Thanks for the support

To the editor:

April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Alaska Family Services and numerous community agencies, businesses and individuals observed Denim Day. Denim Day was a day to wear jeans with a purpose. 

There is no excuse and never an invitation to rape. Denim Day is an international protest that resulted from a case in Italy where a woman was raped. The rapist appealed his case, and in 1998 the Supreme Court overturned the verdict on the basis that the victim was wearing jeans and since they are so difficult to remove she must have cooperated. Alaska Family Services provides local support and referral for victims of sexual assault.

Alaska Family Services, would like to thank the following participants of Denim Day and making our community a safer place: The Frontiersman, Wasilla Police Department, Palmer Police Department, CW Tack and Western Wear, Food Pantry of Wasilla, Alaska Center For Resource Inc., Sunshine Health Clinic Willow, Salvation Army Of Mat-Su, Sunshine Health Clinic Talkeetna, United Way of Mat-Su, HRC Mat-Su Adult Education Inc., students faculty and staff of Mat-Su College, Big Lake Library, Mid Valley Seniors, Palmer Senior Center, The Children’s Place, Access Alaska, Anchorage Women’s and Christian Association, Rep. Mark Newman and his office staff, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Representative Wes Keller and his office staff, Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Senator Linda Menard and her office staff, Sen. Charlie Huggins and his office staff, Houston City Hall, Mat-Su Convention & Visitors Bureau, the staff of the Wasilla Chamber of Commerce, Nugens Ranch, city of Palmer, city of Wasilla, McGhan Construction, Grizzly Espresso, Aaron King, Susan Crowder, Alaskan Splendor Limousine Service, Hardy Heating, Combs Insurance Agency, Granite Construction Company and Guys and Gals Hair Designing Team.

Charly Hansen-Dullum

Legal Advocate

Alaska Family Services