September 20-22, 2010
Austin, TX

Moving Forward is the 26th TCFV Statewide Conference. It includes exceptional plenary sessions and workshops feeding the soul with inspiration, the mind with useful tools, enhancing the knowledge and giving attendees pioneering approaches to address family violence in their own communities.

Featured speakers include:

Dorothy J. Edwards Ph.D., founding Director of University of Kentucky’s Violence Intervention and Prevention Center and Jerry Tello, co-founder of the National Compadres Network and the Director of the National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute.

Natalie Randolph makes history.

Oct 14-16, 2010 – Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA

Join Rachel Griffin, Michael Kimmel, Robert Jensen, Ben Atherton-Zeman, Men Can Stop Rape, and a few hundred other colleagues in exploring the broadening of our movement.

Dr. Rachel Griffin talks about how men can play a role in ending gender violence in this video.

This is a piece written by Joe Ehrmann, former NFL star, president of Coach for America, and a 2005 honoree at our Men of Strength Awards.  Joe is the subject of the New York Times Bestseller Season of Life by Jeffrey Marx and co-founded Building Men and Women for Others (BMWO) with his wife, which addresses issues of masculinity and femininity and seeks to redefine and reframe the social responsibility of sports, coaches, parent and players.

“Mack Brown, head coach of the University of Texas football team, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Legacy of Men breakfast. The breakfast, scheduled for February 15, is intended to involve men in the fight against domestic violence.”

For more information visit Safe Haven’s Website

In San Antonio, several men took the pledge to end violence against women. Events took place at South Memorial Christian Church and in front of City Hall where San Antonio mayor, Julián Castro helped to launch the campaign.

Event organizer and participant Daniel Pineda states: “Somehow we need to step up as men to really be a real man with a true purpose/course in leaving a legacy of a strong family foundation.” Pineda urges people everywhere to begin their own campaign and recruit others in such efforts.

To read news coverage of the WRC campaign in San Antonio click here.

Here is some exciting Prevention News that we got from the Panhandle Crisis Center in Perryton, TX! Please keep us updated with your efforts to engage your community in violence prevention by sending us an email to hgutierrez@tcfv.org.

To read full article click here.

Date: November 6-7, 2009
Location: Collegeville, MN

This conference will be the first chance for male students from across the country to
explore how to find positive ways to reach campus men with messages against dating
and other forms of men’s violence, and for gender equality. It will provide
opportunities to discuss how to deal with backlash and hostility, and how to work in
partnership with women’s groups. St. John’s University will host the conference. For
more details, email gkellom@csbsju.edu.

*Up to 30 project participants will receive travel funding. Applications must be received
by September 14, 2009. Participants must be male college students ages 18-24 who
have been involved in efforts related to gender equality and violence against women
for at least one semester. There is no penalty for withdrawing from the study at any
time.

Voices of the “Well Meaning” Men are Silent…..
You too can help challenge the “well meaning” men in your lives into action. See this editorial by Patricia Castillo, L.M.S.W. and Dr. Michael J. McMains from the P.E.A.C.E. Initiative of San Antonio.