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Breakthrough German writes tell all book after being racially profiled and thrown into Guantanamo

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Today, @SusanneUreof Amnesty International posted this man’s story of racial profiling and injustice from the ACLU’s Blog of Rights.
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Breakthrough Spread Persepolis 2.0 - Iran’s post-election uprising depicted through a graphic novel

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Just four years ago, in the 2005 Iranian presidential election, only about 48% of eligible voters cast their ballots. On June 12, 85% of eligible Iranians voted and were galvanized by Hussein Moussavi who would represent political reform and change. ...
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Breakthrough Help the nonprofits - No more weekends at Bernie Madoff - hung out to dry

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Breakthrough GRITtv panel on recent surge in hate crimes (and our ED’s on it)

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Our Executive Director, Mallika Dutt joined a panel on GRITtv on the recent surge of hate crimes, including the 40% increase of hate crimes towards Latinos and the 50% increase of hate crimes overall.
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Breakthrough Obama is supporting immigration reform, so THIS SAT IN NYC march and shout

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Obama has said he’s committed to immigration reform. Read it HERE. We/he has a long way to go, but it’s a start. And that might just make us get up and celebrate.
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Breakthrough Latinos do it different in Pittsburgh art show

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Did you ever wonder what it would be like if your skin was a different color? In the exhibit, “Beyond Shared Language: Contemporary Art and the Latin American Experience,” artist Elia Alba’s, (from the ...
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Breakthrough We’re speaking at Netroots Nation on immigration reform (and Daily Kos found out)

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Breakthrough’s Madhuri Mohindar and Crissy Spivey will be speaking at Netroots, a leading blogger, web 2.0, learning/sharing weekend. The Si Se Puede 2.0 panel will look namely at immigration reform. ...
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Breakthrough Be a YouTube vid volunteer and make the world suck less

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Are you a filmmaker dying to use your savvy know-how for something good? YouTube, in partnership withallforgood.org has created Video Vounteers where non-profits can connect with skilled video makers who can help them broadcast their cause.
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Breakthrough Three deported children allowed back in the U.S.

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At the ages of 15, 16 and 17, three students were taken by border patrol while waiting at a San Diego trolley stop to go to school. The teens were deported to Tijuana, where they had no family or friends, and stayed there for a month. ...
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Breakthrough Tor gives web writers an anonymous floor:

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We think of the web as a space where anyone can speak their mind and share info. But what about those who do the above and find that their safety might be at risk as a result?
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Breakthrough Interview with DJ Spooky on race, technology and his “Rebirth of a Nation” TONIGHT at MoMA

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We interviewed performance artist and writer, DJ Spooky: That Subliminal Kid, on his latest project starting on Monday at MoMA here in NYC, where he is remixing controversial film Birth of a Nation. This ...
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Breakthrough TONIGHT - Watch “Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter” at HRW film fest in NYC (we'll be there!)

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We partnered with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival to screen the powerful filmMrs. Goundo’s Daughter on Sun-Tues in NYC. It tells the story of a West African mother’s fight for asylum in the U.S. in order to protect her two-year old daughter from female genital cutting.
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Breakthrough Interview with DJ Spooky on race, technology and his remix of “Birth of a Nation” at MoMA

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We interviewed performance artist and writer, DJ Spooky: That Subliminal Kid, on his latest project starting on Monday at MoMA here in NYC, where he is remixing controversial film Birth of a Nation. His “remix” exposes and confronts the history of racism in this country.
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This Saturday, June 20, is World Refugee Day, a day for the world to come together in solidarity in asking governments to recognize that all immigrants are entitled to basic human rights.
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Breakthrough Catch “Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter” (and the filmmaker) at Human Rights Watch film fest

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We partnered with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival to screen the powerful filmMrs. Goundo’s Daughter on Sun-Tues in NYC. It tells the story of a West African mother’s fight for asylum in the U.S. in order to protect her two-year old daughter from female genital cutting.
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Breakthrough THIS SATURDAY in NYC come out to keep kids with their parents

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Nearly 200,000 non-citizens, many with kids who are U.S. citizens, are deported every year without their kids’ say in the matter.
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Breakthrough Go to 7-11 before it closes shop on immigration

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7-Eleven is open 24/7 right? But soon theatre co. Desipina & Company will be closing its NYC show on immigration - Seven.11 Convenience.
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Breakthrough Support Breakthrough with last minute Father’s Day gifts!

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Breakthrough DJ Spooky remixes birth of a nation at MoMA

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Nearly one hundred years after film The Birth of a Nation, performance artist and musician Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, has “remixed” the film, using dj techniques that ...
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Breakthrough MTV China looks at human trafficking through new anime series

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The trafficking of human beings for all manner of unjust purposes is a rampant phenomenon that exists world over, sometimes right under our noses. MTV End Exploitation and Trafficking (EXIT,) working with ...
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Breakthrough Film on immigrant family detention makes it to Capitol Hill

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We came across the news that filmThe Least of These, a documentary film by Clark and Jesse Lyda on immigrant family detention in America, was screened this past June 10th, at the United States Capitol.
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Breakthrough Loving vs. Virginia events celebrate the legalization of interracial Lovin’

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At one point U.S. marriage laws did just that. In fact, “Loving Day” was created in honor of Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving (we couldn’t have picked a better last name), a couple who went to court to fight the interracial marriage laws in Virginia in 1958 in Loving vs. Virginia.
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Breakthrough Does “Weeds” help or harm immigration?

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Breakthrough Thanks to all those that came to see us at Media that Matters!

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Our PSA, Knock, Knock. Who’s There? a part of our Bell Bajao campaign on domestic violence, was one of 12 films selected out of 450 submissions.
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Scout Come check out Mrs. Goundo's Daughter, a film being copresented by Breakthrough at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. It's showing June 21st, 22nd and 23rd. Here's a link to the Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=80972361335&ref=mf
Hope to see you there!

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Breakthrough Come see us tonight at Media that Matters film fest!

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Breakthrough's PSA, Knock, Knock. Who's There? a part of our Bell Bajao campaign on domestic violence, has been selected as part of the Ninth Annual Media that Matters Film Festival. The film was one of 12 films selected out of 450 submissions.
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Breakthrough SEND FREE FAX NOW for immigration reform (it takes 30 seconds!)

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Hey guys - hate faxing because it costs you, and you’d just rather email or text? Problem solved, we’ve made faxing easy and FREE. And you’re doing it for a good cause.
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Breakthrough Artist shows 20 years of immigration history in San Fran

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Since then, SF and the rest of the country has seen a drastic crack down on immigration. So what happened from 1989 up until now?
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Breakthrough Breakthrough's Nikki Marron from our NY staff blogs about our recent trip to the India office:

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After returning from spending two-weeks with Breakthrough’s India staff in Delhi and Karnataka – I couldn’t wait to share some exciting news about Bell Bajao and some of the great work that our education team is doing!
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Breakthrough 11-year-olds have a lot to say about immigration

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Olivia Chiu makes us want to get up, pick up a pen and start writing. This creative 11-year-old entered a writing contest sponsored by the American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF) that asked its young participants to “Celebrate America.”
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Breakthrough Come see our immigrant detention game tonight at the Games for Change Conf in NYC:

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In NYC? If so, come by The New School, because Breakthrough will be there presenting our Homeland Guantanamos site which was accepted in the Games 4 Change Conference Expo Night. That’s TONIGHT!