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• Voice Male Calendar Please send all Calendar Listings for events from December 15, 2005 (and beyond) to: Voice Male Calendar voicemale@mrcforchange.org or mail to: 236 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002 Fax (413) 253-4801 Deadline for Winter issue: November 25, 2005 October 3 - November 30 • Amherst, MA Conscious Communication Workshop The MRC’s Moving Forward program is sponsoring an eight-week workshop to help people stay connected with partners, family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers in the heat of difference. The workshop will be offered on Mondays (Oct. 3 to Nov. 28) and Wednesdays (Oct. 5 to Nov. 30). The workshop aims to teach people to use differences to actually grow in understanding and intimacy and to experience the joy hidden in conflict. Facilitator Karen Fogliatti is currently both an associate with the Conscious Communication Institute and a counselor with Moving Forward at the Men’s Resource Center. The workshop is open to both men and women. Cost: $230-$280, sliding scale, includes materials Location: Men’s Resource Center for Change Info: www.ccitraining.org, karenmf@mindspring.com, (978) 544-3844 October 21-23 • Rowe, MA Nonviolent Communication as Spiritual Practice Nonviolent Communication helps people connect with the life that is alive in them and the living field of energy permeating and animating all things. In the evolution of language over the last several centuries, the dominant cultures on our planet have developed ways of communicating centered in the mind—in thinking, in knowing, and in judging what is good and bad, right and wrong. This language of knowing and judging cuts us off from life and creates the violence and suffering on our planet. The language of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) enables us to “come back to life,” as NVC founder Marshall Rosenberg puts it. Cost: $170 - $270, plus room and board Location: Rowe Camp & Conference Center Info: www.rowecenter.org, retreat@rowecenter.org, (413) 339-4954 October 25 • Los Angeles, CA Male Rape and the Human Rights Framework Lara Stemple, Director of Graduate Studies in Law, will present her current research on sexual violence against men and boys in international law. Before joining UCLA, Stemple was executive director of Stop Prisoner Rape, a national human rights organization whose mission is to end sexual violence in prisons, jails, and immigration detention. The prevailing approach to sexual violence internationally has focused on the abuse of women and girls. Numerous instruments in the human rights canon that address sexual violence, including UN treaties, resolutions, consensus documents, and general comments, exclude victims who are men and boys. Stemple argues that to continue this approach in light of evidence that males are a small but sizable percentage of sexual assault victims is to ignore reality, perpetuates norms of women as victims, imposes unhealthy expectations about masculinity on men and boys, and inhibits effective advocacy against male rape. Cost: free Location: 1648 Hershey Hall, UCLA Info: www.women.ucla.edu/csw, csw@women.ucla.edu, (310) 825-0590 October 25-27 • Holyoke, MA November 10-12 • Amherst, MA Eyes Wide Open Beyond Fear, Toward Hope: An Exhibition of the Human Cost of the Iraq War “Eyes Wide Open” is a multimedia, multisensory journey through the words, images, and sounds of the Iraq War with more than 1,800 pairs of combat boots representing fallen U.S. soldiers and thousands of shoes representing Iraqi dead. “Eyes Wide Open,” a vivid memorial to the Iraq War’s soldier and civilian victims, puts a human face on the war and helps further the wider discussion about the cost of war for our communities in the United States, for our soldiers who fight it, and for those who must endure it. Programs at both locations will include panel presentations, concerts, and film showings. Journalist/photographer Dahr Jamail will speak on October 26, and activist/mother Cindy Sheehan will speak on November 11. Cost: free Location: Oct. – Holyoke Community College, Nov. – University of Massachusetts Info: www.westernmassafsc.org, afsc@crocker.com, (413) 695-6059 October 28-29 • Deerfield, MA Witness for Peace New England Annual Fall Conference/Retreat Keynote speaker Noam Chomsky will stimulate the discussion around the central theme of “building movements to reverse policies of oppression” and activist trainings led by WFP National Grassroots Organizers will help move ideas into action. Topics to be discussed include building the movement for Economic Justice in the Americas and an end to U.S. militarism in Colombia. The conference will also feature Flor Rivera, a researcher with the Center for Studies on Rural Change in Mexico (CECCAM); Mateo Bernal, a member of the Witness for Peace International Team in Oaxaca, Mexico; and Janna Bowman, National Grassroots Organizer on Military Aid to Colombia for Witness for Peace. Cost: $55 to $175, depending on registration date and portion to be attended (limited financial aid is available) Location: Woolman Hill Retreat Center Info: www.witnessforpeace.org, wfpne@witnessforpeace.org, (802) 434-2980 November 1 • Worcester, MA 2005 Teen Pregnancy Institute: Switching Gears in Changing Times Each year, the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy draws together teen parent and pregnancy prevention service providers from across New England for a day of continuing education, skill-building, networking, resource-sharing, and support. This year’s conference will provide an opportunity to learn about new approaches to work with teen parents and in pregnancy prevention. Cost: $65 - $100 Location: College of the Holy Cross Info: www.massteenpregnancy.org, info@massteenpregnancy.org, (617) 482-9122 November 2-4 • Detroit, MI From Roots to Wings: The Future of Batterer Intervention This conference, featuring two workshops by staff from the Men’s Resource Center for Change, is an important national conference on batterer intervention (BI). Presenters include men and women who started batterer intervention programs. Network with professionals working to end domestic violence, gain new tools and strategies, learn about funding, legislative changes and current research, hear from communities monitoring BI programs, be exposed to philosophical changes in BI programs, and participate in discussions on defining success. Cost: between $275 and $400 24
Location: Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center Info: http://www.biscmi.org/documents/biscmi10thconference.html, dgarvin@csswashtenaw.org, (517) 482-3933 November 4-6 • Bangor, PA You Are Not Alone: A Weekend of Recovery for Male Survivors of Clergy Abuse MaleSurvivor will be holding a second Weekend of Recovery for any adult (18 years and older) male survivor of clergy abuse (from any denomination). Among the goals of this retreat are: to provide a safe place where survivors of clergy sexual abuse can experience a sense of community, brotherhood, and joy; to co-create and experience safety with other survivors as they explore aspects of their healing journey; to provide an opportunity where survivors can share their inner pain, strength and hope. To accommodate clergy abuse survivors’ requests for a setting with no connection to any religious group, the retreat will take place at Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, which has been providing an ecumenical and inter-faith space for rest and renewal to people from many faith traditions. Cost: $415 - $475 (includes all lodging, meals and programming); some scholarship funds available Location: Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center Info: www.malesurvivor.org, hfradkin@malesurvivor.org, (614) 445-8277 x11, (800) 738-4181 January 27-29 • Rowe, MA Gay Men’s Winter Retreat This retreat will be led by Christian de la Huerta. Participants will explore profound issues of life purpose, bridge the schism between sexuality and spirituality, and learn about conscious relationships. You will attain an expanded sense of your purpose as a gay man and gain a bigger perspective on yourself and life in general. You will reconnect spiritually and develop a deeper level of self-acceptance and self-empowerment with a group of like-minded others in a safe, fun, and nurturing environment. Cost: Sliding scale fee for the weekend (includes meals and housing) starts at $280. Location: Rowe Conference Center Info: www.rowecenter.org, (413) 339-4954 New Visions of Manhood Art Exhibit and Auction November 29 - December 3 • Northampton, MA T he Men’s Resource Center for Change is mounting an exhibit and holding an auction not just for art aficionados. Anyone interested in great holiday gifts and supporting the MRC will find great art, pottery, photography, wearable art and more. The exhibit will be up for silent auction bidding beginning November 29 and will feature works by scores of well-known artists including Barry Moser, Leonard Baskin, Greg Gillespie, Jane Lund, Jane Dyer, Robin Freedenfeld, and Clemens Kalischer. Saturday night, December 3, features a live auction with sumptuous food, engaging entertainment, and actor-comedian Kevin Brown as auctioneer. Certain pieces will also be available for bidding online at www.mrcforchange.org. Cost: free for those purchasing art; suggested donation of $10 for others Location: A.P.E. Gallery in Thornes Market Info: gcraig@mrcforchange.org, (413) 253-9887 ext. 16 FALL 2005 • 25
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