December 3, 2003

Boise State Women's Center Will Bring Jackson Katz To Campus

Jackson Katz — long recognized as one of America's leading anti-sexist male activists — will make two presentations on the Boise State University campus in February. Katz will hold a men-only workshop from 3-5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, where he will discuss issues surrounding the development of masculinity and how men can work together to end male aggression toward women. He will also present a campus and community lecture titled “More Than a Few Good Men: A Lecture on American Manhood and Violence Against Women,” at 7 p.m. that evening in the Special Events Center. Both events are free and sponsored by the Boise State Women’s Center. Katz is widely recognized for his groundbreaking work in the field of gender violence prevention education with men and boys, particularly in the sports culture and the military. He has lectured on hundreds of college and high school campuses and has conducted many professional trainings, seminars, and workshops in the U.S., Canada, and Japan. Since 1996, Katz has directed the first worldwide gender violence prevention program in the history of the United States Marine Corps, and the first such program in the U.S. military. Since 2000, he has served as a member of the U.S. Secretary of Defense's Task Force on Domestic Violence in the military. Katz is the creator of award-winning educational videos for college and high school students, including “Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity.” His video “Wrestling With Manhood” (2002), which examines the gender and sexual politics of professional wrestling, is a collaboration with Sut Jhally. He has appeared on numerous radio and TV programs coast to coast, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, Montel Williams, ABC News 20/20, MSNBC and Lifetime Television. A former three-sport high school athlete and all-star football player, Katz was 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. Since 1990, he has lectured at more than 700 colleges, prep schools, high schools, middle schools, professional conferences and military installations in 43 states. For more information, visit www.jacksonkatz.com. -30- Contact Melissa Wintrow Women's Center 208 426-4256 Media Contact Sherry Squires communications and marketing 208 426-1563