BY KAREN BOSSICK
World-renowned author and filmmaker Dr. Jackson Katz has pioneered research into gender violence. His TEDx talk “Violence Against Women—It’s a Men’s Issue” has been viewed more than five million times.
Now, he will discuss how to end gender-based violence in two separate talks Tuesday and Wednesday in Ketchum and Hailey.
The first talk—“More Than a Few Good Men: Building Leadership for the 21st Century”—will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, at Ketchum’s Community Library. The talk, co-sponsored by The Advocates and the Community Library, will explore why we need more than a few good men to end the epidemic of violence against women.
To see it in person, RSVP at https://thecommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/10977918. It will not be livestreamed or recorded.
Katz will follow that up Wednesday, Oct. 25, with the talk “Taking It Personally: Why Gender Violence is a Men’s Issue,” from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, at Town Center West in Hailey. The interactive multimedia workshop will help participants understand the dynamics of peer culture, the role of media in shaping gendered behavior and the importance of male leadership in ending gender-based violence.
That workshop is designed for school administrators and educators, journalists, healthcare and human services workers, law enforcement, religious leaders and interested community members.
To register, email Darrel Harris at darrel@theadvocatesorg.org or call 208-788-4191.
Katz is the author of the book “The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help.” He also created the award-winning “Tough Guise” documentaries.
In addition, he is one of the key architects of the now popular bystander approach, about which he made a film. His Mentors in Violence Prevention program is one of the longest running and most influential sexual assault and relationship abuse prevention programs in colleges, high schools, sports culture and the military.
“Dr. Katz takes complex issues around gender and violence and streamlines solutions that each and every one of us can do every day,” said Shannon Nichols, director of Development and Engagement at The Advocates. “Show up, bring a friend, and get ready to change the world!”
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Dr. Jackson Katz will also speak to Sage School and Silver Creek High School student about being an active bystander and the role they and other youth can play in preventing gender-based violence in schools, neighborhoods and community while here.