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Men Stopping Violence is a social change organization dedicated to ending men's violence against women. Men Stopping Violence works locally, nationally, and internationally to dismantle belief systems, social structures, and institutional practices that oppress women and children and dehumanize men themselves. We look to the violence against women's movement to keep the reality of the problem and the vision of the solution before us. We believe that all forms of oppression are interconnected. Social justice work in the areas of race, class, gender, age, and sexual orientation are all critical to ending violence against women.
Join Men Stopping Violence and help change society for the better! QUICK LINKS Request training or a presentation. About Our Programs: Community Education & Training
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must temporarily turn off your Community Organizations: Take Your Work to the Next Level! True safety for all women means looking beyond intervention with batterers and inspiring male allies in communities to take on the work of ending male violence against women. With 27 years of experience doing just that, Men Stopping Violence can help other organizations doing this work find ways to identify, educate and organize men who want to contribute. At the same time, our trainings can help prepare organizations to apply for funding that will be used to incorporate men and boys in our efforts. Below is a list of trainings that give community-based organizations throughout the country opportunities to learn about and implement our innovative programs. Interested? Request a training online or contact Ulester Douglas at 404.270.9894. Mobilizing Men: Beyond Batterers' Intervention This training is designed for organizations that are interested in mobilizing male allies to work to end violence against women or those who have already begun working with men.
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 organizations 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 of women. 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.
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Office on Violence Against Women Selects MSV to Lead National Initiative The
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has chosen Men Stopping Violence
(MSV) to organize and manage the first national initiative to
engage men and youth in the work of addressing violence against
women. The goal of the program is to increase the number of males
involved in primary prevention programs that drive awareness and
education about violence against women and girls. “With nearly three decades of experience in this arena, Men Stopping Violence is the right organization to assist communities seeking to prevent the abuse of women and children,” said Shelley Serdahely, executive director of Men Stopping Violence. “We have trained thousands of individuals and groups, nationally and internationally, and we have developed solid, innovative programs, such as Because We Have Daughters® , the Community Restoration Program and the Mentor Training Program, that give men community-based tools for creating a safer environment for women and girls. Now, we have the opportunity to continue expanding that reach.” True
Ally Breakfast Brings Men
Dawson McKerrow Approximately
15 men attended Men Stopping Violence's (MSV) True Ally Breakfast
on Feb. 18, 2010, and pledged their support of the work to
end violence against women.
MSV co-founder Dick Bathrick, Langston Walker of the Communitiy Restoration Program, and executive director Shelley Serdahely participated in Stop Violence Against Women Day. MSV
Participates in Stop Violence Men
Stopping Violence joined several statewide organizations and
other community partners at the 11th annual End Violence Against
Women Day at the Georgia State Capital on January 26. MSV's Yolo Akili Receives Creative Leadership Award
On January 22, 2010, a lot of people gathered for the Feminist Women's Health Center 's (FWHC) “Stand Up for Justice” gala discovered something that we here at Men Stopping Violence already knew: Yolo Akili is an activist, educator, poet, yogi, astrologer, truth-teller who walks very deliberately towards trouble instead of away from it. And that's a good thing. Akili, who works as a facilitator and trainer at MSV, received the Creative Leadership Award at FWHC's event. The trouble he faces down is the kind that tries to marginalize people of color, lesbian, gay and queer people, and women. For him, art, activism and education are all threads in the tapestry of his life's work. “For me, it's all the same work,” he says. “Men Stopping Violence is dedicated to helping to create safer communities for women and all human beings. I share that same goal when I'm performing my poetry, yoga and activist commitments.” Akili, who helps teach two classes and directs the Internship and Mentor Training programs, joined Men Stopping Violence in 2008, the same year he completed the MSV Internship. “I had been involved with gender-based activism for sometime already, so when I found out that Men Stopping Violence's work with men was based on feminist principles, I was very excited. I reached out to MSV and things just meshed. The rest is history!” MSV's philosophy of guiding men to become embrace their full humanity as a way of modifying behavior was also appealing. “So often the field of DV can be a space where unhealthy masculinity is critiqued, but rarely a place where healthy masculinity is modeled and men are given tools in which to shape and define this for themselves,” he said. “MSV is unique in that it takes an approach centered in self-awareness and not self-abnegation.” In addition to his work with MSV, Akili is a well-known poet who is the author of “Poems in the Key of Green” and the new spoken-word recording “Purple Galaxy.” |
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Upcoming Trainings
Men at Work: Building Safe Communities February 24-26, June 2-4, & August 11-13 Men Stopping Violence 2785 Lawrenceville Highway, Suite 112 Decatur, Georgia 30033 Join us for three days of transformation! Our curriculum, Men at Work, is an innovative and multidisciplinary tool that explores the complexities of violence against women in an accessible manner that holds men accountable and helps them transform. Each of these three-day training will equip facilitators and service providers with the knowledge and tools that can help them understand and implement the curriculum. Participants will receive:
For more information or to register for one of these trainings, contact Ulester Douglas, Director of Training, at 404.270.9894 or udoug@menstoppingviolence.org. Save the Date! Join us for the Annual Awards Dinner. October 2, 2010 The Ritz-Carlton Atlanta For more news, check out In the News and the Events Calendar.
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