We are currently in Alabama with the We Belong Together delegation of activists and thought leaders who are working to protect and promote the rights of immigrant women. Read more about our trip here and a statement from the ground below: — WE BELONG TOGETHER WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION STATEMENT Together, we are a diverse [...]

March 22, 2012 by crissy spivey | Tags: #womentogether, Alabama, b-listed, breakthrough, immigration, Mallika Dutt, We Belong Together, Women, women's rights | Comments Off

Guestblogger: Chris Harley, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum Do you have a wish for this holiday season? I do. I wish that all families can stay together. That’s why I’m participating in A Wish for the Holidays, a campaign to gather 5,000 letters from kids asking our nation’s leaders to ensure that families stay [...]

November 11, 2011 by crissy spivey | Tags: A wish for the holidays, b-listed, breakthrough, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, We Belong Together | Comments Off

Engendered, the NYC based transnational arts and human rights organization proudly announces their inaugural event in India, ROCK FOR RIGHTS (RFR), 2011, in collaboration with Delhi based organization Queer Delhi.  Breakthrough is a proud promotional partner of the event. In solidarity with all gender, sexual and minority rights movements in South Asia, RFR is a [...]

November 10, 2011 by crissy spivey | Tags: b-listed, breakhrough beat, breakthrough, Engendered, india, Lalit Hotel, New Delhi, Queer Delhi, Rock for Rights | Comments Off

What are your plans for the weekend? Join Breakthrough from November 3-6th, for the play Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide! at the popular Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Actor and writer Judith Sloan uses theater and music to remix stories from her extensive experience with immigrant/refugee teenagers and incarcerated youth. She interweaves their stories with [...]

November 1, 2011 by crissy spivey | Tags: b-listed, breakthrough, breathrough beat, hip-hop, Holocaust, human rights, immigration, Judith Sloan, nyc, theater, Yo Miss! | Comments Off

Originally posted on our Restore Fairness site Early one morning, Maria—then nine months pregnant—and her family were stopped by the police for no discernible reason. A special breakfast outing became a nightmare—and at one of the most intimate moments of her life, Maria found a team of immigration agents—not her husband—by her side. Maria’s chilling story, which Breakthrough [...]

September 8, 2011 by crissy spivey | Tags: Arizona, b-listed, breakthrough beat, Checkpoint Nation, immigration, Mexico, Restore Fairness, Rights Working Group, SB 1070, video | Comments Off

Originally posted on Rights Working Group Rights Working Group and renown progressive scholar Melissa Harris-Perry will hold a Twitter Chat, TODAY from 3-4 pm ET, about racial profiling and ways to reclaim and expand rights lost after 9/11. Why? Ten years ago, in June 2001, the End Racial Profiling Act was first introduced in Congress [...]

September 7, 2011 by crissy spivey | Tags: 9/11, b-listed, b-the change, breakthrough, End Racial Profiling Act, human rights, Melissa Harris-Perry, racial profiling, Rights Working Group, September 11, Twitter | Comments Off

Breakthrough is ringing out the end of the summer with our oldies but goodies. If you’re not on the beach, barbecuing, or on a blanket at the park, we hope you’re spending it with us! 1. Mann Ke Manjeere Breakthrough started with a music video–Mann ke Manjeeré: about a fearless woman (actress Mita Vasisht) who [...]

August 31, 2011 by crissy spivey | Tags: b-listed, Babul, breakthrough, Domestic Violence, End of summer playlist, human rights, Maati, mann ke manjeere, mita vasisht, music video, violence against women, What Kind of Man Are You, women's rights | Comments Off

When the New York Times published Jose Antonio Vargas’s piece “My Life As an Undocumented Immigrant” it shed  light on a huge issue.  He decided to quit his job as a journalist, and took the risk of coming clean about his immigration status in his hope to launch “Define American” a campaign he hopes will strike up a [...]

July 14, 2011 by Maya | Tags: antonio vargas, b-listed, breakthrough, Colbert Report, Comedy Central, define american, immigration, immigration reform, journalist, my life as an undocumented immigrant, new york times, petition, pulitzer prize, undocumented | Comments Off

We know you’ve been waiting for Harry Potter forever, but make sure you support the film A Better Life! Undocumented stories are being told.  Just recently, award-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas came out of the shadows.  For years, the Dreamers – the students actively fighting for the Dream Act – have been sharing their stories.  And now,  A Better Life is bringing [...]

July 12, 2011 by Maya | Tags: A Better Life, b-listed, breakthrough, Chris Weitz, Demian Bichir, Eric Eason, father, film, future, gang, Hope, illegal immigrant, immigrant, invisible, Jose Julian, Los Angeles, Mexico, promise, Roger L. Simon, son, struggle, undocumented immigrant | Comments Off

When looking at the civil rights movement in the history of the U.S. we can see that we’ve made great strides.  But if the recent whirlwind election reforms sweeping through the country are an indication, we seem to be dangerously moving backwards on voter rights. Over the last eight months, around 13 states have passed [...]

June 14, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: Advancement Project, America 2049, b-listed, Barack Obama, breakthrough, culture shockers, democrats, early voting, EDR, election day registration, human rights, republicans, Restore Fairness, state ID, voter rights, voting rights, youth, Zooglio | Comments Off