Carla Reading
After Carla was sexually assaulted by a man pretending to be her Uber driver, she became became a national leader in the fight for safety in ride shares like Uber and Lyft.
Carla posted a status on Facebook and through the power of social media, after receiving over 1000 likes/shares, she was connected with Angela Rose, the founder of P.A.V.E., who then took her under their wing and provided incredible support, advocacy, and top notch investigative skills. Carla went on to tell her story on FOX News, CrimeWatch Daily, and the Today Show as well as several radio interviews. She received incredible support and healing from the public as well as negative feedback which only gave her the confidence that there is much more work to be done on this misguided subject.
Carla’s message to the world urges how important it is for other survivors to not feel any shame in their experience and speak out fearlessly, or else she believes we are only suppressing ourselves and allowing this horrendous trend to continue.
She helped launch PAVE’s ride share safety campaign called CASA: Check, Ask, Share, Aware.
Carla helped us honor her sister-survivor, Scarlett Roman. Together, they put their attacker behind bars for life.
Carla and Scarlett Shatter The Silence of Rideshare Sexual Violence
“Forever honored to be given a platform to Shatter The Silence and speak out about rejecting shame at all costs”
