I agree strongly with much of what has been written here -- particularly with Renata, Cheryl and Jacquie.
What I would add, that I didn't read in the descriptions offered, is the need to not only address raising awareness, strengthening services, developing resources, etc... but also to challenge the foundations of sexism, misogyny, racism and homophobia that keep men's violence in place -- the cultural change aspects of a "coordinated" (or collaborative) campus-community response. Such efforts mean not only developing posters, billboards and brochures for men (for example) but also include training men to be peers for other men; developing men's consciousness raising groups, developing direct action strategies that challenge media messages that promote men's violence against women -- or at least the subjugation of women. For example, most of you, I'm sure, know of Take Back the Night events. Recently I have been involved with a couple of local communities to organize and mobilize men to "give back the night". Recognizing that it is men who have taken the night from women, and that, by and large, men don't need to take back the night" anyway -- we already have it --, and thus that is may not be the best way to show are alliance with women by showing up at events that women organize (with little or not leadership, initiative, or effort on our part); these men decided that symbolically it was best for them to stay home and offer child care and elder care, discussion groups for their men friends, do a small house party to raise funds for the local rape crisis center, etc. Anyway, I hope this gets my point across. Whatever our efforts, without an eye to changing the cultural values that allow for men to see violence, disrespect or sexism as an option; then to me, we're not doing all that we need to be doing to end men's violence. Rus Funk Washington, DC [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
