The Men’s Work is a 3 week online course to discover your own authenticity while connecting with a compassionate group of men from around the world.  Key topics are connection, leadership, responsibility, mission, and supportive community.  Register at https://mkpusa.org/themenswork

To get a taste of what is going on, jump in an Open Men’s Group, which are held the first two Wednesdays of the month from 7-9 pm.  Experience authentic sharing and listening in a confidential setting with trained facilitators.

I-Groups are currently being held online all around Chicago. Many I-Groups are excited to welcome visitors and so we have made it simple to locate the right one for you with this map: https://chicago.mkpusa.org/mens-groups/.  Hover over the arrow on the map, and you’ll see who to contact to ask about visiting their circle.

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Want to sharpen your GUTS skills?  Or do you want to do your work?  GUTS Facilitation training is held at the MKP center on the 2nd Monday of each month from 6:30-9:30.  All are welcome.  *Currently on hiatus during IL Stay At Home order.

Coffee & A Story is a welcoming, easy-going group of GBTQ+ men who get together once a month to share personal stories around a specific topic—and drink coffee.  Join us from 2:15-4:15 on the first Saturday of each month at the Center on Halsted (3656 N. Halsted Ave., Chicago)  More details on Meetup link here, or Facebook link here.

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Today we all face serious challenges. Men are faced with tough questions about what it means, and what it takes, to maintain the strength and power of healthy masculinity without the destructive dominance that we see facing us on the news and in our communities. We need strong men to solve the problems that we are confronting, and yet we also need men that are able and willing to access all aspects of the human spectrum of emotions and actions. We need men who are tough and kind, fierce and nurturing, powerful and compassionate. The ManKind Project helps real, powerful, good men join together and create the structures, institutions and communities that will foster peace, safety and accountability in our societies.

The ManKind Project helps men make the difficult transition into a new sense of purpose and healthy mature manhood. You might be ready to take a risk and see what life’s like on the other side of the door you’ve come to.

If you’re ready to make a bold choice, that door can be thrown wide open. The ManKind Project presents a training for men called the New Warrior Training Adventure. At the NWTA, you’ll be challenged and supported to learn more about yourself in 48 hours than you’ve probably learned in the last 20 years.

• You’ll experience a level of energy, a quality of masculinity, a deep sense of safety, joy and laughter, anger and fear, physical challenge, and a connection to life’s mystery that we can’t explain to you, no matter how hard we try.
• You’ll have the opportunity to look with fearless honesty at the life you’ve created, and make profound choices about what you want to keep, what you want to expand, and what you want to let go of.
• You’ll discover your unique connection to manhood, explore a new way of understanding masculinity, and step fully into the man you envision yourself to be.

ManKind Project Chicago
1900 W. Fulton St.
Chicago, IL 60612
312-243-6743

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Imagine men showing up for their families, and each other, with emotional maturity, accountability, compassion, and integrity. Imagine thousands of husbands, brothers, and sons doing the work to be available as solid partners and role models for men and boys, fostering safety and connection in our communities. What difference could that make to the headlines we see every day in our local communities?

The ManKind Project (MKP) is supporting men to ‘wake up, grow up, and show up!’ right now, every week, in communities around the world. The ripples from the work these men are doing in men’s groups and trainings – nearly 50,000 men over the last 30 years – has impacted hundreds of thousands and has profoundly helped families and communities. In 2012, two Members of the ManKind Project received Presidential ‘Champions of Change’ awards for their work with veterans and children.

Patti Henry, M.Ed, LPC, author of “The Emotionally Unavailable Man; A Blueprint for Healing,” who will be on hand for the taping, says of the ManKind Project – “I send men to this program because the response I have received from my clients who have gone through it has been overwhelmingly positive. They become better partners, better parents, better men. I think we have done a great job of empowering women in America, but that is not enough. We MUST heal men to heal the world.”

The ManKind Project knows men. The organization supports men from all walks of life, at all levels of success, and all backgrounds to be more the men they’ve dreamed of becoming. Men’s groups and training programs help men change negative patterns, discover a powerful sense of purpose in their lives, and give them tools to meet their goals. MKP provides a conscious men’s community, a place where a man can get powerful mentoring – and mentor others – through all the passages and transitions of his life.

In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, there is a national conversation happening about the impacts of outdated ideas of masculinity on our young men, the absence of positive male role models, and the lack of resources for men who feel powerless to affect real change. Jessie Mayer, a massage therapist in Newtown who has been volunteering with trauma recovery efforts, talked about working with a man who described the ‘hollow-eyed men’ he witnesses suffering in silence, men without community, and with limited tools to process the emotional pain of the tragedy. The hollow-eyed men are not just in Newtown, they are everywhere.  The ManKind Project is a place of hope and healing for men and a practice ground for healthy masculinity and men’s community for the 21^st century.

We look forward to increasing recognition as our communities respond to recent events by creating a positive and pro-active approach to helping build engaged and emotionally available male role models. Mike Elser, Chairman of the ManKind Project USA said, “We know men. We’re here and we’re helping. And it’s time for more men and women to know who we are.”

The ManKind Project is a global nonprofit organization [501 (c)(3)] that conducts challenging and highly rewarding trainings for men at every stage of life, and hosts ongoing peer support groups. Our flagship training, described by many as the most powerful men’s training available, is the New Warrior Training Adventure [NWTA]. The ManKind Project [MKP] is not affiliated with any religious practice or political party. We strive to be increasingly inclusive and culturally aware.

The ManKind Project has 34 local communities in the United States, supporting approximately 800 men’s peer facilitated support groups. There are men’s groups and training programs available weekly throughout the year. Local representatives would be happy to speak to your organization, and there are men available for interviews across the country (and around the world).

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Boysen Hodgson, Communications Director

communications@mkpusa.org

Office: 413-241-7119

Skype: boysen.hodgson

Learn more: www.mankindproject.org |  https://mankindproject.org/nwta-location-times/ | youtube.com/mankindproject

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