Advocacy

From its very beginning, the Men's Resource Center for Change has advocated for nonviolent social change through marches, walks, speak-outs, rallies, in the media, on the pages of our own magazine, and on this web site. Follow the links below to learn about how we spread the word about changing the way the world thinks about men and masculinity.

Web Editorials

Click here to see a complete list of our monthly editorials.

Father's Day Ad 2005

Signature Ads

Celebrating Fathers ... and All Father Figures (June 2005)

A Valentine's Day Message from Men of Heart (February 2005)

Men Celebrating International Women's Day (March 2004)

Media Commentaries

The Neglect of Our Veterans' Trauma (Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 2007)

Gov. Romney's Offense to Families (Daily Hampshire Gazette, November 2006)

Encouraging Men to Change: The Long Road Back from Abuse (The Women's TImes, September 2005)

On Gay Marriage: Historic Moments, Flawed Arguments (Amherst Bulletin, April 2004)

Letter to Springfield Republican in Support of Equal Marriage Rights (February 2004)

The Vagina Monologues: A Wake-up Call for Men (WFCR Public Radio, February 2004)

Walk Just One of Many Steps: More Men Join Effort to End Domestic Violence (Greenfield Recorder, 2003)

Stepping Up, Speaking Out

Beyond South Dakota: Men and the Reproductive Rights Movement -- Report on a trip to support abortion rights in November 2006

Read about our annual Men's Walk to End Abuse.

Manhood in a Time of War -- speech in Portland, Maine, March 2005

Are You Willing to Take A Stand? -- from a speech at a rally to protest a domestic violence murder, October 2004

VOICE MALE Magazine

Click here to see the contents of our current issue, with links to on-line articles.

Click here to see a complete list of archived on-line articles from VOICE MALE.

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Web Editorials

V-Day: Victory over Violence

by Rob Okun (June 2008)

What I’ve Learned at the Men’s Resource Center for Change

by Rob Okun (May 2008)

The Transformation of Elliot Spitzer

by Rob Okun (April 2008)

Time for A National Teach-in on Men and Masculinity

by Rob Okun (March 2008)

Generation Next’s Egalitarian Monologues

by Rob Okun (February 2008)

My Father is Still with Me

by Rob Okun (January 2008)

The White Ribbon Campaign

by Rob Okun (December 2007)

An Appeal for Support

by Rob Okun (November 2007)

Turning a Gender Lens on Presidential Politics

by Rob Okun (October 2007)

Women's Equality, Men's Liberation

by Rob Okun (September 2007)

Blowing the Whistle on the Sport of Masculinity

by Rob Okun (August 2007)

Love and Marriage in Massachusetts

by Rob Okun (July 2007)

The Elixir of Youth: Women, Men and Gender Justice

by Rob Okun (June 2007)

A Post-Virginia Tech Meditation: Through the Looking Glass of Violence

by Rob Okun (April/May 2007)

Men Listening to Women and to Each Other

by Rob Okun (April 2007)

Helping Vets from Iraq and Afghanistan to Heal

by Rob Okun (March 2007)

Believing in (Young) Men

by Rob Okun (February 2007)

Steady Support

by Rob Okun (January 2007)

Beyond South Dakota: Men and the Reproductive Rights Movement

by Rob Okun (December 2006)

Gov. Romney's Offense to Families

by Michael Dover (November 2006)

Generation Next: Can Men Be Too Nice?

by Rob Okun (October 2006)

A Father's Empty Nest: The Dictionary of Letting Go

by Rob Okun (September 2006)

Baseball's Challenge: Teaching What Not to Hit

by Rob Okun (July/August 2006)

Celebrating More Than Dad This Father's Day

by Rob Okun (June 2006)

Married

by Michael Dover (May 2006)

Men's Stories: From Stubbornness to Tenderness

by Rob Okun (April 2006)

Uncovering Men's Lives in the Shadow of Brokeback Mountain

by Rob Okun (March 2006)

Race and Gender: A Moment to Reflect

by Michael Dover (February 2006)

Fathers and Feelings

by Michael Dover (January 2006)

Compassionate Confrontation: A National Model

by Rob Okun (December 2005)

The Revolutionary Act of Sitting in a Support Group

by Michael Dover (November 2005)

A Call to Men: From Bystanders to Activists

by Rob Okun (October 2005)

If A Son Could Return from the Dead

by Rob Okun (September 2005)

A Missed Opportunity: The Globe Strikes Out

by Rob Okun (July/August 2005)

Thoughts on Moving On

by Michael Dover (June 2005)

New Name, New Initiatives

by Rob Okun (May 2005)

Gay/Straight Dialogue: Remarkably Unremarkable

by Michael Dover (April 2005)

Dialogue vs. Diatribe: Can We Find Common Ground?

by Rob Okun (March 2005)

Good News in Difficult Times

by Michael Dover (February 2005)

Custody Rights Ballot Questions Undermined Children's Best Interests

by Marian Kent, Becky Lockwood, and Rob Okun (January 2005)

Do You Feel a Draft?

by Michael Dover (December 2004)

Are You Willing to Take a Stand?

by Rob Okun (November 2004)

Why I Walk

by Michael Dover (October 2004)

White Men Can Jump (Bush's) Ship

by Rob Okun (September 2004)

Yes to Men, No to War

by Michael Dover and Rob Okun (August 2004)

Wanted: Young White Guy to Change the World

by Ian Trefethen (July 2004)

Gay Marriage: Historic Moments, Flawed Arguments

by Michael Dover (June 2004)

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