The Be The Hero! Storming Against Violence Week of Action

with Dr. Jackson Katz

The Victorian Women's Trust hosted the Storming Against Violence week of action, 13th - 17th February 2012, to provide a platform to engage the wider community in a dialogue around violence prevention and to highlight the key role men can play in reducing violence against women and children.

Based on invigorating discussions and presentations by Dr. Jackson Katz and others including Andrew O'Keefe, Dr. Michael Flood and Paul Zappa, these educational materials capture the key messages from the week.

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For more information please contact the Victorian Women's Trust: T: +61 3 9642 0422 or email women@vwt.org.au

Breaking The Cycle
Image kindly supplied by Matt Davidson (The Sunday Age)

 Click here to read Jackson Katz's main arguments and ideas from the week of events.

Acknowledging Women's Leadership and Partnership here

Why Gender Violence is not a women's issue here

Men's Invisibility in the Violence Discourse here

A More Honest Conversation about Masculinity here

Masculinity and Intimidation here

Leadership Issues for Men here

The Active Bystander Approach here

Investing in Violence Prevention here

View the film clips from the Premier Event.

Read the speeches from the Premier Event!

Andrew O'Keefe's Introduction here

Jackson Katz here

Michael Flood here

Paul Zappa here

Watch clips shown on the night!

Watch the bankmecu interview with Jackson Katz!

Useful websites here

Resources - The following resources were shared during the Storming Against Violence Week of Action.

10 Things Men Can Do to Prevent Gender Violence (Jackson Katz)  here

Slapshot (Jackson Katz. MVP playbook) here

Michael Flood - Men Speak Up: A toolkit of action in men's daily lives White Ribbon Report here

Domestic Violence in Australia: the facts here

Be The Hero Program Factsheet here

We wish to thank our partners for helping bring Storming Against Violence week to fruition:

News Articles of Interest:

On March 14th, Anne Summers reported to The Drum on the Federal Opposition's treatment of Stephen Smith regarding women in the military here.

On March 11th, another four articles by Nicole Brady on men's violence against women were featured: Men come face to face with family violence here.

"When asked why they are here, not one guy admits it's his fault" here. "I see now, emotional violence cuts to the bone" here."At the time you get an adrenalin rush, but the regret is overwhelming" here.

On March 4th, The Sunday Age featured its first article by Nicole Brady, 'Lifting the Lid: The Home Truth About Violence', in a series of reports on men's violence against women, in which Jackson Katz was quoted at length. Read the full report here. The seriousness of the issue was further highlighted in a personal account of domestic violence also featured here.