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Domestic Violence in the GLBT Community:
Myths, Facts and How you can Make a Difference
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Friday, January 11th, 5:00-7:00 pm
South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society
6876 South Highland Drive (2000 East)
Dinner will be provided.
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This is a free presentation but registration is required: contact Jennifer or call 801-539-8800.
The Utah Pride Center and South Valley Sanctuary are honored to welcome members of the National Council of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) to present an educational panel about the realities of same-sex domestic volence as well as what is being done at the forefront of training and treatment around the country. This should be a fascinating discussion for service providers and members of the community alike.
National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) is a pro-feminist, gay affirmative, anti-racist organization dedicated to enhancing men's lives.
Panel Members
Marvin Anderson Supervisor, Domestic Violence Program for Men, VCS Community Change Project, New City, NY.
Phyllis B. Frank Director, VCS Community Change Project, Rockland County, NY; Founding director of the national training institute New York Model for Batterer Programs; Founding director of Gay Pride Rockland; President of the Rockland County Chapter of NOW, Co-Chair of NOW NYS Task Force on Pornography.
Rose Garrity Executive Director of A New Hope Center (ANHC), an upstate New York organization providing advocacy, counseling, safe shelter, support groups, nonresidential domestic violence, batterer, and teen programs, rape crisis and comprehensive crime victims services, and activism, support, training and community education for survivors of abuse, sexual assault and other crimes. ANHC does its work with an anti-oppression consciousness and serves LGBTQQI and other guests from a region including and beyond its own county. Rose is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, on the board of a local Center for Gender, Arts and Culture, and has written and trained on topics of justice and equality for many years. She has served on the faculty of the national training institute "New York Model for Batterer Programs" for many years.
Jim McDowell Court Liaison, Registrar, Research and Evaluation, VCS Community Change Project, New City, NY, and founder of “Man to Man: Working together for Change”, Rockland County, NY.
Moshe Rozdzial NOMAS co-chair. Moshe is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in private practice, in Denver, Colorado. He is a certified sex therapist, addiction interventionist, and trauma counselor. Moshe is a trainer and presenter on issues of diversity, multiculturalism, social justice, gender identity, sexual orientation, men’s issues, and sexuality. He is also the publisher of BROTHER, the NOMAS journal, and leader of the men’s culture, mental health, and homophobia and heterosexism task groups.
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