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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.

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Men Stopping Violence and help change society for the better!
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We Have Daughters®
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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.
Read more.

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.
Read more.
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 an opportunity for fathers and daughters to share
fun activities, followed by discussions about what the activities
taught them about themselves and each other.
This training combines the experience of conducting a Because
We Have Daughters® event with instructions about how to implement
a similar program.
Read more.

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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.
This two-year initiative, "Engaging Men and Youth,"
is part of the 2005 Violence Against Women Act and will be administered
by the DOJ's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). MSV, in partnership
with the Family Violence Prevention Fund, will advise OVW about
effective methods and programs for organizing men and youth to
create safer communities for 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.”
One
Vision,
Many Voices
The
Men Stopping Violence
Annual
Awards Dinner
Photo by Ross DeLoach
Judith
O'Brien accepts the Kathleen Carlin Justice
Seekers
Award.
O'Brien,
Byrd, Harper Noted
for Efforts to Address
Violence
Against Women
The
ballroom of The Ritz-Carlton Atlanta gleamed on the evening of Oct.
17 and the smiles of Men Stopping Violence's friends and allies
were no less bright as they arrived to honor three people who have
proven their commitment to working for safety and justice for women.
"I
look at this as a call to action," said Hill Harper,
recipient of the True Ally Award. "I think it's time
for us to start having uncomfortable conversations as men."
Harper, an author and actor who is one of the stars of the CBS show
"CSI:NY," followed attorney
Judith
O'Brien, recipient of the Kathleen Carlin Justice Seekers
Award, and scholar Dr. Rudolph P. Byrd, recipient
of the inaugural Dick Bathrick Award, to the stage.
Approximately
300 people attended the Annual Awards Dinner. Other presenters and
special guests included Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole,
emcee Richelle Carey, and presenters India
Arie, Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall,
and Steve Gottlieb.
Read
more.
Check
out more photos from the Awards Dinner!
BWHD
Reaches Out
to Military Dads, Daughters
Men
Stopping Violence (MSV) traveled to San Antonio, Texas,
in late October to conduct a Because We Have Daughters (BWHD)
training in conjunction with the Sexual Assault Prevention
and Response Team at Lackland Air Force Base.
For the first two years of the Because We Have Daughters
initiative, MSV conducted BWHD gatherings throughout metro
Atlanta, offering the program to individuals and groups.
In order to expand the reach of the program, last year we
began training other groups to conduct their own BWHD projects.
Our first partner in this endeavor was Open Word Christian
Ministries in Fairburn, Georgia, which now conducts a BWHD
program at the church. We have since conducted three other
BWHD trainings, including on two military bases.
On
October 24 and 25, the MSV team trained five facilitators
at Lackland A.F.B. Ten dads and 12 daughters participated
in a BWHD gathering that was part of the training.

Photo
by Judi Huck
The
Internship: Going Deep
When
the next group of Men Stopping Violence interns comes through
our doors in early 2010, they will be continuing a two-decade-long
tradition by engaging in intensive, life-changing work that
we believe ultimately addresses our goal of ending male violence
against women.
We challenge men to look honestly at their own beliefs and behaviors,
gives them ways of holding themselves and other men accountable
for abuse and violence, and asks them to go out into their communities,
into their everyday lives, and be agents of change.
The
men who have experienced MSV's Internship know all too well
how deep it can get.
“The
most challenging thing about the Internship was learning that
I was contributing to the violence by doing nothing to change
it,” said Bernard Ellis, who heard about the Internship after
Men Stopping Violence brought its Because We Have Daughters
® program to his church.
Read
more.
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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:
- Men
At Work Instructors' Manual
- Men
At Work Students' Manual
- Men
At Work Facilitation Training
- Men
At Work Curriculum Implementation Training
- "Working
With Men To End Violence Against Women" Training
- “Working
With Men Who Batter" Training
Read
more about the training.
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.
For
more news, check out In the News and
the Events Calendar.

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