Providing Violence Prevention Programming to Men

Summary

Our Men of Strength Club is in every public high school in DC as well as sites in North Carolina, New York City, and on college campuses. We mobilize young men to use their strength positively.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

MCSR addresses the primary prevention of men's violence against women. We work nationally and internationally, with a dedicated focus to Washington, DC as well. We offer a media campaign, youth Men of Strength Clubs for teens, a campus affiliate college chapter program, technical assistance, ongoing training for professionals, and public education/speaking. Each year we honor one adult Man of Strength and now four youth MOST Club members at our Men of Strength Awards at the National Press Club.

How will this project solve this problem?

We have launched Strong Moves, an initiative that brings the weekly Men of Strength Club to all sixteen public high schools in Washington, DC. We are going to be in every borough of New York City in Fall 2008. The MOST Club network continues to grow.

Potential Long Term Impact

250 young men in DC a year with sustained, weekly programming; over 250 at MOST Clubs in other regions; thousands of college students, and millions through the poster and media outreach campaign

Project Message

Nate Cole, a four year MOST Club veteran, recently went to the Bahamas to present on Men Can Stop Rape's engagement of men in sexual violence prevention for a Caribbean-wide rape prevention conference
- Nate Cole, MOST member

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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