Tuesday, November 17, 2009
INTERVIEW: Kimberly Emanuel "Red Flag your Teens Demons"
by: Angelique Lachelle
Daytona Beach, Fla. - "Do demons really exist or is it a myth handed down from generation to generation, asked Kimberly Emanuel?" Some may say it all depends on what one would consider to be a demon.
Dressed in army fatigue as if she was ready for war, Emanuel shouted to her audience, "I'm on the battlefield for my teens and parents should be too." Standing in front of the room of the Dickerson Center were seven teenagers ranging from 13 to 19 years of age, Emanuel began to explain that seven represents the number of years it takes to live a teenage life beginning at the age of 13 and ending at the age of 19. Those can be really trying years for our adolescents.
"Here young git, take this joint and smoke it until it's gone, said the 19 year old to the 13 year old." Looking nervous and scared, but not wanting to be looked at as a punk, the 13 year old took it. "Now that's what a demon looks like, said Emanuel."
As the audience starred at the teenagers in shock, Emanuel asked them to take their seats. When I was 15 years old I was offered marijuana, and I took it, smoked it, and it nearly cost me and my friends lives, said Emanuel. Emanuel continued to explain that the scar on her face reminds her everyday of the accident she caused while driving under the influence of marijuana. "I was as some of you teenagers say, High as a bird."
Demons can be anything that makes us do the wrong things in life. Demons are evil. Alcohol is a demon, street drugs are demons, stealing is a demon, negative gossip is a demon, overeating is a demon, and the list goes on and on, said Emanuel.
My demons are now neutralized, and I am here to help our teens neutralize theirs, said Emanuel. People all it takes is motivation, encouragement, and love. Word of advice should never be charged when it benefits helping someone, said Emanuel. Emanuel closed her speech by asking everyone to participate in red flagging a loved one demon.
"oh my goodness she put the icing on the cake, said Sean Jones. "The world is so messed up today, even when you try to help these kids out they don't want to listen, and when you go up side their heads the law is ready to take you to jail, and this is why a lot of our youth are acting up, said Michael Allen."
Thursday, November 5, 2009
INTERVIEW: Santana Alexander
INTERVIEW: Santana Alexander
By Angelique Cooper October 16, 2009
ORLANDO, Fla. - Santana Alexander was sexually molested as a child beginning at the age of eight. "The thoughts that I carry nearly cost me my life, but being a woman of God, I couldn't cheat the life that my creator has given me," said Alexander.
Dressed in a chiffon blouse, baggy pants, and a scarf neatly wrapped around her head. Alexander rubbed a beaded cross in the palm of her hands symbolizing her love for Jesus Christ. As she paced the floor in a room that she rented from her apartment complex, she quietly waited for her audience to find their seats before she'd begin her speech.
There's no doubt that this was going to be a night to remember for many. Alexander walked up and down the aisles, and then said in a small still voice "That bastard took my innocence from me, all because he wanted a five second orgasm."
Alexander began explaining the unfortunate events that has happened in her life as a child, but she also reminded people that forgiveness is the key in freeing yourself. She began to say it's going to take a voice to join other voices in order to make a great sound, and be taken seriously.
The silence in child molestation must be broken. Our voices must be higher than they are today. It's time to block the dangerous roads to this crime so that our children of today won't wander down them.
As the crowd stood in awe of the powerful words that came from Alexander's mouth, one could only help but notice the weeping, and sniffles that was going on in the building.
As Alexander made her closing remarks, she petitioned the people in the audience to join her in the fight to help sexually molested kids speak out. "I was abused as a child beginning at the age of nine, said Tybee Capers so I can relate to her pain." "It doesn't just happen to little girls, but little boys too, because I was sexually abused by my stepfather," said Caesar Sims.
By Angelique Cooper October 16, 2009
ORLANDO, Fla. - Santana Alexander was sexually molested as a child beginning at the age of eight. "The thoughts that I carry nearly cost me my life, but being a woman of God, I couldn't cheat the life that my creator has given me," said Alexander.
Dressed in a chiffon blouse, baggy pants, and a scarf neatly wrapped around her head. Alexander rubbed a beaded cross in the palm of her hands symbolizing her love for Jesus Christ. As she paced the floor in a room that she rented from her apartment complex, she quietly waited for her audience to find their seats before she'd begin her speech.
There's no doubt that this was going to be a night to remember for many. Alexander walked up and down the aisles, and then said in a small still voice "That bastard took my innocence from me, all because he wanted a five second orgasm."
Alexander began explaining the unfortunate events that has happened in her life as a child, but she also reminded people that forgiveness is the key in freeing yourself. She began to say it's going to take a voice to join other voices in order to make a great sound, and be taken seriously.
The silence in child molestation must be broken. Our voices must be higher than they are today. It's time to block the dangerous roads to this crime so that our children of today won't wander down them.
As the crowd stood in awe of the powerful words that came from Alexander's mouth, one could only help but notice the weeping, and sniffles that was going on in the building.
As Alexander made her closing remarks, she petitioned the people in the audience to join her in the fight to help sexually molested kids speak out. "I was abused as a child beginning at the age of nine, said Tybee Capers so I can relate to her pain." "It doesn't just happen to little girls, but little boys too, because I was sexually abused by my stepfather," said Caesar Sims.
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