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Take Back The Night- Greater Flint
by Center for Gender and Sexuality
Back to Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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Join us for an unforgettable evening of strength, resilience, and action as we take a stand against sexual violence. The night begins with an empowering keynote from award-winning documentary filmmaker Byron Hurt at 4:00 PM in The Kiva. Known for his fearless storytelling on gender, race, and culture, Hurt will challenge perspectives, spark critical conversations, and inspire us to reclaim our voices.
From there, we take it to the streets. Our march will be a thunderous declaration that survivors will not be silenced and that our community stands united against sexual violence. With every step, every chant, and every voice raised, we send a powerful message: we believe survivors, we demand change, and we will not back down.
This is more than an event—it’s a movement. Stand with us. March with us. Take Back the Night.
Speakers
Byron Hurt
Byron Hurt combines his award-winning documentary films with a dynamic
speaking style that challenges audiences to question and redefine manhood in
American culture.
Byron has over two decades of experience navigating discussions about
masculinity with high-profiled NCAA athletes, members of the U.S. military,
fraternities, and everyday men and women throughout the world. He
strengthened and honed his gender politics while working with the Mentors in
Violence Prevention Program (MVP), and pioneering the Bystander Intervention
Program he co-founded with Jackson Katz, Ph.D.
Byron’s presentations focus on how representations of masculinity in popular
culture normalize male violence; how heteronormative masculinity performed by
all races contribute to gender oppression; how homophobia and transphobia
make LGBT communities vulnerable to male violence; how positive male
leadership and bystander intervention can end gender-based violence; and how
to use male privilege to ally with women and girls to redefine masculinity and
promote healthy relationships.
Byron’s highly acclaimed documentary Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes,
premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and broadcast nationally on PBS’
Emmy award-winning series Independent Lens. His film Soul Food Junkies won
best documentary at several film festivals, and also premiered on Independent
Lens. Byron’s documentary, Hazing, aired nationally on PBS Broadcast on
Independent Lens in September 2022. His most recent documentary, Lee and
Liza’s Family Tree, aired on PBS’ award-winning series, NOVA in 2023.
As a result of his decades-long work as a filmmaker and activist, Byron is widely
recognized as a leading voice and thought-leader on independent filmmaking,
and gender violence prevention. Learn more about Byron Hurt at bhurt.com. Find
him on Facebook and on Twitter @byronhurt.
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Co-hosted with: Division of Student Affairs
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