Contact Forms
Our contact and presentation fors have been down for about 2 weeks. Sorry for any confusion. You can always email us at info |at| menagainstviolence |dot| net.
News & Updates
April, 28 2008 2pm
April, 6 2008 8pm
Spring Updates
Hello! The past few months have been very busy, in February we attended the Training Institute for Mobilizing Men in Atlanta. The event was developed by Men Stopping Violence and a Call to Men.
MAV will continue to hold meetings through April and in the coming weeks, we will present at Texas Women's University and the University of North Texas. As always, you can find more info on the Calendar.
January, 21 2008 11pm
Spring 2008 Meetings
The first MAV meeting of the semester is scheduled for Monday, Jan 28, 2008 in Wooten Hall 115. More info on the Calendar. See you there!
January, 15 2008 10pm
Spring Semester + Presentations
MAV is gearing up for the Spring semester. We are now accepting presentation requests!
Need more information about MAV presentations? Check the About section of our website or check out a few example slides from a recent presentation. If you would like to schedule a presentation, please fill out this form.
December, 5 2007 3pm
White Ribbon at UNT
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) is the largest effort in the world of men working to end violence against women (VAW). In over fifty-five countries, campaigns are led by both men and women, even though the focus is on educating men and boys.
Check out photos from the MAV White Ribbon signing campaign on Flickr.
October, 1 2007 9pm
Events this week
MAV has a few events planned this week.. Wednesday and Thursday, MAV will be Tabling in UNT free speech area "B" from 9:30am-1:30pm. Also, this Saturday, October 6th, MAV will take a trip to the Nelson Center along with NAEA and SWSA. We hope that you can make it out to one of these events! Check our calendar for more info.
September, 25 2007 9pm
MAV in the NT Daily
In the wake of NT student Lorena Sandoval's slaying, in which her boyfriend was charged with murder, campus groups such as Men Against Violence urge male students to join their campaign to end men's violence toward women.
July, 20 2007 3pm
Updated MAV Media Section
This month, we feature an enhanced media section, navigation has been enhanced to allow much easier browsing. Check it out.
May, 25 2007 6pm
2 Interviews With Byron Hurt
This month in the media section, we feature 2 interviews with Byron Hurt. 1 video interview from AOL Black Voices, 1 audio interview from NPR: Here & Now. Byron discusses his film Beyond Beats and Rhymes and talks about larger cultural issues surrounding masculinity.
May 20, 2007 3am
MAV Micro Grant Project
Men Against Violence has received a micro-grant from the Texas Council on Family Violence to work with communities of faith in connecting their faith with non-violence. Today, Men Against Violence attended a meeting hosted by TCFV in South Austin to help develop our plan and to connect with other grantees. We will have pictures, a full report about the trip and more about the micro-grant project up very soon.
For more on all of the grantees, visit the TCFV microgrants page.
May 2, 2007 11pm
The Seven P's of Mens Violence
For a moment my eyes turned away from the workshop participants and out through the windows of the small conference room and towards the Himalayas, north of Katmandu. I was there, leading a workshop, largely the outgrowth of remarkable work of UNICEF and UNIFEM which, a year earlier, had brought together women and men from throughout South Asia to discuss the problem of violence against women and girls and... more
April 14, 2007 11am
Tough Guise + Media Clips
We started with a preview of Beyond Beats and Rhymes by Byron Hurt. We will be posting more media clips in the coming months. The newest addition to our media section is a preview of Tough Guise by Jackson Katz. All of these films are available at the UNT Media Library and are easy to locate for purchase.
March 16, 2007 7pm
Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes *update*
Beyond beats and rhymes start time has been moved up, it will now start at 7pm.
MAV is hosting a screening of Beyond Beats and Ryhmes by: Byron Hurt in the Lycieum (in the UNT Student Union) on March 28, 2007 at 7pm. After the film, there will be discussion group where everyone will be able to voice their comments and reactions.
Conceived as a "loving critique" from a self-proclaimed "hip-hop head," Hurt examines issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in today's hip-hop culture.
"Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes" is a riveting documentary that examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music.
Check out a preview here.
March 1, 2007 11am
Silent Witness at UNT
The "Silent Witness Project" is a massive public display memoralizing female victims of mens violence in Texas.
Last year we made over 700 signs representing women who were murdered by their male partners. This year we have displayed the silent witness project at the Vagina Monolagues at UNT and UTD.
February 26, 2007 7pm
Girls Gone Wild: Exposed
We could have done anything with our time that evening. So why did we protest? The answer is simple: "Girls Gone Wild," Mantra Films and founder Joe Francis promote the exploitation and objectification of young women. more
February 25, 2007 9pm
Girls gone wild protest
MAV recently organized a protest of a girls gone wild apperance in Denton.... Joe Francis was at this event. Members of MAV, SWSA & FMLA joined in protest. Why do we have a problem with Girls Gone Wild? Read this fact sheet or this article.
Check out more photos of the protest here.
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MAV Meetings
MAV meets each Monday evening at 5pm at Wooten Hall Room 115 on the UNT campus. The first meeting of Spring 2008 is scheduled for Jan, 28 2008.
MAV mission statement:
As men and women concerned with all forms of violence in our community, we will explore our identities, educate the community and ourselves, and create social change.
We are dedicated to examining the role men play in violence and working toward ending violence of all kinds.
Men Against Violence at the University of North Texas (MAV) is an active group of men and women committed to ending men's violence against women.
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Click here if you or someone you know is in a violent relationship.
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