Chuck Derry
Chuck is co-founder of Gender Violence Institute and the Minnesota Men’s Action Network: Alliance to Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence.
Chuck has worked to end men’s violence against women since 1983. From 1983 to 1993, he worked with male offenders at the St. Cloud Intervention Project in St. Cloud, MN, and was the men’s program coordinator for six of those years. In 1994, he co-founded the Gender Violence Institute in Clearwater, Minnesota and through that organization provides training and technical assistance nationally and internationally on the dynamics of domestic violence, criminal justice system reform, effective coordinated community responses to domestic violence, law enforcement investigations, rehabilitative programs for men who batter, and engaging men and communities in primary prevention efforts to “Stop it before it starts”.
From 2005 to 2015, Chuck contracted with the Minnesota Department of Health to develop strategies for involving Minnesota men and male leaders in the primary prevention of sexual and domestic violence. In collaboration with Men As Peacemakers in Duluth, MN, and with the additional support of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, he co-founded the Minnesota Men’s Action Network: Alliance to Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence.
Chuck was also a founding member of the North American Men Engage Network (NAMEN). This is a collective effort of men from the United States and Canada, with collaborative connections with men from Mexico, to develop a network of community-based organizations and individuals interested in working with men and boys to promote gender equality in North America. NAMEN is a member of the global MenEngage Alliance.
