Profile: Breakthrough
Year Founded
1999
Type
Non-profit
Last on Think
Updated on: 06/18/2009 07:55
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Mission Statement

Breakthrough is an international human rights organization that uses media, education and pop culture to promote values of dignity, equality and justice in the world's largest democracies-the United States and India.

The United States:

Our current campaign in the U.S focuses on immigration. Current U.S immigration policies are unconstitutional, unnecessary, and demean all of us who are proud to live in America. We have video stories, animations, speeches and an upcoming video game, "ICED! I Can End Deportation" that we have produced in house to illustrate this injustice.

India:

Our current campaign in India,"Is This Justice?" aims to bring attention to the growing incidence of stigma and discrimination faced by women living with HIV/AIDS in India.

Location
4 West 37th Street 4th Floor
New York, NY 10018
United States
Phone
212-868-6500
Fax
212-868-6501
Website
www.breakthrough.tv
Email
crissy@breakthrough.tv
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Let's Breakthrough Together 2009 - A Night of Authors and Artists
On October 22, 2009, Breakthrough held Let's Breakthrough Together 2009, at the Harvard Club in NYC.Watch highlights from the event, a benefit to support hum...
By Breakthrough on november 02, 2009
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Let's Breakthrough Together 2009
On October 22, 2009, Breakthrough hosted Let's Breakthrough Together 2009, a benefit for human rights at the Harvard Club in NYC. Please watch the video that was screened at the event that highlights our instrumental work in India, namely our current campaign, Bell Bajao, that calls on men and boys to bring domestic violence to a halt in their communities. bellbajao.org breakthrough.tv
By Breakthrough on november 02, 2009
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Restore Fairness: bring back due process to the immigration system
The Restore Fairness documentary is produced by Breakthrough inpartnership with 26 leading organizations and calls for the U.S.government to bring back due p...
By Breakthrough on september 14, 2009
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Warren Joseph: Military Man Faces Deportation
Warren Joseph from Trinidad, received a green card and served the U.S. Army in Iraq; detained and threatened with deportation because of violations to the conditions of his green card due to behavior and actions caused by post-traumatic-stress-syndrome; spent three years in detention where he observed and encountered serious physical and psychological abuse from immigration officers and jail officials.
By Breakthrough on february 04, 2009
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Ali: HIV+ man suffers in detention
Ali Pakistani-born, HIV+ gay man, living in New York City for 30 years with a green card; after serving a brief term in jail for a minor crime, he was immediately turned over to immigration authorities and spent more than a year in detention where he witnessed the worst kind of physical abuse and medical mistreatment, including constantly fighting to get his HIV medication which he needed to survive and often being given the wrong medications or doses.
By Breakthrough on february 02, 2009
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Sarah Jones at the 2008 Breakthrough Benefit Gala
Watch the extremely talented Sarah Jones perform at the 2008 Let's Breakthrough Together Benefit Gala. www.breakthrough.tv
By Breakthrough on january 12, 2009
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Why You Should Support Breakthrough
See what influential personalities such as Amartya Sen, John Thornton, Shashi Tharoor, L. Camille Massey, and Michael Hirschhorn have to say about Breakthrough at the Lets Breakthrough Together 2008 Gala.
By Breakthrough on january 12, 2009
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Juana Villegas: A Pregnant Woman Detained
Juana Villegas from Mexico, was nine months pregnant when she was stopped for careless driving, for which she was later found innocent. Because of an agreement between local police and federal immigration authorities, she was detained in jail where she was shackled. Juana remained shackled in transit to the hospital and while giving birth. She was not allowed to use a breast pump or nurse her newborn child. Homeland Gitmo--www.homelandgitmo.com Breakthrough--www.breakthrough.tv
By Breakthrough on january 12, 2009
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Let's Breakthrough Together 2008
On October 17, 2008, Breakthrough held it's Fourth Annual Let's Breakthrough Together Benefit Gala. Tune in to watch the video that shows our latest work in India and the U.S. www.breakthrough.tv
By Breakthrough on january 12, 2009
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Don't Deport Me Scotty
See what happens when a permanent member of a popular space crew finds his status is in question. In any galaxy, when we deny due process and human rights t...
By Breakthrough on january 05, 2009
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