{"id":734,"date":"2021-03-30T21:09:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T01:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reach.lndo.site\/the-white-ribbon-campaign-promoting-healthy-masculinity\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T17:41:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:41:30","slug":"the-white-ribbon-campaign-promoting-healthy-masculinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachma.org\/blog\/the-white-ribbon-campaign-promoting-healthy-masculinity\/","title":{"rendered":"The White Ribbon Campaign: Promoting healthy masculinity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Paul Crocetti<\/em><\/p>\n

For me, the White Ribbon Campaign<\/a> is an important step forward.<\/p>\n

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Paul Crocetti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Men need to recognize our role in ending domestic violence. So it’s important that the White Ribbon Campaign, a movement led by men, is raising awareness, generating discussion, and running events.<\/p>\n

The subject of domestic violence is often in the news and talked about when something horrible happens. While that\u2019s an important time to get the message out, it\u2019s critical to keep this discussion top of mind at all times. Unfortunately, domestic violence happens every day. It happens in our community. And it\u2019s important to recognize that. And that’s just one reason why I’m a member of the local White Ribbon Group.<\/p>\n

My name is Paul Crocetti and I\u2019m a resident of Sudbury and a board member of the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable<\/a>. I’m also the father of a 1-year-old girl \u2013 another reason why I’m a member of the Roundtable’s White Ribbon Group. I’d like to see her grow up in a world without domestic violence. At the very least, I’m going to work on a solution to the problem. As we wind down March \u2013 the month when we commemorate White Ribbon Day in Massachusetts \u2013 I’d like to provide some more information on this important cause and what it means to me.<\/p>\n

The White Ribbon Campaign is a global movement of men and boys working to end men’s violence against women and girls. It was founded in Canada in 1991 as a response to a school massacre of female students in 1989. Fourteen people were killed in that attack. The response following it was one of advocacy. Now, Canada commemorates Dec. 6, the day of the attack, as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.<\/p>\n

In 2007, Jane Doe Inc.<\/a> launched the Massachusetts White Ribbon Campaign and invited men and boys to be part of the solution in ending violence against women and all forms of gender-based violence. The aim is to foster safe and healthy relationships and communities by promoting healthy masculinity.<\/p>\n

While the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable had been planning awareness events about the White Ribbon movement for a number of years, our local White Ribbon group was formed in the summer of 2019. We aim to promote healthy and positive attitudes and behaviors, and to create an environment free of fear and violence by advancing equity, justice, and dignity. Here are just a few of the ways we do this:<\/p>\n