SAAM 2011 - Keynote Speaker- Byron Hurt!

We are excited to announce that the keynote speaker for CSU's SAAM 2011 will be Byron Hurt!

Byron will present a keynote lecture at 7pm on WEDNESDAY APRIL 13th in Behavioral Sciences 131.


Byron Hurt Biography

Byron Hurt is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, a published writer, and an anti-sexist activist. His most recent documentary, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It was later broadcast nationally on the Emmy award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, drawing an audience of more than 1.3 million viewers. To date, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes has been selected to appear in more than 50 film festivals worldwide. The Chicago Tribune named Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes “one of the best documentary films in 2007.”

Hurt also directed and produced I AM A MAN: Black Masculinity in America, a 60-minute award-winning documentary that captures the thoughts and feelings of African-American men and women from over fifteen cities across America. In this award-winning film, Hurt challenges audiences to interrogate the damaging effects of patriarchy, racism and sexism in American culture.

More than a filmmaker, Hurt is a former Northeastern University football quarterback and a long-time gender violence prevention educator. He is a founding member of the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program, the leading college-based rape and domestic violence prevention initiative for college and professional athletics. He is also the former associate director of the first gender violence prevention program in the United States Marine Corps.

Hurt has been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe, The L.A. Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer; O, The Oprah Magazine; The Source Magazine, Vibe Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Mother Jones, Entertainment Weekly, Variety Magazine, allhiphop.com, and vibe.com. Comments and reviews of his film can be found all over the internet and blogosphere.

He has also appeared on The Montel Williams Show, CNN, Access Hollywood, MTV, BET, ABC News World Tonight, the Michael Baisden Show, and the Michael Eric Dyson Show.

Over the last 15 years, Hurt has lectured at hundreds of campuses, presented at numerous professional conferences, and trained thousands of young men and women on issues related to gender, race, sex, violence, music and visual media.

His websites are www.bhurt.com, www.myspace.com/beyondbeatsandrhymes, and www.facebook.com.

See you next year!

Take Back the Night!

Meet the director of the film "No! The Rape Documentary"

Tonight.... an evening with Aishah Simmons!!

Aishah Simmons, the producer and director of the film No! The Rape Documentary will be on campus!

we will be hosting a free screening of the film at 6PM followed by a Q&A session with Aishah.

both events are open to the public and will be located in the Cherokee Park Ballroom





Synopsis:
Produced and Directed over a period of eleven years, seven of which were full time, by Aishah Shahidah Simmons, an incest and rape survivor, this groundbreaking feature length documentary features riveting testimonials from Black women rape survivor stories who defy victimization.

Violence prevention advocates, theologians, sociologists, historians, anthropologists, and other leading scholars and human rights activists provide an interdisciplinary context with which to examine sexual violence in African-American communities. They also explore how rape is used as a weapon of homophobia.

Impacting archival footage, spirited music, transformational dance, and performances from award-winning poets take viewers on a journey from enslavement of African people in the United States through present day

Tuesday April 27th SAAM events!!

Check out today's SAAM events... be there!


CTMO day on the plaza:

stop by the CTMO table on the plaza and enter to win one of 20 prizes!
11am - 2pm

Film Screening: The Price of Pleasure

come to the screening of this powerful film, followed by a discussion.

we will be raffling off prizes!

7pm

LSC 210

Film Synopsis:
Once relegated to the margins of society, pornography has become one of the most visible and profitable sectors of the cultural industries in the United States. It is estimated that the pornography industry's annual revenue has reached $13 billion. At the same time, the content of pornography has become more aggressive, more overtly sexist and racist.

The film features the voices of consumers, critics, and pornography producers and performers. It is particularly revealing when male pornographers openly discuss their views about women and how men should relate to them, and when male and female porn users candidly discuss the role pornography has played in shaping their sexual imaginations and relationships. The film paints both a nuanced and complex portrait of how pleasure and pain, commerce and power, and liberty and responsibility are intertwined in the most intimate aspects of human relations.
At the same time, the film examines the unprecedented role that commercial pornography now occupies in U.S. popular culture. Going beyond the debate of liberal versus conservative so common in the culture, The Price of Pleasure provides a holistic understanding of pornography as it debunks common myths about the genre.

VIEW THE TRAILER HERE

Today's Workshop: How to Support Survivors of Sexual Assault

Today we will be hosting a workshop intended to educate folks on the best ways to support survivors of sexual assault. We will review common myths surrounding sexual assault and then discuss strategies for responding to or supporting someone who discloses that they are a survivor.

Time: 12:00-1:00

Location: LSC 230

OWPS Meet & Greet.... & EAT!

Stop by the OWPS office today for some beat-those-rainy-day-blues snacks! Nothing lifts the spirits like coconut macaroons, cupcakes, cookies, rice crispy treats and hot coffee. mmmm.

The meet & great will be open today until 4pm. All are invited to stop by, say hi and take a look around the office. We have some new fabulous films and our book library grows larger with each semester!

You can also learn more about SAAM (sexual assault awareness month) events and enter to win a free CTMO t-shirt.

The Office of Women's Programs and Studies is located at 112 student services. Call 491-6384 if you have any questions.

We hope to see you!

April 21st- SAAM EVENTS!

CTMO Day on the plaza!
Stop by the table and enter to win a CTMO tshirt!
11am-2pm

LSC Plaza

Free screening of the film “The Line”

Snacks by chipotle!

7pm Clark A103

Free CTMO tshirts, Chipotle gift cards, candy and more!

Allan Johnson at CSU!

Allan Johnson will be speaking at TWO events at CSU on Tuesday April 20th!

Workshop: "Working for Social Justice: Dealing with Defensiveness and Denial"
Cherokee Park Ballroom at 10am

Lecture: "Unraveling the Knot of Sexual Violence"
North Ballroom at 6 pm

Both events are free and open to the public

Allan Johnson is the author of the following books: The Gender Knot, and Privilege, Power, and Difference, and The First Thing and the Last. He is a nationally known speaker and author, and travels nationwide doing presentations and facilitating discussions on social justice, identities, privilege and oppression, and power.

Today's Workshop: The Impact of Masculinity!

Come check out today's SAAM event!!
Workshop: The Impact of Masculinity on Men and the People in their Lives
By: Chris Leck
12:00 - 1:00
Lory Student Center, 211E