It’s not the End of Men, it’s the End of Forgetting
Jul19

It’s not the End of Men, it’s the End of Forgetting

A ManKind Project Elder is Murdered, New Warriors across the country mourn the murder of Will Norman, Powerful Bull by Rick Borutta Will Norman was 76. He was a retired principal living in Florida, a father of two, and a volunteer for youth and church groups. He was a member of the I-Group Gulf Coast Warriors. On Thursday, July 5th, his body was found floating in a canal, the apparent victim of a homicide. The two suspects were...

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The New Macho
May24

The New Macho

by Boysen Hodgson The New Macho He cleans up after himself. He cleans up our planet. He is a role model for young men. He is rigorously honest and fiercely optimistic. He knows what he feels. He knows how to cry and he lets it go. He knows how to rage without hurting others. He knows how to fear and keep moving. He knows joy, and shares gratitude. He seeks self-mastery. He has let go of childish shame. He feels guilty when he’s done...

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Teen Rites of Passage Facilitators Weekend
May08

Teen Rites of Passage Facilitators Weekend

Frederick Marx, filmmaker extraordinaire ( Hoop Dreams , Boys to Men ), is a long time leader in the ManKind Project, having staffed 40 New Warrior Training Adventures. He sent out the following exciting news on great work doing real mentoring in a powerful way. Last weekend we had 26 of the leading lights of Teen Rites of Passage work gather in Oakland to share common challenges and victories, and to probe for ways forward as a...

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Homme-Training – Psychologies Magazine – France

Nearly fifty thousand men have passed through the doors leading them into a powerful once-in-a-lifetime experience that we call The New Warrior Training Adventure. Sometimes our familiarity with ‘the weekend’ can lead us to forget just how unique and world rocking this event is for those who have never experienced it. We at the ManKind Project Journal are happy to see an article in “Psychologies”, a magazine...

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Amazing lecture by Jacqueline Novogratz
Mar05

Amazing lecture by Jacqueline Novogratz

I was very inspired by this incredible TED talk by Jacqueline Novogratz. Not only is she a wonderful, heart-open and humble woman deeply in tune with humanity’s challenges, but she has the visionary insight that male depression is related to female suffering. It’s so common today to think that men make women suffer because we […]

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The Daimon of Mission
Feb14

The Daimon of Mission

by Stephen Simmer “Before you embark on any path ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path. The trouble is nobody asks the question; and when a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart, the path is ready to kill him. At that point very few men can stop to deliberate, and leave the path. A path without a heart is never...

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