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

[Ben Atherton-Zeman <>]

Hey, friends!  I am very excited to have been published in Ms. Magazine Online for the first time!  Wrote a piece about the Susan G. Komen Foundation, that hopefully some advocates can relate to.  Hope all is well with you and your work.  – Ben

 

“Instead of competing every October, why not work together?  Instead of choosing either pink or purple ribbons, why not distribute ribbons that are half pink and half purple? 

 

Across the country, shelters are closing their doors and laying off staff.  Komen could offer grant money for shelters who use the pink/purple ribbons, and for breast cancer awareness groups that do the same…Komen’s leaders could attend the World Conference for Women’s Shelters in Washington, DC at the end of the month (www.worldshelterconference.org), bringing the pink/purple ribbons.  They could attend the International Conference on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence and Stalking this April in San Diego http://www.evawintl.org/conferencedetail.aspx?confid=11, and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Conference this July in Denver http://www.ncadv.org/, bringing ribbons and support to each.”

 

(More at http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/02/07/advice-for-komen-try-pink-and-purple-ribbons/)

 

Ben Atherton-Zeman: Feminist, actor, husband

Performing a one-man play “Voices of Men,” working to end sexual and domestic violence

Video clips available at http://www.voicesofmen.org