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Tony Porter |
Lyceum Program
in Collaboration
with the JCSU Violence Prevention Coalition
Tony Porter,
Educator
and Activist
“A Call To Men”
Thursday, November 1
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
A gifted public
speaker, Tony Porter is an educator and activist working in the social justice arena for over
20 years. He is internationally recognized for his effort to end men's violence
against women. Porter is the original visionary and co-founder behind A CALL TO MEN: The National Association of Men and Women Committed
to Ending Violence Against Women.
His interest in this work began almost a dozen years ago. Frustrated by an
internal insistence to see men change, the desire to reach greater audiences of
men, and the after-the-fact criminal justice approach of all such programs, Porter
began a seminar-training model addressing men's violence against women. He is
responsible for coining the phrase "well
meaning men."
A CALL TO MEN has gained recognition as one of
the leading national men's organization addressing men's violence against
women, and the eradication of sexism, while maintaining strong coalitions with
women's organizations already doing this important work.
An engaging and sought after lecturer, Porter's message of accountability is
welcome and supported by many grassroots and established organizations. He is
currently working with numerous domestic violence and sexual assault
coalitions, colleges and universities around the country. He has worked with
the United States Military Academy
at West Point and the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis.
In addition, he has been a guest presenter for the United Nations' Commission
on the Status of Women. A likeable and
charismatic personality, he communicates a clear and unwavering message to his
favorite target group—"well meaning men"—who unknowingly or not, get
societal benefits and privileges for simply being men.
Porter co-produced and co-directed A CALL TO MEN’s DVD
titled Breaking Out
of the Man Box.
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Lyceum Series
Fall 2007 - Spring 2008 Calendar
Click on speaker's name for more information.
Fall 2007
Thursday, September 6 — Byron Pitts, CBS Reporter
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, September 26 — Harriet Washington, Editor
and Medical Ethicist
“Medical Apartheid”
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 4 — Dr. Na’im Akbar, Psychologist
“What Will Our Legacy Be?”
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 24 — Beatrice Thompson,
News Anchor and Talk Show Host
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 1 — Lyceum Program in
Collaboration with the JCSU Violence
Prevention Coalition
Tony Porter, Educator and Activist
“A Call To Men”
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 14 — Dr. Brian Johnson,
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
“W.E.B. Du Bois, Becoming Agnostic”
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
SPRING 2008
Thursday, January 24
— Co-Sponsored by the Lyceum
Program and the African and African-American Studies Program
“A Woman, Ain’t I?”
Sojourner Truth as recreated by Kathryn Woods
Dramatic Performance
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 6
— Faculty Showcase Event
Dr. Gregory Thompson
Chair, Department of Music Johnson C. Smith University
Piano and Woodwind Quintet Recital
The Jane M. Smith Memorial Church
7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 15
— Dr. Maha Gingrich's Indian
Dance
Students
“Dances of India”
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 18
— Lyceum Program in Collaboration
with THE JCSU Violence Prevention Coalition
Kevin Powell, Political Activist
“Sexism From a Male Perspecitve”
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 25
— Thirteenth Annual World of
Words Poetry Festival
Dr. Patrica Jabbeh Wesley, Poet
Lionel H. Newsom Humanities Building, Room 108
Writing Workshop
4:00 p.m.
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
Public Reading
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 26
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Due to circumstances
beyond our control,
these Lyceum Poetry Festival events will be changed.
Tyehimba Jess is not able to perform at this time.
Thursday, March 27
— Metta S. Sáma, Poet
(Formerly Lydia Melvin)
Lionel H. Newsom Humanities Building, Room 108
Writing Workshop
4:00 p.m.
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
Public Reading
7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 28
— Thirteenth World of Words
Poetry Festival
Black Ink Monks Performance Poetry
Public Reading
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, April 10 and 11 —
JCSU Ira B. Aldridge
Drama Guild Performance
The Day of Absence by Douglas Turner Ward
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 17 — Dr. Bernice
Johnson Reagon,
Music Historian
“Notes from the Cultural Autobiography of a Freedom Singer”
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
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