Media
Columns by Joshua V. Barr
A Better Way: 50+ Action Items to Fight Against Racism In Your Community, Medium.com
Power to the Wallet, USA Today (Sexual Harassment)
You Can Fight for Human Rights From Anywhere, Greater Des Moines Partnership
A fork in the road: Defining humanity’s next epoch after the coronavirus pandemic, Des Moines Register
More than Words needed to end bigotry, hate and racism, Des Moines Register
Documentary: Breaking Bread, Building Bridges
Breaking Bread, Building Bridges is an Emmy award-winning documentary that was conceptualized, directed, and executively produced by Joshua V. Barr in his role as the Director of Civil & Human Rights for the City of Des Moines, Iowa. The goal of the project was to match persons together based on their differences and have them engage over dinner over the course of 3 months to see if the persons could find common ground despite their differences. In 2020, the documentary won the 2020 Governor’s Emmy® Award by the Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Governor’s Emmy® Award is the most prestigious award because it is the only one voted on directly by their Board of Governors which represents all media professionals from TV stations and various other platforms across a five-state region.
2020 Emmy Acceptance Speech (starts at 6 minute, 40-second mark)