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ADDYSON EYMA
ADDYSON EYMA
A VOICE WITH PURPOSE
ADCOVACY & IMPACT
Some stories deserve more than to be heard. They deserve to create a change.
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Addyson believes that finding your voice means discovering what you are willing to use it for. Her advocacy is rooted in creating awareness, encouraging young people, and reminding those who have experienced difficult circumstances that their story does not have to end where their pain began.
That belief became the foundation for Broken Crayons Still Color, an initiative dedicated to child abuse awareness and empowering young people to recognize that even after difficult experiences, their lives can still hold purpose, possibility, and a future worth imagining.
THE INIATIVE
BROKEN CRAYONS STILL COLOR
What some may call discipline can sometimes cross the line into abuse—and when harmful treatment becomes normalized, a child may be left believing that what they are experiencing is something they simply have to accept.
WHY IT BEGAN
Growing up in the Caribbean, Addyson became aware of how certain harmful forms of punishment can be dismissed as “discipline” or treated as normal rather than openly discussed.
She also recognized something even more important: children need spaces where they can express what they are feeling without fear of judgment, discrimination, or being made to feel as though their experiences do not matter.
That understanding inspired Broken Crayons Still Color, an initiative centered on child abuse awareness, creating supportive spaces for young people to feel heard, and encouraging them to recognize that painful experiences do not have to determine the rest of their lives.
At the heart of the initiative is a simple idea: being hurt does not erase a person’s potential. A difficult beginning does not have to become the ending.
Through awareness, conversation, encouragement, and mentorship, Addyson hopes to help young people recognize their worth, find their voices, and imagine futures larger than the circumstances they may have experienced.
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A broken crayon may look damaged, but it has not lost its ability to create something beautiful. Broken Crayons Still Color carries that same message for young people: experiencing hardship can become part of their story without becoming the definition of who they are or what their future can become.
THE MEANING BEHIND THE NAME
"Though the crayon may be broken, it can still color itself a brighter future."
—BROKEN COLORS STILL COLOR
