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Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program

NPR Interview

Just before the CBIM Alaska training began, I received a call to participate in an on-air discussion about the Steubenville, Ohio rape case. Filling in for one of my MVP colleagues, I was interviewed by WESA, an NPR affiliate in Pittsburgh, PA who’s show Essential Pittsburgh was hosting a special episode on the case. On with […] Read more

MVP @ UMASS Amherst

On October 18th I co-lead a series of MVP trainings with student athletes at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. I was filling in for someone who had completed 2 days of training before I arrived. In my time there, I was able to have some good conversations with a couple of the teams at UMass […] Read more

MVP TTT @ Towson University

On October 9th & 10th I co-lead a two day MVP Train The Trainers with students and staff at Towson University in Towson, MD. From what I understand the students trained were going to use the MVP curriculum in local high schools after the training. Bets of luck fellas […] Read more

On September 28th I delivered the keynote speech at the Preventing Campus Sexual Violence in Virginia Conference in Roanoke, VA. sponsored by Virginia Tech and the Virginia Dept. of Health, the goal of the conference was to help participants view the work of preventing campus sexual violence through a social justice lens. Here is the description […] Read more

A Few Pastdue Updates

I slacked off a bit when it came up updating you all on a few events I participated in. These are all past now, but i figured I should post them anyway: In May I started working with the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) to co-facilitate their SECS Sexuality Education Certification Series which is […] Read more

MVP @ Denison University

On April 5th I will be co-facilitating a couple of MVP awareness raising trainings with students and staff at Denison University in Granville, Ohio […] Read more

On September 18th & 19th, I’ll be co-facilitating a set of MVP trainings with student-athletes at the University of Louisville […] Read more

On September 1st, I’ll be speaking on a panel entitled “Lessons From The Field” at the Futures Without Violence sponsored orientation for recipients of the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW)’s Engaging Men Grant […] Read more

Another set of diversity and sexual harassment prevention trainings with NASCAR officials. This session, also taking place in Daytona Beach, FL (just like my last one) is for office staff and will be my second set of NASCAR trainings this year […] Read more

I’ll be co-facilitating a two day Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program Train The Trainers session at Colgate University in early March […] Read more

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