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Hi

Please refer to the web site www.sapa.cmich.edu to get an idea of the
advocacy program we started at Central Michigan University ten years
ago.  The critical issues with establishing this group is
confidentiality and training.  Our advocates have the same
confidentiality as a counselor and they have a minimum of 40 hours of
intense training before they become active.  We have found that a team
approach using cell phones as the crisis number works extremely well.
It necessitates getting cooperation from professors so our advocates can
leave class if the phone rings, but we have not experienced any problems
with this. The first year of operation we had ten advocates and fewer
than a dozen contacts.  Last academic year we had 40 advocates and
approximately 300 contacts.  Additionally they presented over 50
educational programs. All of our advocates are volunteers.  Last year we
had approximately 70 applications for 18 openings as advocates.  Peer to
peer advocacy really works!!

Steve Thompson  

Stephen M. Thompson
Sexual Aggression Services Coordinator
Central Michigan University
SAC 195
Mt. Pleasant, MI. 48859
Phone: 989-774-6677
Web:  www.stephenmthompson.com
Web:  www.sapa.cmich.edu

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Youth Say Too Much Sex, Violence in Rap

~ Portrayals of Women, Black Men Offensive ~
   
WASHINGTON (March 22, 2007) -- Too much sex, violence, and negative
portrayals of black men and women.  That's what young people are saying
about hip-hop music and videos, according to a new study headed by
Professor Cathy Cohen at the University of Chicago.  Youth activists in
the nationwide GenderYOUTH Network are responding to these declarations
with a campaign that focuses on homophobia, hyper-masculinity, sexism,
and transphobia in hip-hop.  

"Youth receive distorted messages about masculinity and femininity from
mainstream hip-hop, where it's all about 'macho' men and gyrating,
half-clothed women," said Tyrone Hanley, Youth Program Coordinator of
GenderPAC.  "Youth activists in the Network want to make sure that young
people look critically at the images and messages that they hear and see
in rap lyrics and videos."

More than 70 percent of Black and Hispanic youth -- as well as 68
percent of White youth -- agreed that mainstream rap music videos
contain too many references to sex, according to the Black Youth
Project, which examines the attitudes, resources, and culture of African
American youth ages 15 to 25, and explores how these factors influence
their decision-making.  

"We have to pay attention to hyper-sexualized images of young people --
especially young people of color and in particular, young women of
color.  They are bound to have some negative impact on how they view
themselves and how others perceive them," said Professor Cohen.

The study, which interviewed 1590 young people (of whom 635 were Black),
also found that a majority of youth also agree that mainstream rap music
videos are too violent and portray black men and women in bad and
offensive ways.  

"There is a demand for music that transcends the prevailing imagery of
homophobia and sexism.  But in the end, it is up to young people as
agents of change to transform hip-hop into our own image," said Aries
Dela Cruz, a Columbia University student.

With rap sales dropping 21 percent from 2005 to 2006, GenderYOUTH
activists around the country are running with this data to facilitate
open dialogues with youth about the portrayals of hyper-masculinity,
misogyny, and homophobia in rap music in order to stop the gender-based
harassment and violence that is plaguing young people.  

According to "50 Under 30: Masculinity and the War on America's Youth,"
almost 50 young people of color have been murdered in the last 10 years
in highly violent assaults that targeted them for not being masculine
enough.

The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition has teamed up with filmmaker Byron
Hurt to host a series of community dialogues about representations of
manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture as documented in the
groundbreaking documentary HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats & Rhymes.  

The campaign's feature event takes place before a capacity audience on
Thursday, March 22 at the Harlem Children's Zone in New York City.  Film
director Byron Hurt, former NFL quarterback Don McPherson, GenderPAC
Executive Director Riki Wilchins, Author Raquel Rivera, and student
Aries Dela Cruz join youth activists and community leaders to discuss
hip-hop's role in promoting homophobia, sexism, and hyper-masculinity
among youth.   

Get Involved:

* If you're in the NYC area, call 202.462.6610 to R.S.V.P. for tonight's
event .  Limited seats remaining!

* Email 

 to work with GenderPAC on organizing a
screening and discussion about Beyond Beats & Rhymes in your community.

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The GenderYOUTH Network empowers youth leaders to build safer classrooms
and communities where all youth can learn, grow and succeed, whether or
not they conform to expectations for masculinity and femininity. To
support the GenderYOUTH Network,  visit www.gpac.org/give.

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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:02:09 -0500
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I am also interested in getting a peer advocacy/prevention team going on
campus at the University of North Alabama. Any resources you all are
willing to share would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,


Melanie Danielowicz
Prevention Educator
Rape Response
Florence, AL
24/7 Crisis Line: (256)767-1100
Office: (256)765-0025
Fax: (256)767-1151

"I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the
fireside and simply look on."
        Eleanor Roosevelt
        US diplomat & reformer (1884 - 1962)



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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:53:35 -0400
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A failed attempt at rape-unfortunately the sentencing is a joke-but I
believe that the article presents a lot of interesting
prevention/bystander opportunities-amazing what these bartenders did!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/20/MNG0UOOA1
I1.DTL


Juliette Grimmett
Rape Prevention Education Coordinator
NC State University
Women's Center
3120 Talley Student Center
Campus BOX 7306
Raleigh, NC 27695-7306
Office: (919) 513-3232
Fax: (919) 515-1066
email: 

website: http://www.ncsu.edu/womens_center


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