‘Chain’ for change: New CD brings message about domestic violence
By Mary Owen, Our Town

September, 2009 - A local entrepreneur has just released a CD single that inspires a change in social issues.

Tammi Burns is a domestic abuse survivor and owner/founder of Break the Chain® Apparel in Lyons. Burns wrote the lyrics to the song, “Chain,” about three years ago that her friend, Stephens Middle School teacher Jon Chinburg, and his nephew, Tony Stovin, and his Portland-based band, Intervision, put to music. Click for full-text pdf

Salem-area T-shirt maker takes on hurtful issues
By Laura Oppenheimer, The Oregonian

June 19, 2009 - Like many people launching a business, Tammi Burns talked to her family about sacrifices. "We will have no life. We will have no money," she warned her husband, Jim. "Are we strong enough to handle this?" Click for full-text pdf

Apparel Line Joins Coolaid the Clown
By Reed Trachy, University of Washington News Lab

May 21, 2009 - They are two voices working together to inspire change, from a small town in Oregon to Los Angeles County – both areas living with violence and gang warfare. Click for full-text pdf

Regis students send a message and raise cash
By Denise Ruttan, Statesman Journal

April 22, 2009 - Regis High School students got their first look Friday at their winning design in a national project started by a local company that helps students create "clothing with a voice." Click for full-text pdf

To change lives, break the chain
By Sharon Zwierzyna, Lebanon Express writer

March 3, 2009 - For Tammi Burns, it was one evening in 2006 when she was putting on makeup in the bathroom, getting ready to go out to dinner. Click for full-text pdf

Design project engages students at Regis
By Jodi Kerr, Statesman Journal

February 18, 2009 - It's not often that high school students get to spend class time focusing on T-shirt design, but at Regis and other area schools, it's cool. Click for full-text pdf

T-shirts with student Change Reaction design are for sale
By Jillian Daley, Statesman Journal

February 18, 2009 - SALEM - New Project Change Reaction T-shirts are in stores and online. Click for full-text pdf

Student designs T-shirt in effort against domestic violence
By Jillian Daley, Statesman Journal

January 7, 2009 - Stephens Middle School eighth-grader Alexis Blomgren's T-shirt is far from ordinary. Click for full-text pdf

Project Change Reaction
By Michael Warren, Willamette Live

January 1, 2009 - Tammi Burns has always wanted to make a difference. A survivor of domestic abuse, Burns, the owner of "Break the Chain Apparel" in Stayton, has started a project designed to give middle school and high school students a "noninvasive way to bring about change." Click for full-text pdf

Design students fight abuse
By Jillian Daley, Statesman Journal

December 26, 2008 - Stephens Middle School students are helping change the world - one T-shirt at a time. Click for full-text pdf

Blog Articles

Interview: Break the Chain Apparel
www.corduroymag.com

May 13, 2009 - Click for pdf image of article

Masters of Krump and Buck Dancing Partner with Break the Chain Apparel for a Cause!
www.hip-hop.net

May 8, 2009 - Click for pdf image of article

Masters of Krump and Buck Dancing Receive Exclusively Designed Shirt from Break the Chain Apparel
www.hiphoppress.com

April 29, 2009 - Click for pdf image of article

Renowned artists Tommy the Clown and Coolaid the Clown Join the Movement of Clothing with a Voice by Break the Chain Apparel
www.hip-hop-dance.net

April 29, 2009 - Click for pdf image of article

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