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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

The Training Institute for Mobilizing Men (TIMM) came to a close on May 20, 2009 with a final gathering that took place in New York City.
The eight participating coalitions (Idaho, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia and Texas) and their community partners spoke thoughtfully with the social change organizations that offered [...]