating performance 2018.
Our 2019 global brothers & sisters!
