#HEYSIS CAMPAIGN
It was a Saturday morning, and usually I wake up cheerful. But, I was fed up. I witnessed, another shouting match from one family member to the other. It stemmed from something absolutely mundane. However, I was upset and furious because I could never understand how a child could treat their parent, the person that brought them into this world, with so much disrespect. So I sat in my school library wrestling with this issue.
Embarrassed, that this problem exists within my family.
Embarrassed that my partner had to witness it.
After replaying, the sequence of events over and over again in my head. Then, I remembered my own experience of being in fear for my life. Large fingers wrapped around my throat so tight I barely had enough breath to scream "Help".
HOW?
How can we say we love people, and treat them so bad?
How do we remove ourselves from terror, and victimization?
Well, I don't have all of the answers, but as I look back on my journey, I've come a long way from where I started. After a long time of self preservation, I knew how to take my power back, and reclaim my life, but I didn’t do it all on my own.
The support that I get from my sisters, and the words of encouragement that I get from my brothers, have pushed me to be the most resilient person I know.
Therefore, I knew that that if I felt this way, there had to be other women that needed the kind of support that I received in my lifetime. Et Voila, the #HEYSIS Campaign was born.
Embarrassed, that this problem exists within my family.
Embarrassed that my partner had to witness it.
After replaying, the sequence of events over and over again in my head. Then, I remembered my own experience of being in fear for my life. Large fingers wrapped around my throat so tight I barely had enough breath to scream "Help".
HOW?
How can we say we love people, and treat them so bad?
How do we remove ourselves from terror, and victimization?
Well, I don't have all of the answers, but as I look back on my journey, I've come a long way from where I started. After a long time of self preservation, I knew how to take my power back, and reclaim my life, but I didn’t do it all on my own.
MY SISTERS & BROTHERS
The support that I get from my sisters, and the words of encouragement that I get from my brothers, have pushed me to be the most resilient person I know.
Therefore, I knew that that if I felt this way, there had to be other women that needed the kind of support that I received in my lifetime. Et Voila, the #HEYSIS Campaign was born.
WE CREATED A MOVEMENT
NOT ME! WE DID!
Each and every one of you contributed in a way that is more meaningful to me than any monetary donation. You proved it to yourself and to the world that there is indeed a problem. That people deserve to be treated as the beautiful individuals they are. That women are deserving of respect. You proved to the world that a dialogue across gender lines is an open possibility. Further, that a possibility to band together beyond measure and support one another exists. For that I am grateful. I read each and every post. The more I read them, the more emotional I got. I could look up #HEYSIS and I am motivated. Regardless of the kind of day I had it is a reminder to keep pushing through. To strive for excellence. To create a platform for people who do not have voices. Everyone has their own struggles, their own demons.
But
#HEYSIS
WE GOT YOU
Here are some of the posts below. To see more, search #HEYSIS on Instagram, and add a quote of your own to your timeline.
"#HeySis, I want to assure you that the trauma you have experienced DOES NOT at all define the person you were yesterday, the person you are today and the person you will be tomorrow. You are more powerful that the many hardships that life and man's ignorance has ever dealt you. Your ability to love me faithfully, throughout your trials and tribulations, see past my flaws, lack of maturity, and insecurities reminds me that God really does exist within you. Myself and this world would be absolutely nothing without you. You are the tree that shades me from uncertainty. You are the rain that washes away my pain and cleanses me of sin. You are the sun that allows my skin to glisten, and my soul to recharge. You are my strength my weakness, and my ultimate salvation.
I am forever indebted to you. "
-Lyonel T. Boston, MA
NOT ME! WE DID!
Each and every one of you contributed in a way that is more meaningful to me than any monetary donation. You proved it to yourself and to the world that there is indeed a problem. That people deserve to be treated as the beautiful individuals they are. That women are deserving of respect. You proved to the world that a dialogue across gender lines is an open possibility. Further, that a possibility to band together beyond measure and support one another exists. For that I am grateful. I read each and every post. The more I read them, the more emotional I got. I could look up #HEYSIS and I am motivated. Regardless of the kind of day I had it is a reminder to keep pushing through. To strive for excellence. To create a platform for people who do not have voices. Everyone has their own struggles, their own demons.
But
#HEYSIS
WE GOT YOU
Here are some of the posts below. To see more, search #HEYSIS on Instagram, and add a quote of your own to your timeline.
I am forever indebted to you. "
-Lyonel T. Boston, MA
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@HeysisCampaign
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