Derek McCoy

Most of us have something profound in common – there’s a deep, and often unexamined, tension between who each one of us is authentically and who we are expected to be. What if we began to examine this tension and dialogued collectively about these expectations so that each of us can embrace our truest self, and help each other center ourselves in authenticity? Derek McCoy is the Director of Violence Prevention Initiatives at PAVE, which is focused on empowering youth to end the cycle of relationship violence through therapy, advocacy, and education. Derek has found passion and purpose working to positively transform certain masculine cultural norms that lead to outcomes of violence, and is looking forward to sharing his experience with you and challenging you to think critically and creatively about how you can also contribute to this transformation.