The Men's Anti-Violence Partnership (MAP) of Southern Arizona mission is to end men's violence against women and girls with an emphasis on sexual and domestic violence, which are epidemic in our community. The emphasis is on prevention and leadership development. The Men's Anti-Violence Partnership of Southern Arizona is a project of the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault and supports the Center's mission of reducing the incidence and trauma of sexual violence. It is modeled after a highly successful Phoenix project, the Men's Anti-Violence Network (MAN), founded in 2001.

MAP of Southern Arizona Goals:

Public Awareness: MAP sponsors an annual project to increase public awareness of sexual violence and domestic violence. Through contacts in the media and athletics, MAP will develop and produce an annual media campaign around an issue (such as dating violence, alcohol and rape, bullying, etc.). U of A Basketball Head Coach Lute Olson and U of A Football Coach Mike Stoops have volunteered to participate in the public awareness project. The Center received permission from the Oakland-based Family Violence Prevention Fund to use their public service announcement, "Coaching Boys to Men", to promote an anti-violence message for fathers and sons: All Violence Against Women is Wrong. Please watch and listen for it on the following stations: KFNN-AM- The Fan • KNST-AM • KLPX FM • KFMA-FM • KMSB-TV (Fox) • KTUU-TV (My TV) • KOLD- (CBS) • KGUN 9 (ABC) • Cox Cable.

Community Education: MAP contributes in a significant way to reducing violence against women and girls in our community by working to increase our already highly successful prevention education programs in middle school through university, those in youth detention, and by working with coaches, educators and community centers across those age populations to develop leadership and positive role models for boys and young men. MAP draws upon best practices from programs, both state-wide and nationally, and adapt these resources for our unique community.

Advocacy: MAP uses its significant sphere of influence to contact and educate elected officials about issues and public funding (e.g. Violence Against Women Act, Victims of Crime Act) to aid in reducing the incidence and trauma of violence against women.

Staffing: There is a staff person from the Center Against Sexual Assault assigned to provide support to MAP of Southern Arizona.

The MAP name is trademarked. We are currently in discussions with the Phoenix group regarding an affiliation between our two groups. For more information about MAP, call us at (520) 327-1171 or email sacasainfo@arizonaschildren.org.