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engaging boys

Growing boys into men

May 7, 2010

posted in: Prevention

WEB CONFERENCE Growing Boys Into Men: Countering Traditional Masculinity Through Norms Change Countering norms that reinforce traditional masculinity is an opportunity to prevent violence in a lasting, comprehensive way. This web conference will highlight specific strategies and efforts that seeks to change norms related to gendered violence. Different norms will be examined with regard to

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Engaging Men and Boys Training Institute

April 21, 2010

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Training Institute on Engaging Men and Boys to Prevent Domestic and Sexual Violence Dates: Wednesday, June 23 and Thursday, June 24   Location: Contra Costa College, San Pablo, California Trainers: Wayne Barnes, Yolanda Fairell, Lina Juarbe, and Tony Porter, A CALL TO MEN Terrence Ivory, STAND! Against Domestic Violence Jack Schmidt, Community Violence Solutions Chad Sniffen, California Coalition Against

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Developing the Boys to Men program

March 4, 2010

posted in: Prevention

(22 min) In this interview, Jeff Morrill talks about Boys to Men, an educational program in Portland, Maine, focused on supporting the development of adolescent boys into healthy, non-violent men. He describes the origins of the Boys to Men program, the construction of its curriculum, and the ways that it uses bystander intervention training as

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The Men’s Story Project

November 17, 2009

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At the beginning of November, CALCASA’s Dan Esparza and I attended the 1st National Conference for Campus-Based Men’s Gender Equality and Anti-Violence Groups held at St. John’s University in Minnesota. This ground-breaking event joins a string of 2009 conferences that explored issues of men’s  engagement and accountability in anti-sexist and anti-violence work, including the Global Symposium on Engaging Men and Boys in Gender

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