Men Advocating Real Change
Inclusive workplaces benefit everyone, including men.
MARC (Men Advocating Real Change) is an initiative designed to inspire and equip men to leverage their unique opportunity and responsibility to be advocates for equity. Our research-based experiential learning disrupts traditional DEI approaches to enhance gender partnership and accelerate the creation of inclusive workplaces.
MARC (Men Advocating Real Change) by Catalyst
MARC inspires and equips men to be advocates for equity. Our research-based approach disrupts traditional DEI practices to accelerate inclusion.
What Is Gender Partnership and How to Be an Effective Gender Partner (Infographic)
Learn how to do the internal and external work to become a better gender partner in your workplace.
Catalyst Guide to Employee Resource Groups (Tool)
This comprehensive, Supporter-only toolkit contains all the resources you need to create and launch an ERG at your organization.
Gender Partnership: What, Why, How (Tool)
This tool explains what gender partnership is, why it's important for people of all genders, and how to implement this strategy.
Masculine Anxiety and Interrupting Sexism at Work (Report)
Learn what masculine anxiety is and how it links to interrupting or not interrupting sexism in the workplace.
Engaging Men: The Journey Toward Equity (Report)
By engaging men in equity and inclusion conversations, organizations can create a sustaining culture that truly lives out those values.
Interrupting Sexism at Work: What Drives Men to Respond Directly or Do Nothing? (Report)
New Catalyst research examines what influences men’s willingness and ability to interrupt sexism at work.
When Managers Are Open, Men Feel Heard and Interrupt Sexism (Report)
Managers are uniquely positioned to make men feel their voices are welcome and to contribute to a culture of openness.
Events & Workshops
With Catalyst’s MARC events and workshops, learn more about the benefits of gender partnership and how men can take key roles in advancing gender equity in the workplace.
enERGize ERG Event
June 7, 2023
Employee Resource Group leaders, members, allies, and executive sponsors from various companies, industries, functions, and regions come together to explore how ERGs can maximize impact for their business and cultural goals.
MARC Leaders Immersive Workshop
MARC Leaders is program that enables business leaders to enhance awareness of inequality and critical inclusive leadership strategies.
MARC Leadership Learning Series
MARC Dialogue Teams
MARC Dialogue Teams is a group-learning strategy designed to help build inclusive leadership skills and enhance workplace culture on a grassroots level.
MARC Programming
MARC programming empowers men to recognize inequality and respond through effective partnership across gender.
We’ve seen incredible and impactful results through Catalyst’s MARC initiative since it began in 2009. With a continued focus on groundbreaking research and leading-edge programming, MARC is recognized as a pioneer and thought leader in inspiring and equipping men to advocate for real change. By joining its community of galvanized participants, professionals embody their commitment to DEI and our shared cause.
Lorraine Hariton, President + CEO, Catalyst
