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 Press Release, October 17, 2008Recording Artists Across The Nation Send Love & Support To Houston, Texas
Lydia McCauley and Terami Hirsch Donate Their Music to Fight Abuse & Rape Houston, TX – October 17, 2008 – Eclectic recording artists Lydia McCauley and Terami Hirsch have donated their beautiful artwork to help promote RAINN Over Houston, a benefit concert for The Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) which will take place in June, 2009. McCauley’s melancholy chant, Mother’s Heart, from the album Sabbath’s Day Journey, is now featured in the RAINN Over Houston website’s site-wide music player, as is Terami Hirsch’s playful yet dark, One Hundred Flowers, featured on her new album, A Broke Machine. The two songs are available for download on the website’s Shop, where 50% of their proceeds will benefit The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (www.RAINN.org). “As a recording artist myself, I truly appreciate what Lydia McCauley and Terami Hirsch are doing to amplify the anti-abuse message,” stated Texas songstress Jennifer Grassman, and founder of RAINN Over Houston. “They are not only donating their music, they are sending us their love and volunteering the fruits of their labor to benefit a vital cause. I am humbled and flattered to work alongside them, and I truly believe that their involvement in this project will help us make an even bigger impact.” Lydia McCauley is a distinguished folk artist with strong classical, medieval, and Celtic influences. Born in Seattle, she grew up studying classical and contemporary music. Later she lived in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky. She studied and documented Appalachian music in college. Throughout the years of raising a family, Lydia managed her own piano studio. She now lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and producer Kurt Scherer. The couple are releasing McCauley's sixth album in October, 2008, which is entitled, The Quieting. Terami Hirsch is a California based songstress commanding powerful piano and vocal skills, combined with a haunting songwriting style. Hirsch recorded her first album, All Girl Band, in 1999. The unflinching, intimate approach of her music found an eager following, which encouraged Hirsch to continue experimenting with the recording process. Following her debut, came To the Bone (2002) and Entropy 29 (2005). Both reflect her emerging interest in electronic sounds, as well as demonstrating more intricate, and evocative subject matters. A Broke Machine is her most recent studio album. For more information about either of these exceptional artists, please visit their websites. Lydia McCauley’s website is www.LydiaMcCauley.com. Terami Hirsch can be found at www.Terami.com. For more information on RAINN Over Houston you may visit www.RAINNOverHouston.com, and for more information on Jennifer Grassman, please visit www.JenniferGrassman.com. Tori Amos Commends Local Houston Recording ArtistSpring, TX – October 10, 2008 – Jennifer Grassman, recording artist, was recently commended by multi-platinum recording artist Tori Amos for her work organizing the city’s first benefit concert for The Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN). Press Release, October 13, 2008University of Houston Releases Campus Sexual Assault Statistics and Tips in Efforts to Raise Student Awareness
Jennifer Grassman, Recording Artist, Partners with the University to Perform Mini-Concert on Campus in Support of Anti-Abuse Cause HOUSTON – October 10, 2008 – SAFE (Stop Abuse in Family Environments), a University of Houston student organization, is taking an active role in sexual assault prevention on campus by educating students on how to reduce their risk of becoming victims and encouraging them to report the crime if assaulted. SAFE is hosting a concert event called “Rock For SAFE” on October 20, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m at the University Center, Arbor Level. The concert will feature Jennifer Grassman, recording artist, abuse survivor and victims advocate.
“Sexual assault … is one of the fastest growing crimes in the country and one of the least reported,” cites the University of Houston’s Department of Public Safety 2007 Annual Security Report. The document further reports that acquaintance rape accounts for 84% of all sexual assault cases involving college-age students, most of which involve alcohol use. Grassman is partnering with SAFE and the University of Houston’s campus police department to support the college’s anti-abuse campaign. Her performance at the event will also be the first in a series of mini-concerts she will be conducting in Houston, called “RAINN Showers.” These performances are designed to educate and inform the public, especially young adults, on sexual assault risks and prevention and will also act as precursors to her citywide benefit concert RAINN Over Houston scheduled for June 2009 to raise monies for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN). Jennifer Grassman Music shared the following tips offered on the 2007 UH crime statistics report (http://www.uh.edu/police/annual_report.PDF) on what to do if one is victimized in a sexual assault. You are encouraged to call the Police immediately. The emergency number is 911. 1. Get to a safe place as soon as you can. Go to the nearest lighted public place. 2. Don't change clothes, shower, bathe or douche. Physical evidence is needed in court such as hair, blood types, seminal fluids, and scrapings of flesh from the victim's nails. 3. Protect the crime scene. If the attack did not occur in your residence, try to recall the area you were taken so the officers can recover evidence left at the scene. 4. Get medical attention as soon as possible. A medical examination will provide any necessary treatment and collect important evidence. Injuries may not be immediately apparent. ###
Jennifer Grassman is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and recording artist. Her songs are inspired by a desire to console and reassure listeners who are suffering and to promote meaningful thought and great expectations. To learn more, please visit www.JenniferGrassman.com.
The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800-656-HOPE) which has helped over 1.2 million people since its inception in 1994. RAINN recently launched the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline (www.rainn.org), the country’s first secure web-based hotline, which provides a safe, secure and anonymous place for victims to get help online. RAINN also helps to educate over 130 million college students each year about sexual assault, and leads national efforts to improve services to victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice. |
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