Monday, February 26, 2007
Anti-sexist activist on campus March 20
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Jackson Katz, one of the country’s leading anti-sexist activists, will lead workshops and offer a public lecture on Tuesday, March 20. An expert in the area of gender violence prevention, he will speak to the public at 7 p.m. in Carter Hall in the University Center. In addition to the lecture, Katz will lead a workshop for administrators, athletes, ROTC students, and members of the community from 1 to 4 p.m. that day in Carter Hall D. The title of the workshop is “More than a Few Good Men: Strategies for Inspiring Men and Boys to be Allies in Gender Violence Prevention.” Jon Mark Hall, director of Athletics, said, “I believe it is important for us to expose our student-athletes to issues such as gender violence. Jackson Katz has been a leader on this subject matter and I am excited that our student-athletes will hear his important message. We hope that our students will take what he says and use it to improve themselves.” An educator, author, and filmmaker, he is recognized for his work in the field of gender violence prevention education with men and boys, particularly in the sports culture and the military. He is the co-founder of the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program, the leading gender violence prevention initiative in professional and college athletics. He is the director of the first worldwide domestic and sexual violence prevention program in the United States Marine Corps. He is also the creator and co-creator of educational videos for college and high school students, including “Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity” (2000), “Wrestling With Manhood” (2002) and “Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies and Alcohol” (2004). He is the author of The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help, published by Sourcebooks in 2006. The book will be available in the USI Bookstore and at the lecture. The retail price is $16.95 plus tax. Since 1990, Katz has lectured at over 950 colleges, prep schools, high schools, middle schools, professional conferences and military installations in 44 states. Katz holds academic degrees from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Harvard University, and is currently a doctoral student in cultural studies and education at UCLA. A native of Boston, he lives with his family in the Los Angeles area. The workshop and lecture are underwritten by generous donors who make financial contributions to the USI Foundation and sponsored by the Department of Recreation, Fitness, and Wellness. For more information contact Stephanie Walden-Schwake, assistant director of Recreation, Fitness, and Wellness, at 812/461-5269. |
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