{"id":1549,"date":"2009-03-16T11:59:14","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T16:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2009-03-16T11:59:14","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T16:59:14","slug":"you-go-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2009\/03\/16\/you-go-guys\/","title":{"rendered":"You Go, Guys&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn1.google.com\/images?q=tbn:jNKZvi6wbVNXjM:http:\/\/linedandunlined.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TM-man.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>Our very own Shira Tarrant (curator of &#8220;The Man Files&#8221; here at GWP) is on the advisory committee for this one, as is Michael Kimmel, whose work I utterly admire.\u00c2\u00a0 So I totally wanted to share:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call for Presentations<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>THE 1st NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR<br \/>\nCAMPUS-BASED MEN&#8217;S GENDER EQUALITY &amp; ANTI-VIOLENCE GROUPS<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 6-7, 2009 \/ St. John&#8217;s University in Collegeville, Minnesota<\/p>\n<p><strong>What it is: <\/strong> Across the country, groups of male students are making their voices heard!\u00c2\u00a0 More and more men are finding the courage to say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153no\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to ideas of manhood and relations between the sexes that aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t good for women and aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t good for men as well.\u00c2\u00a0 They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re speaking out against date rape and violence against women.\u00c2\u00a0 They support gender equality.\u00c2\u00a0 Some work through residence life or student activities offices, others through women&#8217;s centers and counseling programs.\u00c2\u00a0 Some are campus branches of national organizations like MVP, White Ribbon, Men Can Stop Rape, 1 in 4, or V-Men.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 These men face common problems: How to have an impact?\u00c2\u00a0 How to find positive ways to get their message to other campus men?\u00c2\u00a0 How to deal with backlash, to work in partnership with women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s groups, to recruit and sustain their groups?\u00c2\u00a0 For the first time, campus-based pro-feminist men&#8217;s groups from across the country are meeting together.\u00c2\u00a0 To share resources., trade their best ideas, discuss strategies, and simply find out what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happening on other campuses.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, including on costs and the members of the organizing &amp; advisory committees, visit: <a href=\"www.michaelkaufman.com\/campusmensconference\">www.michaelkaufman.com\/campusmensconference<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our very own Shira Tarrant (curator of &#8220;The Man Files&#8221; here at GWP) is on the advisory committee for this one, as is Michael Kimmel, whose work I utterly admire.\u00c2\u00a0 So I totally wanted to share: Call for Presentations THE 1st NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR CAMPUS-BASED MEN&#8217;S GENDER EQUALITY &amp; ANTI-VIOLENCE GROUPS November 6-7, 2009 \/ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1902,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1976,876],"class_list":["post-1549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-masculinity","tag-men"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1902"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}