{"id":1127,"date":"2019-07-17T18:19:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/womenscentertobringnewprogramtowestconn\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:19:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:19:15","slug":"womenscentertobringnewprogramtowestconn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/womenscentertobringnewprogramtowestconn\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Center of Greater Danbury to bring new program to WestConn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/breadcrumb.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n    &#013;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014  The Women\u2019s Center of Greater Danbury has had a strong presence on the Western Connecticut State University campus over the past few years, assisting with students in crisis. Now the Center will bring a new program to campus that will focus on the male role in ending relationship violence starting in mid-March.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Man Up\u201d will be offered to students as a weekly peer discussion group at 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday starting March 10 through May 5 (except March 24 during Spring Break) in Higgins Hall A-105-C on the university\u2019s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Man Up\u201d has been designed for students to openly discuss and learn about issues of sexuality, relationships and masculinity. The goal is to empower men on campus who do not condone violence, to speak up and be heard. The program engages students by learning to successfully challenge the norm of accepting relationship violence and give them an opportunity to take collective leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is an exciting, new initiative,\u201d said Sharon Guck, WCSU Coordinator of Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Prevention Services. \u201cResearch shows that men on a college campus can play a pivotal role in changing the attitudes of other young men regarding violence in relationships. In my experience opening up a dialogue with these young men can be the first step in raising awareness, changing attitudes and ultimately their behaviors.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Both men and women who are students are invited to participate. The 90-minute sessions focus on group discussion and activities. Students are encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>To register for the program, send an e-mail to mens.initiative@yahoo.com or contact Kyle Pinto, Men\u2019s Initiative Coordinator at the Women\u2019s Center, at (203) 837-3939.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York.  Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s best small private universities.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebookShare\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/facebookshare.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;\n        <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; DANBURY, CONN. \u2014 The Women\u2019s Center of Greater Danbury has had a strong presence on the Western Connecticut State University campus over the past few years, assisting with students in crisis. Now the Center will bring &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}