The Other F Word
by Rebecca DeMauro
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Published on January 4, 2012. Nonfiction.
“The Other F Word,” is a powerful story of how one mother overcame great obstacles and adversity to become a voice for victims of crime and missing children. After her own 12-year-old daughter, Andi, was kidnapped, raped, and strangled, Rebecca DeMauro took her power back by allowing forgiveness to take the place of rage, hate, and despair and in return saved herself.
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Rebecca DeMauro
Biography
After the 1999 abduction, rape, and murder of her 12-year-old daughter Andria , Rebecca DeMauro chose to fight for the rights of crime victims and focus her anguish on keeping the children of America safe from predatory crime and abduction. During the past nine years Rebecca has worked closely with law enforcement, crime victims, children, parents, law makers and her community.
Rebecca is frequently called upon by regional media in the event of a child abduction or any issue involving child safety to offer her advice and insight on the issue.
She has appeared on national and local television shows including the Oprah Winfrey Show as well as written articles for her local newspaper and periodicals. She is also a member of Team HOPE, a support network for families of missing children. She was runner-up for the 2007 Tulsa area Jefferson Award. She is also a founding member of the Surviving Parent’s Coalition, a group formed to empower surviving parents of children who were abducted and sexually assaulted to work together and present a unified voice for legislation and prevention education that will maximize efforts to stop child sexual abuse, exploitation and abduction. Rebecca met in a private roundtable discussion with President George W. Bush and lobbied for the Child Safety Act that created the National Amber Alert system.
In November of 2007 she was profiled in People Magazine and received the prestigious Heroes Among Us Award.
She continues to be a spokesperson for missing children as well as an advocate for the rights of crime victims. And Rebecca encourages people of all walks of life to apply the F word to their daily lives.
Rebecca is frequently called upon by regional media in the event of a child abduction or any issue involving child safety to offer her advice and insight on the issue.
She has appeared on national and local television shows including the Oprah Winfrey Show as well as written articles for her local newspaper and periodicals. She is also a member of Team HOPE, a support network for families of missing children. She was runner-up for the 2007 Tulsa area Jefferson Award. She is also a founding member of the Surviving Parent’s Coalition, a group formed to empower surviving parents of children who were abducted and sexually assaulted to work together and present a unified voice for legislation and prevention education that will maximize efforts to stop child sexual abuse, exploitation and abduction. Rebecca met in a private roundtable discussion with President George W. Bush and lobbied for the Child Safety Act that created the National Amber Alert system.
In November of 2007 she was profiled in People Magazine and received the prestigious Heroes Among Us Award.
She continues to be a spokesperson for missing children as well as an advocate for the rights of crime victims. And Rebecca encourages people of all walks of life to apply the F word to their daily lives.