Archive for June, 2014

Welcome to The Pixel Project’s “30 For 30″ Father’s Day Campaign 2013! In honour of Father’s Day, we created this campaign:

• To acknowledge the vital role Dads play in families, cultures and communities worldwide.
• To showcase good men from different walks of life who are fabulous positive non-violent male role models.

Through this campaign, we will be publishing a short interview with a different Dad on each day of the month of June.

This campaign is also part of a programme of initiatives held throughout 2014 in support of the Celebrity Male Role Model Pixel Reveal campaign that is in benefit of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and The Pixel Project. Donate at just US$1 per pixel to reveal the mystery Celebrity Male Role Models and help raise US$1 million for the cause while raising awareness about the important role men and boys play in ending violence against women in their communities worldwide. Donations begin at just US$10 and you can donate via the Pixel Reveal website here or the Pixel Reveal Razoo donation page here.

Our twenty first “30 For 30″ 2014 Dad is Jerry Chuaypradit from the USA.

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The Dad Bio

Jerry is an engineer by day, who is gaining a passion for social business and social media, but first and foremost, he is a 24-hour-a-day father to an amazing daughter. He loves to bike and is in constant search of a hobby or an activity that his entire family can enjoy together.

1. What is the best thing about being a dad?

The best part of being a father is coming home after work or school and switching over to dad mode. Regardless of the type of day I’ve been having, I can always count on big hugs and big smiles when we’re all together at the end of the day. There is no better feeling. A few minutes with my daughter quite simply heals all wounds acquired during the day.

2. A dad is usually the first male role model in a person’s life and fathers do have a significant impact on their sons’ attitude towards women and girls. How has your father influenced the way you see and treat women and girls?

My father grew up in a culture of male dominance and was not the best of role models. He was able to indirectly teach me that having respect for women and girls is a basis for a strong family. I want my daughter to grow up seeing fathers who are always supportive of mothers, so I’m doing what I can to lead by example.

3. Communities and activists worldwide are starting to recognise that violence against women is not a “women’s issue” but a human rights issue and that men play a role in stopping the violence. How do you think fathers and other male role models can help get young men and boys to take an interest in and step up to help prevent and stop violence against women?

It’s up to us to intervene when young men and boys are not supportive of women and girls. It’s up to us to set the right example and teach young men and boys to respect women and girls so that they can pass it on to their peers. Actions do speak louder than words and, when given the opportunity, we must be proper role models by making sure that all the women and girls in our lives know that we have their backs! The idea is to get everyone to understand that we’re all in this together and our lives are enhanced when there is mutual respect among males and females.

Welcome to The Pixel Project’s “30 For 30″ Father’s Day Campaign 2013! In honour of Father’s Day, we created this campaign:

• To acknowledge the vital role Dads play in families, cultures and communities worldwide.
• To showcase good men from different walks of life who are fabulous positive non-violent male role models.

Through this campaign, we will be publishing a short interview with a different Dad on each day of the month of June.

This campaign is also part of a programme of initiatives held throughout 2014 in support of the Celebrity Male Role Model Pixel Reveal campaign that is in benefit of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and The Pixel Project. Donate at just US$1 per pixel to reveal the mystery Celebrity Male Role Models and help raise US$1 million for the cause while raising awareness about the important role men and boys play in ending violence against women in their communities worldwide. Donations begin at just US$10 and you can donate via the Pixel Reveal website here or the Pixel Reveal Razoo donation page here.

Our twentieth “30 For 30″ 2014 Dad is Justin Johari Azman from Malaysia.

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The Dad Bio

Justin Johari is a legal counsel in the music industry and teaches copyright to university students on a part-time basis. His past time passion is using creative arts, such as music and film, to educate the public on issues that affect society, like the need for love, compassion, and better understanding of people with different backgrounds, faith, age, and gender. As a father, he sees the importance of a creating a better environment for his two daughters and son, as well as their whole generation, to grow up in.

1. What is the best thing about being a dad?

The best thing about being a dad is having the opportunity to shape and raise useful human beings while correcting our mistakes and flaws as adults. It gives me great satisfaction to see the prejudices, biases, and negative mind-sets we have as adults prevented or absent in my children. This comes with us correcting them or reacting to a certain incident in a manner that does not fit in the usual unhealthy preconceptions we all have as adults.

2. A dad is usually the first male role model in a person’s life and fathers do have a significant impact on their sons’ attitude towards women and girls. How has your father influenced the way you see and treat women and girls?

I grew up in a large family and saw how each of the men in my family interacted with women, be it their wife, mother, siblings, or acquaintances. From there, I felt certain values were positive and differentiated them from the negative ones. I was closer to my mother growing up, so how she felt when treated in a certain way was important to me, and I experienced that first-hand as someone close to her.

3. Communities and activists worldwide are starting to recognise that violence against women is not a “women’s issue” but a human rights issue and that men play a role in stopping the violence. How do you think fathers and other male role models can help get young men and boys to take an interest in and step up to help prevent and stop violence against women?

Today’s children are visually-driven and so having visual-based educational programmes run by organisations like the Media Education Foundation (www.mediaed.org), could really help in opening up dialogue with them. For example, I was fortunate to have been granted an opportunity to make a film titled Who Speaks for Me? about freedom of expression through the Arts. I toured several states in Malaysia to explain about the film and subject matter to audiences that would not otherwise have access to these ideas. I believe children can learn about the issue of violence against women through the use of these educational tools and mediums to spark their interest in the subject as well as expose them to fact-based situations where women and girls have been mistreated as a result of cultural conditioning.

Welcome to The Pixel Project’s “30 For 30″ Father’s Day Campaign 2013! In honour of Father’s Day, we created this campaign:

• To acknowledge the vital role Dads play in families, cultures and communities worldwide.
• To showcase good men from different walks of life who are fabulous positive non-violent male role models.

Through this campaign, we will be publishing a short interview with a different Dad on each day of the month of June.

This campaign is also part of a programme of initiatives held throughout 2014 in support of the Celebrity Male Role Model Pixel Reveal campaign that is in benefit of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and The Pixel Project. Donate at just US$1 per pixel to reveal the mystery Celebrity Male Role Models and help raise US$1 million for the cause while raising awareness about the important role men and boys play in ending violence against women in their communities worldwide. Donations begin at just US$10 and you can donate via the Pixel Reveal website here or the Pixel Reveal Razoo donation page here.

Our nineteenth “30 For 30″ 2014 Dad is Adam Miller from the USA.

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The Dad Bio

Adam M. Miller is the Managing Director for Theatre Tuscaloosa, a community theatre based at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He has an M.F.A. in Theatre Management/Arts Administration and a B.A. in Communications from The University of Alabama (UA). Adam attended public schools in San Antonio, TX, Lewisville, TX, Lake Dallas, TX, and Huntsville, AL. He met his wife, Paige, at UA, and their first son, Kai, was born in Baton Rouge, LA, while their youngest son, Quinn, was born in Alabama. He and his family currently reside in Moundville, AL.

1. What is the best thing about being a dad?

Reunions. It’s so wonderful to be woken up with the enthusiasm that only children can bring. Picking up a child who is enthusiastic about seeing you is so rewarding and coming home from an out-of-town trip to hugs and exciting stories about what happened during your absence is an exciting time.

2. A dad is usually the first male role model in a person’s life and fathers do have a significant impact on their sons’ attitude towards women and girls. How has your father influenced the way you see and treat women and girls?

My dad always put our family’s well-being first. Sometimes he worked as many as three jobs and went to school to ensure that we always had a roof over our heads and food on the table. My dad was always a faithful husband and has stayed married to my mother for 44 years, which says a lot. He shares some of the household chores with my mother, usually by doing laundry. My father always encouraged me to be a friend and protector to my two sisters and he has been a wonderful brother to my aunt and a good son to my grandmother. He always stepped in if my sisters or I spoke disrespectfully to our mother and reinforced that we should treat her with the utmost respect.

3. Communities and activists worldwide are starting to recognise that violence against women is not a “women’s issue” but a human rights issue and that men play a role in stopping the violence. How do you think fathers and other male role models can help get young men and boys to take an interest in and step up to help prevent and stop violence against women?

We can help stop violence by speaking up and setting an example. So much of our society is permeated with attitudes that consciously and subconsciously relegate women to a status of second-class citizens. It’s important to set an example of choosing gender inclusive pronouns when talking about participants in every profession; treating children’s mothers with respect and demonstrating marriages as equal partnerships; speaking up about sexist comments, attitudes, and imagery that is perpetuated by society at large, both generally and specifically; and by talking about what your family’s values are when it comes to respecting girls and women. It’s important for fathers to participate in daily chores, field trips, baby care, cooking, school activities, etc. It’s important to avoid saying that a father is “babysitting” when he is caring for his own children alone. Generally, it’s important for fathers to SHOW children how to treat each other and themselves with respect.