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

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

Hey, Julie!  Great project - I'm sure your Albany students will get a lot out 
of it.

I recommend a book called, "That Takes Ovaries!"  
http://thattakesovaries.org.  Editor Rivka Solomon put together a brilliant ;
collection of women being brave in different situations - some of them 
involving violence against women, some not.  In addition, she and others are 
available to come to your campus to facilitate TTO "open mikes," develop 
leadership among the young women at your school by involving them to organize 
and read their own stories of bravery.  

I'm CCing this email to the editor, Rivka Solomon, in case I'm getting 
anything wrong.  Rivka, feel free to post back to this list with any 
mistakes.  

Hope this helps!  

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

Quote of the Month, July 2007:
"For many of us, (the work to end men's violence) has a strong hold on parts 
of our souls, and certainly our hearts.For most of us, it is much more than a 
job.because we care so deeply, it sometimes makes us difficult to work with.  
We have been described as cranky.  I want to be clear that I am acknowledging 
this, not apologizing for it.   It has been our impatience for change that 
has brought about the tremendous shifts in societal attitudes and systems 
response over these past 30 years."  - Anne Menard, Director, National 
Resource Center on Domestic Violence, http://www.vawnet.org ;