The Founder
Sharnel Silvey
Sharnel Silvey is the Founder of A Scarlet Covering. Ms.
Silvey spent 13 years of her life working in and around the sex industry, as an employee, and General Manager of
the first legalized brothel in the United States, Mustang Ranch. In 2003, Ms. Silvey gave her life to Christ and began the
road to transformation. After just five years of her new life, Ms. Silvey founded A Scarlet Covering.
Ms. Silvey is a graduate of two-year training at Victory International Training Center and holds a certificate of Ministerial
Training. Ms. Silvey is certified as a Christian Counselor through AACC. Ms. Silvey holds a certificate in prescription
drugs abuse, addiction, and harm reduction for outreach and sex workers.
As of 2009, Ms. Silvey began to serve on Northern Nevada Planning
Council. In January 2010,
Nevada's Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto appointed Ms Silvey to serve on the subcommittee for Victims of Crime with
General Masto and other community officials.
Ms. Silvey is a minister, life coach, mentor and friend too many women and teens involved
in the sex industry. Her mission is to share the love of Christ while helping people realize their God given purpose in life.Currently Ms. Silvey organizes periodic
outreaches with her team, sharing love and support offering a dozen roses each, to women in brothels, strip clubs and on the
streets of Northern Nevada. Since its founding in 2007, A Scarlet Covering has reached out locally to over 250
women in five strip clubs, four brothels and during twelve street outreaches.
As of Thanksgiving 2009, ASC adopted two local
strip clubs and served the women Thanksgiving dinner. During the Christmas season the ASC team goes to each
establishment where they have brought roses throughout the year, and delivers gifts, home baked cookies and
misc. treats. In 2009, Ms. Silvey's focus became community partners and how to better serve women and children that come
from the sex industry.
July
2009, ASC team began undercover operations for street/hotel prostitution with Reno Police Department Set Team. Another
partner of ASC is Northern Nevada Hopes. During ASC and RPD undercover operations NNV Hopes has a station for HIV
testing/prevention.
July 2009, ASC started the first of its kind confidential group support.
ASC S.I.R.T. *Sex Industry Restoration Therapy, group support meets weekly for current and former workers of the sex industry.
October 2009, ASC has collaborated with Reno Municipal
Court. A Scarlet Covering and Reno Municipal Court created the first of its kind specialty court for lives in the
sex trade. This court allows for funding to pay for counseling, rehabilitation and other resources that have not been available
to the lives of the sex industry until now.
ASC continues to help many via our web site and through our international 24/7 toll free
help-line, A Scarlet Covering™ has shared support and love to hundreds of women and children.
January 2010, A Scarlet Covering™ signed our first annual lease for office space of 1443 sq. ft. This is an in-service office that
offers case management, counseling, HIV testing/prevention, STD testing/prevention and work shops. Along with support
and resources to help women and children begin a new life and transition into society. A Scarlet Covering's long-term
goal is to build our first Safe Haven by 2012!
Our Founding Board of Advisors:
Currently in the process of building
our Advisory Council
To date ASC Advisors:
Chris
Vigil of Victory City Church
DeDe Vigil of Victory City Church
Gayle Farley CRS, GRI, serves on the Advisory Commission Administration of Justice and Victims
of Crime with Nevada's Attorney General
Jill Derby- Ph.D
Alison Gaulden MBA-Vice
President of Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Cindy Trigg- President of Douglas County School Board
John Kukulica- State of Nevada REHS Board
