If you’re in New York, come check out this great event sponsored by Men Can Stop Rape.
“Women and Men as Allies in Preventing Men’s Violence Against Women” is to be held Monday, Oct. 20 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the Gerald W. Lynch Theater Lobby. Admission is free.
Policy makers and violence prevention leaders will gather in New York City next Monday, Oct. 20 for “Women and Men as Allies in Preventing Men’s Violence Against Women,” a panel discussion hosted by international gender-violence prevention leader, Men Can Stop Rape. It will be held at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, which is also co-hosting the event.
Putting the burden solely on women – asking them to ‘watch out’ for abusive men and other similar risk reduction tactics – is not going to end our domestic violence problem,” Stephen Glaude, the President and CEO of Men Can Stop Rape says. “What our world needs – and what our organization and this panel of policy leaders will find – are positive solutions that involve women and men, especially young men, working together to end violence against women.”
Cindy Dyer, Director of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women will deliver the keynote. Featured panelists include Yolanda B. Jimenez, Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence; Harriet Lessel, Executive Director of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault; Dr. Katie Gentile, Director of John Jay’s Women’s Center; Neil Irvin, Vice President of Programs at Men Can Stop Rape (MCSR); and teen members from the Men of Strength (MOST) Club, MCSR’s high school primary violence prevention program in its second year in New York.
