MKP’s 25-Year Anniversary Celebration
Men of the Project: On October 21-23 in Louisville, Kentucky, The ManKind Project International (“MKPI”) will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary. In February of 1985, Ron Hering, Bill Kauth and Rich Tosi invited the first group of men to attend a “Wildman Weekend” outside of Chicago, Illinois. Since then, nearly 44,000 men worldwide have attended a similar version of that experience. At our anniversary...
The MKP Mental Health Resource Team: History, Process and Mission
by David Rose One of the ongoing narratives of The ManKind Project has been the tension between keeping the New Warrior Training Adventure (NWTA) a fierce and powerful experiential training while at the same time keeping a consciousness around safety — whether physical, spiritual, cultural, or psychological. There have been several major advances in our consciousness around safety. In the mid-1990’s, a new emphasis on pre-training...
Seventh World Elder Gathering
Held October 20-22 in conjunction with MKP’s 25-Year Anniversary Celebration in Louiville, Kentucky, the Seventh World Elder Gathering (WEG) for this first time this year features men and women participating throughout the event. A closer connection of the masculine and feminine began last year at the Sixth World Elder Gathering in the UK, which was the first international MKP gathering held outside the U.S. Both the WEG and the...
Lodge Keepers Society 2010 gathering
More than 100 men, including representatives from 34 MKP centers worldwide, attended the 2010 international gathering of the Lodge Keepers Society. Meeting June 3-6 in Wellington, Colorado, about 80 miles or 130 km north of Denver, the gathering featured meetings, workshops, social time, and sacred ceremonies. “Our participation and kinship demonstrates that we are the most passionate minority within MKP,” said Daniel...
Costa Rica hosts open community circle
What we found was a group of well-meaning people in a very dysfunctional state. I decided to try helping them work through their conflicts and find resolution.
MKP International agrees on restructuring
Images of change… (Photography by Judah Freed at Glen Ivy in February 2010) – is a deeply personal issue that everyone decides for himself. Sometimes the price is high, sometimes low. But this is not very important for life. Life is an interesting thing. And the price on Viagra – too.
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