Past Events

More Than a Few Good Men: American Manhood and Violence Against Women (April 17, 2008)
Race, Privilege and Cultural Competence III: Engaging in Difficult Dialogues (April 11-12, 2008)
Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women (April 9, 2008)
14th Annual Iowa Women's Music Festival (September 15, 2007)
Race, Privilege and Cultural Competence II: Mirrors of Privilege (April 28, 2007)
Race, Privilege & Cultural Competence I: Creating Inclusive Communities in a Post-Katrina World
(April 6-8, 2006)

 

 

 

 

 




Interactive Multi-Media Presentation
More Than a Few Good Men:
American Manhood and Violence Against Women

Presenter: Jackson Katz

Thursday, April 17, 2008
7:00 pm
Macbride Auditorium
on the University of Iowa campus

Free and Open to the Public

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This presentation interposes irreverent humor with unpleasant reality. Mr. Katz will help stimulate dialogue between the sexes by helping to illuminate how the problems of individual women and men are linked to learger social forces. The presentation is designed for college students, high-school varsity athletes and their coaches, and members of youth leadership organizations.

Event Co-sponsors:
Domestic Violence Intervention Program
University Counseling Service
UI Athletic Department
Johnson County Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Dept. of Corrections Batterers Education Program
Rape Victim Advocacy Program
UI College of Law
UI Department of Psychology
UI College of Business
University Housing
Iowa City Community School District

 

 

 


Jackson Katz, Ed. M., is an internationally recognized author and filmmaker, known for his ground-breaking work in the field of gender violence prevention education with men and boys. He is the co-founder of the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program, the leading gender violence prevention program in professional and college athletics. He is the creator of educational videos including Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity (2000), Wrestling with Manhood (2002), and Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies, and Alcohol (2004). His book, The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help, was published in 2006.