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Men Should Tell Other Men It’s Wrong to Hurt Women by Hank Shaw

Speaking Out Democratandchronicle.com Rochester, NY Our safety: Violence against women Men should tell other men: It’s wrong to hurt women By Hank Shaw These days everyone understands the threat of international terrorism. Yet we often overlook another form of terrorism that hits home in every country: violence against women and girls. We see the disturbing [...]

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Byron Hurt, producer of “Beyond Beats and Rhymes”, signed the Stand Up Guys pledge in Washington, D.C.

Byron Hurt, producer of “Beyond Beats and Rhymes”, after signing the Stand Up Guys pledge at the “Men Can Stop Rape” conference in Washington, D.C. (video)

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Hear the “Harmony” song, written and preformed by Jim Lane

Hear the “Harmony” song, written and preformed by Jim Lane. Stand Up Guys with the Crime Victims Walk, Rochester, NY. (video)

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Local Woman Stands With Men To Stop Abuse

Some of us, if we’re lucky, make a living pursuing our dreams. Annie Lane put everything on the line to help wipe out a nightmare. How else to explain why the Irondequoit woman would quit a job with a six−figure salary a few years ago to help start a movement ? for no pay, no [...]

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A double standard when it comes to athletes and domestic violence

Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez was arrested for allegedly striking his father-in-law at Citi Field last week. ICON SMI It has been a bruising two weeks for the girlfriends of a few high-profile athletes. On Monday Indiana Pacers rookie Lance Stephenson, 19, was arraigned on charges of felony assault, menacing and harassment in New York City for [...]

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Article featuring Karen Messina from the Xerox newsletter

KAREN MESSINA COMPLETES MENTORS IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORKSHOP Karen Messina recently completed a three day MVP (Mentors in Violence Prevention) Train the Trainers workshop. By utilizing a creative “bystander” approach to gender violence and bullying 4 prevention, it focuses on young men not as perpetrators or potential perpetrators, but as empowered bystanders who can confront abusive [...]

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Campaign Urging Men and Boys to Interrupt Acts of Domestic Violence Goes Global

Campaign Urging Men and Boys to Interrupt Acts of Domestic Violence Goes Global at 2010 Clinton Global Initiative NEW YORK, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Transnational human rights organizationBreakthrough launches its global campaign on domestic violence at the Clinton Global Initiative(CGI) this week. Building on the award-winning Bell Bajao campaign (‘Ring the Bell’ in Hindi) in India, Breakthrough’s [...]

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