survivors who cannot reach a rape crisis center through a local call, as well as those who might not know that a local center exists. Currently, the majority of the country is a toll call away from a rape crisis center. Many of these long distance callers are being abused by someone in their own household and thus cannot utilize a service that will appear on a phone bill. Since RAINN was founded in 1994, survivors nationwide finally have access to free, confidential counseling all day, every day(http://www.rainn.org/facts.html).SOAR, Students Organized Against Rape, is an organization started by students at Rice University and the Houston Area Women’s Center, offers speakers to high schools on rape awareness and prevention(Miller 60). Students Organized Against Rape (SOAR) is a partnership of male and female NIU students committed to reducing the incidence of sexual assault through education. SOAR peer educators work together to educate the campus community regarding acquaintance rape prevention. Peer educators facilitate structured workshops that focus on dating, sexuality, communication, and the connection between these dynamics and sexual assault(http://www.stuaff.niu.edu/csdc/soar.htm). The Rape Aggression Defense System(R.A.D.) is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive course for WOMEN that begins with awareness, prevention, risk education and avoidance, while progressing on to basics of hands-on defense training. Courses are taught by certified R.A.D. instructors and is currently taught at 350 colleges and universities nationwide. The growing, wide spread acceptance of this system is primarily due to the ease, simplicity and effectiveness of the tactics, solid research, legal defensibly and teaching methodology. The Rape Aggression Defense System is dedicated to teaching women defensive concepts and techniques against various types of assaults, by utilizing easy, e...
