Joseph_Vess-MCSR-webDirector of Training & Technical Assistance
Joseph Vess

Joe conducts dozens of trainings, workshops and presentations around the world every year, building the skills of professionals to engage men and boys and guiding MCSR’s Campus Men of Strength program for college and university men.

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Joseph Vess is Men Can Stop Rape’s Director of Training and Technical Assistance. In this role he conducts dozens of trainings, workshops and presentations around the world every year, building the skills of professionals to engage men and boys and guiding MCSR’s Campus Men of Strength (MOST) program.

Now in its fourth year, Campus Men of Strength Clubs on campuses nationwide provide a venue for college and university men to challenge violence against women on their campuses and promote and encourage healthier versions of masculinity. Campus Men of Strength members have presented at national conferences, lobbied on Capitol Hill, and conducted dozens of community and campus educational and service projects around the nation. The Campus MOST curriculum also incorporates MCSR’s “Where Do You Stand?” Bystander Intervention training to prepare college men to prevent men’s violence wherever they see it, ranging from the the personal and relationship levels up through their broader community and society.

MCSR’s professional trainings utilizing system-wide approaches that seek to ensure consistent messaging and support sustainable change and growth by working at all levels throughout a community to engage men in the places they live, play and work. The department trains and collaborates with a variety of agencies, coalitions and community organizations, ranging from local rape crisis centers to the US Department of Defense. Trainings range from a half-day to MCSR’s most comprehensive training, “From Theory to Practice,” which prepares men and women alike to sustainably engage men and boys in across a wide variety of programs.

Before joining MCSR, Joe was a community organizer and educator at the DC Rape Crisis Center, where he worked with young adults and college students, LGBTQ populations, and communities East of the Anacostia River to explore grassroots, community-based solutions to sexual violence. He recently completed his master’s degree in international peace and conflict resolution from American University, where his research focused on sexual violence in armed conflict in Central Africa. He is also a regular guest lecturer at American University and Georgetown University.