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America 2049 in "The Atlantic!"
Posted: 05/20/2011From "The Atlantic": "America 2049 may eventually become a quintessential example of an online advocacy campaign promoted entirely through social gaming. For Breakthrough, the tale of Ken Asaba will ideally lay the groundwork for future interactive campaigns in the social networking sphere." More...
Kotaku covers "America 2049"
Posted: 04/25/2011Kotaku, the gaming arm of Gawker, covered our popular human rights Facebook game America 2049 in "Play a Game for Social Change" More...
America 2049 in "TIME"
Posted: 04/05/2011"...[T]he timing may be right to click into the world of 2049 and absorb its messages. You might be moved into acting on or learning about an important cause. And that's okay, because your farm or vendetta can wait."-- TIME More...
Breakthrough's 10th anniversary gala on Lassi With Lavina
Posted: 01/03/2011Breakthrough's 10th anniversary gala was featured on popular site Lassi with Lavina.
From post: Breakthrough celebrated a decade of work on issues of human rights with the Let’s Breakthrough Together Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in More...
ABC News interviews Mallika Dutt on Bell Bajao Global
Posted: 09/23/2010ABC News interviews Mallika Dutt on Bell Bajao Global. She says that the domestic violence campaign came about after Indian women shared their feeling that "unless men get involved, we're not going to get anywhere." More...
Breakthrough's Bell Bajao win hits Rediff
Posted: 07/27/2010Breakthrough's Bell Bajao hit the pages of popular site Rediff. They recently covered Bell Bajao's Cannes Silver Lion. They quote Mallika Dutt, our President, "For us it is like winning an Oscar," said Mallika Dutt. "It not only legitimizes the work we are doing across India and also shows that such films don't have to come from the West." More...
Bell Bajao, at Cannes in "Indian Express"
Posted: 05/14/2010Breakthrough's Bell Bajao! campaign calling for men and boys to take a stand against domestic violence was selected to show at Cannes Film Festival. Publication, "Indian Express" spoke to our very own Sonali Khan about the exciting selection. More...
Bell Bajao's Cannes debut in "The Telegraph"
Posted: 05/14/2010Breakthrough's Bell Bajao! campaign on domestic violence is making its Canne's debut this year. The Telegraph talks of Bell Bajao's many other wins around the globe. More...
Our Homeland Gitmo game featured in "ArtThreat!"
Posted: 02/17/2010We were very excited to find that our Homeland Guantanamos video game was recently covered by “Art Threat,” an online media source that showcases political art and cultural policy. More...
Mallika Dutt says, "Anyone can be a wife beater."
Posted: 12/08/2009Breakthrough's Executive Director, Mallika Dutt, sat down with "iDiva" to talk about the importance of the organization's work to combat domestic violence and work towards gender equality. More...
Mallika Dutt talks about ICED on GritTV
Posted: 06/24/2009Breakthrough's Executive Director, Mallika Dutt, sits down with Laura Flanders on the set of GritTV to talk about our game for social change on immigration- ICED. More...
Mallika Dutt on recent surge of hate crimes on "GRITtv"
Posted: 06/24/2009Breakthrough's Executive Director, Mallika Dutt, joins panelists on GRIT TV on the recent surge of hate crimes, including the 40% increase of hate crimes towards Latinos. More...
Mallika Dutt on what led her to build a human rights org in "Rediff" online
Posted: 06/23/2009Breakthrough's Executive Director, Mallika Dutt, spoke to "Rediff" news online and shares why she started Breakthrough to address women's rights issues and how she balances both work and play. More...
Bell Bajao in "The Times of India"
Posted: 02/08/2009"The Times of India" featured Breakthrough's popular campaign on domestic violence, Bell Bajao (Ring the Bell). More...
New American Media highlights Juana Villegas video story
Posted: 02/02/2009Popular ethnic new organization covers Breakthrough's powerful video story of Juana Villegas: A Pregnant Woman Shackled and Detained. More...
Bell Bajao captures the eye of Indian Express
Posted: 01/01/2009Indian Express highlights Bell Bajao and calls the campaign"the most innovative outreach program to combat domestic violence in the country." More...
Boman Irani “Rings the Bell” for Bell Bajao on IBN Live
Posted: 10/17/2008Actor Boman Irani, comes out in support of “Bell Bajao” and against domestic violence. He says, “I am certain to see an India free from domestic violence.” More...
Homeland Guantanamos on Global Voices
Posted: 10/13/2008Global Voices blogger, Solana Larsen covers the HG site. In her post, she cites a quote from another blog, “I believe that most Americans, if they knew what was happening in their name at our detention centers across the country, they would stop the injustice.” More...
Game Politics covers Homeland Guantanamos
Posted: 10/06/2008Blog, Game Politics that covered our immigration video game, ICED, has now covered our newest project on inhumane detention center conditions, Homeland Guantanamos. More...
Homeland Guantanamos in the New York Times
Posted: 10/04/2008New York Times writer Nina Bernstein, who originally wrote about Boubacar Bah’s death in detention, covered Breakthrough's campaign on inhumane immigrant detention centers - Homeland Guantanamos. More...
ICED on MTV News
Posted: 02/19/2008MTV compares Breakthrough's immigration video game, ICED to mainstream game, "Grand Theft Auto." More...
ICED on Game Daily
Posted: 02/18/2008Game Daily talks to Breakthrough Executive Director – Mallika Dutt and Lead ICED Game Designer, Heidi Boisvert about ICED More...
ICED in the L.A. Times
Posted: 07/09/2007L.A. Times staff writer, Anna Gorman, examines how advocacy groups are using video games, like ICED, "to advance their agendas and influence public opinion." More...
“Is This Justice?” hits the stands
Posted: 02/21/2007The Deccan Herald says the visuals in “Is This Justice?’ are “strong and convey the terrible condition that HIV positive women live in.” More...
HIV/AIDS campaign amongst world’s most memorable
Posted: 02/13/2007Livemint.com says that Breakthrough’s “Is This Justice?” campaign is as memorable as Coke. The writer says, “‘Yeh kaisa insaaf?” (“Is This Justice in Hindi) clearly points out how women are treated within their own households and blamed for things that may not be their fault at all.” More...
"What Kind of Man Are You?" featured in "The Maharashtra Herald"
Posted: 05/22/2005"The Maharashtra Herald" talks of the challenges in making the "What Kind of Man Are You?" campaign, which for the first time was asking men to use condoms. More...
New AIDS campaign hits at the man in you
Posted: 05/17/2005"Times of India" profiles the "What Kind of Man Are You? campaign and looks at the number of HIV+ women infected with marriage. More...
Breakthrough's Youth Voting Forum on CNN
Posted: 10/26/2004Check out Breakthrough's 2004 Youth Voting Forum, where young people spoke out, educated each other and learned about immigration, voting, and citizenship. More...
Speak Up, Act Up featured in Chronicle of Higher Ed
Posted: 09/23/2004Breakthrough fellow, Nausheen Iqbal, tells the Chronicle that a broad message, one that "appeals to people's sense of fairness," will help win mainstream support for the Dream Act. More...
"The Hindu" talks to a few stars in "The What Kind of Man Are You?" campaign
Posted: 06/04/2004"The Hindu" talks to stars including Mandira Bedi and Samir Soni that are the video, "Maati," for the "What Kind of Man Are You?" campaign. They talk about how important it is for married couples to have conversations about HIV. More...
Mann ke Manjeeré covered in "The Hindustan Times"
Posted: 01/01/2004The Hindustan Times reviews Mann ke Manjeeré and calls it "a unique powerful blend of music," while highlighting how the song empowers women. More...
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