Bystander Training as Leadership Training: Notes on the Origins, Philosophy, and Pedagogy of the Mentors in Violence Prevention Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (15) ◽  
pp. 1755-1776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackson Katz
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Leadership Training ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Sports Culture ◽  
Prevention Model ◽  
Key Features ◽  
The U.S

This article outlines the origins, philosophy, and pedagogy of the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program, which has played a significant role in the gender violence prevention field since its inception in 1993. MVP was one of the first large-scale programs to target men for prevention efforts, as well as the first to operate systematically in sports culture and the U.S. military. MVP also introduced the “bystander” approach to the field. MVP employs a social justice, gender-focused approach to prevention. Key features of this approach are described and contrasted with individualistic, events-based strategies that have proliferated on college campuses and elsewhere in recent years.

Response to Commentaries on Bystander Training as Leadership Training

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (15) ◽  
pp. 1802-1809 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackson Katz
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Leadership Training ◽  
Program Effectiveness ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Prevention Education ◽  
Prevention Model ◽  
Prevention Approach

In this article, the author responds to three commentaries about his article “Bystander Training as Leadership Training: Notes on the Origins, Philosophy, and Pedagogy of the Mentors in Violence Prevention Model,” published in this volume. Topics covered in the commentaries and response include questions about evaluation and evidence for program effectiveness; the necessity for gender violence prevention education to be gender transformative and part of a comprehensive, multilevel prevention approach, especially for adolescents; and the degree to which Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP), as a “social justice”–oriented program, incorporates intersectional and anti-oppression frameworks and perspectives.

Reflections on Jackson Katz and the MVP Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (15) ◽  
pp. 1794-1801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Wilmerding ◽  
Mari Knuth-Bouracee ◽  
Jeffrey L. Edleson
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Leadership Training ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Social Justice Research ◽  
Prevention Model ◽  
The University ◽  
And Diffusion

This article offers reflections on the article “Bystander Training as Leadership Training: Notes on the Origins, Philosophy and Pedagogy of the Mentors in Violence Prevention Model” by Jackson Katz in this issue of Violence Against Women. The authors rely on their unique perspectives in varying roles at the University of California (UC) Berkeley, as well as on relevant social science and social justice research. The article explores five themes of violence prevention and anti-oppression work: leadership, social justice, gender identity, issues of identity and status, and diffusion of innovation. Through these five themes, the authors acknowledge Mentors for Violence Prevention’s (MVP) successes while critically analyzing opportunities for a more comprehensive approach to violence prevention.

Reclaiming Gender and Power in Sexual Violence Prevention in Adolescence

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (15) ◽  
pp. 1785-1793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Miller
Keyword(s):  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Leadership Training ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Sexual Violence Prevention ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Gender And Power ◽  
Healthy Sexuality ◽  
Adolescent Relationship

The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) model seeks to address the root causes of gender violence using a bystander approach and leadership training to challenge structures of patriarchy. Emerging research on adolescent relationship abuse and sexual violence points to key modifiable targets—transforming gender norms, addressing homophobia, integrating with comprehensive sexuality education, and acknowledging the needs of youth already exposed to violence. A social justice–based bystander approach such as the MVP model should be part of a multi-level approach to sexual violence prevention that addresses gender and power, encourages healthy sexuality conversations, and provides safety and support for survivors.

Desegregation Policy as Social Justice Leadership?: The Case for Critical Consciousness and Racial Literacy

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon I. Radd ◽  
Tanetha J. Grosland
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Social Justice Leadership ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Racial Literacy ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The U.S

Policy making can be viewed as a large-scale attempt at social justice leadership intended to address vast inequities that persist and are perpetuated in the U.S. K-12 education system. The study examines the text of the Minnesota Desegregation Rule to discern its underlying discourses as they relate to race, racism, and social justice. The findings highlight discursive practices that undermine social justice progress and antiracist efforts, demonstrating how well-intended social justice efforts can go awry without active engagement of critical lenses. The article argues that critical consciousness and racial literacy are essential in social justice and antiracist policy making and educational leadership.

Bologna, My Love: Il Cinema Ritrovato

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-79
Author(s):  
Carla Marcantonio
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Francis Ford Coppola ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ongoing Project

FQ books editor Carla Marcantonio guides readers through the 33rd edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival held each year in Bologna at the end of June. Highlights of this year's festival included a restoration of one of Vittorio De Sica's hard-to-find and hence lesser-known films, the social justice fairy tale, Miracolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan, 1951). The film was presented by De Sica's daughter, Emi De Sica, and was an example of the ongoing project to restore De Sica's archive, which was given to the Cineteca de Bologna in 2016. Marcantonio also notes her unexpected responses to certain reviewings; Apocalypse Now: Final Cut (2019), presented by Francis Ford Coppola on the large-scale screen of Piazza Maggiore and accompanied by remastered Dolby Atmos sound, struck her as a tour-de-force while a restoration of David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986) had lost some of its strange allure.

scholarly journals Public Health Workforce Burnout in the COVID-19 Response in the U.S.

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4369
Author(s):  
Kahler W. Stone ◽  
Kristina W. Kintziger ◽  
Meredith A. Jagger ◽  
Jennifer A. Horney
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The U.S

While the health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health care workers have been well described, the effects of the COVID-19 response on the U.S. public health workforce, which has been impacted by the prolonged public health response to the pandemic, has not been adequately characterized. A cross-sectional survey of public health professionals was conducted to assess mental and physical health, risk and protective factors for burnout, and short- and long-term career decisions during the pandemic response. The survey was completed online using the Qualtrics survey platform. Descriptive statistics and prevalence ratios (95% confidence intervals) were calculated. Among responses received from 23 August and 11 September 2020, 66.2% of public health workers reported burnout. Those with more work experience (1–4 vs. <1 years: prevalence ratio (PR) = 1.90, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.08−3.36; 5–9 vs. <1 years: PR = 1.89, CI = 1.07−3.34) or working in academic settings (vs. practice: PR = 1.31, CI = 1.08–1.58) were most likely to report burnout. As of September 2020, 23.6% fewer respondents planned to remain in the U.S. public health workforce for three or more years compared to their retrospectively reported January 2020 plans. A large-scale public health emergency response places unsustainable burdens on an already underfunded and understaffed public health workforce. Pandemic-related burnout threatens the U.S. public health workforce’s future when many challenges related to the ongoing COVID-19 response remain unaddressed.

Dispelling a Myth: Reevaluating the Predictive Validity of Rape Myth Acceptance for Likelihood of Engaging in Sexual Violence

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 107906322110262
Author(s):  
Annabelle Frazier ◽  
Joseph E. Gonzales
Keyword(s):  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Rape Myths ◽  
Criminal History ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Rape Myth ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
College Age ◽  
Recent Attention

Sexual violence prevention on college campuses has received significant recent attention. A prevalent intervention paradigm has centered around re-educating young people around consent and reduce endorsement of “rape myths,” based on the correlation between rape myths and sexual violence incidents. Yet many of these programs have not measurably reduced sexual assaults. We evaluated the predictive value of a rape myth measure, as compared with other predictors (criminal history, childhood victimization, aggressive tendencies, substance use, and empathy), in predicting self-reported acts of forcible and incapacitated sexual assault in college-age men ( N = 304) from 45 U.S. states. Across three logistic regression model pairs, rape myths were weakly associated with violence when considered as sole predictors. However, this predictive power dissipated when other predictors were included. Comprehensive models accounted significantly better for variability in outcomes; with criminal history demonstrating consistent predictive effects. Based on these findings, we recommend further research into prevention programming based on other predictors of violence.

Colluding With and Resisting the State: Organizing Against Gender Violence in the U.S.

2021 ◽  
pp. 155708512098760
Author(s):  
Beth E. Richie ◽  
Valli Kalei Kanuha ◽  
Kayla Marie Martensen
Keyword(s):  
Social Protest ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Transformative Justice ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Political Praxis ◽  
Past Half ◽  
The U.S

The movements for racial justice, health equity, and economic relief have been activated in the contentious and challenging climate of 2020, with COVID-19 and social protest. In this context, feminist scholars, anti-violence advocates, and transformative justice practitioners have renewed their call for substantive changes to all forms of gender-based violence. This article offers a genealogy of the battered women’s movement in the U.S. from the lived experiences of two longtime activists. These reflections offer an analysis of the political praxis which evolved over the past half century of the anti-violence movement, and which has foregrounded the current social, political, and ideological framing of gender-based violence today. We conclude with a view to the future, focusing on the possibilities for transformative justice and abolition feminism as a return to our radical roots and ancestral histories.

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