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SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – The 8th Theater Sustainment Command hosted a Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Expo April 27 at Hamilton Field on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
The SHARP Expo was held in honor of Denim Day, a day observed on the last Wednesday of April that encourages people to wear denim in order to raise awareness of sexual assault.
“In 1989, there was a young lady in Italy and she was doing drivers training and her instructor took her down a narrow road and assaulted her,” said Sgt. 1st Class Helena Taylor, the SHARP noncommissioned officer in charge with 8th TSC and the U.S. Army Pacific SHARP manager and trainer.
“When the Italian Tribunal found this information out, they said there was no way she could have been sexually assaulted because she was wearing denim jeans and they were tight,” Taylor said.
The expo featured booths from different agencies that deal with sexual assault and also some that help aid Soldiers after their service has ended.
“The SHARP Expo is a venue where all of our units and personnel that help clients of victims of sexual assault can come together in one area and answer any questions commanders and leaders in formations have about the SHARP Program,” Taylor said.
Some of the agencies that attended the expo were Mary Kay, garrison Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, Equal Opportunity, Inspector General, Criminal Investigation Division, Oahu Veterans Center, Sexual Abuse Trauma Center and sexual assault nurse examiners.
“IG and SHARP work hand-in-hand,” said Sgt. 1st Class Eric Moore, the inspector general noncommissioned officer for 8th TSC. “Basically, if a complainant feels that they are being retaliated against or there’s reprisal for making a sexual harassment or sexual assault complaint, then we would be the appropriate agency to provide feedback and help that individual with stopping the retaliation or the reprisal.”
“The reason why they’re so many is because from every entity, we want to show support,” Taylor said. “From the time that someone is sexually assaulted all the way to the end.”
“I hope that everybody understands that SHARP is real, that sexual harassment and assault is happening in our formation and that victims need to be treated with dignity and respect and if they make a complaint or file an assault claim, there should be no worry about reprisal or retaliation,” Moore said.
Taylor said she hopes the expo helps in raising awareness in sexual harassment and sexual assault.
| Date Taken: | 04.27.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 04.29.2016 16:40 |
| Story ID: | 196941 |
| Location: | SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII, US |
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