CAHS and IEKHS Queens Present Student Platforms to V.I. Board of Education

On Friday, two school pageant winners got the opportunity to present their platforms to members of the Virgin Islands Board of Education. Ta'Maya Davis – VOICES Ta'Maya Davis, Ms. Charlotte Amalie High School 2025, spoke to board members about VOICES: Validating Our Inner Courage to End Silence. Davis noted that her school had been home to a sexual predator who worked at the school for 15 years, and in that timeframe abused several male students. It was not until over a decade later that one of his victims had the courage to disclose his abuse to his parents, which sparked an investigation and the eventual prosecution and conviction of the abuser. Davis said the situation raised a question: “How many other students have encountered similar situations and have suffered in silence?” VOICES, therefore, was conceptualized to “raise awareness about sexual abuse while providing students with a tool to report any form of abuse.” That tool, Davis explained, was an app – Safe Voice. She demo...