MOST Club training in Ohio, October 2009
MEN OF STRENGTH (MOST) CLUB TRAINING
Thu, Jan 21 - Fri, Jan 22
Center for Education on Violence Against Women
Washington, DC
If your agency is serious about starting a Men of Strength (MOST) Club for middle school or high school students to prevent sexual assault & dating violence, this is the training to sign up for.
Identified by the CDC as one of the top four gender violence prevention programs in the country, the Men of Strength Club has over 100 locations in DC, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, NYC, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina.
This training is also for professionals living in Washington, DC who are interested in facilitating (part-time) our already-established MOST Club sites, which are in every DCPS middle school and high school.
MOST CLUB AIMS TO:
* Provide young men with a safe, supportive space in which to connect with male peers through exploring notions of masculinity and male strength.
* Promote an understanding of ways that traditional masculinity contributes to sexual assault and other forms of men's violence, perpetuates gender inequity, and compromises the health of men and women.
* Expose young men to healthier, nonviolent models/visions of manhood.
* Build young men's capacity to become peer leaders and allies with women in promoting gender equality and preventing men's violence.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
* Agencies interested in starting a MOST Club in middle schools, high schools, or youth-serving organizations
* Youth-serving professionals interested in facilitating (part-time) our DC MOST Club sites
TRAINING OBJECTIVES:
* Learn the necessary steps for establishing a successful Men of Strength Club.
* Learn how to better frame sexual assault as a problem men can play a positive role in ending.
* Become more aware of the "Dominant Stories" of masculinity and better understand the importance of"Counterstories," and how these relate to violence against women.
* Explore the challenges and opportunities of engaging male youth and learn effective ways to use both.
* Learn and strategize about how young men can be mobilized to become better allies with their female peers.
* Build skills for speaking with young men about sexism and strategies for effectively challenging the culture that supports violence against women.
* Learn how to better support young men in connecting sexism to other forms of oppression.
* Provide participants with practice responses and facilitation skills to common reactions and questions from male audiences.
HOW DO I APPLY?
This training requires an application process.
The application deadline is Dec. 30.
Agencies: Apply Online or Download the application
Facilitators: Apply online
QUESTIONS?
Please direct questions about MOST Club and the training to Neil Irvin at 202/534-1837 or nirvin@mencanstoprape.org or Kedrick Griffin at 202/534-1838 or kgriffin@mencanstoprape.org.
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Check out photos from an Ohio MOST Club Training MCSR conducted in Ohio last month.
Participating organizations included the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Helpline of Delaware/Morrow Counties, Toledo Family Center, Toledo Children's Hospital, YWCA, Warren County DELTA, Tri-County Mental Health, Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio (SARNCO), The Domestic Violence Shelter, and Every Woman's House. Ohio plans to have 14 MOST Club sites this year. (see photos)
