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Men Stopping Violence: Educating and Advocating for Change
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Train Professionals

Men Stopping Violence trains, clergy, corporations, physical and mental health practitioners, legal, criminal justice and military personnel and other leaders by providing training and consultation services for individuals, groups and organizations locally, nationally, and internationally. (Take a look at our List of Clients.) Request a training, consultation or presentation by filling out the online request form or contact Ulester Douglas at (404) 270-9894 to discuss your training needs.

Training and consultation varies in format according to the needs of the client. Since 1982, we have trained and consulted on topics including:

  • Domestic Violence 101: Who, what, where, when, why and how
  • Why do some men batter – why others don't
  • Principles of effective intervention with men who batter women
  • Domestic Violence and the work place: What employers need to know
  • Men's roles and responsibilities in ending violence against women
  • Measuring success: A community-centered approach to addressing men's violence against women
  • Deconstructing the meaning of provocation
  • Facilitating classes/groups for men who batter women
  • Organizing men to be allies in ending violence against women
  • The nuts and bolts in administering a batterer intervention program
  • Working with African-American men and communities
  • Exploring the principles of accountability
  • Getting started in mentoring young men who want to work
  • Race, class, gender, and sexual orientation -- what they have to do with ending violence against women

Community Organizations: Take Your Work to the Next Level

 

True safety for all women means looking beyond intervention with batterers and enlisting male allies in communities in the task of ending male violence. 
 
Because Men Stopping Violence combines strong theoretical analysis with ongoing, lively programs, we are uniquely qualified to educate others about working with men on this issue. Because we are deeply rooted in the women's movement for equality, Men Stopping Violence always places safety and justice for women first.
 
Men Stopping Violence can help community-based organizations find ways to incorporate men into their work and at the same time help prepare organizations to apply for funding that targets men and boys in the work of ending violence against women.
 
Review the list of trainings below, especially designed for working with men and boys to address male violence against women. To schedule a training, fill out the online training request form, or call 404.270.9894.

Mobilizing Men: Beyond Batterers' Intervention

This training is designed for organizations interested in mobilizing men to work to end violence against women or those who have already begun working with men. Mobilizing Men is also for men who are working with or planning to work with these organizations.

This training will help organizations:

 

  • Start mentoring young men who want to work for women's safety.
  • Define men's roles and responsibilities in ending violence against women.
  • Create a community-centered approach to addressing men's violence against women.
  • Explore the principles of male accountability.
  • Start mentoring young men who want to work for women's safety.
  • Create age-specific trainings for youth and young men.
  • Define a role for batterers' intervention programs in the work to organize men as allies.
  • Address cultural competency.

Men At Work: Building Safe Communities

Men Stopping Violence's years of experience in conducting men's education classes has allowed us to test and implement effective strategies for engaging men in a classroom setting.

We can train your organization in how to use our 24-week Men at Work course, which offers men the education and tools they need to disrupt cultural patterns that promote violence, dominance and abuse against women.

Topics in this training include:

  • The seven core principles of working with men to end violence against women.
  • The roots of male violence against women.
  • Tactics and choices.
  • How to foster community accountability.
  • Emotional intelligence.
  • Intersectionality.
  • Conscious communication.
  • Justice-making.

Because We Have Daughters®

Men Stopping Violence created the Because We Have Daughters® (BWHD) initiative to engage more men in the work of creating safer and more just communities for women and girls.

BWHD provides a unique opportunity for fathers and daughters to share fun and educational activities, followed by discussions about what the activities taught them about themselves and each other.

Because dads come away with a new understanding about the world that girls must navigate in order to stay safe and whole, BWHD provides a powerful entry point for men into the work of ending male violence against women.
 
This training will combine the experience of conducting a Because We Have Daughters® event with detailed instructions about how to implement a similar program.

Read more about Because We Have Daughters® here.