Examples of MCSR’s Technical Assistance (TA):

Addressing Policy & Systems

  • Department of Justice: Office on Violence Against Women, Children & Youth and Engaging Boys and Men School Policy Tool Kit

  • Department of Defense: Independent Review Commission

  • Health & Human Services: Office on Women’s Health, Campus Sexual Assault Policy and Prevention Initiative

 Building Capacity

  • DC Coalition to End Sexual Violence: Co-created and co-led by MCSR and DC Rape Crisis Center

  • DC Public Schools: The Men of Strength Club & the Women Inspiring Strength and Empowerment Club

  • VERA House: Trained and Assisted Prevention Department

 Creating Strategic Plan of Action

  • Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention Strategy

  • Department of Justice: Office on Violence Against Women, Campus Program

  • Healthy Masculinity Training Institute: Healthy Masculinity Action Plan 

Brokering Resources & Relationships

  • Healthy Masculinity Action Project: Roundtables, summits, conferences, community conversations

  • NBA/NBA Players Association Policy Committee

  • Healthy Masculinity Campus Athletics Project: Integrating Campus Prevention and Athletics

 Leveraging Expertise to Build New Solutions

  • U.S. Air Force: Ellsworth Air Force Base Strength Club

  • Assault.Services.Knowledge and University Assault.Services.Knowledge: Coordination of community resources through smartphone technology

  • Resilience, Advocates for Ending DV & SA: Expanding “Men as Allies” Program

Examples of TA topics that MCSR can provide:

  • Conducting healthy masculinity focus groups

  • Describing what healthy masculinity looks like

  • Building skills to more effectively engage men and boys through healthy masculinity

  • More effectively engaging resistant men and boys through healthy masculinity

  • More effectively engaging decision makers through healthy masculinity

  • Building positive relationships with male allies through healthy masculinity

  • Integrating healthy masculinity into work you are already doing

  • Addressing intersections among healthy masculinity, alcohol, and consent

  • Using healthy masculinity to more effectively teach men and boys bystander intervention

  • Building connections between healthy masculinity and social and emotional learning

  • Using dominant stories and healthy masculinity to challenge bias

  • Benefitting male survivors through healthy masculinity

  • Using healthy masculinity to engage men in athletics: From usual suspects to usual allies

  • Using storytelling and healthy masculinity to engage boys and men

  • Developing a healthy masculinity public education campaign

Examples of TA Strategies

  • Skill building one-on-one phone calls

  • Skill building conference calls with key groups

  • Reviews of strategic plans

  • Reviews of a healthy masculinity campaign and educational materials

  • Reviews of healthy masculinity programming and curriculum

  • Co-facilitation of program sessions with youth, students, and professionals 

 

Email training@mcsr.org with any questions about training and technical assistance.