Spring 2021 Men's Action Project Schedule
Tentative Schedule
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DATE |
LOCATION |
SUBJECT |
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1 |
February 16, 2021 |
Online via Zoom |
Introductions/What is Masculinity? |
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2 |
February 23, 2021 |
Online via Zoom |
Understanding Sex, Gender, & Desire |
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3 |
March 2, 2021 |
Online via Zoom |
History of Rape Culture & Racism in US |
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4 |
March 9, 2021 |
Online via Zoom |
Feminism & Gender Equity |
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5 |
March 16, 2021
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Online via Zoom |
Masculinity & Self-Care |
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6 |
March 23, 2021 |
Online via Zoom |
Men's Violence |
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7 |
March 30, 2021 |
Online via Zoom |
Mental Health & Emotional Intelligence |
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8 |
April 6, 2021 |
Online via Zoom |
Maculinity & The Body |
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9 |
April 13, 2021 |
Online via Zoom |
Healthy Relationships |
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10 |
April 20, 2021 |
Online via Zoom |
Men Taking Action |
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April 27, 2021 |
Online via Zoom |
Focus Group (Optional) |
Note: All sessions will begin promptly at 7:00 PM.
Topics Discussed:
Week 1: Introduction/What is Masculinity?
Learning Outcomes:
- Participants will be able to provide a personal definition of what masculinity means to them.
- Recognize unhealthy aspects of masculinity that are harmful to the self and others.
Week 2: Understanding Sex, Gender, & Desire
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognize how masculinity is a social construct that can be deconstructed and reconstructed.
- Participants will be able to differentiate between sex, gender, and desire.
Week 3: History of Rape Culture and Racism
Learning Outcomes:
- Participants will be able to explain intersectionality and its connections to sexual violence.
- Participants will be able to make connections between rape culture and racism.
Week 4: Self-Care & Masculinity
Learning Outcomes:
- Participants will explore forms of self-care and identify ways to care for themselves.
- Participants will be able to describe healthy masculinity.
Week 5: Feminism & Gender Equity
Learning Outcomes:
- Participants will be able to define feminism.
- Participants will be able to recognize connections between gender inequity and sexual violence.
Week 6: Men’s Violence
Learning Outcomes:
- Participants will be able to connect unhealthy masculinity to violence against women.
- Participants will be able to recognize rape culture and how it affects their lives.
Week 7: Mental Health & Emotional Intelligence
Learning Outcomes:
- Participants will be able to connect how thoughts and emotions can contribute to unhealthy behaviors.
- Participants will be able to recognize the importance of emotionally intelligent masculinity.
Week 8: Masculinity & The Body
Learning Outcomes:
- Participants will be able to identify three ways to engage in healthy sexual practices.
- Participants will be able to recognize unhealthy norms associated with gendered bodies.
Week 9: Healthy Relationships
Learning Outcomes:
- Participants will be able to identify elements of unhealthy relationships
- Participants will be able to recognize to identify what they need in relationships and how they can be better partners and friends
Week 10: Men Taking Action
Learning Outcomes:
- Participants will be able to recognize effective ways for men to engage in anti-violence work.
- Participants will be able to identify three ways they can hold men/masculine folk accountable to healthy masculine norms.
Recuitment
The KU Men's Action Project is open to any undergraduate or graduate student who identify as men. This includes men/masculine folx whose gender identity, expression, and/or biological sex align with man, masculine, and/or male or otherwise have a nexus to masculinity. Cisgender, trans*, genderqueer, and gender non-binary folx who are interested are encouraged to apply.
Are you a student interested in applying? Please complete the application here.
Are you a faculty, staff, or student who would like to nominate a student for this program? Please complete the nomination form here.
Would you like more information on this program? Please contact SAPEC staff member Dustin Struble.
