To whom it may concern
My name is Alycha C. Reda I am a Canadian born citizen, of Kingston, Ontario. For the last 10 years I have been in and out of the public eye as an advocate, educator and public speaker. Since the age of 18, after my case (child sex offender Mark Bedford of Kingston, ONT) came to a close, with an unjust sentence and our country being exposed to a new kind of predator. I decided to embark on a journey of advocacy and speaking out to our youth, teachers, and officers of the law about why awareness and education is the way to a path of prevention from this incurable epidemic that not only our country but our world is facing. Criminal offences our child, adults and even seniors face every single day that can result in identity theft, stolen finances, exploitation, sexual assault, online bullying and even suicide.
For the last 10 years I have fought for the lives of many students and women who keep coming forward from my case who were silenced so many years ago because they were afraid to come forward, due to ridicule, cross examination, and plain embarrassment thinking no one would believe them. I have also fought for the stories of our youth who have taken their own lives, or had their lives taken from them by online predators or others who have abused and taken advantage of these children.
I drafted up a letter back in November of 2015 to our newly appointment Prime Minister, Mr. Trudeau. I was reluctant on sending my letter because of a lack of confidence in myself and from the relentless comments from family, friends and even the public telling me that no one would listen. These words resonated in me but not in a good way, they reminded me of the words many people including the justice and legal system shared with me when I was going through the trial and how we wouldn’t get a conviction, how a long sentence would never happen and that basically no one would care about myself and the many victims from my case. Yet in the end they were wrong, the message I was sending out has been going 10 years strong, I finally made my way to parliament to speak on bill c13, I have spoken alongside suicide and exploitation victims Amanda Todd and Rehteah Parsons parents, spoken in front of 10’s of thousands of students, teachers, parents and law enforcement. I have worked tirelessly on my own to try and better this country and shape it to be better. I don’t view myself as the first and only victim in this country or world. But I do feel I am one of the few that can speak out and for others who do not have a voice. This is why I have decided to finally send out my letter, not only to you the media, to our national defence minister, education minister, Premier Kathleen Wynne, Ombudsman for Victims of crime, Standing committee on justice and human rights, the PM’s wife and the Prime Minister himself.
I have attached my letter in PDF form, I hope you take the time to read it as I have dedicated a lot of effort and time into this letter, please help me get this to Justin Trudeau!
Sincerely,
Alycha C. Reda
My name is Alycha C. Reda I am a Canadian born citizen, of Kingston, Ontario. For the last 10 years I have been in and out of the public eye as an advocate, educator and public speaker. Since the age of 18, after my case (child sex offender Mark Bedford of Kingston, ONT) came to a close, with an unjust sentence and our country being exposed to a new kind of predator. I decided to embark on a journey of advocacy and speaking out to our youth, teachers, and officers of the law about why awareness and education is the way to a path of prevention from this incurable epidemic that not only our country but our world is facing. Criminal offences our child, adults and even seniors face every single day that can result in identity theft, stolen finances, exploitation, sexual assault, online bullying and even suicide.
For the last 10 years I have fought for the lives of many students and women who keep coming forward from my case who were silenced so many years ago because they were afraid to come forward, due to ridicule, cross examination, and plain embarrassment thinking no one would believe them. I have also fought for the stories of our youth who have taken their own lives, or had their lives taken from them by online predators or others who have abused and taken advantage of these children.
I drafted up a letter back in November of 2015 to our newly appointment Prime Minister, Mr. Trudeau. I was reluctant on sending my letter because of a lack of confidence in myself and from the relentless comments from family, friends and even the public telling me that no one would listen. These words resonated in me but not in a good way, they reminded me of the words many people including the justice and legal system shared with me when I was going through the trial and how we wouldn’t get a conviction, how a long sentence would never happen and that basically no one would care about myself and the many victims from my case. Yet in the end they were wrong, the message I was sending out has been going 10 years strong, I finally made my way to parliament to speak on bill c13, I have spoken alongside suicide and exploitation victims Amanda Todd and Rehteah Parsons parents, spoken in front of 10’s of thousands of students, teachers, parents and law enforcement. I have worked tirelessly on my own to try and better this country and shape it to be better. I don’t view myself as the first and only victim in this country or world. But I do feel I am one of the few that can speak out and for others who do not have a voice. This is why I have decided to finally send out my letter, not only to you the media, to our national defence minister, education minister, Premier Kathleen Wynne, Ombudsman for Victims of crime, Standing committee on justice and human rights, the PM’s wife and the Prime Minister himself.
I have attached my letter in PDF form, I hope you take the time to read it as I have dedicated a lot of effort and time into this letter, please help me get this to Justin Trudeau!
Sincerely,
Alycha C. Reda
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