{"id":16420,"date":"2021-09-13T12:10:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/chris-mcnally-named-usat-womens-committee-man-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2021-09-13T12:10:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:10:33","slug":"chris-mcnally-named-usat-womens-committee-man-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/chris-mcnally-named-usat-womens-committee-man-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris McNally named USAT Women&#8217;s Committee &#8220;Man of the Year&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chris McNally, a professor in the Applied Technologies Department, recently was named &#8220;Man of the Year&#8221; by the USA Triathlon Women&#8217;s Committee in recognition of his work to combat the sexual harassment of female athletes.<\/p>\n<p>McNally started <strong>IOU&#8211;It&#8217;s On Us<\/strong> to support women who have been victims of sexual assault or harassment. He shared his motivation to take action:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChrisMcNally.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-124808\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChrisMcNally.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"644\" \/><\/a>&#8220;I was moved to start IOU&#8211;It&#8217;s On Us by the courage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savannahnow.com\/story\/news\/2020\/09\/02\/man-pleads-guilty-to-slapping-savannah-reporters-butt-viral-video-of-assault-captured-national-atten\/114849824\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Bozarjian\u200b showed in confronting the man who assaulted her<\/a>. Many of my female friends have commented on being harassed while exercising. This knowledge and viewing the video of Ms. Bozarjian&#8217;s assault made it clear to me that sexual harassment of female athletes is not a women&#8217;s issue. It is a men&#8217;s issue. Men are the ones who do it. Men are the ones who must stop it. It is my hope that IOU&#8211;It&#8217;s On Us will encourage us, as men, to hold each other accountable for our actions, and promote the modeling of proper behavior for the boys in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>It is a very grassroots movement; just me wearing pink clothes to attract attention, handing out bracelets and stickers at triathlons and running events, and posting on social media. I don&#8217;t ask for or accept donations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;My only request is that people spread the message of respect to the men and boys in their lives.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savannahnow.com\/story\/news\/2020\/09\/02\/man-pleads-guilty-to-slapping-savannah-reporters-butt-viral-video-of-assault-captured-national-atten\/114849824\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.facebook.com\/IOUitsonus<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/IOUitsonus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.instagram.com\/IOUitsonus\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 13 Sep 2021 12:10:33 +0000 by\u00a0d.gardner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dr. Chris McNally, a professor in the Applied Technologies Department, recently was named &#8220;Man of the Year&#8221; by the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accolades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}