Men's Center for Leadership and Service

First National Conference For Campus Based Men's Gender Equality and Anti-Violence Groups

November 6-7, 2009

Across the country, groups of male students are making their voices heard! More and more men are finding the courage to say “no” to ideas of manhood and relations between the sexes that aren’t good for women and aren’t good for men as well. They’re speaking out against date rape and violence against women. They support gender equality. Some work through residence life or student activities offices, others through women's centers and counseling programs. Some are campus branches of national organizations like Mentors in Violence Protection, White Ribbon, Men Can Stop Rape, 1 in 4, or V-Men. These men face common problems: How to have an impact? How to find positive ways to get their message to other campus men? How to deal with backlash, to work in partnership with women’s groups, to recruit and sustain their groups? For the first time, campus-based pro-feminist men's groups from across the country are meeting together to share resources, trade their best ideas, discuss strategies, and simply find out what’s happening on other campuses. See Conference Flyer for more information.

Registration:

Registrations are being accepted now through November 6, 2009 - registration form

Travel Funding:

Up to 30 project participants will receive travel funding. Applications must be received by October 14, 2009. Participants must be male college students ages 18-24 who have been involved in efforts related to gender equality and violence against women for at least one semester. There is no penalty for withdrawing from the study at any time. See Travel Funding for more information.

Conference Activities

Complete Schedule

Thursday, November 5

Special Pre-Conference offering - "Beyond Beats and Rhymes" - Byron Hurt (MVP), film and discussion

Friday, November 6

Opening Plenary – Patricia Eng, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Courtney Martin and Shira Tarrant with Michael Kimmel as moderator

Breakout Sessions:

“Meeting Men Where They Are: Understanding and Productively Engaging Men’s Resistance to Feminism” – Robert Pleasants (U. of No. Carolina Chapel Hill)
“Changing Carolina: Changing the Culture of Men’s Indifference to Violence Against Women” – Christopher Allen (U. of South Carolina)
“The Ethics and Erotics of Sexual Consent: Beyond “But We Were Both Drinking” - Harry Brod (University of Northern Iowa)
“The Line” film and discussion of “What is Your Line?” - Nancy Schwartzman, film director
Ben Atherton-Zeman’s “Voices of Men” (One-Man Play)
“Meeting Them Where We Were” - Jonathan Grove (PLU)
“Beyond Best Practices” - Robert Buelow (UC Irvine)
“What's Your Stake” –Sharon Sabotta (Saint Mary’s University – California)
Organizing Male Allies: Opportunities and Challenges” - Ed Heisler (Safe Haven Shelter for Battered Women)
“Minnesota Men’s Action Network: Alliance to Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence” - Chuck Derry (MN-MAN))
“Creating Space for Progressive Masculinities: Toward a Break Out Movement of Proud Feminist Masculinities” – Charles Knight and Ozzie Mayers (CSB/SJU)
“Collaboration across Social Justice, Multicultural, and Queer Student Organizations on Campus to Fight Classism, Racism and Homophobia” - Xavier Guadalupe (Virginia Commonwealth U)
“Involving Student Athletes” - Lauren Pilnick (MSU Mankato)
“Male Athletes Against Violence, Real Men vs Reel Men)” – Andrew Loring (U. of Maine)
“The Men’s Story Project" film and discussion - Josie Lehrer (UCSF)
SAVE Forum Actors Troupe from the University of Northern Iowa

Saturday, November 7

Opening Plenary: Ted Bunch, Jimmie Briggs, Pat McGann and Mark Matousek with Michael Kaufman as moderator

Breakout Sessions:

“The Prophet Muhammad Never Beat His Wife” – Shyam Sriram (Men Stopping Violence/Muslim Men Against Domestic Violence)
“Building and Fostering a College Men’s Group” - Joshua O’Donnell (Western Washington U.)
“A Genderation of Men: Progressive Masculinities Mentors (strategies for building a men’s group)” – Derrick Williams (U. of Southern Illinois)
"Bystanders and Familiar Assault” – Stephen Thompson (Central Michigan U)
"Leading Leaders in Search of our Lost Afrocentric Behaviors: Mirroring Ourselves” –Olali, David Omunukum (U. of Ibadan, Nigeria)
"The Spitting Game" film and discussion - Denice Ann Evans, J'Hue Film Productions
"Three Secrets to Successfully engage Campus Men & Build a White Ribbon Campaign" - Michael Kaufman
“Welcome to the Party: A Curriculum for Freshmen Sexual Assault Prevention” - Deb Beazley
“Men Can Stop Rape” - Joseph Vess (Georgetown U)
"Changing College Sexual Assault Policies Workshop” – Daniel Wald (Students Active for Ending Rape)
“Selling Masculinities (selling a new vision of what a man is)” – Jonathan Grove (PLU)
"A Men's Issue: Who Are They" - Sacchi Patel (Syracuse U.)
The Family Violence Prevention Fund and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity: A Campus-based Partnership to End Violence Against Women - Jeanine Hayes, Family Violence Prevention Fund
"Risks and Rewards: Participating in Football at a Rural Unviersity" - Mario Olivares and Ryan Moss (Eastern Oregon U.)
"How Good are the Good Guys?" Contradictions in Collegiate Men's Anti-Sexist Activism - Tal Peretz (U. Southern California)
"Wolf is Sheeps Clothing?" Men in the Social Justice Movement - Christopher Leck and Monica Collins (Colorado State U.)
A closing session chaired by the Organizing Committee on lessons learned from the conference and where we go from here.

Hosted by the Center for Men's Leadership and Service
Saint John's University
and supported by Lilly Endowment, Inc.