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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Because We Have Daughters®

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Two Events

Will Benefit

Men Stopping Violence!

Red Vibrations

Join us for an evening of entertainment and awareness. On Saturday, November 22, The Collective will be performing live to raise funds for these Men Stopping Violence and for SisterLove, Inc., an organization that works to eradicate the adverse impact of HIV/AIDS on women and their families.

Saturday, November 22

8 - 11 p.m.

Sketchworks Theatre
3041 N. Decatur Road Decatur, Georgia, 30079

  $20 per person

and $30 per couple.

Complimentary hors d'oeuvres will be served from 8 until 9:30 p.m.

Proceeds benefit and Men Stopping Violence and

SisterLove, Inc.

Fall Trunk Show!

Wendy Babchin Designer Group and Addiction will donate 20 percent of the proceeds from their fall trunk show to Men Stopping Violence and Chayil, Inc. Choose from a large selection of jewelry and gifts!

Thursday, November 20

5-8 p.m. at

Addiction

414 East Paces Ferry Road

Atlanta, Georgia 30305

Complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres.

RSVP by calling 678.927.9383 or e-mailing nikki@shop-addiction.com.

 

The 2008 Annual Awards Dinner

Photo: Ann States

(From left) Awards Dinner presenters Laura Turner Seydel and Pat Mitchell enjoy the evening with honorees Natasha Trethewey and George McKerrow, Jr., and presenter Ted Turner.

Through Words and Deeds, Men Stopping Violence Honorees Stand Up for Safety, Justice for Women

When Natasha Trethewey accepted the Men Stopping Violence Kathleen Carlin Justice Seekers Award on Oct. 11, there was not a sound in the room except her voice, telling us all that it means to mourn a lost mother. George McKerrow, Jr., accepted the True Ally Award and spoke passionately about his unwavering commitment to helping create safe and equitable communites for women.

The nearly 300 people attending the Men Stopping Violence Annual Awards Dinner spoke volumes as well, by their presence that night at the Atlanta History Center and by their support of Men Stopping Violence.

Trethewey, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, and McKerrow, CEO of Ted's Montana Grill, join a growing list of distinguished Men Stopping Violence honorees. That list includes the Right Honorable Baroness Scotland QC, Attorney General of Great Britain; Eve Ensler, playwright and founder of VDay; Dr. Beverly Guy- Sheftall, writer, scholar and founder of the Women's Research and Resource Center at Spelman College; Paul Kivel, anti-violence educator; and Harold A. Dawson, Jr., civic leader and CEO of The Dawson Company.

In 2005, Vice President-elect Joe Biden accepted the True Ally Award for his work to end violence against women, particularly his efforts as the principle author of the federal Violence Against Women Act. Watch Joe's acceptance of the award here.

These extraordinary people have certainly used their gifts to speak out about safety and equality for women and the Men Stopping Violence awards are our way of expressing our gratitude for their efforts. But the power to effect change is within the reach of everyone. Check out the rest of our Web site to learn about the work that's being done and make a donation in support of our efforts.

Read more about the Awards Dinner.

Watch our male allies talk about the

work of Men Stopping Violence.

Awards Dinner Sponsors

Wendy Babchin
Designer Group

National Distributing Company

SunTrust Bank

Men Stopping Violence Contributes

to Book on Work With Men of Color

Men Stopping Violence has contributed a chapter to the recently published second edition of Family Violence and Men of Color: Healing the Wounded Male Spirit, edited by Ricardo Carrillo and Jerry Tello.

The book's editors compiled writings that examine the interplay between ethnic and cultural identification, sexism and violence against women. In the chapter "African American Men Who Batter: A Community-Centered Approach to Prevention and Intervention," Ulester Douglas, Sulaiman Nuriddin and Phyllis Alesia Perry of Men Stopping Violence discuss in detail the intersection of racism and male violence against women.

They write:

"MSV asserts that violence against women is not an individual pathology, but a systemic control tactic that cannot be uncoupled from other oppressive systems of control, such as racial discrimination or heterosexism. The work of MSV is based on the premise that these systems are integrated and, therefore, should be addressed as parts of a whole."

Read the book chapter here.

The Internship

Men Use Seminars, Projects
to Educate Themselves, Others

A regular, highly anticipated event has been taking place at the Men Stopping Violence (MSV) office since the fall of 2007: The presentations of community projects created and implemented by MSV interns.

These evenings are informative, moving and inspiring. The project presentations represent proactive steps taken by young men to initiate and participate in critical discussions about violence against women.

Intern Michael Robinson

makes his presentation.

Another MSV initiative, the Seminar Series, is required for the interns and is also open to other men in the community. These opportunities allow men to begin examining their own roles as participants in a culture that devalues women and as possible agents in changing that culture.

As intern John Abraham said on April 29 during his project presentation on pornography, “Let's find our mindsets.”

Read more.

Attendees From 8 States

Twenty-eight people dedicated to the work of ending male violence against women attended Men Stopping Violence's Training Institute for Mobilizing Men (TIMM) conference Feb. 27 through March 1, 2008, in Atlanta.

Men Stopping Violence, in consultation with the New York-based organization A Call to Men, has created TIMM, which helps state coalitions working to end intimate partner violence educate and organize men about the issue.

The recent conference was the first of two such trainings for the eight participating state coalitions -- Idaho, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Read more.

                                          Photo: Craig Norberg-Bohm

TIMM conference attendees pose with trainers from MSV and A Call to Men.

Article Describes MSV Model

for Mobilizing Men to End

Violence Against Women

Community accountability is the foundation of the work that Men Stopping Violence does to help increase the safety of women and girls. An article published in the February 2008 issue of the journal Violence Against Women explains the philosophical framework MSV uses to do this work and that framework's relationship to the organization's programs.

The article, "Deconstructing Male Violence Against Women: The Men Stopping Violence Community-Accountability Model" was written by MSV staffers Dick Bathrick, Ulester Douglas and Phyllis Alesia Perry.

Read an abstract of the article.