Virtual #HopeandHealingGala2020 Speaker Highlight: Jim Struve
In honor of our upcoming Virtual #hopeandhealinggala2020 on Friday, September 18th! We would like to highlight the incredible speakers and awardees who will join us during this event.
Meet, Jim Struve, LCSW, one of the incredible speakers to be featured at the event. We are excited to have Jim join us and dicuss more around the work of MenHealing, his long history advocating for Male Survivors, and how the RRC has been a partner in that work.
As a reminder, you and your friends can log in and join the #hopeandhealinggala2020 from anywhere this year! We are excited to bring our annual celebration to a living room near you Register to receive the live stream link and more info on our website.
Jim Struve, LCSW is a lifelong social justice activist. He created one of the earliest Peace Studies Programs in the country at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the late 1960s. He began to work with male survivors in 1976 and has experience working in a wide range of clinical settings: child protective services, residential treatment, in-patient hospitals, community agencies, and private practice. Jim was a co-organizer of one of the earliest conferences (1988) to address concerns of non-offending male survivors. In 1995, he was a founding member of the National Organization Against Sexual Victimization of Males (currently MaleSurvivor.org). He has been a member of the Weekends of Recovery Facilitator team since 2003. In 2017, Jim was instrumental in the incorporation of MenHealing and has served as Executive Director since that time. He is a nationally known Conference presenter and frequently conducts clinical workshops and trainings. His has a wide range of clinical expertise, including trauma, conflict resolution, mindfulness, dissociation, and resilience. In 2010 he was the recipient of the Richard Gartner Outstanding Services Award. Publications for Jim include: “Dancing With the Patriarchy: The Politics of Sexual Abuse” (1990); The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy (co-author: 1997); “Beyond the Gay/Straight Binary: Gender and/or Sexually Diverse Male Survivors” (co-author: 2018); “Empowering Male Survivors to Heal Through Community and Peer Connections” (co-author: 2018) and “Clinical Perspectives About Male Sexual Victimization: The Cultural and Historical Context of Gender (co-author, 2020).
In addition to his work with social justice concerns, he is an avid outdoor adventurer, including
skiing, biking, and hiking.
We look forward to hearing Jim speak during our event as well as celebrating this years event! Check back throughout the month leading up to the #hopeandhealingala2020 for more highlights.