Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Claire N. Kaplan" <>]

* The Men's Project at Dartmouth College * Hanover, New Hampshire *

Calling All Men's Groups and Men Interested in Doing 
Anti-Sexism/Anti-Violence Work

Dartmouth College will be hosting a conference of women's and gender 
centers this upcoming October 3rd.  As it stands 10 centers have committed 
to sending representatives.  As Dartmouth is home to a rapidly expanding 
anti-sexism, anti-violence men's group ­ the Men's Project ­ we thought it 
would be an ideal opportunity to get such organizations together to discuss 
a variety of questions: What issues do the various college men's groups 
address?  What sort of programming, events, or actions do these groups host 
or employ?  What problems or challenges do all of these groups face?  How 
can various men's groups work together?

Our plan is to have people arrive in Hanover on the afternoon/evening of 
Thursdsay, October 2.  That night there will be a welcome and evening 
program by Tony Porter and Ted Bunch two men whose work on men's violence 
against women is celebrated internationally (see 
http://www.opdv.state.ny.us/criminal_justice/corrections/bip/institute.html).

On Friday, men's groups and women's centers will meet concurrently (with 
one joint session).  We are thrilled that Ted and Tony will be 
participating in the men's group meetings.  To finish off that day, Sut 
Jhally (http://www.sutjhally.com/) will give a talk about his latest work 
with Jackson Katz studying connections between pro-wrestling and violence 
against women.

Finally, on Saturday, October 4, there will be a day-long symposium called 
"Intimacy and Violence" focusing on relationship violence. This subject has 
been largely ignored on college campuses, and we hope to send all 
participants back to their campuses with new perspectives from the field. 
Workshop subjects will include batterers' programs, violence in LGBT 
relationships, violent relationships on college campuses and connections 
between substance use and violence.

Students who attend the men's groups day are encouraged to stay for the 
Saturday symposium. Housing with Dartmouth student hosts will be arranged 
for all students who plan to attend either or both days. There is no fee 
for participating in the Friday sessions.

Please contact the Center for Women and Gender at Dartmouth College with 
further questions.  Contact information is provided below.

In strength,

The Dartmouth College Center for Women and Gender
&
The Men's Project at Dartmouth College


Center for Women and Gender
Dartmouth College
6 Choate Road
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755

phone: 603.646.3456
fax: 603.646.3390
email: 

web: www.dartmouth.edu/~cwg

Claire N. Kaplan
Coordinator, UVA Sexual Assault Education Office
Doctoral Candidate, Curry School of Education
UVA Women's Center  *  P.O. Box 800588 *  Charlottesville VA  *  22908-0588
434-982-2774 (V/TTY)    434-982-2901 (Fax)

http://sexualassault.virginia.edu