Muskie Series 2010: Batterers and Intervention Strategies,
Session 7
Webinar: Involving Men in the Work to End Violence against Women
Register here: http://conferences.bwjp.org/webconferencedetail.aspx?confid=155
Date: Monday, July 12, 2010
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm EDT
Location: Your Desk
A webinar is an on-line seminar and requires access to the internet to connect.
Audio options are:
1) Teleconference (cost of calling long distance to Texas is your responsibility);
2) VoIP (free audio through the internet, speakers are required).
Speakers:
Ben Atherton-Zeman, is a spokesperson for the National Organization for Men
Against Sexism (www.nomas.org) and is a public speaker on issues of violence
prevention. For the past seventeen years, Ben has worked as a prevention
educator for rape crisis centers, domestic violence programs, and state
coalitions.
Joseph Samalin is the Campus Strength Coordinator for Men Can Stop Rape in NYC.
Joe Samalin has been working on issues of gender-based violence for over 15
years. Recently, he was a trainer with the Anti-Stalking Program at Safe
Horizon where he developed curricula and conducted trainings on stalking.
Hosted by: Barbara Hart, J.D., Director of Strategic Justice Initiatives, Muskie School
of Public Service.
Topic: Involving men in the work to end violence against women. Faculty will
explore strategies to engage men in cultural and social change discourse/action
to confront/ eliminate violence against women and the privilege and power of
men to subordinate women through sexual, physical, psychological, economic and
cultural abuse. Accountability of men to the leadership of women in the
movement to end VAW will be examined. Faculty will share their respective
experience in formulating their philosophy and history in the movement.
Articles: “Minimizing the Damage – Male Accountability in Stopping
Men’s Violence Against Women” Ben Atherton-Zeman. NCADV Voice, 2.09
”Organizing Men to Stop Men’s Violence Against Women: A Possible
Five-Step Plan” Ben Atherton-Zeman.
Approach: This series offers a vehicle practitioners and scholars to discuss
the recommendations and "best practice" guides for intervening with
batterers and supporting battered women across the life span.
Registration: This webinar series is open to OVW grantees and the general public.
If you are an OVW Arrest grantee, please use your OVW-issued grant number. If
you are NOT an Arrest grantee, you MUST use following code to register:
2007-WEAX-1801. This number is only valid for the Muskie School Series. Please
do not use it for other Arrest Grant trainings.
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If you have problems registering for this event, please contact Kari (
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If you have questions about the content of the webinar, please contact Barbara
Hart ( <mailto:>
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**Please register only one person per organization as the number of seats are
limited. Invite colleagues to your office for the webinar!**
**If you don’t have access to the internet on the day of the webinar, you
are welcome to register and to listen to the audio portion only through the
audio conference line that will be provided.
***You will be charged the long distance fee of calling to Texas. The cost of this charge will depend
on the phone company you use and what the long distance rate they charge you
are***
Until the violence stops, Ben.
Ben Atherton-Zeman, Maynard,
MA USA
Actor, Comedian, Feminist and Husband
Presenting a One-Man Play: "Voices of Men," Educational Theatre for
Sexual/Domestic Violence Prevention - video excerpts at http://www.voicesofmen.org
Booking information: 978-897-3619
Please come to the NCADV/NOMAS conference,
July 30-August 4 in Anaheim, California!
The National Organization for Men Against Sexism http://www.nomas.org
is honored to work together with the National Coalition Against Domestic
Violence http://www.ncadv.org for this
conference.
I am honored to be performing my new play,
“Men’s Monologues Against Violence” on Saturday night, July
30 – the play is inspired by Eve Ensler’s “Vagina
Monologues” and features true stories of men and boys who have taken
specific actions to help stop male violence and sexism.
Hope to see you there!
