Lunch and Learn - Byron Hurt

Join the ICC and CGS for lunch and learn more about this year's Take Back The Night Speaker Byron Hurt. April 9 from 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. in the ICC.

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 contributes 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.


Lunch and Learns are monthly events where a faculty/staff member from campus or a Flint community member will tell us about themselves and their academic or professional journey and also answer any questions people in the space will have for them. So if you ever want to learn more about someone's profession, feel welcome to join in while having something to eat since food is always provided!

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Co-hosted with: Center for Gender and Sexuality, Division of Student Affairs

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