Human Rights – Bridge Agents

Domestic violence: A deadly problem among Native American communities

November 24, 2017 Bridge Agents Bridge Agent, Cronkite, domestic violence, Featured, greed, Human Rights, Justin King, Native Americans, The Fifth Column

(Cronkite) -Kayla White was 12 years old that winter morning when her life was changed forever. On Jan. 2, 2009, White’s mother was killed by her father, becoming a victim of domestic violence. “That’s when I heard my uncle say, ‘I don’t know how you’re going to tell Kayla your mom didn’t make it,’” White said. That was the moment she found out her mother had passed on. White, 22 and Navajo Nation member, said she didn’t realize growing up she was seeing signs of domestic violence at home. Her…

We need to talk about the social norms that fuel sexual assault

November 22, 2017 Bridge Agents Bridge Agent, Conversation, Featured, greed, Human Rights, Justin King, sexual assault, The Fifth Column

(Conversation) – The recent spate of sexual harassment accusations against prominent men in Westminster comes as no surprise to many of us. We expect them to know better – to have been better people – but we have also seen this kind of behaviour before … over and over again. It isn’t just powerful men – but it is almost always men. It’s time to start looking at the deep-rooted causes of harassment. We need to try to understand why sexual harassment is carried out much more by men against…