Book Signing with Don McPherson
An author event fueling Vera House’s work during Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Author, activist, and Syracuse football legend Don McPherson is teaming up with Vera House and Barnes & Noble on Erie Blvd for a special book signing in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Every conversation, every book signed, and every purchase using the event’s digital coupon helps strengthen Vera House’s services and prevention work in Central New York.
Event Details
An in-person book signing and community gathering that directly supports Vera House.
Stop in, meet Don, and explore books that spark conversation about safety, respect, and healthier masculinity. Your presence and your purchases help sustain Vera House’s work with survivors and families.
Raymour & Flanigan Plaza
3454 Erie Blvd E
De Witt, NY 13214
How Your Visit Helps Vera House
Every eligible book purchase with the event coupon turns into support for survivors.
During the event, guests can access a digital coupon to scan at the register. When you use this coupon on books designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month selections, a portion of proceeds from those sales will be donated to Vera House.
Your support helps keep survivors safe, expand counseling and shelter, and grow prevention education across Central New York.
About Don McPherson
Vera House is grateful to Don for lending his voice, time, and platform to this work.
Don McPherson is a global leader in engaging boys and men in the promotion of Aspirational Masculinity and the prevention of gender-based violence. He recently launched ASPIRE New York, a partnership with the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence to bring Aspirational Masculinity to communities across the state.
A highly decorated all‑America quarterback at Syracuse University and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, McPherson transitioned from seven years of professional football to the field of gender-based violence prevention in 1994.
In 2019, he published You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity, chronicling four decades of using sport to address complex social issues and highlighting a quarter century of work on gender-based violence prevention.
Don McPherson is the 2021 recipient of the William Pearson Tolley Medal for Distinguished Leadership in Lifelong Learning from Syracuse University’s School of Education and the 2020 National Football Foundation’s Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football—honors that reflect a lifelong commitment to using his platform for the greater good.
Why It Matters
Showing up for this event helps fuel safety, healing, and prevention in our community.
When our community gathers around books and conversation, we create more space for survivors to be seen and heard, and for new ideas about masculinity, consent, and respect to take root. Partnering with Don McPherson and Barnes & Noble during Sexual Assault Awareness Month allows Vera House to reach new audiences and deepen support for critical services and programs.
Questions about the Book Signing with Don McPherson?
For event details, contact our office at info@verahouse.org or call (315) 425-0818.
If you or someone you know is experiencing abuse, our 24‑hour support line is available at (315) 468-3260.
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