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Boys Will Be Men

Adultism
(from Helping Teens Stop Violence: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Educators, and Parents)

Boys Will Be Men: Guiding Your Sons from Boyhood to Manhood
(reprinted in Skipping Stones, Vol. 19 No. 2 p. 33)

Raising Jewish Boys
(reprinted in Achim, Fall 2006 p. 23)

Young White Men: Scared, Entitled, and Cynical

Making the Peace: Helping Teens Stop Violence

Adultism

Affirmative Action Works!
(from Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Social Justice)

Beyond Conflict Resolution

Eye to Eye: Gotta Get Down With Our Toddlers
(from Toddler: Real-Life Stories of Those Fickle, Irrational, Urgent, Tiny People We Love, ed. Jennifer Margulis, Seal Press 2003)

Introduction to Making the Peace: Violence Prevention in the Classroom

Myths and Facts about Violence
(from Helping Teens Stop Violence: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Educators, and Parents)

The Power Chart Revisited

Men’s Work

Anger Is Not the Problem
(from Men’s Work: How to Stop the Violence That Tears Our Lives Apart)

Are You Still Challenging Sexism and Male Supremacy?

Jewish Male Violence

Man to Man
(reprinted in Voice Male, Fall 2007)

Men’s Movements
(from Men’s Work: How to Stop the Violence That Tears Our Lives Apart)

Men’s Work: To Stop Male Violence

The Oakland Men’s Project
(from Men’s Work: How to Stop the Violence That Tears Our Lives Apart)

Where Do the Batterer Intervention Programs Fit?

Young White Men: Scared, Entitled, and Cynical

Uprooting Racism

Beyond Diversity

The Costs of Racism to White People
(from Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Social Justice)

The Culture of Power
(adapted from Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Social Justice)

Guidelines for Being Strong White Allies
(reprinted in Turning Wheel, Spring 2007 p. 29)

I’m Not White, I’m Jewish
(from Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Social Justice)

Multicultural Competence

Retaining Benefits, Avoiding Responsibility
(adapted from Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Social Justice)

What’s in a Name?
(adapted from Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Social Justice)

White Benefits? A Personal Assessment

Wealth, Power, & Class

Accountability: Who Benefits from Our Work?

Afterword from You Call This a Democracy?

Are You Mentoring for Social Justice?

Assessing Public Policy Issues and Political Candidates
(from You Call This a Democracy?: Who Benefits, Who Pays and Who Really Decides)

The Ruling Class and the Buffer Zone
(from You Call This a Democracy?: Who Benefits, Who Pays and Who Really Decides)

Social Service or Social Change?
(earlier, shorter version)

Social Service or Social Change?
(reprinted from The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-profit Industrial Complex, published by South End Press.)

Young Men’s Work

Guidelines for Working With Young Men
Excerpts from Young Men’s Work: Stopping Violence and Building Community

Young Women’s Lives

Guidelines for Working With Young Women
From Young Women’s Lives: Building Self-Awareness for Life