The Founder Sharnel Silvey
Sharnel
Silvey is the Founder and President of A Scarlet Covering™. Ms. Silvey spent 13 years of her life working in and around the sex trade,
as an employee, and the Madam 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 a two year training at Victory International Training Center and holds a certificate of Ministerial
Training. Ms. Silvey is currently enrolled in training at AACC and will be certified as a Christian Counselor January
2010. 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 subcommitte for Victims of Crime with General Masto and other community officials. Ms. Silvey is
a minister, life coach, mentor and friend to many women and teens involved in the sex trade. 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
trade. In 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. October 2009, ASC has partnered 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 trade until now. 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 trade. 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.
January 2010, A Scarlet Covering™ signed our first annual lease for office space of 1443 sq. ft. at 580
W. 5th St. #14 Reno, NV 89502.
This will be in-service office that offers case management, drug/alcohol counseling, HIV testing/prevention, STD testing/prevention 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 2011!
Our Founding Board of Directors includes: Sharnel Silvey- President Rita Mireles-Bogarin- Treasurer
RaShaune Johnson-Secretary
Our
Founding Board of Advisors: Currently in the process of building our Advisory Board
To
date ASC Advisors: Chris Vigil of Victory City ChurchDeDe Vigil of Victory City ChurchDawn Gibbons- Former Nevada First LadyJill Derby- Ph.DEllen Pillard- Emerita Faculty School of Social Work UNR Alison Gaulden MBA-Vice President of Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood
Mar MonteCindy Trigg- President of Douglas County School Board John Kukulica- State of Nevada REHS Board Susan
Clark
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