Conference will highlight the crucial need to
work together to end heinous crimes against women
DALLAS, May 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Tony Porter, Chief Executive Officer of A Call
to Men, and Kimya Motley, Chief
Communications Officer of A Call to Men, will
headline the 19th annual Conference on Crimes
Against Women (CCAW) as keynote speakers in Dallas, Texas from May
20-23, 2024. A Call to Men works to transform society by
promoting healthy, respectful manhood and helping create a world
where all women, girls, and those at the margins are valued and
safe. Porter and Motley will present during CCAW's Opening Plenary
on Monday, May 20 at 8:00 a.m. CT.
One in three women will be abused in their lifetime, and
intimate partner violence alone affects more than 12 million people
every year. Crime and violence against women is a devastating
epidemic, and there is a crucial need for a coordinated community
response. The interactive keynote will shed light on how men's
socialization and silence unintentionally support those who
continue to perpetrate acts of violence against women. It will also
challenge and redefine men's role as bystanders before, during, and
after incidents of domestic violence and sexual assault.
"We will never succeed in our fight to end violence against
women if we do not address the crucial need to work together and
speak out," said Jan Langbein, Chief
Executive Officer of CCAW and Genesis
Women's Shelter & Support. "We are extremely
honored to have Tony Porter and
Kimya Motley as our keynote
speakers, and we are looking forward to learning from them as they
share their stories and expertise on how we can continue to combat
crimes against women."
Porter is an author, educator, and activist working to advance
gender and racial justice and create a more equitable society.
Porter is internationally recognized for his efforts to prevent
violence against women while promoting a healthy, respectful
manhood. He is a leading voice on issues of manhood, male
socialization, and preventing violence against all women and girls.
Porter's 2010 TED Talk has been named by GQ Magazine as one
of the "Top 10 TED Talks Every Man Should See." Porter is sought
after for his in-depth understanding of the collective
socialization of men and serves as an adviser to the National
Football League, providing policy consultation, working extensively
with player engagement, and facilitating violence prevention and
healthy manhood training. He has also provided training to the
National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major
League Soccer, and Major League Baseball.
Motley is an educator, activist, author, director, and producer
working to end violence against all women and girls. She has been
nationally recognized for her success as a dedicated leader for
victims' rights by Former Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, The Investigation Discovery
Channel, the Georgia Commission on
Family Violence, and more. As a brave survivor herself, Motley's
story is now used in domestic violence training videos for the
National Football League to educate all 32 teams. She released her
memoir, "Born of Violence," which made it to number four on the
Amazon Hot New Releases List for Partner Abuse.
Presented by Genesis Women's
Shelter & Support and the Dallas Police Department, the Conference on
Crimes Against Women (CCAW) is an annual in-person conference for
training and education on the identification, investigation, and
prosecution of all types of violent crimes against women, including
domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human
trafficking. The Conference is the largest of its kind, with more
than 24,000 attendees over the last 19 years from all 50 states and
multiple countries.
The 2024 Conference will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in
Dallas, Texas, May 20 to 23. For additional information about
the Conference or to register, please
visit www.conferencecaw.org.
About the Conference on Crimes Against Women:
The goal of the Conference on Crimes Against Women is to create an
overall reduction in the rate of crimes against women and,
ultimately, eliminate violence against women. It is also, however,
a primary part of our mission to improve the way crimes against
women are investigated and prosecuted, as well as to improve the
way victims are treated throughout the criminal justice system. The
problem of domestic violence is so pervasive and at such epidemic
proportions that tangible decreases in the rate of violence against
women will not be seen until huge volumes of women are safer in
their homes. This volume happens through culture shifts, and
conferences like CCAW create the momentum and the network for that
very culture shift. For additional information about the
Conference, please visit www.conferencecaw.org.
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