Tearing Down the Walls

In the summer of 2019, several juniors and seniors (Brycen Brown, Kiran Peterson, Jacob Hanai, John Thornton, Emanuel Barrett, and Maxwell Battle) created the Tearing Down the Walls Club. We founded this club in response to a charge at the end of a two-day Southeastern Diversity Conference at Vanderbilt University called Tearing Down the Walls. TDW promotes constructive conversations about race relations, respect for any and all sexual orientations, and social justice. Our mission is to create action through conversation by inviting all-school speakers, hosting monthly discussions, writing in the school paper, and organizing events such as panel discussions. We often collaborate with other schools to reach beyond the MBA community. Check out this page for upcoming plans, past events/speakers, and general info.

TDW Student Leadership

Seniors:

Martin Grier
Alexander Reddy

Juniors:

Edwin Bass
Sayan Dalai
Brooklen Davis
Colin Hande
George Ma
Eli Stark

Previous Events

Previous Assembly Speakers

Black History Month Links

Faculty Sponsors

List of 3 members.

Mr. Michael "Michael" D Kelly

Montgomery Bell Academy

English Teacher, JS Golf Coach, MLK Society, Tearing Down Walls Sponsor

University College Cork, Ireland - BA
University College Cork - Higher Diploma in Education

1998
Mr. John "Jake" J Lawrence 04

Montgomery Bell Academy

Counselor, History Teacher, Soccer Coach

Appalachian State University - Post Graduate Certificates
University of Tennessee - BA
Appalachian State University - MA

2015

2004
Ms. Camille "Camille" Hackney

Agnes Scott College - BA
Universidad de Alcala de Henares - MA

2016