Good morning, everyone. Im elise nelson im president and ceo here. If i can just say here on behalf of everyone at vital voices how absolutely proud we are to join with pro mund doe and new america to host this discussion. Men in the me too Movement Moving from silence to solidarity and how do we do that . I think all of us in this room would agree that we are in the middle of something pretty darn historic. But just how historic, i think remains to be seen. This could be the beginning of the end of a culture of silence, of fear, of complacency. This could be the beginning of the end of violence against women, one of the most destructive and universal challenges we face. I think its too early to see where this momentum right now with the me too movement is going to lead, but the one thing we do know is that were going to make sure more womens voices are heard and more womens rights are protected, absolutely. You know, when vital voices was started 21 years ago, we didnt have the allies
Absolutely proud we are to join with pro mundo and new America Foundation to host this discussion, men in the me too movement, moving from silence to solidarity and how do we do that . I think all of us in this room would agree that we are in the middle of something pretty darn historic. But just how historic i think remains to be seen. This could be the beginning of the end of a culture of silence, of fear, of complacency. This could be the beginning of the end of violence against women, one of the most destructive and universal challenges we face. I think its too early to see where this momentum right now with the me too movement is going to lead, but the one thing we do know is that were going to make sure more womens voices are heard and more womens rights are protected, absolutely. You know, when vital voices was started 21 years ago, we didnt have the allies or the awareness that we have today. Today we have stronger laws and louder advocates. But violence against women still per
School of Public Policy at 8 00 p. M. On cspan2. Activists discuss the role men can play in the metoo movement. New event was organized by america, and vital voices partnership. It is about an hour and 20 minutes. Ms. Nelson good morning, everyone. Im elise nelson. Im president and ceo here. If i can just say here on behalf of everyone at vital voices, how absolutely proud we are to join with pro mundo and new america to host this discussion, men in the me too movement, moving from silence to solidarity and how do we do that . I think all of us in this room would agree that we are in the middle of something pretty darn historic. But just how historic i think remains to be seen. This could be the beginning of the end of a culture of silence, of fear, of complacency. This could be the beginning of the end of violence against women, one of the most destructive and universal challenges we face. I think its too early to see where this momentum right now with the me too movement is going to
Foundation to host this discussion, men in the me too movement, moving from silence to solidarity and how do we do that . I think all of us in this room would agree that we are in the middle of something pretty darn historic. But just how historic i think remains to be seen. This could be the beginning of the end of a culture of silence, of fear, of complacency. This could be the beginning of the end of violence against women, one of the most destructive and universal challenges we face. I think its too early to see where this momentum right now with the me too movement is going to lead, but the one thing we do know is that were going to make sure more womens voices are heard and more womens rights are protected, absolutely. You know, when vital voices was started 21 years ago, we didnt have the allies or the awareness that we have today. Today we have stronger laws and louder advocates. But violence against women still persists. In fact, many people would believe looking at the number
Opportunity to sit with activists and scholars. We are focusing on the way in which Sexual Assault for years has been considered a campus issue, that when we hear about violence against women, often with the shocking statistic of one in four to one in five women being sexually assaulted before she graduates, the metoo moment has shown us that does not end at graduation. Sexual violence and harassment continue to follow people into their careers after college. The purpose of this panel is to speak more holistically about the question of violence. And to think about what kind of groundwork we are laying in be transferredn from beyond. I will start by introducing michael kimmel, one of the foremost experts on men and masculinity and who has authored many books about men and masculinity. Michael has studied this issue in many different parts of the lifespan, but i am interested to ask michael about what it is when men into their careers they need to have already learned to be people who pr