April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Outside of the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center there are 2,439 flags planted in the front lawn. One for each of the Military Sexual Trauma survivors helped by the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System.
CLEVELAND — April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Outside of the Louis Stokes Cleveland V-A Medical Center, there are 2,439 flags planted on the front lawn. One for each of the Military Sexual Trauma survivors helped by the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System.
Inside the building are t-shirts hung with messages from survivors. The number of people who experience MST is shocking. It is estimated one in three women experience MST, while one in 50 men are victims. Throughout the month of April, the VA will host a series of events to bring attention to the problem.
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