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Alternative Break is just what it says - an alternate way for students to spend their Academic Breaks.  The Words Beats & Life Alternative Break experience focuses on providing DMV youth the opportunity to explore and experience the creative communities of DC, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York.  

Our past experiences have involved trips to recording studios, art galleries, comic book stores, silk screening museums, theaters, artists owned gallery spaces, and more.

Alternative Spring Break

 
 
 

Since 2015, Words Beats and Life has hosted an “alternative” spring break. Each year, it has focused on performing and visual arts. This program has included trips to multiple organizations and agencies in DC, Baltimore, Arlington, Philadelphia, and New York. For many participants, this is their first time visiting some of these cities.

 
 

Alternative Winter Break

 
 
 

Alternative Winter Break is a series of exploratory interviews with media artists, photographers, film makers, podcasters, bloggers and authors among others to learn about their personal and professional journeys. We believe that it is critical that we learn about the journeys of those trailblazers that make our aspirations that much more attainable.