6 results returned for search: "" category "Bermuda Youth Connect" author PurpleMent
As children, the ways in which we were raised have undoubted effects on the ways in which we interact as adults.
For those of us who were made to feel small, didn’t receive adequate attention or were harshly punished for mistakes, our existence can ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Youth Connect
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AUTHOR:
PurpleMent
We live in a world that is increasingly placing more and more focus on hyper-independence and moving farther away from community-based solutions. We see it everywhere from Kylie Jenner being labelled a “self-made” billionaire, to the plethora of self...
DATE: Nov 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Youth Connect
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AUTHOR:
PurpleMent
The media have consistently demonstrated women who are victims of sexual assault as people that are withdrawn, unable to be touched, grappling with flashbacks and overall as a stereotypical “damsel in distress”. We think that it makes it easier for p...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Youth Connect
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AUTHOR:
PurpleMent
The Black community has survived years of slavery, trauma and struggle. These feats take immense courage and require a degree of perseverance that would be impossible without sacrifice. Unfortunately, this sacrifice has caused a culture of shame arou...
DATE: Aug 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Youth Connect
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AUTHOR:
PurpleMent
The nature of growing up in foster care inherently implies that there has been trauma experienced by the child. This sometimes continues while in care. The very act of separating a child from their parent is traumatic, in addition to the troubled cir...
DATE: Jun 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Youth Connect
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AUTHOR:
PurpleMent
The idea for this organisation began with the hopes of empowering the youth after a dark time in my life. I knew how alone and low that I felt, and it inspired me to want to become an advocate for mental health among the youth. I run the organisation...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Youth Connect
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AUTHOR:
PurpleMent