Movement Maker Trina Greene Brown Interview with Quentin Walcott on “The Father’s Day Pledge”
With Father’s Day just around the corner, Movement Maker Trina Greene Brown connected with fellow gender-violence activist and brother in the movement, Quentin “Q” Walcott, Co-Executive Director of CONNECT to learn about CONNECT’s 7th Annual Father’s Day Pledge to End Violence.
With Father’s Day just around the corner, I connected with a fellow gender-violence activist and brother in the movement, Quentin “Q” Walcott, Co-Executive Director of CONNECT to learn aboutCONNECT’s 7th Annual Father’s Day Pledge to End Violence.
During this exchange, Trina and Q explored the following:
- the role of men in ending violence against women;
- how Black boys are conditioned toward stereotypical notions of masculinity, and how can we shift to new behaviors and attitudes;
- the buffers that parents provide to protect against the impacts of systemic violence on Black male behaviors and attitudes; and
- tips for parents to challenge traditional gender roles in our homes with our children.
For a special treat, at the conclusion of the call, Q shared a spoken word piece entitled “ManCHILD” in addition to reciting pieces from the Father’s Day Pledge Against Violence.
