Man Up’s Youth Movement to End Violence
Presenter: Jimmie Briggs, Executive Director, Co-Founder
Thursday, February, 4, 12:30p to 1:30p
Pacific Room at Tides
Man Up is an international campaign to activate youth in a movement to stop violence against women and girls. Man Up’s call to action challenges the next generation to "man up" -- whether they are male or female -- and declare that violence against women and girls must end. Harnessing the universal power of music, sport and technology, Man Up provides innovative training, resources and support to young leaders and the human rights organizations that collaborate with them.
Jimmie Briggs, Co-Founder (Executive Director), will explain the origins and vision of Man Up and describe its unique campaign integrating hip hop, sports and technology to draw attention to youth about the need to end violence against women and girls.
Man Up is the brainchild of Jimmie Briggs, acclaimed writer, teacher and journalist. Over the last decade, Jimmie has earned his reputation as one of the most respected humans rights advocates in the field of journalism. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, LIFE, Vibe, Outside, and Fortune. His courageous reporting on child soldiers and the lives of war-affected children is seen in a wide array of publications such as The Nation, The Village Voice, The Source, El Pais, People, Essence among others. A National Magazine Award finalist and recipient of honors from the Open Society Institute, National Association of Black Journalists, Alicia Patterson Foundation and Carter Center, among others, his book on child soldiers and war-affected children, Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go To War won him accolades in 2005. Briggs has worked for the UN Special Session on Children, Seeds of Peace in both New York City and Kabul, Afghanistan, as well as numerous other organizations including Oxfam, Amnesty International and the ENOUGH Project. He has received distinguished fellowships for his writing and advocacy. Additionally, he has served as an adjunct professor of investigative journalism at the New School for Social Research, and was a George A. Miller Visiting Professor in the Department of African and African-American Studies at the University of Illinois: Champaign-Urbana. His upcoming book, The Wars Women Fight: Dispatches from A Father to His Daughter, will be published in 2010. When asked why he chose to spearhead this initiative, he simply says, "For my daughter. I want a better world for her."
To learn more, contact Bruce DeMartini at bruce@thoreau.org
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