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

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Men Can Stop Rape is coming to Chicago! MCSR is proud to offer a Midwest
"From Theory to Practice" Strength Training March 14-16 in Chicago, in
partnership with Chicago Foundation for Women. We invite service
providers, youth-serving professionals, community educators, students
and activists from across the country, but the Midwest in particular, to
apply to participate in the training. The training will focus on the
theory and the practice of engaging men around issues of masculinity to
prevent sexual violence and address sexism and other forms of oppression
in society.

 

Chicago Foundation for Women, one of the largest women's funds in the
world, believes that all women and girls in the Chicago metropolitan
area should have the opportunity to achieve their potential and to live
in safe, just and healthy communities. Chicago Foundation for Women's
yearlong "What Will It Take?" initiative is an organizing and
educational initiative that organized town hall meetings across the
state to address violence against women and girls, made $1 million in
grants, hosted events, and engaged men and women from diverse
professional, organizational, and personal backgrounds to answer the
question: "What will it take to make Illinois the safest state for ALL
women and girls?"

 

Now, as part of a comprehensive, multi-level approach to mobilizing men
to find and use their strength for challenging harmful aspects of
traditional masculinity and creating a culture free from violence,
Chicago Foundation for Women and Men Can Stop Rape are partnering to
bring MCSR's innovative, three-day "From Theory to Practice" Strength
Training to Chicago. Building on Chicago Foundation for Women's work
through the "What Will It Take?" initiative and Men Can Stop Rape's more
than ten years of experience working with men of all ages, youth-serving
professionals, educators and direct service providers, the training will
help Midwest and Chicago organizations and individuals build their
capacity to engage men. It will also support Chicago Foundation for
Women's continuing work of providing training and networking
opportunities for its grantee partners to create innovative strategies
to engage more men as allies in the struggle to end violence against
women and girls. 

 

 

The training fee is $600, and covers three full days of training
(roughly 9am-5pm each day, March 14-16), a copy of Men Can Stop Rape's
"From Theory to Practice" training manual, and breakfast each morning.
Travel, lodging and other meal expenses are not covered by this fee. We
appreciate your effort to meet this fee, as the "From Theory to
Practice" training requires a considerable amount of staff time, as well
as other costs, to develop the experience we are committed to creating.
Participants are required to attend all three days of the training. If
you do not have sufficient institutional or organizational financial
support, or have any other questions about the fee, a limited amount of
reduced-fee scholarships are available.

 

To apply to participate in the trainng, please contact Joseph Vess at

 or 202-265-6530. Please include your
organizational affiliation (if applicable), why you wish to attend and
your goals for participating in the training.

 

Please circulate this announcement widely to anyone who may be
interested. For more details about From Theory To Practice, including
training objectives and a short film, please visit
http://www.mencanstoprape.org/info-url2697/info-url_list.htm?section=Fro
m%20Theory%20to%20Practice%20Training%20in%20Washington%2C%20DC

 

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Joseph Vess
Consulting and Training Coordinator
Men Can Stop Rape

Phone: (202) 265-6530, ext. 16
Fax: (202) 265-4362

***Western State College of Colorado is MCSR's first Campus Affiliate!
For more details, see Western students and faculty discuss the program
on their campus at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxJ7u78GrbY***

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