Stone Ridge Campus
SUNY Ulster
3rd Annual Ulster County Domestic Violence Information Forum
How can we prevent domestic and sexual violence against women? Educator and activist Tony Porter addresses this question during his A Call to Men presentation. Ulster County Executive Mike Hein, the Ulster County Interagency Council on Domestic Violence, and SUNY Ulster invite you to attend Tony Porter’s presentation:
A Call To Men
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge Campus, SUNY Ulster
This forum is FREE and open to the public. Preregistration is required.
Tony will be sharing a message about manhood and the role of men in preventing domestic and sexual violence against women. A central tenet of A Call to Men is the belief that preventing violence against women is ultimately the responsibility of men. Porter emphasizes that even well-meaning men who do not see themselves as part of the problem need to get involved.
“We must educate and re-educate our sons and other young men. We must accept our responsibility that domestic violence won’t end until well-meaning men become part of the solution. While a criminal justice response to domestic violence is necessary, a cultural, social shift is required.”
Tony Porter is an educator and activist working in the social justice arena for over 20 years and is nationally recognized for his effort to end men’s violence against women. He is the original visionary and co-founder behind A CALL TO MEN: The National Association of Men and Women Committed to Ending Violence Against Women. He is the author of “Well Meaning Men…Breaking Out of the Man Box – Ending Violence Against Women” and the visionary for the book, “NFL Dads Dedicated to Daughters.”
Tony is currently working with numerous domestic and sexual violence programs, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, colleges and universities around the country. He has worked with the United States Military Academy at West Point and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Tony is an international lecturer for the U.S. State Department having done extensive work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tony has served as a consultant to The White House Commission on Violence Against Women and Girls and the Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women. In addition, he has been a guest presenter for the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women and has been a script consultant for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Register online at http://www.sunyulster.edu/call_to_men . This will be a sold out event! Please register early. Registration will close on 10/22/2015 or earlier if seats are filled.
For more information contact Linda Farina at 687-5192, email farinal@sunyulster.edu or Nancy Schmidt at 340-3482, email nsch@co.ulster.ny.us.
3rd Annual
Ulster County Domestic Violence Information Forum
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
AGENDA
7:30 -8:50 am Registration and check-in at the College Lounge
9:00 am Welcome
~ Dr. Alan Roberts
President SUNY Ulster
Introduction
~ Michael Hein
Ulster County Executive
~ Holley Carnright
Ulster County District Attorney
~ Michael Iapoce
Ulster County DSS Commissioner
9:30 am Keynote Speaker
~ Tony Porter “A Call to Men”
12:10 Victim’s Services
~ Lydia Diaz, UC Crime Victims Assistance Program
~ Karen Storch, Family Of Woodstock
12:30 Closing Remarks
~ Michael Iapoce
Ulster County
Interagency Council on Domestic Violence
Kingston City Court
Domestic Violence Court
Family of Woodstock
Family of Woodstock Domestic Violence Services
Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center
Kingston Police Department
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY Ulster
Town of Saugerties Police Department
Town of Ulster Court
Ulster County Crime Victims Assistance Program
Ulster County District Attorney’s Office
Ulster County Executive’s Office
Ulster County Family and Child Advocacy Center
Ulster County Family Court
Ulster County Magistrates Association
Ulster County Police Chief’s Association
Ulster County Probation Department
Ulster County Public Defender’s Office
Ulster County Sheriff’s Office
Ulster County Department of Social Services
YWCA Ulster County
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