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Almost half a century ago a scene was unfolding, that happens every day. A desperate cry for help came from an alley of a Southern city at dusk in June of 1964. An eleven-year-old girl had been kidnapped and was being viciously mauled and beaten and raped by a gang of about a dozen teenagers. But this time - fate, or luck, or the fact that it was just time - the ending would be different.
This time an athletic twenty-two year old, 6’1” 200 lb., former defensive end on his college football team, and a self-defense karate instructor, happened to hear the cries, and intervened. The ensuing battle was merciless and brief, as he dispatched the gang in seconds, rescuing the tortured little girl.
This incident, augmented by the girl’s father’s belief in the now worthlessness of his daughter, was the catalyst that began the anti-rape, sexual assault awareness movement.
Any movement has to have a catalyst. Something that sets off a chain reaction of feelings in answer to a violation against humanity. Often out of nowhere, as much because - of fate , or luck, or the fact that it is just time - comes the fires of enthusiasm and persistence, fueled by the smoldering coals of reality, and homo sapiens takes another sudden leap forward, toward that elusive truth known as humanity.
That twenty-two year old was Frederic Storaska, who in 1964 founded the National Rape and Assault Prevention Center (later renamed the National Organization for the Prevention of Rape and Assault , Inc. [NOPRA]).
NOPRA is a non-profit organization helping people understand and prevent rape and assault.
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REMEMBER
JESSICA LUNSFORD !
WHY DOES IT TAKE THE KIDNAPPING, THREE - DAY RAPE & BATTERING, AND THEN THE BURYING ALIVE AND DEATH OF A 9-YEAR-OLD TO MAKE US REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO GET PREVENTATIVE EDUCATION TO ALL 8 – 14 YEAR-OLDS NOW.
3 OUT OF 5 WILL BE CONFRONTED!
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| See the info on the Jessica case here |
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