Resource Spotlight: Men In Progress

Men in Progress

The Women's Center at Glide now offers Men in Progress, a support group for men to unlearn violence. This program is appropriate for men with issues relating to anger management, domestic violence or any type of physical, verbal, emotional, financial and/or sexual abuse. The Men in Progress groups meet on Monday from 3pm – 6pm in Glide Room 101-A. All are encouraged to refer any male or identified male to attend this group.

To receive more information about the women's or men's groups, please call (415) 674 - 6023.

http://glide.org/WomensCenter.aspx

Resilience!

Colorlines has a Celebrate Love tag for their site, grounding us in resilience as we wrap up the day. Check it out! http://colorlines.com/celebrate-love/

Article: Ongoing Detention Disaster

http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/10/obamas_ongoing_detention_disaster.html

"Reform hasn’t curbed sexual abuse in detention

The administration’s failure to meaningfully reform the broken detention system has particularly pernicious consequences for women detainees. As I detailed in a special report for Campus Progress, women in detention are routinely subject to a variety of mistreatment that ranges from gender discrimination to rape.

The T. Don Hutto detention facility in Texas stands out as a prime example of how failed reforms have disproportionately impacted women. Four years ago, the facility came under fire after a guard was caught having sexual relations with a woman detainee—an act which, thanks to a loophole in federal law, wasn’t technically a crime in privately-operated ICE facilities.

Last year, DHS overhauled the Hutto detention center, publicly touting it as model facility that embodied the administration’s vision for “truly civil” detention reform. Then, this August, a Hutto guard was arrested for sexually assaulting several detainees while transporting them for deportation. To date, no one knows how many women he assaulted, or whether other guards have done the same.

Clearly, a DHS facelift wasn’t enough to correct a long-standing pattern of mismanagement, poor oversight, and discrimination that ultimately resulted in the victimization of an unknown number of immigrant women."

Article: Invisible Woman: Black Women and Domestic Violence

"Black women who are the victims of domestic violence that results in murder rarely receive the national media coverage that white women who are murdered as a result of domestic violence do."

http://www.theroot.com/buzz/invisible-woman-black-women-and-domestic-violence

Comic: "Sex Talk" A Comic About Communication, Consent, and Gettin' It On

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/maisha/sextalk/series.php?view=archive&chapter=44232

Article: Community of poor mothers and children in San Francisco’s Mission District is gone

Community of poor mothers and children in San Francisco’s Mission District is gone due to $700 rent increase fueled by gentrification
http://sfbayview.com/2010/capitalism-killed-mamahouse/

Article: Favre situation makes us confront sexism

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/brett-favre-jenn-sterger-scandal-makes-us-confront-sexism-in-football-101110?GT1=39002

Intersections Radio: White Privilege Conference

Tune in to “Intersections Radio”
Your weekly connection to the Matrix Center and White Privilege Conference

http://radio.uccs.edu

Tuesday’s – 12pm-2pmMST

If you miss the live shows, check the archives here.

Webinar: Truth, Healing and Reconciliation

Sandra White Hawk, AHA Advisory Group member, will present an historical overview of the removal of large numbers of Native American children from their tribal families during two periods in U.S. history. She will share her personal story as one of the children removed from her Indian family and describe how it impacted her life. White Hawk will also discuss how she drew from this experience in pioneering opportunities for Native adoptees and formerly fostered individuals to reconnect with their tribal communities by developing Truth, Healing and Reconciliation forums, now offered throughout the United States. AHA will sponsor one of White Hawk's forums in the Twin Cities in March 2011.

Fees
$15.00 Webinar only
$15.00 CD only
$20.00 CD and Webinar

To register, call Anne Johnson at 612-746-5122. Registration will NOT be available the day of the webinar.