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Online Discussion Series: Building Partnerships to End Men's Violence

May - July, 2003

The Family Violence Prevention Fund and its many partners invite you to participate in a dialogue about increasing men’s involvement in ending sexual and domestic violence. Join with many others in North America and around the world by participating in an e-mail discussion series to be held from May through July, 2003. The facilitated discussions will feature short papers written by pioneers in the field, each intended to spark discussion about successes and challenges and to explore emerging strategies for building healthy relationships and communities.

Discussion Schedule:

May 5th - 16th 2003--Building A Big Tent Approach To Working With Men, With Jackson Katz of MVP Strategies (Mentors in Violence Prevention);

May 26th - June 6th 2003--Innovation Within Batterer Intervention Programs: Community Based Approaches To Enhancing Safety And Accountability, With Fernando Mederos of the National Latino Alliance to End Domestic Violence and Julia Perilla of Georgia State University;

June 16th - 27th 2003--Building Bridges Between Responsible Fatherhood Programs And Programs Working To End Men’s Violence, With Oliver Williams of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community, Jacquie Boggess of the Center for Fathers, Families and Public Policy and Jerry Tello of the National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute;

July 7th – 18th 2003--Young Men As Allies In Preventing Violence: Building Effective Partnerships With Schools, With Peter Jaffe of the London Family Court Clinic, and Barri Rosenbluth of SafePlace in Austin, Texas and activists Alan Berkowitz, Carole Sousa & Dean Peacock.

To Join go to: www.endabuse.org/bpi

This online discussion series is part of the Building Partnerships Initiative to End Men’s Violence, a project of the Family Violence Prevention Fund in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control, the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community, the Asian Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence, the National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence, the National Network to End Domestic Violence, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, Men Can Stop Rape, the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) and Prevention Institute. This initiative is funded by the Office on Violence Against Women within the United States Department of Justice.

June 5-6, 2003

To Register Now: http://www.newtarget.com/sslpages/IDVAAC_conference.html

The Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community's June 2003 Forum on African American Children will examine the impact of domestic violence on children and recommend ways in which the African American community can collaborate with helping institutions to address the devastating effects that violence has on children and child development. The conference also will recommend interventions that may be more responsive. During the Forum, noted authorities on the subject will look at the Impact of Domestic Violence on Children; Out of Home Placement; and the affects of Children Who Witness, Use and are Victims of Violence. Authorities also will critique the system, community and family issues that either help or hinder a child's capacity to negotiate domestic violence in the community and in the family. The affects of domestic violence on children will be examined from pre-school through adolescence, as well as other parts of the life span.

Reaching las Familias: EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITIES

APRIL 3-4, 2003 Embassy Suites North - AUSTIN, TX

In an effort to promote equity within victim services and improve access for under-served victims of gender-based violence, Arte Sana will be hosting a national training institute in April. Our keynote presenter will be Melissa Farley, a national expert on sexual trafficking and prostitution who has worked on issues of violence against women for the past 25 years. This institute will be a multi- disciplinary gathering directed at victim service professionals, community activists, law enforcement, medical personnel, therapists, artists, and poets working to reduce gender-based violence in our communities. The Institute’s aim is to promote ideas, tools, strategies, and program models that might help advocates and allied professionals bridge the gaps in services and become agents of change in their fields and in their communities.

CEUs: Arte Sana is applying for continuing education credits for the following disciplines: Social Work, LPC, TCLEOSE. Certificates of attendance will be awarded.

REGISTRATION: Conference registration fee is $180 per person prior to the deadline. If you wish to receive a registration brochure, please send your mailing address and other contact information to: artesanando@yahoo.com. Please visit the following link for further details and program updates: http://www.arte-sana.com/training_institute_03.htm.

The New York Women's Foundation

4th Annual Public Forum

Free and Open to the Public

UNLOCKING THE DOOR

CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Thursday, 6 March 2003

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Tishman Auditorium
@ New School University
66 W. 12th Street
between 5th and 6th Avenues

Reception to follow
RSVP 212-414-4342 x.10

Domestic violence causes extensive damage, particularly in poor communities.
Battered women are forced to navigate multiple systems.
The process of securing a roof over their heads is one of the biggest hurdles.

Please join members of Voices of Women Organizing Project and our panelists
as we discuss the lack of safe and affordable housing—and explore unique
models where agencies collaborate to assist the family in need.

Keynote Speaker:

Marcia Ann Gillespie
Journalist, activist & business person

Panelists:

Jill Stein
New Destiny Housing Corporation

Grace Perez
Violence Intervention Program

Sharon Stapel
The Legal Aid Society

Alisa Del Tufo
Family Violence Project of Urban Justice Center

Tracey Little
Voices of Women Organizing Project

Moderator:
Miriam Buhl, Executive Director
The New York Women’s Foundation

Co-Sponsored by the Nonprofit Management Program at New School University’s
Milano Graduate School of Management & Urban Policy, the Women’s Funders Group,
and the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers.

The New York Women's Foundation
Women Helping Women Funding Change
34 West 22nd Street New York, NY 10010
Tel: 212-414-4342 Fax: 212-414-5708
www.nywf.org

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