DIALOGUE SOCIETY MANCHESTER BRANCH
ZOOM MEETING
MEN, VIOLENCE AND SOCIETY
ARE WE THE PROBLEM - CAN WE BE AN ANSWER?
SPEAKER
CHRISS STEVEN GREEN
FOUNDER OF THE WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGN (UK)
MODERATOR
KAMIL KEMANCI
DIALOGUE SOCIETY REGIONAL COORDINATOR
November 1, 2021
8.00 PM
Passcode: 1234
Chris Green (White Ribbon Campaign)
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Christopher Steven Green OBE founded and was President of the White Ribbon Campaign (UK) He was previously a full-time lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University In 2007 he was awarded "Ultimate Man of the Year" by Cosmopolitan for his work with White Ribbon Campaign.[1] He has addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Inter Parliamentary Union, the Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham Unions and many conferences on the theme of Engaging Men in Tackling Violence against Women. In 2012 he was appointed a UN Leader of Men by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. He is author of the series of 12 leaflets "What the White Ribbon Campaign says". He plays football twice a week and sings in a community choir.
He was a member of the Council of Europe Task Force to end violence against women, the Violence Prevention Alliance of the World Health Organization, and the steering group of the Men's Coalition.
He lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire where he sings with Calder Valley Voices, and the three Tonys as well as playing football for the Old Gits.
Green was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to equality.[2]7
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