Georgia National Guard Sexual Assault Prevention & Response

“Step Forward” Awareness starts with action.

Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month gave us an opportunity to reflect and recommit to helping to eliminate Sexual Assault within our organization.

The State Sexual Assault Prevention & Response team (SAPR) hosted an annual scavenger hunt to promote education, awareness, and prevention across the force.

Congrats to all participants, with HRO taking the overall win for consistent performance. The Teal Goat Award was passed from the Legal Team to HRO—continuing the mission of advocacy and accountability.

Because prevention is everyone’s responsibility.

Empowering Change: Innovative Response Strategies for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence (EVAWI).
The Georgia SAPR Team joined thousands of professionals, including law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates, health care providers, judges, faith leaders, educators, researchers, and others for a powerful 3-day conference dedicated to advancing innovative response strategies for sexual assault and domestic violence.

EVAWI provided the GA SAPR team with cutting-edge workshops, inspiring keynotes, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. This allowed the team to further explore bold solutions, elevate survivor-centered practices, and work together to drive real, lasting change.
End Violence Against Women International - EVAWI

Pictured left to right is Ms. Tawanna Johnson, State VA / Ms. Felicita Concepcion, BDE VA / Mrs. Sebrina Graham, Principal SARC / Mr. Kelvin Hall, BDE SARC

The Hawaiʻi Summit is a multidisciplinary gathering of professionals working together to tackle the major issues in fields dealing with violence, abuse, and trauma. International and local speakers come together to share their findings on causation, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation at both the global level and at smaller, community-based levels. Summit attendees will have the opportunity to gain continuing education credits and meet professional licensure requirements. The Summit is also a great opportunity to network not only within your field, but also with professionals in other fields that may provide valuable insight into how theory and research is applied across disciplines.

Members of the GA SAPR TEAM had the opportunity to attend this training and fellowship with our DC SAPR partners.

Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES
11.27.2025
Photo by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright DC National Guard

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Richard D. Wilson, the Adjutant General (TAG) of the Georgia National Guard, stands for a photograph during a Thanksgiving meal served by Joint Task Force - District of Columbia mission leaders at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C., Nov. 27, 2025. About 2,400 National Guard members support the mission alongside law enforcement and community partners to enhance public safety and civic pride across the District. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Arthur M. Wright)

Our people are out doing amazing things!

Victim Advocates representing the Georgia National Guard recently attended the 21st Hawai'i International summit on Preventing, Assessing, & Treating Trauma Across the Lifespan - Cultivating Healing and Nurturing Connections: Caring for the Earth and Personal Health in Honolulu, Hawai'i from April 8th-11th.

This summit was brought to us by IVAT, the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. Great job, team!

🤩 Here are the photos from Thursday's C.L.E.A.R Challenge hosted by our SAPR office!

12 groups participated in the challenge. At each course, the Airmen were educated on the effects that sexual assault has on people, and how to support them on their way to recovery.

🏆 Congratulations to the first place winners, the 53rd Combat Airfield Operations Squadron! They finished the challenge in 16 minutes and 36 seconds. 😎

Thank you to the SAPR team, every volunteer, and every mission partner who made the event possible!

U.S. Air Force photos by Rodney Speed | | | |

Happy Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM)!

We hereby proclaim that April 2024 shall be declared Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month across the Georgia National Guard, and we recommit ourselves to "Forging Forward with Change." By empowering leaders and members of our organization to continue to actively engage in the prevention, awareness and response efforts surrounding sexual violence; thereby strengthening the Georgia National Guard.