[Mitai-announce] Amnesty-esque events

[Karen Figueroa]

Dearest amnesty-announce list members,

here are some events we thought you'd like:

Tuesday: Diana Gomez speaks on Human Rights in Columbia, sponsored by
Western Hemisphere Project. Student Center, Latino Lounge (basement),
7:30pm. See below for more details.

Wednesday: Jackson Katz speaks on gender violence prevention, sponsored by
Center of Wellness and Health Promotion, room 4-149, 3-5pm. See below for
more details.

Wednesday: *Amnesty meeting amnesty meeting amnesty meeting - you should
come! *We're really nice, I promise, and you can bring up any issue you're
interested in, we'll help you plan an event if you like! 6:00! 5-232! Come
come come!

Love,
MIT Amnesty
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Human Rights in Colombia

Speaker: Diana Gomez

Time: 7:30p–9:00p

Location: w20-028<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=w20-028&mapsearch=go>

A discussion with Diana Gomez is a courageous Colombian and active member of
the organization Movimiento Hijos e Hijas por la Memoria y contra la
Impunidad (Movement of Sons and Daughters for Memory and against Impunity).
Her father was among the hundreds if not thousands of people assassinated or
"disappeared" in Colombia since 2002. Diana Gomez has been active in women's
movements in Colombia as well as el Movimiento de Hijos e Hijas, and
organization that works overcome the polarization, violence, and exclusion
in Colombian history and fight for human rights by sharing their experiences
and the truth of the crimes committed against their family members.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere

Open to: the general public

Cost: Free

Sponsor(s): Western Hemisphere Project, Colombia Vive
For more information, contact:
Kendra Johnson
hemisphere-manboard at mit.edu

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Wednesday March 5th: One of America's leading anti-sexist male activists:



*Jackson Katz* is coming to MIT 3-5pm Building 4-149



Please RSVP with Chad Waxman waxm at med.mit.edu



Funded by the Center for Health Promotion and Wellness and Residential Life
Programs at MIT


An educator, author and film maker, he is internationally recognized for his
groundbreaking work in the field of gender violence prevention education
with men and boys, particularly in the sports culture and the military.

*More Than a Few Good Men: Strategies for Inspiring Men and Boys to be
Allies in Gender Violence Prevention*
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Katz introduces participants to a creative new way of conceptualizing the
role of men in what historically have been considered "women's issues."
Instead of seeing sexual and domestic violence as womens issues that some
good guys help out with, he argues that they are mens issues, about which
all men should be educated and active especially men in positions of family,
community, professional and political leadership.

With a combination of lecture, written and oral exercises, and interactive
discussion, Katz shares with participants a series of strategies for
inspiring men, young men, and boys to work in collaboration with women to
change the social norms that tolerate or condone some mens sexist or abusive
behaviors. During the discussion of one of these strategies, which focuses
on the role of bystanders, he presents the philosophy behind and practical
application of the MVP Model, a gender violence prevention education
strategy he and his racially diverse, mixed-gender staff first developed in
1993 at Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society.
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