[UPDATE 9:55 a.m.: Video] Refusing to Be Silenced: For the Third Straight Day, Students in Humboldt County Walk Out of Classes to Protest Handling of Alleged Sexual Assaults
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A student with a red handprint over her mouth and multiple prints on her white clothing at the Fortuna High School protest on Monday. The red hand print usually symbolizes missing and murdered indigenous women but can also symbolize the silencing both of those who are dead and those who aren’t allowed to speak. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
Last week, concerns about how adults were handling alleged sexual assaults of classmates, led to protests by students on three campuses–Fortuna, Eureka, and McKinleyville.
Student protest at South Fork High School on Tuesday. [Crop of photo provided]
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Almost the entire school at the Academy of the Redwoods walked out of class on Tuesday, claimed student protestors. [Photo by Mina Morris]
Many of the students, both today and at earlier protests are wearing white. At Fortuna’s protest many also had handprint symbols on their clothing and over their mouths.
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Many of the students at Fortuna’s protest on Monday wore white. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
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A small tussle broke out between a counter protestor holding a sign proclaiming, “Inocence [sic] isn’t a crime” and a member of the group holding the protest in support of the alleged sexual assault victim. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
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The counter protester holds his damaged sign up over his head while the protester leaves the scene with a small section of it. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
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Law enforcement at Monday’s protest at the Fortuna campus. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
We’ll let the students signs, shirts, and symbols speak for their concerns in the photos below:
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- Protesters at Eureka High School on Monday carry a variety of signs including “How to stop rape…Don’t rape”, “Refuse to Be Silenced,” and “Not all men, but enough.” [Photo by Lacy Taylor]
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- Rain fell on student protestors in McKinleyville on Monday. “Silence ≠ Consent,” says one sign. Another lists a number of behaviors women are taught to avoid headlined by “Things That Cause Sexual Assault” but the only box that is checked is “assaulters.” [Photo by Angela Shumard]
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- ‘Stop the violence, No More Silence” one of the signs being held by protesters in McKinleyville on Monday said. [Photo by Angela Shumard]
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- “Stop victim blaming”, “No means No,” and “Cleavage is not consent, Drunk is not consent, A mini skirt is not consent, alone is not consent” read a few of the signs held by protesters in McKinleyville on Monday. [Photo by Angela Shumard]
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- Students wrote on masks and signs for Tuesday’s protest at South Fork High School in Miranda. [Photo provided]
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- “Fighting to Feel Safe” reads one girl’s sign at the Academy of the Redwoods on Tuesday.
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- “My Body Is Not “Inappropriate”…The Ways We Over Sexualize Are” reads this sign held by an Academy of the Redwoods student. [Photo by Mina Morris]
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- Writing on this Academy of the Redwoods’ student proclaims, “Hands 2 urself.”[Photo by Mina Morris]
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- Two protestors at Fortuna High on Monday create heart symbols with their hands. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
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UPDATE 9:17 a.m.: A sexual abuse survivor spoke out to the crowd of students gathered at the Arcata plaza just a few minutes ago.
UPDATE 9:55 a.m.: Northern Humboldt Union High School District Superintendent Roger Macdonald speaks to the crowd of protesters while a student sharply questions him.
Earlier:
- Refuse to Be Silenced: Students to Walk Out Wearing White at Local High Schools After Girls Allegedly Sexually Assaulted
- Law Enforcement at Fortuna High School as Students Walk Off Campus in Protest, Demanding More Support for Local Sexual Assault Victims
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Heck yeah! Love to see the youth stand up
This should be national news. Hopefully AP or somebody will pick it up.
Honestly, 15 year olds protesting against sexual assault is laudable, but I think they should be protesting against 15 year-olds cruising around, drinking and god-knows- what other drugs were in use, while parents look the other way or simply just ignore them…
Sexual Assault is rude and illegal, but, drinking and cruising can kill you, and underage drinking requires a conspiracy between provider and consumer…
Fortuna is a hard-drinking town by definition, but the “Friendly City” contains a strain of hard-headed attitude along with a “leave-us-alone” personality…
These kids are not really served by skipping school and making themselves famous on Instagram/Facebook!
Better they should learn to lead by example, focus on making something out of themselves by pursuing education and enterprise, careers and lives of building the future, rather than driving around getting in trouble at 15, and then getting all “in your face” about the results of Tom-Foolery…
Word to the wise:
Life moves pretty fast, so focus on having a quality experience while leaving the sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll until later…
Meanwhile, get back to work, learn to say “no”, and avoid trouble by not getting into it in the first place…
I think saying that sexual assault is rude is understating the case a wee bit…
Traumatic, unacceptable and illegal, would be more accurate…
Looks like alot more division, thought ole Biden was bringing us together. What a lie that was.
Important message in the “no means no” sign. Remember to say no.
What did you think about the “Silence ≠ Consent” sign?
Brilliant
From Humboldt Deputy Sheriff’s Organization President Jamie Barney:
As the President of the Humboldt Deputy Sheriffs’ Organization, and more importantly as the father of three daughters, I stand with the Humboldt County students this week speaking up and using their voices to condemn sexual assault in all forms – especially against girls.
Right now, Humboldt County has a law enforcement staffing crisis leaving over 20 positions unfilled including a vacant position for an investigative detective dedicated to investigating crimes like sexual assault, and a vacant position whose job it would be to patrol our county beaches, like Centerville. LOCO 9/29/21. This is disgusting. Blame it on staff shortage. What a tool. Grrrrrrr……I was told he seems to blame everything on staff shortages when ever he can.
That is woefully inadequate.
Listen for yes.
Anything other than yes, is NO
Remember to FUCKING ASK! calling bullshit on your fuckery!
Smiling in passing is not yes. Walking in a park is not yes. Being out by yourself is not yes. It is too late to say to say no when the first notice is a physical assault. Remember to ask before expecting an answer. Putting your hands on someone is not a question.
Important message for you:
Silence means no.
A nod means no.
I guess means no.
Not now means no.
Later means no.
A yes from yesterday does not mean yes tonight.
A yes from this morning does not mean yes tonight.
Being in a relationship does not mean yes.
Anything but an enthusiastic yes, means no.
Would that sentiment apply to a vaccine with Liability protection, or any other intrusion by an outside body onto ours?
What about a 4 trillion infrastructure bill that will fundamentally change the way your lives will be managed in the future.
Asking for a friend!
WTF does any of that have to do rape? Between you and Lone Ranger we hear a continual broken record of snowflake right-wing nut-job whining about everything but the real subject.
Hey, if you don’t want a vaccine then don’t get one; no one really cares that much if you do or not. And if you want to whine about increasing the deficit, just remember the trillions Trump enlarged it. How quickly they forget.
I hope all young people remember to bring their consent forms everywhere they go. Maybe condom manufacturers could include one in each wrapper for convenience sake. Not sure about the specifics in this instance but in general it seems like there are unreal expectations for engaging in certain encounters now days.
if you think those are “unreal expectations” YOU are the problem.
Douchey
It is an unreal expectation that a woman must give affirmative consent, or you go home without? Is sexual assault now a conservative value, or just lack of accountability? No one is saying it requires a signed and notarized consent form, but only that anything other than “yes” means you ain’t gettin’ any, Lefty.
I understand that this was not a school event, and not on school grounds. But athletes are often reprimanded for their actions outside of school.
When are we going to hear what actions the school/parents of this boy took to correct his behavior?
They’d have to actually take such steps…… the one committing the assault reaching out to his victim to request silence speaks VOLUMES to their guilt! GTFOH you rapist endorsing moron!
Those remarks have three day old rotting fish stink about them. The old-they-are–overreacting put down.
Yaaaaay! Another day outta school to hang out with my friends!!!
Did you wear white? And you confirmed my suspicions, that a few of the commentators on here are middle or high school students just messin’ with me. No offense to the majority of middle and high school students
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You nailed it Dogbiter…
Honestly, if education matters the schools and parents should encourage these protests to happen outside of education hours. The students are only taking away from themselves.
assault happened during “education hours” and no one did anything. i think assault has taken more away from the students than missing some school to protest said assault.
It happened after midnight on the beach.
Again, highlighting reading comprehension issues our education system is complicit in creating.
You’ve missed that there are several different claims of sexual abuse that are coming out.
The Centerville beach incident has catalyzed the students to take direct disruptive action becauae these issues keep going unaddressed.
After school, weekends and holidays is the appropriate time to protest.
When the admin doesn’t HAVE to listen.
Convenient.
Sounds akin to “free speech zones”
Wrong…It’s common sense and responsible behavior…
What about the responsibility of the school admins?
I think the students are taking direct responsibility for the lack of response by others who are supposed to be prime examples for the students rather than directly fail them.
Yes… what about the responsibility of our feckless and pandering school admins? Take the fight directly to the opposition. Pack their offices with people. Flood them with calls and emails and focus on the offices of the Humboldt County Superintendent of Schools Chris Hartley, Ed.D. [email protected] Melissa Hodgson or
Administrative Assistant III 707-445-7031
[email protected] and Sheriff William F. Honsal Humboldt County Sheriff PHONE: (707) 268-3618 EMAIL: [email protected]
I am so proud of each and every one of you.
Look at all those responsible KIDS in masks Making sure they are heard Stick to your guns young adults you are teaching the old ones what they forgot,
Respect for others!
roflmao
THAT is what you offer to this discussion?
Shame on you
…. ” young adults you are teaching the old ones what they forgot,” …. there ya go and I hurt my back while rolling on the floor.
Slaves! fools ! freedom is gone ! California failed ! They don’t even know the real agenda . Poor kids stuck in b.s. land.
I would not expect kids to be tought any thing else but to be slaves to Newsom and a fake elected prez.
💉☮️❤️🇺🇸
If these kids walked out to protest open border, runaway government spending (they will be responsible for paying back), and a green new deal that will simply make their adult lives miserable. How does the working class finance the rise of oligarchs. No more blank checks, no more spending billions of our kids futures on other countries.
These kids need to recognize sexual assault is the overt assault, the quiet assault is never as easy to see.
Those threats are not easily identifiable and if not taught in schools are simply unknowns to these kids. Threats of such a magnitude are slow to develop, are easily blamed on others because too few don’t actually follow current events so the threat is either not identified or blame is incorrectly placed by design of those creating those problems.
“Fake elected prez”. Classic.
Are you still waiting for the release of the kraken?
How about that recount in Arizona? Trumplicans make me laugh 😂
Flat earthers
“Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights. . .”
Good to see kids using their rights to demand change when they feel unsafe and violated. And as parents we want to know what the hell is happening and WHY is this the first most of us are hearing about it??
Are you asking your kid(s) about these issues? If not, that’s why you haven’t heard about this sooner.
I completely agree with the protesting however, there’s an appropriate time for these events. Education suffers when students are given leeway to pursue what are typically extracurricular activities during school hours. Time that should be spent revising content, completing assessments and learning new information is instead used to march through the streets with placards in protest of a particular issue. Falling foul of attendance requirements or missing important pieces of assessment due to skipping school can also provide ramifications for students down the line.
There is also a consensus that politics and classroom should stay separate, meaning that education should not be compromised by political stances or activities. While many will contend that the school system itself is inherently political, there is a feeling that politics need not overshadow student learning. We have an obligation to teach students in our schools during school hours – that’s what our taxpayers pay for. Of course, people, including students, have the right to express their points of view. And hopefully this is happening in our schools. There is plenty of time to protest, whatever the issue may be, outside of school hours.
Oh Eugene. You sound very old. The approriate time to protest is when you see that something is wrong. These young people are demonstrating that they HAVE paid attention in class, that they UNDERSTAND their right to protest.
What they are doing is as American as apple pie. They are following in MY FOOTSTEPS as someone who protested that inglorious war you fought in so bravely.
Oh Juanita, you have completely missed my point and discriminated against me using ageism. Students that cut class during school hours should be prepared to receive an unexcused absence…Just like work, you protest on your own time.
In case you didn’t see my previous reply to your post on Monday:
I can’t think of a better reason to play ‘hookie’. The adults have already dismissed their concerns. How else can these young people be clear that this issue is important to them and that they demand attention? Unexcusable behavior by some is what created the need to demonstrate on behalf of the women and girls who have been silenced. An unexcused absence is little in comparison. I am proud of their action. Stand tall and strong.
Not all lessons are learned in the classroom.
Irresponsible behavior should not be encouraged. Can you walk out on your job to protest a personal issue and expect to be paid? Probably not.
Some things are more important than money.
Very true…We may disagree on the timing of the protest but that is all…
I saw your post but this is no reason to “play hookie.” No one has dismissed any concerns and there’s no inexcusable behavior… How else can these young people be clear that this issue is important to them and that they demand attention? To answer your question. Adults are protesting in downtown Eureka this weekend…That’s responsible protesting and your answer.
Those are people rallying for women’s reproductive rights over the crap happening in Texas, at an event planned ahead.
The kids are responding to an issue that is right here in our communities and that they have to see daily in the schools they are in.
Completely different level of issue, exposure, and time sensitivity.
The Walk Out is a specific statement all it’s own.
If this crap continues to be ignored and go unaddressed the admins should expect more walk outs and disruption.
The kids have raised the stakes on purpose.
This is more than a protest.
It is a DEMAND for ACTION NOW.
Why not take the DEMAND for ACTION NOW protest directly to The office of county superintendent of schools Chris Hartley and Sheriff Honsal…Pack their offices with outraged parents and students. Flood them with phone calls and emails.
They just had a year off so this is nothing
Eugene, we protested during school to make a statement. The first period classes at Arcata High this morning were mostly less that half full. If we would have protested outside of school hours the teachers and staff could care less. If more that half of the students are gone PROTESTING they must know they need to fix something.
Thank you. The young schooling the old should happen more often. They might actually start listening if you keep at them. Please don’t let this die.
I said that back in 1967. Discovered I wasn’t so enlightened after all…
Just curious, did the protesting students return to school after the protest? I agree with the right to protest but think students are harming themselves by skipping educational time.
yes. most did.
No it means the left has given our kids another chance to cut school and have fun with their friends. Protest anytime except school hours.
You’re beating a dead horse Gene.
As mentioned in other articles there have been several complaints made with NO action from the school admin.
Protesting after school hours makes it very easy for the admin to continue ignoring this critical issue.
This week’s event can not be ignored.
The admin’s of at least 3 schools have failed the students.
They are sick with it.
It has taken direct disruption to bring this issue to the community level since the admins wouldn’t address it.
Fortuna’s football team will no longer be the most important thing at FHS.
Let it go
Please no animal abuse as we love horses. We disagree about the timing but not the reason for the protesting and that’s just fine with me. Parents must become much more proactive…
A rapist does not choose their victim based on political distinction. They are opportunistic predators. Conservative women are assaulted also.
All women are potential victims regardless of politics.
Agree totally.
It would not be a walk out if they did it after school 🤦🏼♂️
THANK YOU
Good Job local youth!! Way to Stand up and be Pro-active. Nothing changes without voices and people being heard! Your effort should be worldwide. It is meaningful and admired.
Way to stand up for your rights! Way to use your right to assembly and freedom of expression. The fact that students are staging walkouts speaks volumes about where we are at as a culture. There is still a lack of accountability when it comes to sexual assault. Prevention and proof are still seen as the survivors responsibilities. The kids are saying enough. I support them 100% – change and progress do not happen on their own. Keep loving & Keep fighting!
Youth of America, rise up for justice!
Let’s be sure and add the extra days of instruction to the end of the year for all students who purposely missed their hours. Maybe a little “accountability” should apply to them as well.
Accountability? The reason we are protesting is so all of the rapists out there get held accountable. If they did, we wouldn’t be out of school protesting. We are protesting because we are survivors. 1 out of 3 women get raped in their lifetime. Think about that.
Bam!!! Drops the mic and walks off stage
I seriously doubt that statistic.
Then look it up yourself.
You are clearly completely out of touch with this issue that spans all of human history.
Well with those numbers, every girl should be trained in mixed martial arts, and be able to successfully neutralize a threat before it manifests.
Drugs and alcohol are not smart tools for self defense, and you should seriously consider a lifestyle based on risk management.
Given the fact that you are under 21, you are not legally able to consume alcohol, and this is a great place to start addressing vulnerabilities in your program.
Imagine … spending 6 billion to bring this to your house
https://kreately.in/europes-afghan-crime-wave-is-mind-boggling/
One in five women in the United States experienced completed or attempted rape during their lifetime. Nationwide, 81% of women and 43% of men reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment and/or assault in their lifetime. Nearly a quarter (24.8%) of men in the U.S. experienced some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetime. One in three female victims of completed or attempted rape experienced it for the first time between the ages of 11 and 17. Forty percent of rapes and sexual assaults were reported to police in 2017, but only about 25% were reported to police in 2018.
Speaking of “accountability” I’m waiting to find out who supplied the booze.
That was illegal.
Schooling is required by law so it’s a fair point.
They should take the worthless mask’s off and protest the mask mandate at the same time. Two birds with one stone
Ok, yeah and spread a deadly disease to over 500 kids. What a stellar idea Joe.
As Joe gets educated by a high school student. Who says education doesn’t work
That’s not education, thats propaganda. This wokeNess won’t end well for those who find virtue in the noise, instead of the signal.
Wake up AHS student you are loosing your freedom. The “Deadly Virus” is being shoved down your throat. Get off Facebook and do real studies. The science behind vaccines and natural immunity will tell you differently.
☮️❤️🇺🇸
Your right its
all a hoax staged by The Matrix. Take the blue pill sparky
Flat 🌎
That has nothing to do with the silencing of women and girls who have experienced sexual assault.
I’d like to say this.
Why is it that the boy from Eureka High, a RAPIST didn’t get kicked off the football team or whatsoever punished from sports, but the kids who went to the protest didn’t get to practice? Why are we as students getting in trouble for standing up for ourselves and our rights as victims, but the system isn’t punishing rapists? BLAME THE SYSTEM NOT THE VICTIM!
I have heard the rumor that the boys who joined the protest didn’t get to practice their sport. If any one has first hand knowledge of this, I’d like it either confirmed or denied.
Its true. A friend of mine, female, didn’t get to run cross country today because she went to the protest.
If she would like to speak to me, my email is [email protected] I would like very much to talk to her and other student athletes/etc who were punished for taking part in the walkout.
Would like to see this person as a freelancer. Maybe contribute local youth stories. They are speaking out now and I am sure they have more stories to tell.
I heard anecdotally that the students named a specific AHS staff member in their complaint to the superintendent about sexual offenses on campus. Where you there? Is that true?
I wasn’t there but Mark McKenna, our photojournalist, was and he captured a teacher being named as behaving inappropriately on video. So yes, it is true that a teacher was named. The teacher, however, is presumed innocent, unless he is proven guilty.
This is turning into a made for TV movie or one hell of a documentary
Makes sense if students do not meet the attendance requirements for school.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/ive-worked-refugees-decades-europes-afghan-crime-wave-mind-21506
How is anyone suposed to know what this is about? Was someone raped? why are the now protesting? i seem to be missing part of the story?
The greater picture is that many students feel that students who report sexual abuse are not taken seriously enough.
There were two cases that brought this situation to a head that many of the students know and are talking about. At the bottom of this post, there are links to the earlier stories and one of the cases is covered in the first story I posted.
I am one hundred percent in support of these students and stand in solidarity with those speaking out against sexual harassment.
However, I would suggest using a different color for the paint, maybe Black? It is unfortunately appropriating the missing and murdered indigenous women’s movement and further silencing indigenous voices if people begin confusing the two. Everyone’s voice needs to be heard and not overlooked or silenced. Red paint is to show solidarity with the indigenous women who have been missing or murdered. Sexual assault protests address women being silenced in sexual assault cases, black would be a better representation of this and would be respectful to the indigenous movement as well💯
I believe that at least some of those wearing the paint are native descent. I know that Jesse Armstrong, a spokesperson for MMIW, is backing the protestors. I believe from his comments he thinks that the two movements are connected.
This thread is a prime example of extraneous nonsense clouding a simple issue, so let me restate what should be obvious.
At least two children have been sexually assaulted.
At least one assailant is an adult.
What is to be done about it?
Let’s focus on those three statements. Forget the tired old kneejerk politics, the 1950s solution of muzzling the children, the personal prejudices, or any other irrelevancy. This is criminal activity we are discussing.
It also happened before school was in session for the school year at a party in the beach the kids were drunk why is it the school’s fault when they weren’t even attending for this year and it happened outside of fortuna police jurisdiction so why are fortuna pd being harassed. Sexual assault is horrific however why did it take a couple months and a friend to turn it in? What he did was wrong but this boy is being convicted before tried. And these kids need to do some research of the law before condemning our officers. Parents need to known where their kids are and what they are doing
It was laid at their feet, and instead of investigating and reporting, like first reporters are supposed to do, they literally made excuses and didn’t lift a finger. How are we supposed to trust the administrators to protect our kids, if this is their reaction? It does not matter when it happened or where, fact is, it was brought to their attention and they did nothing. What if your child went to them and that was their reaction? Imagine that feeling.
All of you should imagine that feeling, because that is what perpetuates sexual assault in schools. The lax response to serious allegations should have consequences, like loosing funding for head counts in school. Hitting them where it hurts seems like an appropriate response to their inaction.