>> So you can take an active
part in helping thanks to Zac lashway for that report.
lashway for that report.
We change the topic this
morning with a look at Sabrina
Herrera. This is her picture
from 2018. The former Elkins
high student murdered at the age of 19 she prepared to start
age of 19 she prepared to start
college. The man who did was
aboard for the 5 years who told
police that no one else
deserved her. She wouldn’t be
with him.
He was sentenced to 45 years. But those on the front lines
But those on the front lines
of advocacy say that have to
happen. Why should colter CEO
of avda aid to victims of
domestic abuse. Erica Rivera
to bring his cousin who now volunteers for added help teens
volunteers for added help teens
understand the dating violence
is real and sometimes has
deadly consequences. Good
morning to both of you. Thank
you for joining me. Eric, I
know that we talked yesterday
you said you were the cousin. Sabrina looked up to that.
Sabrina looked up to that.
Had to be very difficult for
you to see all of this
happened. I had difficult.
Has it been for the family to deal with this loss, even these
deal with this loss, even these
these many years later.
>> something you enter a land. happened, you know, this is
happened, you know, this is Stating knowledge there.
Stating knowledge there.
could ever imagine. That’s
going to happen to you.
My ship.
>> AB de push for this law that
recently passed the Rick Ross
schools now to go ahead and
teach about abuse educate the student why he thought this
student why he thought this
was so necessary. What do you
hope will become of it.
>> Well, we want to make sure
that there is a real effort to around prevention and the
to around prevention and the
way that we prevent this
particular crime of domestic
abuse is to get to that stood against right away. Educate
against right away. Educate
them get in and their world and
then be able to communicate
with them directly about what
is actually happening to them
and to give them the tools and resources to make
resources to make
different choices a man.
And that’s what we hope this
effort will ultimately
culminated into Erica. Does
this exposure of all of this is
a topic would be very helpful as well. Talk about the
as well. Talk about the
frustration that you felt when
you found out after the fact
about some abuse that was going on in Sabrina Nobody knew about
on in Sabrina Nobody knew about
it.
>> important to just as as
younger dating for the first
You know, the stepping stone to
told someone or it’s okay. I’m going
someone or it’s okay. I’m going to the trouble of this is going
to the trouble of this is going
place and hopefully, you you
>> Ri my son. What kind of
teaching is going on
now and and look at the
program. Does avda half to help
fill the void and help the
educational process.
>> Sure. So we’re already in schools camera.
schools camera.
We are we provided evidence
base of curriculums. things
like one called safe dates.
Another one called liver spent. These are 8 week curriculums
These are 8 week curriculums
designed to teenagers and use
an idea about what healthy
relationships look like.
What consent looks We educate
them around things happened. It’s a business case where,
It’s a business case where,
you know, there’s these sort
known instances of They tell their friends, you know, the
their friends, you know, the
friends get a picture, a photo.
But you know, they’re nice.
Don’t say anything again.
That fear that They think that
they might get in trouble.
And certainly they don’t want to lose the relationship.
to lose the relationship.
They don’t want the abuse, but
they don’t want to lose their
relationship. And so we want to
educate you about out how to navigate those situations and
navigate those situations and
circumstances and to be able
to communicate an adult.
Someone who’s trusted and not
reading out their friend or they’re doing something that
they’re doing something that
will last part there. Frank by
alternate me. This is a way for
them to recognize that this
type of behavior is
not acceptable.
>> So looking back on the history of this this terrible
history of this this terrible
tragedy was a bittersweet
moment I saw on video when
Drake call attention to Sabrina
is death during his concert that year when he found out
that year when he found out
that she’d actually been saving
up to attend this concert.
Here to talk about the
challenge of of getting through
to young people about some of
the issues, the team domestic
abuse and about with normal
behavior should should look like. What kinds of things are
like. What kinds of things are
you telling these young people. >> people don’t have the
>> people don’t have the
warning signs or they don’t
means. And I think it’s important for
important for know how the relationship, you
know how the relationship, you also order. are you know, all
also order. are you know, all
younger generation are honored
>> So February is teen dating
violence awareness month.
My son. What your biggest hope for the kind of exposure this
for the kind of exposure this
month will hopefully generate.
>> We want to sort of get
groundswell going where they
are adults want parents to be aware that there’s a need to
aware that there’s a need to
have this medication educators
being aware that there’s the
need to have this
communication. But then also
having that kind of dialogue
that teenagers will receive a role here and they’ll take it
role here and they’ll take it
on themselves. You know, they
are the experts at social media
and making a communications
through that mechanism. So
we’re trying to be as creative as possible
as possible
to again touch with use where
they are and give them the tools to be able to help one
tools to be able to help one
that we engage everyone in this
process and do everything we
can. So being on your show and
doing anything that we can to
let people know that there is such a thing as seen dating
such a thing as seen dating
violence and then there is an
opportunity for us to prevent
it and certainly to prevent
death and loss. We can do a
lot better. My son colt. Erica Rivera, thank you so
Erica Rivera, thank you so
much for.
>> Your commitment to this
cause. Good luck as you try
to change the narrative.
We hope that we are helpful in
some sort of way toward doing
some of that, I’m going to put
the Abt information on the newsmakers page so people can