Green Dots for Men

Sample Green Dots for Men

• Tell a woman in your life that power-based personal violence matters to you.
• Ask women in your life how power-based personal violence has impacted them.
• Ask a man in your life how power-based personal violence has impacted him or someone he cares about.
• Have one conversation with one male friend or relative about the GREEN DOT.
• Ask a woman in your life what you can do to help take a stand against violence.
• Ask one male friend or relative what he thinks about power-based personal violence and what men could do to help stop it.
• Visit the Jackson Katz website (http://www.jacksonkatz.com/) and read “10 Things Men Can Do To End Gender Violence.”
• Have a conversation with a younger man or boy who looks up to you about how important it is for men to help end violence.
• Google “men against violence” and read what men around the country are doing.
• If you suspect someone you care about is a victim of violence, gently ask if you can help.
• Attend an awareness event with three male friends.
• Organize a men’s event to raise money to support violence prevention.
• Text your three best guy friends that you went to the Green Dot training and you want to talk to them about it.

Resources for Men Online:

• Male Survivor: http://www.malesurvivor.org/
• The White Ribbon Campaign: http://www.whiteribbon.ca/
• Oregon Men Against Violence: http://oregonsatf.org/program/prevention-program/omav/
• Men Can Stop Rape: http://www.mencanstoprape.org/

National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (VAW)

Special Collection: “Men and Boys: Preventing Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence”

1 is 2 Many Campaign featuring President Obama, Vice President Biden, Eli Manning, Jeremy Lin, Jimmy Rollins, Evan Longoria, David Beckham, Joe Torre and Andy Katz.

Educational Resources for Men by Men:

Websites

• Jackson Katz http://www.jacksonkatz.com
• Steve Thompson http://www.cmich.edu/SAPA/Programs/Steve_Thompson.htm
• Byron Hurt http://www.bhurt.com 
• Steve McAllister http://www.stevemcallister.org

Books

• Boys Will Be Men: Raising Our Sons for Courage, Caring and Community (Print-Non-Fiction). Kivel, Paul. New Society Publishers, 1999.

• Packaging Boyhood: Saving Our Sons from Superheroes, Slackers and Other Media Stereotypes (Print-Non-Fiction). Brown, Lyn Mikel; Lamb, Sharon; Tappan, Mark. St. Martin’s Press, 2009.

Documentaries

• “Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes” by Byron Hurt (video).
• “I am a Man: Black Masculinity in America” by Byron Hurt (video).