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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2017 - 2018
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | February 28, 2018 11:36 AM |
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| From: | Senator Christine M. Tartaglione |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Designating April 2018 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Pennsylvania |
I will soon offer a resolution designating April 2018 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Pennsylvania. Sexual assault is a social and public health epidemic in the United States. Every day in America, women, children, and men are affected by sexual violence regardless of their cultural heritage or economic background. These experiences induce life-changing misery for survivors and are devastating for their loved ones. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, one in five women and one in 71 men will be the victim of an attempted, or completed, rape or sexual assault sometime during their lives. Furthermore, one in four girls and one in six boys are likely to be victims of sexual violence. Survivors of sexual assault exhibit undaunted courage in the midst of the challenges they face, and eliminating the scourge of sexual violence is of paramount importance. Knowledge and awareness are the first steps toward prevention; that is only possible when everyone is involved, however. All Pennsylvanians should take it upon themselves to learn about and understand this issue, so that they can speak out against sexual violence and fight for the safety and well-being of all vulnerable people throughout the Commonwealth. I hope that you will join me in co-sponsoring this important resolution. |
Introduced as SR299