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Bathrick, Dick

 
9781490721071: We are the Work

Synopsis

"We Are The Work" is about how Men Stopping Violence (M.S.V.), a small, social justice nonprofit, got to do big things, about the intriguing characters that formed and were informed by M.S.V.'s mission, about how men and women learned to work in solidarity to address men's violence against women (V.A.W.), about their successes and failures, the lessons which became the Core Principles that guide their work. One of those principles, We Are the Work, means that no matter where or when you enter the struggle to end V.A.W. you have to start and stay with examining yourself. You have to identify both your strengths and your "blind spots". And It's not about whether or how you transcend those "blind spots". It's that you have to know that they're there and how you will address them. This book tells the stories that illuminate those personal and institutional challenges. The rhetoric and analyses used to tackle this thorny issue are only part of the story. "We Are the Work" gets to how all of that talk about eliminating violence against women stands up to real-world challenges. Here are the take-home lessons from 30 years in the trenches of social justice work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

"We Are The Work" is about how Men Stopping Violence (M.S.V.), a small, social justice nonprofit, got to do big things, about the intriguing characters that formed and were informed by M.S.V.'s mission, about how men and women learned to work in solidarity to address men's violence against women (V.A.W.), about their successes and failures, the lessons which became the Core Principles that guide their work. One of those principles, We Are the Work, means that no matter where or when you enter the struggle to end V.A.W. you have to start and stay with examining yourself. You have to identify both your strengths and your "blind spots". And It's not about whether or how you transcend those "blind spots". It's that you have to know that they're there and how you will address them. This book tells the stories that illuminate those personal and institutional challenges. The rhetoric and analyses used to tackle this thorny issue are only part of the story. "We Are the Work" gets to how all of that talk about eliminating violence against women stands up to real-world challenges. Here are the take-home lessons from 30 years in the trenches of social justice work.

Biographie de l'auteur

Born of the social justice movements of the 60s, Dick Bathrick draws on 50 years as an activist, as co-founder of Men Stopping Violence, and as skilled raconteur, to recount the compelling story of how M.S.V. first came to be, and then came to achieve international acclaim in the movement to end men's violence against women.

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9781490721064: We Are the Work

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1490721061 ISBN 13 :  9781490721064
Editeur : Trafford Publishing, 2014
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