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

["Ben Atherton-Zeman - Feminist, Actor and Husband" <>]

Dear friends and colleagues,

 

Please share this message about our conference with any allies and associates 
who may be interested.  It is sure to be a wonderful opportunity to expand 
our knowledge and network of resources. 

 

Thank you,

Chrys

 

Chrys Ballerano
Building Connections (Sexual Assault & Mental Health) Project Co-Director
NYS Coalition Against Sexual Assault
63 Colvin Ave. Albany, NY 12206
518-482-4222 x206
visit our website: www.nyscasa.org 


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REGISTER NOW FOR NYSCASA CONFERENCE - SPECIAL HOTEL RATE THROUGH JUNE 1ST  

 

Six Nations Women Singers lead by Sadie Buck will open the conference with a 
song of healing!

 

Buffalo, New York in June 2006 is the place to be for a great conference!  
NYSCASA's inaugural biennial conference Preventing Sexual Violence:  
Strengthening a Collaborative Response is scheduled for June 26-27, 2006 at 
the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.  The program starts with some amazing presenters:  
Dr Joy Degruy-Leary on Post-traumatic Slave Syndrome and Sexual Violence; Dr. 
Robert McGrath providing a comprehensive overview of what we need to know 
about sex offenders to educate our communities effectively; Ben 
Atherton-Zeman performing and talking about engaging men on college campuses; 
and Lydia Guy from the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs 
providing a community development model for creating prevention education 
programs.  We will also hear an overview of the Centers for Disease Control's 
new prevention initiatives.

 

There are a variety of panels and workshops throughout both days for 
advocates working with adults and children, law enforcement, educators in the 
community and on campuses and service providers seeking to understand the 
needs of some of the invisible survivors in our communities.  Go to the 
NYSCASA website www.nyscasa.org for more details.

 

A Call to Men will cap the conference with a send-off message to inspire us 
as we return home to implement our prevention collaboration efforts.

 

Talking Leaves Books, an independent bookseller will be at the conference 
with many contemporary titles in the field; we will be previewing an 
educational film from Intermedia; and enjoying a display of survivor art at 
our conference reception from The Art of Caring, a program of Vera House in 
Syracuse.

 

There is also plenty to do in the Buffalo area in the evening, restaurants, 
theatres and a shuttle from the hotel to Niagara Falls if you are interested. 
 Register now at www.ubevents.org/event/nyscasa06.  You can also link 
directly to the hotel to make your reservations from that same site.

 

Join us for two great days of new knowledge and networking!!!




Until the violence stops, Ben.  

Ben Atherton-Zeman, Acton MA USA
Actor, Comedian, Feminist and Husband
Presenting a One-Man Play: "Voices of Men," www.voicesofmen.org (video clips 
take a second to load)
Booking information: 978-263-3254

May 2006 quote: "...while it is crucial that women and men work together to 
address the problem (of men's violence against women), the primary 
responsibility resides with men.  Men, after all, are the primary 
perpetrators of rape, battering, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment, at 
least according to the radical feminists over at the FBI."
- Jackson Katz, from the wonderful new book "The Macho Paradox," page 24, 
www.themachoparadox.com.