Category: Human Rights
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Can’t Say I’m Surprised
There’s a part of me that wishes that you knew how I feel, and then there’s this other part of me that is so fucking glad that you don’t, because at the very least that is something that is solely mine. Today, we all saw what happened. I would like to say that there is…
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I Am A Children’s Rights Activist, Not Prom Queen
I am an artivist on a relentless pursuit to improve the lives of children globally. That’s my mission and I make no mystery of my agenda. Being a children’s rights advocate means often not being exactly the most liked but luckily reality is not high school. This ain’t no popularity contest. In other words, I…
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I Got Me: 10 Years Since The Lie
I have nothing to prove. To anyone. I spent years on and off being monitored around the clock by psychiatric inpatient teams, constantly on camera, constantly being poked and prodded with the stimulus of their choosing, and then watching them write down some variation on the truth (or just completely blatant lies) in the notes.…
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#MentalHealth: A Documentary
There was a time where I was so scared to say anything that my mouth just simply wouldn’t move. My lips wouldn’t separate, my teeth would clench, and my jaw would stay firmly in place. I was traumatized. But that day is not today. Today, I finally released a project that I have been working…
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I’m A Certified Human Rights Consultant
It’s official, I am a human rights consultant! Today I completed my consultancy training at the US Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights and I feel so energized about what’s to come in the New Year! I had been planning on taking this course for a long time and today was literally my first opportunity.…
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