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The energy at Tiny Patio was so good, even the candids look like “planned-ids.” ✨

Tiny Patio is an intimate music and art experience built around a simple invitation: put down the phone, settle into the moment, and truly connect—with the artists, the people around you, and yourself.

When you’re welcomed into a space where you can genuinely unplug and be present, eventually you forget the camera is even there. What remains are portraits that feel honest, warm, and completely alive.

Here are a few of our favorites from the night with more loading.

A huge thank-you to our friends at @breakoutfoundation and @undergroundgalleryhouse for believing in the vision and helping us create a night where art, intimacy, and community could meet. Your support helped make this possible. 🤎

Belonging by design. Curated for the Called.

More to come…

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So fun to think about how we can use the components of our NYC food tour to facilitate connections and conversations. Thank you to @breakoutfoundation for the grant and to @shantibasu for the photos!

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Tiny patio. Big talent. Beautiful Tulsa energy.

The Tiny Patio Music Series was such an intentional evening of music, spoken word, art, and community.

It was intimate, creative, and full of the kind of moments that remind you how much talent lives right here in Tulsa.

We came to listen, stayed to connect, and left inspired. ✨

Thank you to @breakoutfoundation , Vondell, Jeseth, Jolie, Underground Gallery House, and NDA Haus for creating such a beautiful space.

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Let’s Grow @ The Pocket: Staying Human in the Age of AI. The Recap! 🌱✊🏾

we gathered creatives, educators, business owners all in ONE room. the mission was simple. learn how to use AI without losing ourselves in it. no hype. no jargon. real people. real projects. ppl walked in with something they were building. walked out with workflows they could ACTUALLY use.

“Man it’s definitely worth it this AI training and then some. I can’t speak for other people but I appreciate you.” ... “you are worth your weight in gold. that project learn just changed the game” - Lamarr Lewis 
watch the recap now. 👀

@breakout @breakoutfoundation

big gratitude to everybody who pulled up and shared energy. ✊🏾🙏🏾 this workshop was proudly supported by @breakoutfoundation. Very grateful for the partnership.

no hype. no jargon. real people. real projects. ppl walked in with something they were building. walked out with workflows they could ACTUALLY use.

“Man it’s definitely worth it this AI training and then some. I can’t speak for other people but I appreciate you.” ... “you are worth your weight in gold. that project learn just changed the game” - Lamarr Lewis

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So cool to collaborate with @dinnersforthe99 and @radcollectivenyc to bring amazing humans together to talk about the greatest issues of our time.

Special thanks to @breakoutfoundation and @seenycofficial for the grant

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This week, we hosted a community listening session at our office focused on social connection at The Opp Hub Farm. 🌱🗣️

Through group conversations and interactive activities, attendees shared their vision for a thriving, connected community and explored how the farm can bring more people together. Participants and staff also began developing concrete ideas to address social isolation in our community.

This session is part of the New York Action Guide Planning Cohort funded by @fdn4socialconnection and Healthy Places By Design. Through a series of listening and planning sessions, we are working to better understand and address our community’s needs.

Thank you to the @breakoutfoundation for contributing $500 to support this important work, and to everyone who joined us and shared their perspective! 😃

#theopphub #starrettcity

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📢 NEWSLETTER ALERT + COHORT SPOTLIGHT! ✨️

Meet Marlon King @beatsbysolitaire and Brian Sykes @7metrix1 of @isproacademy

💰 Along with your 90 day grants outlook, featured grants & tips beginning today, we’re shining a spotlight on each of our cohort members as they move through the year, starting with Marlon & Brian 🌟

🫱🏾‍🫲🏿 Together, these two mission- focused innovators have built a unique, hands-on training and mentorship model through their nonprofit ISPro Academy, empowering and educating youth alongside industry professionals.

🎛 Founded in 2023, ISPro Academy delivers music production, audio engineering, and music business education to youth and adults ages 14-24, with a mission to demystify the music industry for Chicago's next generation and give them real tools to create, protect, and monetize their work. 💵

📸 📹 Slide through the carousel to see photos of ISPro Academy in action, as well as their video spotlight by the @breakoutfoundation (powered by @gertie.chicago )

🎶 🎵 🎼 Don’t forget to join them for an unforgettable evening of music, storytelling, and community as ISPro Academy co-founder and acclaimed Chicago artist 7Metrix brings his powerful multimedia project, I Heard The City Breathe, to the Beverly Arts Center on Saturday, August 1st at 7:30 PM.

🎙 Featuring music from the critically- praised album alongside special guest performers and creative collaborators including ISPro Academy students, this one-night event transforms the stage into a living celebration of Chicago’s culture, history, and future. ✊🏿

➡️➡️ Find out more about ISPro Academy at isproacademy.org, follow them at @isproacademy and purchase tickets for IHTCB at the @beverlyartcenter bio.

Check out our whole cohort at bustlingspaces.com/cohort, and run
🏃🏿‍♂️💨 don't walk, to the links in our bio to check out the latest issue and sign up for our newsletter at bustlingspaces.com.📥

#BustlingSpaces #GrantWatch #ArtistsSupportingArtists

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Courtesy of the @breakoutfoundation, I hosted a summer book exchange because we are in a LITERARY CRISIS and books make life worth living!! 51% of Americans read 0 books a year. Reading for pleasure dropped 12% from 2004-2023 and has declined 43% overall the past 20 years. This is scary because books are essential for critical thinking skills and for expanding how we see the world. Reading is not efficient, it requires presence and staying with. That’s why I like it. We’re losing our ability to think, to have productive discourse, to pay attention and books ask you to do all of this. It is by design something that needs time. Books have always been my most favorite pastime, a portal to beauty, knowledge and depth. I read with a fervor to consume all the books (the most capitalistic thing about me). Connecting with authors on my podcast has been one of the juiciest awe inducing additions to my life. The event was surprising in that it inspired a different quality of conversation. One about ideas, about preferences and about authentic connection. 10/10 suggest you do a book swap and see where it leads!! This was my first but it will not be my last. Thank you @breakoutfoundation!!

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In June, we hosted a Social Battery Dinner in Atlanta with @goodienation during their Goodie FC programming which activated around the various World Cup host cities. Our event featured a curated table sponsored by @divi.fund and @breakoutfoundation.

No stage, no pitch. Just the kind of room where a REAL-ationship is nurtured and social batteries are filled. More than a dozen creators, builders, community leaders, and educators filled the table as we shared in conversation and connection. After dinner, the room swelled as live music and more energy filled the room. THIS was definitely one dinner for the books!

If you’d want to bring this to your city or organization, email team@nfnte.com. What’s missing from the way your community currently gets people in a room together?

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Back in March, @chapter.nyc and @recessnyc_ started a favorite new tradition: Recess at Night!

Now we're calling all grown-up kids back to @anew_hq, NYC's home for social impact, for a night of play, featuring four-square, freeze dance, UNO, dress-up, arts and crafts, cocktails, pizza, and more.

We're doing it all again on 7/16. It's FREE with RSVP. Sign up through the link in our bio. See you there.

Brought to you with a generous grant from @breakoutfoundation.

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For the first “Ceremonies” edition of The House Blend, we gathered around the Ethiopian Buna coffee tradition, pairing an authentic coffee ceremony with the rhythms of house music. Together, they created a space to slow down, learn, exchange stories, and leave a little more connected than when we arrived.

Thank you to @waliaethiopianrestaurant for leading the ceremony, @projectforemptyspace for opening their doors, and @breakoutfoundation for making the experience possible.
We’re also grateful to everyone who joined us with curiosity and an openness to learn.

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#Buna #CoffeeCulture #hospitalitymanagement #Community #Diaspora

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We're excited to welcome @breakoutfoundation as a sponsor partner for this weekend's Social Battery dinner in Atlanta!

@breakout and their foundation has supported nearly two dozen communities across the country get and stay connected, so naturally they fit the fabric of what we do.

Stay tuned for more about our programs and events!

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