The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance has only been on campus for two years, but already they are making changes – especially with the help of their male members.

“The main goal of the group would be to promote equality for all people, especially between the genders,” said FMLA Communication Chair Al Korslund, senior in journalism and mass communication. “Guys are part of the organization, too. We are not man-haters.”

Of the 100 FMLA members, about 25 percent are male, said FMLA President Abby Hansen. The members discuss activism and education, and they organize campus activities, programs and events related to feminism, she said.

“A lot of people are scared away from our group because of stereotypes,” said Hansen, junior in women’s studies. “We are trying to reclaim the word feminism and educate the community as well as our own members.”

FMLA, part of the Feminist Majority Foundation, emphasizes equality for both genders. The group also works to promote anti-violence and pro-choice, said Michael Klein, FMLA equality chairman. “I think that people should come see what the FMLA is all about, because people have this bad view of feminists as radicals and don’t see the equality aspect of the feminist movement,” said Klein, junior in botany. “Everyone in the community and the university can benefit from the FMLA; it’s not just a female organization.”

The organization has both a male and a female Equality Superhero emblem that the group looks to for strength, support and guidance, Hansen said. “The ideas of the FMLA are not against men, and we really do appreciate male involvement,” she said.