NOMAS Partners with NCADV for the 35th National Conference on Men and Masculinity

Welcome to our online home! NOMAS is celebrating its 35th year with our National Conference on Men & Masculinity (M&M), and the 22nd Annual Men's Studies Association Meeting in partnership with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) 14th National Conference on Domestic Violence:  Changing Faces of the Movement, in Anaheim, CA, July 31-August 4, 2010. 

NOMAS will be providing a conference welcoming evening program on Saturday, July 31, featuring keynote speaker, Michael Kimmel, followed by the national premier of “Men’s Monologues Against Violence” performed by Ben Atherton-Zeman, and a late night "coffee House" talent show.  Please click on the sidebars for access to registration forms, program updates, and call for workshops.

Highlights of the Colorado Men Against Domestic Violence NOMAS Roundtable

On Saturday, January 16th representatives from fatherhood programs, domestic violence victim services providers, domestic violence offender treatment programs and others gathered to hear and discuss issues related to encouraging men to take a stand against domestic violence and build positive relationships. Featured at the roundtable were members of the National Organization of Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) Leadership Council.

22nd Men's Studies Association Meeting, August 1, 2010

The Men’s Studies Association of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) is proud to announce that our 22nd annual meeting will held on August 1, 2010, from 9am-2pm, at the Hilton Hotel, in Anaheim, CA.  This year’s program will include offerings by Michael Kimmel, Robert Brannon, and David  Greene.

The Men’s Studies Association serves to link a diverse group of activist scholars, students, teachers, practitioners, and others who study issues of men and masculinity through a feminist-informed perspective.

A Request to Men's Organizations and Allies for Support of Protective Child Custody (with Spanish & French Translations)

From the NOMAS Child Custody Task Group

Male supremacist groups (“Father’s Rights”) have caused unspeakable harm to our country and to our children by encouraging abusive fathers, often with little past involvement with their children, to seek custody as a tactic to pressure a mother to return or to punish her for leaving.

NOMAS Endorses the NY Model for Batterer Programs

After years of exploring a wide range of batterer program models, the National Council of NOMAS has given its full support to the New York Model for Batterer Programs (www.nymbp.org). This model was determined to be most in keeping with NOMAS principles and beliefs about sexism, domestic violence and batterer programs.

Batterer programs, created in the mid 70's, were originally designed to "treat" offenders.

What Batterer Programs Can Do Demonstrably and Reliably with All Men Ordered by the Courts

By Phyllis B. Frank, , Director, VCS Domestic Violence Program for Men

Batterer programs often confound even those who work closely with them.  Courts, probation, prosecution, parole, advocates, and the public understandably have unfulfilled hopes about what batterer programs can accomplish.  After thirty years of consistent trial, error and more trial, the NY Model for Batterer Programs has devised a simple list of what we know we can accomplish and measure and what we cannot be certain we can accomplish.
 
Batterer Programs Can Clearly, Easily and Certainly .