major barb denny leads the sexual assault prevention and response program at the 139th and says this is the first time they've held a 5k we wanted to do something different this year than we've done in the past and we thought this was a good way to get people together work on our fitness and just have a lot of fun sexual assault is actually a societal problem, it's one that we really need to raise awareness for so we can make sure victims understand they can come forward the event also took donations that will go to the ywca in st. joseph it's a non-profit group that has programs aimed at assisting individuals who have been victims in domestic violence