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Breaking the Cycle of Violence
Through Forgiveness
Breaking the Cycle presents award-winning assemblies that feature personal stories of overcoming conflict through forgiveness. Our assemblies, whether in-person or live online, support your schools' social-emotional learning goals – and can come at no cost to your school, although donations are welcome. Our speakers present examples of core competencies such as social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision making from their own lives, which readily elicit discussion opportunities in the classroom.
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“Experience is the best teacher but it is a school that only a fool would want to go to!”
—Hashim Garrett at New Heights Middle School
Social-emotional learning
A panel of dynamic speakers present solutions to:
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VIDEO
What is Breaking the Cycle?
Let our speakers help your students develop the foundational emotional skills needed to resolve conflict and build healthy relationships in today's challenging social environment.
VIDEO
How We Got Started
Colleen McVey of CFN Live interviews Heinrich Arnold, son of the founder of Breaking the Cycle, who speaks of his father's legacy.
IN THE NEWS
Port Jervis Middle School
Chief Williams, and Pat & AnnMarie D'Aliso told their stories to 190 8th grade students in Port Jervis on Nov 5, 2025.
"When we suffer pain, trauma...our bodies remember. No one told me that by hating my mother I was hurting myself. The pain and anger inside you can change you slowly and turn you into someone you never intended to be." —Charles Williams
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Meadow Hill GEMS
On November 3 Pat & AnnMarie D'Aliso and Hashim Garrett spoke at Meadow Hill Global Explorations Magnet School in Newburgh NY to 240 7-8th grade students on bullying and the pitfalls of social media.
"If you can't say it to someone's face then don't say it. Words are dangerous but now with the internet it escalates." —Pat D'Aliso
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Robert Van Wyck MS 217Q
On October 30 we were at the Robert A Van Wyck Middle School 217 in Queens, speaking to 300 7th grade students. Scarlett Lewis, whose son was murdered in the Sandy Hook school shooting spoke by video, and then Pat & AnnMarie D'Aliso told their story.
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Englewood on the Palisades
October 28 we were at Englewood on the Palisades Charter School. 120 7th grade students were interacting with our speakers on the topic of non-violent conflict resolution.
Question: What would you say if you saw your son just once?AnnMarie: I love you. I love you. I love you
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Tenafly Middle School
Tenafly Middle School in Bergen County New Jersey, invited us to speak first to 300 sixth grade students and 600 7th-8th grade students in the second session on October 24th. Pat & AnnMarie D'Aliso and Hashim Garrett told their stories. This was our first assembly in Tenafly.