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A CALL TO MEN

National Association of Men and Women Committed to Ending Violence Against 
Women

 

Second Annual Conference:

Becoming Part of the Solution to End Violence Against Women

 

Hilton Charlotte University Place, Charlotte, North Carolina

September 20-22, 2006

 

Register on line! 

www.acalltomen.org

 

Conference   Sponsors:

North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence

North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Lead Corporate Sponsorship: Altria Group, Inc.

 

 

A Call To Men is a leading national men's organization addressing men's 
violence against women, and the eradication of sexism, while maintaining 
strong coalitions with women's organizations already doing this important 
work. We help to organize communities in order to raise awareness and get men 
involved in ending violence against women.

 

DAY ONE

Wednesday Evening, September 20, 2006

(Early Registration 6:30 pm)

 

7:30 pm Welcome & Opening Session: Men as Allies in the Movement to End 
Violence Against Women

 

Lorien Castelle, New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence with 
Sherelle Hessell, Associate Director, Colorado Coalition Against Sexual 
Assault;  Rob Okun, Men's Resource Center for Change with Ulester Douglas, 
Men Stopping Violence. 

 

   In the opening session men and women will meet separately to discuss the 
issue of men as allies in the movement to end violence against women.  Both 
sessions will include pros and cons, i.e. risk factors, benefits, history of 
movement related to men as allies, future of movement with men as allies, 
responsibility and accountability of men, etc.

 

9 pm  Reception ( Refreshments and networking)

 

 

DAY TWO

Thursday September 21, 2006

 

8 am Registration & Continental Breakfast  

 

9 am Welcoming Remarks: Gwen Wright, A Call To Men Board President and 
Director of Training and Policy Development, New York State Office for the 
Prevention of Domestic Violence with Monika Johnson Hosler, North Carolina 
Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Karen Parker Thompson, United Family 
Services

 

9:30 am  Keynote Part 1: "The Man Box": Challenging the Traditional Images of 
Manhood. Tony Porter, Co founder; A Call To Men

 

11:00 am Keynote Part 2: Men Taking a Stand:  Are we ready to partner with 
women in the movement and if so what is required?

Ted Bunch, Co Founder; A Call To Men and Bill Schaefer, Core Trainer; A Call 
To Men

 

Lunch Break 12:30 - 1:30 pm

 

1:30 pm: Men's Accountability 

The voices of Survivors, Lavon Morris Grant and Joi Falana

 

2 pm Keynote: The Politics of Oppression. Suzanne Pharr, founder of " The 
Women's Project", Author & Activist

 

The Violence Against Women movement began analyzing the connection of 
oppressions in the 1980s.  We now recognize that this analysis is critical as 
we watch the Right use oppressions to wedge people apart.  This talk will 
discuss the development of the contemporary Right, its use of "oppression 
politics," and the effect on the movement to end violence against women.

 

3:15 pm : Building Coalitions: A Picture of Coalition Work in North Carolina.

Tracy Wright, North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault  with April 
Burgess-Johnson, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

 

This session will provide a snapshot of ongoing Coalition work in North 
Carolina aimed at addressing sexual and domestic violence.  Representatives 
from the NC Coalition Against Sexual Assault and the N.C. Coalition Against 
Domestic Violence will detail the work currently underway in their state, and 
will give participants information about how to become involved in various 
projects with these two Coalitions.  Participants from outside of North 
Carolina are encouraged to attend in order to become acquainted with the 
multiple aspects of state domestic violence/sexual assault coalition work so 
that they may become equipped to participate in parallel projects in their 
home states.

 

4:15 pm Closing Remarks: Gwen Wright

 

5 pm Organizandonos:  Organizing within the Latino Community to End Violence 
against Women. 

Co-facilitated by Ivonne Ortiz, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic 
Violence and  Ronaldo Figueroa, Rockland County Immigration Commission

 

More and more communities and change initiatives are realizing the importance 
of involving the Latino community in designing and supporting the programs 
that impact them, this workshop will focus on identifying and strengthening 
leadership and advocacy skills in participants as they practice grassroots 
methods of community canvassing, building, organizing and mobilizing.  In 
this session the participants will have the opportunity to share their 
experiences and what their communities have done to successfully gain 
community interest and involvement in the violence against women movement.

 

Organizandonos:  Organizando adentro de la comunidad Latina para acabar con 
la violencia contra las mujeres.

Fue ayudado por la Senorita Ivonne Ortiz y el Senor Rinaldo Figueroa.

 

Mas y mas comunidades se estan dando cuenta de la importancia de involucrar a 
la comunidad Latina en el diseno y apoyo de programas que los pueda impactar, 
este taller se enfocara en identificar y reforzar destrezas de liderazgo y 
abogacia en los participantes mientras practican nuevos mŽtodos para trabajo 
en la comunidad como tambien creacion, organizacion y movilizacion 
comunitaria.  En este taller los participantes tendran la oportunidad de 
compartir sus experiencias y logros de sus comunidades para ganar interes y 
participacion en la lucha en erradicar la violencia contra la mujer.

 

5pm: Ben Atherton-Zeman:  Actor, Comedian, Feminist and Husband 

Presents a One-Man Play: Voices of Men

   This 50-minute, multi-media play deals with several important issues:

*       Sexual assault and consent
*       Dating violence & domestic violence
*       Sexual harassment & objectification

This play uses humor and celebrity male voice impressions to bring these 
topics to audiences in a way that minimizes male defensiveness.  Each male 
character in the play is forced to deal with one of the issues listed above - 
in doing so, they come to the realization that they are, in fact, both part 
of the problem and part of the solution.  The process each male character 
goes through has led many boys and men to become involved in both 
self-reflection and in violence prevention efforts.

 

 

DAY THREE

Friday September 22, 2006

 

9 am Welcoming Remarks: Gwen Wright

 

Summary of Latin Community Organizing Meeting: Ivonne Ortiz and Ronaldo 
Figueroa

 

9:15am: Keynote: Men as Allies: Ending Violence Against Women

Lydia Walker, Nationally known Author, Speaker & Trainer

 

This presentation will review the history of men's work as allies in the 
movement to end the oppression of women.  Success and common struggles in the 
anti-violence movement will be discussed as well as suggestions for 
individual and organizational change.

            

11:00 am: Keynote: Working Together: Overcoming Boundaries in order to 
Increase Efficacy in Our Work 

Beth E. Richie, Associate Professor, Departments of Criminal Justice/Gender 
and Women's Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

 

Anti-violence activists and advocates are increasingly challenged to work 
across differences to build a strong and enduring movement to end violence 
against women.  Whether it is called collaboration, coalition-building or 
cross-community organization, the barriers to working collectively towards 
the goal of ending violence against women can be overcome by developing 
strategies considering the role that power, structural inequality and 
privilege play in working across differences.  This presentation will 
identify some of the challenges and present ideas about effective strategies 
for more respectful and therefore more effective social justice work.

 

2:15 pm Conference Closing: Tony Porter and Ted Bunch Co-founders: A Call To 
Men 

 

Last Words: Gwen Wright with Monika Johnson Hosler, North Carolina Coalition 
Against Sexual Assault and Karen Parker Thompson, United Family Service

 

2-4 pm Networking Session: Men working to end violence against women; 
bringing it home to your state 

Facilitator: Sherry Frohman, Executive Director, New York State Office for 
the Prevention of Domestic Violence, A Call To Men Board Member 

 

This session will provide participants with the opportunity to discuss 
concrete strategies for bringing A CALL TO MEN home. Attendees will discuss 
ways to identify traditional and non traditional leaders in communities and 
address strategies to laying the foundation in any community for mobilizing 
men to end violence against women.

 

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Meet This Year's Featured Presenters  & Speakers: 

 

DR. BETH E. RICHIE

Assistant Professor, Depts. of Criminal Justice/Gender and Women's Studies, 
University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Dr. Beth E. Richie is Associate Professor in the Criminal Justice Department 
and the Women's Studies Program at UIC. Under a multi-million dollar grant 
from the Robert Wood Johnson, Dr. Richie is researching women and youth 
issues at Rikers Island Correctional Facility. She is the recipient of three 
major awards: the National Advocacy Award by the Department of Health and 
Human Services, Office of Violence Prevention; the Audre Lorde Legacy Award 
of the Union Institute stemming from her work with the National Network for 
Women in Prison; and the Visionary Award of the Violence Intervention 
Project. With Nicholas Freudenberg, Dr. Richie is the co-author of "Linking 
Women In Jail To Community Services: Factors Associated With Re-arrest and 
Retention of Drug-Using Women Following Release From Jail" in the Journal of 
American Women's Medical Association. In addition, she is the author of 
Compelled to Crime: the Gender Entrapment of Black Battered Women. Dr. Richie 
has also published in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society and 
Health Education & Behavior as well as contributing "Exploring the Link 
Between Violence Against Women and Women's Involvement in Illegal Activity" 
to Plenary Papers of the 1999 Conference on Criminal Justice Research and 
Evaluation - Enhancing Policy and Practice Through Research. Dr. Richie holds 
a Master's of Social Work Degree from Washington University in St. Louis and 
a Ph.D. in Sociology, with a Certificate in Women's Studies, from City 
University of New York.

 

 

SUZANNE PHARR

Organizer, Strategist, Educator, Author and Political Handywoman

 

Suzanne Pharr, In 1981, Suzanne founded the Women's Project in Arkansas and 
was on the staff for 18 years. Its mission is to eliminate sexism and racism, 
working specifically on economics and violence, and through connecting all 
oppressions and oppressed groups. From 1999-2004, she was the first woman 
director of the historic Highlander Research and Education Center. Its 
primary work for 73 years has been centered on workers' rights, Civil Rights, 
environmental justice, immigrant rights, and the leadership of grassroots 
community people, including youth. Suzanne is the author of Homophobia: A 
Weapon of Sexism and In the Time of the Right: Reflections on Liberation. 

Her life's work has been focused on building a multi-racial, multi-issued 
movement for social and economic justice.

 

LYDIA WALKER

National Speaker, Trainer & Author

 

Lydia Walker has worked in the Battered Women's Movement since 1981 and is 
nationally known as a speaker, trainer, and author.  Former Steering 
Committee member of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence 
(1983-1987), she served on the Executive Committee for two years and was 
co-chair of both the Child Advocate and Rural Task Forces.  She is author of 
Reaching Rural Battered Women and contributing author to Then We Went to A 
Safe Place and Naming the Violence.  Some of her handouts such as "Signs of a 
Battering Personality" are extensively used across the United States.  With a 
Master's Degree in clinical psychology, she is well known for her humor and 
down to earth training style.  An outstanding speaker, she is hired again and 
again by groups who have heard her presentations.

 

GWEN WRIGHT: Conference Moderator

Board President, A Call To Men.  Director Training and Policy Development, 
NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence

 

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