Paving the way. (Cool Girl).Six years ago, 17-year-old Angela Rose was walking to her car in a dark parking lot when she was abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point at knifepoint knife·point n. The sharp end of a knife. Idiom: at knifepoint Under threat of being stabbed or cut with a knife: was mugged at knifepoint. . Her offender drove her to the woods and sexually assaulted her. Turns out the abductor ab·duc·tor n. A muscle that draws a body part, such as a finger, arm, or toe, away from the midline of the body or of an extremity. abductor that which abducts. , on parole, had kidnapped Kidnapped caught in the intrigues of Scottish factions, David Balfour and Alan Breck are shipwrecked, escape from the king’s soldiers, and undergo great dangers. [Br. Lit.: R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped] See : Adventurousness , raped and murdered other girls. Though traumatized, Angela turned her tragedy. into a positive, obtaining 5,000 signatures to petition for stricter laws for repeat offenders. Because of Angela's efforts, a second offense for a criminal sexual assault of a child leads to life in prison. Now 23, Angela is president of support network PAVE (Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment). "It conveys the struggle and journey from victim to survivor," she says. Angela speaks and conducts workshops for campus events, sororities, high schools and government agencies. "There's a wall of silence around sexual violence. I want to shatter shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. the wall," says Angela. She was recently elected president of the Wisconsin National Organization of Women. Check out Angela's website at www.helppavetheway.or g. |
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