St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota

Across the country, groups of male students are making their voices heard!  More and more men are finding the courage to say “no” to ideas of manhood and relations between the sexes that aren’t good for women and aren’t good for men as well.  They’re speaking out against date rape and violence against women.  They support gender equality.  Some work through residence life or student activities offices, others through women's centers and counseling programs.  Some are campus branches of national organizations like MVP, White Ribbon, Men Can Stop Rape, 1 in 4, or V-Men.   

These men face common problems: How to have an impact?  How to find positive ways to get their message to other campus men?  How to deal with backlash, to work in partnership with women’s groups, to recruit and sustain their groups?  For the first time, campus-based pro-feminist men's groups from across the country are meeting together.  To share resources., trade their best ideas, discuss strategies, and simply find out what’s happening on other campuses.

For more details, including on costs and the members of the organizing & advisory committees, visit: www.michaelkaufman.com/campusmensconference

Call for Presentations:

These can be workshops, seminars, a presentation of a paper.  They can focus on:

• the work of your group.  What you’ve done.  What you’ve learned.
• Exploring ideas and issues such as:  Relations with campus women’s organizations.  Building allies with student councils, fraternities, athletic departments, etc..   Specific issues, such as educating about dating violence.   On the relation of men’s studies/gender studies and organizing work.  On our own journeys: how we got involved,  etc.
• Skills-building workshops:  Organize or suggest a skills-building workshop focused on things such as:  How to run a White Ribbon Campaign.  How to answer challenging or hostile questions.  How to organize a campus group (finances, records, etc.).   How to write a press release and get publicity.   How to build ties with the surrounding community. etc.

What to include in your proposal:

• Your name, school, address, email (that you’ll still have in the summer and next fall), phone number
• The title of your presentation or workshop.
• Short description
• A few words about your and/or your campus-based men’s group
• If it’s:  a) a presentation you’d like to make or  b) a discussion or workshop you’d like to organize.
• Or if you don’t want to organize a session, but have a request for something that would be useful to you, please let us know.

Email all proposals to GKellom@csbsju.edu

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