Menstuff® features a web site that we feel fits our parameters of positive change in male roles and relationships. See also Web Sites of the Week 2001, 2002, 2003 or 2004.
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The Alliance for Children Concerned
About Move-Aways (ACCAMA) believes that children’s need
for frequent and meaningful contact with both parents after
a divorce is paramount. Present efforts by certain members
of the California Legislature to attempt to weaken or
abrogate altogether the new California Supreme Court’s
decision in In re Marriage of LaMusga (2004) run counter to
this need. They recognize that there are some situations
where custodial parents should be allowed to move,
particularly in cases of dire economic need or domestic
violence, or when noncustodial parents show little interest
in their children or do not avail themselves of their
visitation time. What they do oppose are frivolous, selfish,
vindictive, or bad faith moves which tear children away from
loving noncustodial parents. www.accama.org
or contact@accama.org
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www.CollegeSexTalk.com
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www.raisingdeafkids.org
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Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) seeks to end sexual violence
committed against men, women, and youth in all forms of
detention. "The horrors experienced by many young inmates,
particularly those who are convicted of nonviolent offenses,
border on the unimaginable. Prison rape not only threatens
the lives of those who fall prey to their aggressors, but it
is potentially devastating to the human spirit. Shame,
depression, and a shattering loss of self-esteem accompany
the perpetual terror the victim thereafter must endure.
www.spr.org
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The Candie's Foundation mission is to educate teens about
the consequences of teenage pregnancy, bringing it into the
national consciousness through a public awareness
initiative, which aims to reduce teen pregnancy in the
United States. For more information go to www.candiesfoundation.org
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SEX ETC's: For years, teens
have said that their sex ed classes were "too little, too
late," their parents didn’t talk to them about sex and
they were left on their own to figure out all this confusing
stuff. They also said they'd like to read about stuff like
love, sex, relationships, HIV/AIDS, violence and other
issues, especially if teens wrote those stories. Walla - a
sexuality and health newsletter written by teens for teens.
Copies are sent in bulk to high schools and organizations
that serve young people and has become a staple in schools,
churches, teen pregnancy prevention programs, juvenile
justice centers, clinics and other programs around the
country. Get your own free
subscription. This web site gives teens a place to go in
cyberspace where they can get accurate, up-front information
about their sexuality and also gives teens a place to get
their questions answered. SEX, ETC.'s success proves that
teen-to-teen communication about sex and health issues
really works. It’s sure better than groping in the
dark. www.sxetc.org
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Campaign to End Homophobia: The purpose of the Campaign is to build and support a network of people working together to end homophobia and heterosexism through education. Homophobia is the irrational fear of homosexuality and the hatred, disgust, and prejudice that fear brings. Oppression of lesbians and gays, as well as bisexual women and men, is based on homophobia. But it also hurts heterosexuals by maintaining rigid definitions of "approporate" sex-role behavior and sexual relationships. We believe that education about homophobia and heterosexism is most effective when done in connection with other oppressions based on race/ethnicity, ability, class, age, sex, gender identification, sexual orientation, and religion or spiritual beliefs. www.endhomophobia.org/ |
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Gay Today. Just what it says. Edited by Jack
Nichols, one of the "fathers" of gay activism, Gay Today
offers a broad perspective on news and issues affecting gays
and lesbians. www.gaytoday.com
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As a men's social action group dedicated to ending the violence of men against women, BrotherPeace Twin Cities occupies a critical niche among Minnesota organizations. Founded in 1988, BrotherPeace Twin Cities continues to assert that the violence of men against women is a men's issue requiring the efforts of all men to stop the violence. We believe it is critical for men to help each other develop a sense of male identity that is vigorous and robust, and not violent or abusive. brotherpeace.org or info@brotherpeace.org |
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MoveOn.org
One of the best things about MoveOn.org is that each of us can help decide what issues the organization stands for, using a unique, online discussion forum. Everyone can post suggestions, and everyone can rate all the other suggestions. Those that receive the highest ratings can become the focus of MoveOn.org's action campaigns. It's a promising idea: choose our priorities collectively, then act on them collectively. MoveOn.org, PO Box 9063, Berkeley, CA 94709-9063. info@moveon.org. |
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Wildaid. One of our goals is to decimate the
illegal wildlife trade within our lifetime. Our innovative
solutions to conservation threats are credible, efficient,
cost-effective, and deliver direct and measurable results.
Working with governments, local groups, consumers - and with
your support - we can succeed in changing the world.
www.wildaid.org
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PCRI’s highest priority is to improve the
care of men with prostate cancer and increase both quality
and quantity of life. PCRI believes patient education about
prostate cancer can empower men to seek an earlier diagnosis
and know the pros and cons of their treatment options. The
objective of the PCRI is to educate patients and their
families about prostate cancer and its treatment. This
includes new advances in diagnosis, treatments, available
resources, leading-edge treatment centers and assistance in
treatment choices. Understanding his disease and treatment
aids the patient in his everyday care. www.prostate-cancer.org
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fatherville.com
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The National Association of Students Against Violence
Everywhere (S.AV.E.) is a student driven organization
where they learn about alternatives to violence and practice
what they learn through school and community service
projects. They learn conflict management and mediation
skills and the virtues of good citizenship, civility, and
nonviolence. The key to S.A.V.E. is that it is student
initiated-started by students for students. Started in 1989
by a group of students after a violent incident that left
one of their classmates dead, S.AV.E. has spread from coast
to coast with chapters in 37 states involving over 97,000
students. www.nationalsave.org
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Gay Health is the first health and wellness site
dedicated to Lesbian, Gay, Bisdexual and Transgendered men
and women. Staffed by professionals from within our own
community, the site provides easy access to accurate,
current and vital health information. Your privacy is our
priority. www.gayhealth.com
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The Talking With Kids Campaign is a collaboration
between Children Now and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Children Now is a nonpartisan, independent voice for
America's children. Using innovative research and
communications strategies, Children Now promotes pioneering
solutions to problems facing America's children. Recognized
nationally for its policy expertise, up-to-date information
about the status of children, and leading work with the
media. Children Now is financed through foundation grants,
individual donations, and support from the corporate
community. www.talkingwithkids.org
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National Youth Violence Prevention Week, March
29-April 2, 2004. The goal of this campaign is to raise
awareness and to educate students, teachers, school
administrators, counselors, school resource officers, school
staff, parents, and the public on effective ways to prevent
or reduce youth violence. During this week-long national
education initiative, various activities will demonstrate
the positive role young people can have in making their
schools and communities safer. With the support of several
national premier youth-serving organizations, each day of
the week will focus on a specific violence prevention
strategy. These include promoting respect and tolerance,
anger management, resolving conflicts peacefully, supporting
safety, and uniting in action. www.violencepreventionweek.org
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Almost 20 years of struggle against AIDS have underlined
the need for the concerted, focused efforts of a wide range
of actors. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AID
(UNAID) was created in 1996 to help meet that challenge.
UNAIDS serves as the leading advocate for global action
against HIV/AIDS. Its mission is to guide, strengthen and
support worldwide efforts to turn the tide against the
epidemic. Such efforts are aimed at:: preventing the spread
of HIV; providing care and support for those infected and
affected by the disease; reducing the vulnerability of
individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS; and easing the
socioeconomic and human impact of the epidemic. www.unaids.org
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National Fatherhood Initiative: serves as a
catalyst for engaging America in a public and forthright
discussion about the necessity of reversing the trends that
are removing fathers from their children. NFI encourages and
supports family and father-friendly policies, develops
national public education campaigns to highlight the
importance of fathers in the lives of their children,
provides motivation for national and local coalition
building, and provides information to individual men to help
them be better fathers ensuring that more children grow up
with involved and committed fathers, as well as involved
mothers. This is the best way to ensure that every child has
what should be their birthright: a happy and secure
childhood www.fatherhood.org
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Save the Children
celebrates the role of sponsorship in improving the lives of
children. More than 60 years of experience working
hand-in-hand with families and communities at home and
abroad has taught us that poverty need not be a life
sentence. Operating with
the efficiency of a successful business, we remain
faithfully committed to directing the lion's share of our
resources to serving children and families in need. We work
in 18 states across the United States and in 46 developing
nations around the world. www.savethechildren.org
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No
Name Calling Week During March 1 – 5, 2004, schools
serving grades five through eight across the nation will be
asked to take part in a week of education activities aimed
at stopping name-calling and verbal bullying
of all kinds. This weeklong event seeks to focus national
attention on the problem of name-calling in schools and to
provide students and educators with the tools and
inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to
eliminate name-calling in their communities. A resource
guide with lesson plans, a video for classroom use and other
promotional materials are available for educators to assist
in facilitating the week’s activities. For more
information on this weeklong event, visit www.NoNameCallingWeek.org
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Dads and Daughters. DADs provides tools to
strengthen our relationships with our daughters and
transform the pervasive messages that value our daughters
more for how they look than who they are. They are a
national, nonprofit membership organization of fathers with
daughters. www.dadsanddaughters.org
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Creativity Explored member artists come from
diverse backgrounds and bring with them a wide variety and
range of experience, ability, and sensibilities. Some of our
artists just turned 20 years old, and some of our artists
are in their eighties. Some have lived a life of previous
isolation or institutionalization, while some have lived
their entire lives with their families in a supportive and
accepting environment. Many of our member artists speak
different languages, or do not speak, and are unable to
communicate with each other using spoken language. At
Creativity Explored, visual art is language everyone can use
to share culture, to share experience, and to share
feelings. Visit their sutios in San Francisco, info@creativityexplored.org
or www.creativityexplored.org
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Condomania: America's first condom store, was
established June 1991, in New York City. Condomania OnLine
assists customers of every age, sex, culture and sexual
orientation in the purchase of condoms and safer-sex
products. At Condomania, we believe that the best way for
the public to make educated choices about safer-sex products
is through access to accurate, non-judgmental information.
Condomania's vision is crucial to the prevention of unwanted
pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, including
HIV. Happy VD Day! www.condomania.com
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Children's Rights Council's Website works to
strengthen families through education and advocacy. We favor
family formation and family preservation, but if families
break up, or are never formed, we work to assure a child the
frequent and continuing contact with two parents and
extended family the child would normally have during
marriage. Our motto is "The Best Parent is Both Parents".
Our site contains names of parenting support groups,
resources on single parents, marriage, custody,
access/visitation/parenting time, parenting education,
prevention of abuse and neglect of your child, job sources,
and parentage establishment. Formed in 1985 by concerned
parents who have more than 40 years collective experience in
custody and reform and early childhood education, CRC has
chapters in 32 states and is affiliated with CRC: Mothers
Without Custody (MW/OC) and the Stepfamily Association of
America (SAA). info4parents.com
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Zero to Three's mission is to promote the healthy
development of our nation's infants and toddlers by
supporting and strengthening families, communities, and
those who work on their behalf. We are dedicated to
advancing current knowledge; promoting beneficial policies
and practices; communicating research and best practices to
a wide variety of audiences; and providing training,
technical assistance and leadership development. Zero to
Three is a national non-profit organization. Zero to
Three, National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families,
2000 M Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036,
202.638.1144. For Publications from our
bookstore:800.899.4301 or www.zerotothree.org
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With
Kids-In-Mind, the movie reviews are objective,
non-critical assessments of the potentially objectionable
material contained in movies and are primarily addressed to
parents. They don't tell parents whether a movie is good or
bad, they don't tell them whether it has any social or
political significance -- they don't even bother with
whether it has artistic merit. They simply list material
that parents may not want their kids to watch or hear. Then
parents can decide whether a movie is OK for their own kids,
according to their own criteria. The writing style is
straightforward and quite neutral, and they take great pains
to describe a film's content without actually revealing any
plot elements. This is not religiously-based movie reviews.
www.kids-in-mind.com
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Adults and Children Together--Against Violence is a violence-prevention campaign composed of a national multimedia campaign and community-based training programs. The campaign focuses on adults who raise, care for, and teach children ages 0 to 8 years. It is designed to prevent violence by providing young children with positive role models and environments that teach nonviolent problem solving. ACT Against Violence Project Rationale: Violent behavior
is largely learned--often early in life; Violence prevention
can be learned--starting early in life; Adults shape the
learning environment for young children; Adults can learn
how to model and teach young children constructive ways to
cope with anger, frustration, and conflict. www.actagainstviolence.org
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The Society for Human Sexuality is a social and
educational organization whose purpose is to promote
understanding and appreciation for the many forms of adult
intimate relationships and consensual sexual expression.
Participation is open to anyone over the age of 18,
regardless of gender or sexual orientation. This web site is
devoted solely to sexuality education and information, and
is completely free. It meets its operating expenses through
five carefully-chosen associate's programs. http://sexuality.org
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platonicparenting.com
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is intended to be a serious forum on human sexuality for
college students across the country. CollegeSexTalk™
provides students with a place to discuss what really
matters to them. Participants also have an opportunity to
ask questions and receive informed answers from Dr. Caron -
author, columnist, and founder of numerous innovative
programs relating to human sexuality. See our 