RAPE, ABUSE & INCEST NATIONAL NETWORK (RAINN)
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is an American anti-sexual assault organization, the largest in the United States. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims, and to ensure that rapists are brought to justice. RAINN was founded in 1994 by Scott Berkowitz. Tori Amos was the organization’s first spokesperson. Christina Ricci is RAINN’s current national spokesperson and a member of its National Leadership Council. (More from Wikipedia)
But Tori Amos’ higher profile went beyond only record sales and television appearances and such: Women across the country and around the world identified strongly with what she was saying and were also listening closely to the intensity of her feminist voice in the struggles with religion, relationships and abuse that were outlined in her songs. She became the first spokesperson for the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), the largest such organization in the country.
(February 2014)
