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As more people in the United States are vaccinated for the Coronavirus, we are seeing the number of cases and deaths significantly decline. While we have not over come the Coronavirus yet, we are able to start to resume many everyday activities. One of these activities is reopening schools and children and teenagers returning to school.
Before the pandemic most kids and teenagers complained how they hated school and wanted to stay home. However, after a year of remote learning most kids and teenagers want to go back to the classroom and also see their friends again. However, as kids return to school a common issue will return. The issue is kids being teased and bullied. In the 21st century bullying doesn t just happen at school it now occurs on line and via texting too.
Missoula Project Beacon Director Lauren Small Rodriguez, center, and case manager Shayla Beaumont, right, show their table of information to University President Seth Bodnar. The project sold masks designed by Native artists and gifted one to the president.Claire Shinner / Montana Kaimin
Following a report of a rape on campus, a host of advocacy groups and individuals gathered outside a teal tinted Main Hall, gripping signs that read âStrong Aloneâ and âFearless Togetherâ â words that hold a deep meaning to those affected by sexual violence.Â
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and this yearâs theme is âStrong Alone, Fearless Together.â The Student Advocacy Resource Center, Missoula Project Beacon, Make Your Move and other public health groups are working together to raise awareness and build community support for survivors of sexual assault.
Contact CU Independent News Staff Writer Ayako Itoi at ayako.itoi@colorado.edu.
The Women’s Resource Center and Cultural Unity and Engagement Center held the first of three film screenings of the movie “The Mask You Live In” on Wednesday, March 2, at the University of Colorado.
The screening encourages the promotion of freedom of gender expression, illustrating the untold story of young men in the United States searching for their true selves while intermittently suffering under the expectations of our country’s concept of masculinity.
“The Mask You Live In” was created by The Representation Project, a non-profit organization geared toward overcoming stereotypes that limit human potential. While the initial film screening only showed four parts of the movie, it was enough to give the audience a basic understanding of these problems revolving around masculinity. The film argues that American society overemphasizes elements of masculinity, including aggressi