The grants to engage men and boys as allies in the prevention of violence against women and girls program supports projects that develop and implement strategies that create educational programming…

The grants to engage men and boys as allies in the prevention of violence against women and girls program supports projects that develop and implement strategies that create educational programming and community organizing to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and SEX trafficking. With this funding, the center for hope and healing, INC., in partnership with thrive, will implement mentors in healthy manhood phase 3 in the greater lowell area in massachusetts. Specifically, this project will: 1) integrate education on healthy manhood into thrive support groups for male adult community members impacted by incarceration; 2) engage all thrive staff and circle keepers (support group facilitators) to participate in training that addresses healthy relationships, challenging social norms that support violence against women and girls, becoming active bystanders, and understanding the intersection of other crimes with violence; and 3) engage members in the reentry program and provide training and workshops to community members and local schools. Also, the project will address OVW priority area 1 by providing mentoring and healing-based prevention education to men and boys of color in a reentry program and alternative schools. The project period for this award is 36 months.