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A joint community effort launched Wednesday to help combat violence against women will offer educational workshops for men and boys across Ottawa.
I Can MANifest Change is a campaign devised by the Coalition to End Violence Against Women, along with Crime Prevention Ottawa and Ottawa police. It aims to “mobilize” boys and men in an effort to change attitudes toward violence and sexual assault.
Men and boys interested in being part of the campaign can upload a picture of themselves at http://www.manifestchange.ca/ then take a personal pledge and access advice and community resources.
“The whole premise is that violence against women is not just a women’s issue,” said Matt Schaaf, co-ordinator of the project.
“Most perpetrators are men but most men aren’t perpetrators. So it’s all about giving guys the tools to do something when they see a situation developing.”
The campaign, launched as part of Crime Prevention week, will target a variety of issues, from sexist jokes to street harassment and will feature videos of local men as role models.
The launch video features the Ottawa Senators’ Marc Methot and is posted along with other videos on the website.
The workshops teach men how to recognize violence against women which, Schaaf said, has obvious aspects but also more subtle manifestations, such as controlling behaviour, neglect and financial constraints placed on women by men.
“The more innocent stuff creates the social norms that allow the other stuff to flourish,” he added.
The program has recently trained 14 new workshop facilitators and has a waiting list for more training sessions next year.
Some of the workshops will be closed but plans are also in the works for public sessions.
“We’ve had a strong response from men who want to be trained in this work,” said Schaaf. “There has been great buy in.”
The campaign was launched at Longfields-Davidson Heights secondary school, which has its own community campaign called Man Up!2014.
“We have the opportunity to make sure everyone truly understands what it means to be a man,” said student Euan Scoffield, one of the students leading the ManUp! campaign.
“It’s our responsibility to do the right thing and take action and raise awareness,” he added.
cobb@ottawacitizen.com
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I Can MANifest Change is a campaign devised by the Coalition to End Violence Against Women, along with Crime Prevention Ottawa and Ottawa police. It aims to “mobilize” boys and men in an effort to change attitudes toward violence and sexual assault.
Men and boys interested in being part of the campaign can upload a picture of themselves at http://www.manifestchange.ca/ then take a personal pledge and access advice and community resources.
“The whole premise is that violence against women is not just a women’s issue,” said Matt Schaaf, co-ordinator of the project.
“Most perpetrators are men but most men aren’t perpetrators. So it’s all about giving guys the tools to do something when they see a situation developing.”
The campaign, launched as part of Crime Prevention week, will target a variety of issues, from sexist jokes to street harassment and will feature videos of local men as role models.
The launch video features the Ottawa Senators’ Marc Methot and is posted along with other videos on the website.
The workshops teach men how to recognize violence against women which, Schaaf said, has obvious aspects but also more subtle manifestations, such as controlling behaviour, neglect and financial constraints placed on women by men.
“The more innocent stuff creates the social norms that allow the other stuff to flourish,” he added.
The program has recently trained 14 new workshop facilitators and has a waiting list for more training sessions next year.
Some of the workshops will be closed but plans are also in the works for public sessions.
“We’ve had a strong response from men who want to be trained in this work,” said Schaaf. “There has been great buy in.”
The campaign was launched at Longfields-Davidson Heights secondary school, which has its own community campaign called Man Up!2014.
“We have the opportunity to make sure everyone truly understands what it means to be a man,” said student Euan Scoffield, one of the students leading the ManUp! campaign.
“It’s our responsibility to do the right thing and take action and raise awareness,” he added.
cobb@ottawacitizen.com
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