Voices of Men is a movement in the Fox Valley area of Northeast Wisconsin to end domestic violence against women. The group was formed by area men to take a stand against the abuse and violence on women. January 12, 2010 the group held campaign a kickoff event that had over 400 local men in attendance. The message is spread through simulations, workplace educational opportunities, coaching seminars, video discussions, area events and many other ways.
Voices of Men works as a partner to four Fox Valley agencies: Christine Anne Domestic Abuse Services, Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs, Reach Counseling Services and the Sexual Assault Crisis Center. The four agencies joined efforts to effectively communicate the truth about men's violence against women. Ben Atherton-Zeman created the comical one-man performance which was the inspiration for the group. He performed locally for over 600 students and about 130 other people in the community. After much success of his performances and a fall event called "Men's Summit," Fox Valley Voices of Men was formed to keep the effort of ending violence against women going."
The mission statement of the group is "Voices of Men is a group of Fox Valley men dedicated to ending violence in our community and preventing the abuse of girls and women through education, role modeling and mentoring of boys and men." The philosophy of this group is about preventing violence and abuse by being part of the solution, not the problem. It aims at getting at the root cause by educating people on violence against women.