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| Program aims at rape prevention |
| By InsideBayArea.com |
| Published: 10/24/2006 |
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OAKLAND, CA - When a young girl was raped in a stairwell at Berkeley High School in 1971, the horrific treatment she received by police and hospital staff led her foster mother and two friends to found the nation's first rape crisis center, based in Oakland. Thirty-five years later, Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR) is going strong, responding to 4,000 calls for service from rape survivors and their family members each year, educating 11,000 people annually and running first-of-their-kind programs at California prisons. "The work that we do is highly unusual," said Executive Director Marcia Blackstock. "Throughout our existence, people have said to us, 'Tell me how to prevent rape.' We've always had to say, 'Sorry, we can't because it's impossible to prevent something that someone else is doing.' Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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