Artistry Against Misandry is hosting an International Men’s Day 2012 event in Nashville, TN. AVFM’s very own, John The Other, is scheduled to be a special guest speaker amidst performances by regional bands. Although the official day of annual celebration is 11/19, the greater IMD organization has approved our celebration for Saturday, November 17, 2012 It will take place at The Listening Room in downtown Nashville, from 6:00pm – 10:00pm. The event will be all ages and open to the general public. To my knowledge, at this point, this will be the only MRA-hosted IMD event in the United States for 2012. It will be a historical starting point from which many future celebrations will hopefully come.
The regional theme I have picked for this year is “Overcoming Misandry through Introspection and Positive Personal Action”. This will encompass many topics we, as MRAs, discuss within the MRM and it will emphasize the importance of personal growth as a precursor to making the best choices in order to live a long, safe and healthy life. The phrase “man up” will be up for dissection and the detractors that men face in western society will be exposed. Free literature on various resources and life options promoted within the MRM will be supplied to the public. The local male medical clinic will be invited to join the event as well. A raffle will be held in which participants can win prizes from local businesses. Families will be invited to attend as there will be entertainment for the kids as well.
The IMD organizational committee has appointed me Regional TN (USA) Coordinator for International Men’s Day 2012. I plan to uphold this title with honor and to do the MRM justice; however, to execute these goals I need to secure the monetary funds necessary for the promotion and production of this event. Fliers, brochures, online and print promotional ads, the venue’s staff and the entertainment need to be paid for. Believe me when I say it is something I abhor doing; however I am asking you for any donations you are able to provide. I cannot do this alone but with your help we can make our presence and message known. You can send funds via clicking on the “donate” button on the home page of Artistry Against Misandry. I thank you in advance as your help means more to me than I can ever express.
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Rper1959:
Donation just sent. I hope I can make this one, too.
Donation sent. I’m a poor university student, so I can’t afford much, but hopefully every little bit counts.
I’d like to request reminders every month or so. I can only pony up a few bucks now… but in a month I can probably give you another few.
Ask and ye shall receive.
I’ll be there, but money is tight right now.
(Selling my Nocaster Relic just to pay property taxes.)
Keep the reminders coming every month or so throughout the year.
Be aware MRA’s can be notoriously challenging when trying to gather a quorum; keep the pressure on, stay top-of-mind. And don’t forget to ask for help.
Ouch, it hurts me just to hear you are selling the Nocaster. I had to sell my Rickenbacker 4003 a few years back for rent when the economy truly went to shit. It is a loss I will never quite get over.
My rationalization is that a Tele’s a Tele, and that I can always buy one cheap for that twangy sound. I also have a 63 strat relic, PRS McCarty and a Les Paul standard I bought new in 81.
I find the maple neck on the tele tricky and those original string saddles at the bridge aren’t the best.
You can only play one at time!
(Amazing how the Custom Relic stuff has gone up in value…the new “vintage”. What a wacky world!)
Jade, I wish you every success, I am working on organising an event in Townsville for IMD and know how difficult it can be to drum up support. Have added to the kitty.
Thank you guys, for the help and support! It will go to good use, I promise. I’ll keep you guys updated as the date gets closer.
Done. Good luck brother. I cant wait to have some event hosted some place close to NYC.
I wish I could be there Jade.
You are quite doing something quite remarkable and it’s people such as yourself that suggest a finer future for the rest of us.
As an MRA you realise that you will have to suffer the cat callings of those in the crowd that well may shout, “Show us yer chest.” and “What’s under the daks whoop whoop.”
To circumvent such an abhorrent inevitability I suggest you walk on stage nude and play as per normal. This will cut them of at the pass and the evening should progress in a respectful way for all in attendance.
P.S.
If it is your choice to appear naked can you let us know in advance, as a show of naked MRA’s in the crowd will send a message of solidarity with this matter.
This is an event I would give my right arm to attend, if I didn’t play myself.
Expect a donation soon and keep up the reminders, and there will be more on the way, Jade.
I wish you all the best with this event. John the Other has such a soothing voice. I can almost imagine him doing a rap or hip hop.
Thank you so much for dragging these matters into the public eye and also best wishes to Rper1959 organising the Aussie event. I sure wish I could go to either….
Great to hear about your plans Jade.
Lets not forget that the USA is the birthplace of the first internationally observed IMD. The first event was initiated in 1992 by a formidable MRA named Thomas Oaster from Kansas: http://www.international-mens-day.com/Historical_archive.php
Oaster was the director and founder of the Missouri Center for Men’s Studies and an associate professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He wrote a small book inviting the world to celebrate IMD, and had it sent out around the world: http://www.international-mens-day.com/Kasnsas_stream_archive.php Due to his invitation people in France, UK, Australia, Malta, Canada and the USA marked the occasion.
After he held his first successful IMD and pledged to hold it again next year, feminists at his local university became furious at his success and waged a campaign accusing him of sexual misconduct- apparently his crime was labelling a student who asked him a dumb question “blondie”. After much feminist lobbying to the local newspapers and university hierarchy, Oaster was stood down from his tenured position, and his future IMD plans had the shadow cast over them. Oaster decided to hold the next IMD in Canada to escape the controversy, which event turned out to be a flop thanks largely to the negative press generated by his faculty’s feminist lobby. Oaster was later to be cleared of all accusations by the courts and his university was ordered to provide a significant damages payout. Understandably, he gave up promoting IMD, but he had made history nonetheless. It wasnt until 1999 that the IMD proposal resurfaced in Trinidad and Tobago and is now celebrated in dozens of countries.
In honour of Tom Oaster’s effort its appropriate that an MRA make a start in the USA, especially as MRAs have begun to celebrate the event in many other parts of the world. The USA has been one of the slower countries to take up this second chapter of IMD, but after a significant rally of interest in the US last year (mostly by non-MRA, and non-feminist middle-ground groups) the ground is tilled and fertile… the time is right. As with many global issues, once the US has endoresed and helped to shape the narrative many other nations will follow suit.
Jade, your event will bring the USA into solidarity with MRAs around the world who have been/are using the occasion highlight discrimination against males. There is nothing stopping the MRM message becoming one of the core one’s of the event.
Dang, I actually live about an hour away from this. I don’t usually go to special events, but for the MRM I just might make an exception. I’ll stay tuned for further info.
I know it is a long way off to plan for, but definitely stop on down if you can. If anything, it’s good to know there is at least one other MRA living in middle TN! I only hope this events creates several others.
JtO plays Nashville? I’m there!
Sadly I don’t have the funds to get across the pond this year, though I do have the funds for a small donation which will be coming your way tomorrow.
OT. What the holy fuck: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/female-teachers-accused-of-giving-boys-lower-marks-6943937.html
Note – The Independent carries a >lot< of weight in the UK, compared to the Daily Mail or Telegraph which are the butt of many a smug liberal's jibe.
I am envious I would so love to be there. Even though I will not be able to get there I will send a donation. It might not be much but it will be something.
Jade I wish you and your organizers every success, and hey maybe we could get some of this even posted on line or even a live feed (sorry gone off on a tangent). Best of luck.
I need an address Jade to send a money order, I don’t have pay pal or a credit card, so if you could get me that it would be great.
No problem. Send me an email at info@artistryagainstmisandry.com and we’ll take it from there. Thanks!
Done
On November 19th, 2011, International Mens Day, and the anniversary of the death of songwriter and labour activist, Joe Hill, why not recall his life and the words for which he is most remembered: “Don’t Mourn for me – Organise”
To think that Joe Hill’s trecherous female lover could have saved him from the firing squad, but chose instead to protect her reputation from accusations of infidelity. This is what I’ll be remembering Joe Hill for- as an innocent victim of both the state, and of a woman’s decept… in his memory we need to remember both crimes against him.
100 thumbs up. Thanks for that. Hmmm…it would be impossible to beat Robeson’s voice, but this has me thinking of pulling a performance together of the Ballad of Joe Hill. There is so much I would love to be able to cram into a 4-hour time slot!
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Folk-Singer-Woody-Guthrie-Playing-Guitar-with-Sign-on-It-Reading-This-Machine-Kills-Fascists-Posters_i3833174_.htm?AID=1577398651
I am hoping you have received my donation, and am also hoping to make this event.
I just might dust off my violin and bring it with me.
I’ll have you know…I was told to practice in the attic when I was a child, because of the screeching noise I put my neighbors through in learning it.
I also play the glockenspiel. (I’m pretty sure I still have a photo of that, in the school band. I marched down Main St. here…soooo proud of my bells.) lol
Good job, Jade. You have my support.
Izzey
The 2012 International men’s Day “Theme” is below. I found the World Heath Organization stats on violence against males particularly revealing (see violence section and link at bottom):
http://www.international-mens-day.com/Press_release_2012.php
HELPING MEN AND BOYS LIVE LONGER, HAPPIER, HEALTHIER LIVES
In the run up to International Men’s Day 2012 (Monday 19th November) we’re asking supporters of the day to focus on five key challenges that will help us improve the health and wellbeing of men and boys all over the world.
Some of the universal health issues that men and boys in all countries around the globe face include lower life expectancy, difficulty accessing mental health services, educational disadvantages, lack of male role models and tolerance of violence against men and boys.
To help us focus our collective minds upon helping men and boys live longer, happier, healthier lives, the five key challenges that the International Men’s Day team is inviting men and women all over the world to address are:
1. IMPROVING MEN’S LIFE EXPECTANCY:
From the moment a boy is born he can expect to live a shorter life than his female counterparts in all but four countries on the planet. There is also a huge gap in life expectancy between rich and poor countries with men in Mozambique reaching an average age of 38 while in Iceland, Israel and Switzerland men live twice as long until the age of 80. There are also huge gaps in life expectancy within countries, with men born in the poorest parts of the United Kingdom, for example, dying 10 years sooner than their fellow countrymen in the wealthiest parts of the capital city. Boys are not genetically programmed to die young so our first challenge this International Men’s Day is to ask countries taking part to consider how we can help all men and boys live longer, happier, healthier lives – no matter how poor they are and no matter what country they are born in.
2. HELPING MEN GET HELP:
Every year poor mental health drives over three quarters of a million people to commit suicide – and around two thirds of them are males. Men and boys all over the world can find it more difficult to access help for mental and emotional health problems and most prison populations include a significant number of men with mental health issues. This International Men’s Day we are asking participating countries to consider how we can help more men and boys get the help and support they need and to take action on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of men who will take their own lives this year.
3. IMPROVING BOYS’ EDUCATION:
Poor education is linked to poor health outcomes later in life so improving boys’ education will also help men and boys live longer, happier healthier lives. This International Men’s Day we are asking people to explore why boys in richer countries are underperforming girls and also less likely to be in education, and why tens of millions of boys in poorer countries are still not completing a primary education? How can we address truancy and poor literacy rates which leave boys prone to adult unemployment, substance abuse, obesity, depression and poverty? What action can we take to focus on boys’ education in a way that closes the gap between girls and boys, addresses the gaps between rich boys and poor boys, and helps us to improve the long-term health and wellbeing of all men and boys.
4. TACKLING TOLERANCE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN AND BOYS:
Violence has a major impact on men’s health all over the world. Every year over half a million people die from violence and 83% of them are men and boys. A similar proportion of the global burden of disease (ill-health, disability or early death) from violence is borne by boys and men. [1] Yet while there are now a number of deserved global campaigns to tackle violence against women and girls, there are no such campaigns to help men and boys. Why are we so tolerant of violence and abuse against boys and men and why do we still tolerate a world where we send boys and young men to fight wars on behalf of the adults in power? This International Men’s Day we are asking for actions we can take to help men and boys live in a less violent world and challenge our collective global tolerance of violence against men and boys.
5: PROMOTING FATHERS AND MALE ROLE MODELS
Fathers and male role models play a vital role in helping boys make a healthy, happy and positive transition from boyhood to manhood. How can we give boys a right to family life that gives them an equal opportunity to know and experience both their father and mother and ensure that their role as a future father is equal to girls’ role as future mothers? Giving boys a range of positive life choices in terms of family, work and leisure can help us reduce the number of boys whose choices are limited and end up poor, illiterate, unemployed, homeless, imprisoned and isolated. This International Men’s Day we are asking what actions we can take to give all boys access to a variety of male role models and ensure their country’s laws and practices give them an equal right to fatherhood, with all the support they need to be the best fathers they can be.
Addressing each of these challenges will help us to help men and boys all over the world to live longer, happier, healthier lives, which is why we are inviting supporters of International Men’s Day to join us in taking on one of more of these five key challenges in 2012.
[1] World Health Organisation Global Burden of Disease Estimates for 2008: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/projections/en/index.html