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2012

On October 25th, I sat on a panel of experts at this year’s Jane Doe, Inc annual meeting to discuss College/University campuses as incubators for social change. I was on the panel with folks from campuses here in Massachusetts as well as Delilah Rumburg, Chief Executive Officer at PCAR (Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape) who had a […] Read more

On October 1st, I was interviewed by Fox News in Boston about preventing domestic violence on college campuses. I was asked to do the interview by Jane Doe, the Massachusetts coalition against sexual assault and domestic violence. The folks at Fox were interested in the topic because of the murder committed by Clayton Whittemore of […] Read more

On October 23rd I co-lead a modified Coaching Boys Into Men (CBIM) train-the-trainers for Athletic Directors at the Boston Centers for Youth & Family (BCYF). The CBIM curriculum was modified a bit to accommodate the fact that the BCYF Athletic Directors work with both boys and girls in their programs. The session went well and […] Read more

MVP @ UMASS Amherst

On October 18th I co-lead a series of MVP trainings with student athletes at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. I was filling in for someone who had completed 2 days of training before I arrived. In my time there, I was able to have some good conversations with a couple of the teams at UMass […] Read more

MVP TTT @ Towson University

On October 9th & 10th I co-lead a two day MVP Train The Trainers with students and staff at Towson University in Towson, MD. From what I understand the students trained were going to use the MVP curriculum in local high schools after the training. Bets of luck fellas […] Read more

On September 28th I delivered the keynote speech at the Preventing Campus Sexual Violence in Virginia Conference in Roanoke, VA. sponsored by Virginia Tech and the Virginia Dept. of Health, the goal of the conference was to help participants view the work of preventing campus sexual violence through a social justice lens. Here is the description […] Read more

BAL at Michigan State Univ.

On August 26, 27 & 28, 2012 I co-facilitated the Branded a Leader (BAL) curriculum for student athletes at Michigan State University. It was all part of their yearly orientation with freshmen and returning student athletes […] Read more

On August 20th and 21st I’ll be co-facilitating, with folks from Futures Without Violence, a training on the Coaching Boys Into Men curriculum for the Alaska Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. The training will happen in Juneau, Alaska and hopefully I’ll get to see some glaciers this time (sadly, during my last trip […] Read more

A Few Pastdue Updates

I slacked off a bit when it came up updating you all on a few events I participated in. These are all past now, but i figured I should post them anyway: In May I started working with the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) to co-facilitate their SECS Sexuality Education Certification Series which is […] Read more

On April 17th, I will be delivering my keynote titled “Mad Men, Monsters & Misogynists: Depictions of Masculinity and Sexual Violence” for sexual assault awareness month at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. If you’re in the area come check me out […] Read more

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