By Maryland Coalition to Prevent Sexual Violence
On Wednesday, March 4th, at 2:30 PM EST, the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault will hold Virtual Campus Training Session #4: Engaging College Men in Sexual Violence Prevention in a Moment of Disconnection.
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College campuses are navigating a critical moment in engaging men around connection, care and responsibility. Many young men are experiencing growing isolation and disconnection from peers, community and support systems—conditions that can limit emotional and relational development and complicate efforts to build campus cultures rooted in prevention and accountability.
These dynamics raise important questions for campus professionals:
- What does meaningful engagement with college men look like in this moment?
- How can we create spaces where men feel seen and connected in ways that reduce isolation and risk?
- And, how do we move men from passive participants to active partners in preventing violence and strengthening campus communities?
Research highlights the urgency of these questions: 65 percent of young men ages 18–23 report that “no one really knows me,” and nearly 70 percent believe that “no one cares if men are okay.”
Addressing this gap requires engagement strategies that prioritize relationship-building, voice, and participation—not just awareness or compliance.
In this 90-minute free and interactive webinar, Futures Without Violence’s CATAPULT: Campus Action team will share a range of concrete strategies for engaging men as allies in violence prevention and campus well-being. Participants will be introduced to Unscripted, a national storytelling and dialogue campaign, as one example of how campuses can foster connection and invite reflection as part of a comprehensive engaging men approach.
Drawing on current research and campus-based practice, the session will explore how efforts like Unscripted can complement existing prevention work, activate student leadership, and support campus cultures grounded in care, respect, and accountability. Participants will leave with practical tools, examples, and considerations for adapting these strategies to their own campus contexts.
MCASA’s Virtual Campus Training Series is a 6-part webinar series, hosted every year from September to April. These training sessions are tailored to college and university staff, as well as community advocates and other service providers, who do sexual assault prevention and response work with college and university students. Facilitated by a combination of MCASA staff and national experts, these workshops explore important and trending topics impacting all student sexual assault survivors. You can find past Virtual Campus Training sessions on MCASA’s website and YouTube Channel.
Meet the Trainers
Jesse Mahler
Program Manager, Public Education Campaigns and Programs, Futures Without Violence
As Program Manager in the Public Education Campaigns and Programs Department of Futures Without Violence, Jesse advances national violence prevention campaigns with men and boys, athletic coaches, educators, colleges and digital influencers. Since 2019, Jesse has led the curriculum development and training for the evidence-based Coaching Boys Into Men program, supporting implementation across hundreds of communities. During this time, he has also designed dozens of college training and the comprehensive Engaging Campus Men Toolkit, utilized by hundreds of institutions across the United States through the Office on Violence Against Women’s Campus Grant Program and the CATAPULT Campus Action for Healthy Manhood initiative. More recently, Jesse has spearheaded FUTURES partnership with Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice—the LinkUp Lab—where he co-authored the Manosphere Rewired research report and designs innovative interventions against tech-based violence and online misogyny. Prior to FUTURES, Jesse was a youth organizer in Boston and facilitated healing spaces for men in the Jewish community.
Kamaile Patton
Program Specialist, Public Education Campaigns and Programs, Futures Without Violence
Kamaile is a Program Specialist at Futures Without Violence, where she supports national initiatives to engage men and boys as partners in ending and preventing violence. Her work centers on shifting cultural norms that contribute to harm and fostering greater connection through training and technical assistance, curriculum development, collaborative learning spaces and practical tools and resources for community partners such as college campuses, athletic coaches, DVSAS advocates and educators. By cultivating healthy relationships, positive mental health and more expansive understandings of gender and masculinity, Kamaile’s work is grounded in the belief that safer, more connected communities are possible. With experience in gender equity work across nonprofit, government and research settings, Kamaile brings a community-informed, prevention-focused approach to program development. Prior to joining FUTURES in 2022, Kamaile earned her Master of Public Affairs from Brown University and her BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from Chapman University.