To my Friends and Supporters:
I am SO excited to announce, on April 30, 2011- for the second year now- I will be participating in the nation's boldest, highest-altitude, and most daring effort to put an end to sexual assault. It's called Operation Freefall: The Two-Mile High Stand Against Sexual Assault®.
I will join thousands of people at drop zones across the country who will take to the sky and jump. Our goal: to raise funds to help survivors throughout the healing process and increase awareness about sexual assault.
The FBI categorizes rape as the second most violent crime a person can experience, second only to murder. To put it another way, it’s the most violent and traumatic crime any victim lives to remember. Every two minutes, another American is sexually assaulted. It is the most under-reported of all crimes in the United States. This includes ALL forms of sexual violence! 1 in every 4 girls/women are victims of REPORTED sexual violence crimes. Do you know four women? I am '1'.
Operation Freefall is the only event of its kind to increase awareness of sexual violence. The event is held simultaneously across the country the last Saturday of each April. In the past ten years Operation Freefall has raised over $1,000,000 with nearly two-thirds of that going back to local community organizations to:
-Enhance local support and outreach services for survivors of sexual violence.
-Provide recovery, risk-reduction, and prosecution information to tens of millions of people, including many in your local community, each year.
-Help victims of sexual violence through the healing process.
-Educate lawmakers, police officers, students, the public, and the media about sexual assault.
The effects of sexual violence affect all of us. That is why I’ve committed myself to this event as a way to continue my own personal healing and to actively do my part to raise awareness. I’ve agreed to raise $3,000 before April 1, 2011 & I need your help to do it.
I am forever grateful to my amazing support system the Universe has blessed me with over the past five years-allowing me to actively work on my healing process. I hope you’ll share in this incredible adventure by supporting me. It is because of YOU, I have a voice today.
I am WOMAN-HEAR ME ROAR!! Thank you for your support!
Hugs and Peace-Karlana