Jackson Katz is keynote speaker at men’s Tailgate event

Ted Talk sensation Dr. Jackson Katz will be the keynote speaker for the 2019 Gentle’men Against Domestic Violence® Men’s Tailgate Event, Thursday, Jan. 17, at Grey Oaks Country Club. Gentle’men Against Domestic Violence is an initiative of The Shelter for Abused Women & Children.

Katz is an educator, author, filmmaker and cultural theorist who is a pioneer in the fields of gender violence prevention education and media literacy. His TED talk, “Violence against Women is a Men’s Issue,” has been viewed more than 3.5 million times.

As co-founder of Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP), Katz enlists men in the struggle to prevent men’s violence against women. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, MVP has become a widely used sexual and domestic violence prevention initiative in college and professional athletics across North America. Katz and his MVP colleagues have also worked extensively with schools, youth sports associations and community organizations, as well as with all major branches of the U.S. military.

Katz is the creator of popular educational videos including Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity. He is the author of The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help and Leading Men: Presidential Campaigns and the Politics of Manhood. He has also appeared in several documentaries, including Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes and MissRepresentation.

Katz became the first man at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst to earn a minor in women’s studies. He holds a Master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. in cultural studies and education from UCLA. A native of Boston and longtime resident of southern California, he and his family recently relocated back to Massachusetts.

Tickets for the Tailgate Event are available online at naplesshelter.org/tailgate. Proceeds benefit The Shelter for Abused Women & Children. For more information, call The Shelter at 239.775.3862.