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Miss Sumter urges local schools, lawmakers to expand sexual-assault prevention education and local hotline
Summary
Madison Galliano, Miss Sumter, described her experience as a survivor and said she founded Brave Boundaries to provide education, safe spaces and survivor-centered resources; she urged expansion of prevention education in private schools and creation of a local hotline.
Madison Galliano, Miss Sumter, urged Sumter County officials to expand sexual-assault prevention education and create local resources for survivors during a public presentation Tuesday.
Galliano, 20, described herself as a survivor who was assaulted in third grade. She told the council she received law-enforcement support through the trial but said support "disappeared after the trial ended," and that silence delayed her recovery. She described founding Brave Boundaries to provide prevention education, survivor support and community partnerships.
"We must support local education initiatives that teach children early and often how to recognize and protect boundaries," Galliano said. She told the council private schools in South Carolina are not required to provide the same abuse-prevention instruction as public schools and called for a dedicated sexual-assault hotline in the Sumter area so survivors have "immediate and local help when they need it."
Galliano said Brave Boundaries hosts calls, creates safe spaces and partners with survivor-centered organizations; she said she will continue meeting with schools, lawmakers and organizations to expand education and services.
She closed by saying, "Together, we can go to something where survivors are supported, children are educated, and no one suffers in silence."
