New Warrior Missions of Service

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Adam is a passionate Environmentalist, passionate also about building self esteem and values diversity. He has created and served on many campaigns to raise awareness and funds for the protection and preservation of various species – especially Marine. He has created education booklets for children and a number of children's books.
By profession, he is an illustrator and cartoonist with 15 years experience as a freelance art director, graphic designer and illustrator.

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Art uses his private airplane to fly sick kids to treatment that they could not normally afford.

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Ben has an obvious passion for supporting children to flourish and grow and through his company Just4parents he provides all levels of support and practical solutions for all family members. Since 2002 Ben has led many weekend groups at outdoor activity centres where fathers and sons and also fathers and daughters are encouraged to explore and build closer relationships away from their families and homes.

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Bill has worked on the Wal-Mart Sustainability Report, wrote a chapter on sustainable finance for the State of the World 2008 report from Worldwatch Institute, and wrote reports for the United Nations, Ceres, and the Investor Environmental Health Network . His articles have appeared in The Economist, Audubon Magazine, and The CRO Blog. He co-founded Corporate Watchdog Radio in 2005, which in January 2009 is changing its name to Sea Change Radio. He is an adjunct professor in the Marlboro MBA in Managing for Sustainability in Vermont.

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Bill Boal at 80 inspires his elder community Brothers with his enormous energy, creativity and desire to live in service. He is always creating new ideas and his optimism and faith see him through. His desire for "Elders to Mentor Seniors" was actualized by making appointments to visit senior/ assisted living homes to in NY to conduct sharing circles with the residents. This developed into an outline of a program for others to follow. Recently Bill attended the World Elder Gathering in London where he promoted "Elders mentoring Seniors" and received commitments from a dozen men to implement the program in their communities.

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Bob has shown the principles of MKP in the community by his involvement with an adolescent training program for boys in the treatment of alcoholism.  He teaches the four quarter clearing and other communication skills he has learned and developed in MKP.  He also teaches these skills in his training job with Cargill.  He teaches these skills to a sales force in training.  Bob exemplifies the principles of MKP in the world he lives in. Bob was born on January 8, 1949 and grew up on a farm near Marne, IA in Southwest Iowa.  He went to high school in Atlantic, Iowa. He attended Iowa State University and graduated with a degree in animal science in 1971. He was awarded a Master’s Degree in Animal Nutrition in 1973. He has worked for Cargill since 1973 and has been a member of the President’s Club, multiple times. He is the father of a son, Conrad, and two daughters, Sarah and Jenny. He has three grandchildren. He has a loving partner in Kathy Mugan.

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Bobby is one of the cofounders of the ManKind Project-Memphis community. Bobby has worked in many capacities and has volunteered for many MKP community jobs, but more importantly, Bobby models for us living his mission in the world. He is a great teacher and leader for us all. He models accountability and the “give away.” Bobby does much “to feed the hungry hearts” of men and women. His commitment to teach a Saturday morning personal growth and facilitation class to all in our community is but one example of his world mission in action. And, it is Bobby Taylor who, if he didn’t bring you into the MKP community, then he certainly has supported and challenged you as a mentor and life coach. Bobby shows us all how to be a man focused in mission helping his community at large.

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Building a new Boys to Men center in Germany.

Klaus Meyer-Janssen, Martin Novak, Tom Süßmann, Jörg Heinze, Elco Glasl, Urs Blumer

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Charlie Borden, Rick Gravrok,Jim Lovestar, Stephen Borden, Michael Templeton, Tony Dulski,Kevin Obsatz, and Cris Harper.

BTM-MN is recognized for implementation of the new vision and
mission developed several years ago. Creating new collaborations with existing mentoring organizations and increasing the number of boys experiencing a "Rites of Passage" as well as expanding community events to include more service work and
apprenticeships. Charlie Borden and Kevin Obsatz of BTM-MN are also recognized this year for developing the film "Journeyman" which features BTM-MN subjects.

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Brian is a co-founder of the H.E.R. Weekend, an experiential training for women that is modeled on the NWTA and staffed by both men and women. He has staffed every H.E.R. training as a co-leader since its inception in 2001. In addition to the ongoing H.E.R. program, Brian supports Widesky men's council meetings, and Sacred Path retreats for men. Brian dedicates his receipt the Ron Hering Mission of Service Award to the mother and father he never met, and to all the men and women who have supported him in his personal development.

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Brian’s background in Human Resources has equipped him well for action in the world. He is involved in organizing, implementing, and working in food kitchens in the poorer sections of San Diego during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons.
He has been active in drug and alcohol recovery programs for years. He has worked to bring the Vet’s Journey Home training to Southern California. He is currently running for a San Diego City Council seat. He is a loving Father, Grandfather and son.

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Burke has manifested his personal mission in the greater community for the last 38 years. He has served and led several housing boards, food co-ops, and emergency medical/rescue trainings. For the last 8 years he has been President of the Board of Sustainable Communities/Zeri in Santa Fe. Since “9/11” Burke has made space available for a sculpture garden where people gather to speak about peace issues and share their inspirations as an alternative way of marking the date.

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United for Peace In New Orleans is a coaltion of concerned citizens using nonviolence to build peace in New Orleans. Using arts, songs, stories, speeches and silence, we forge creation and community. Every Tuesday, we hold a Moment of Silence on Martin Luther King Boulevard, there, we pause one second for the now 558 New Orleanians lost to the violence of the city since the Storm. Afterwards, we tell the story of one of those souls we lost to man's inhumanity. After the Moment of Silence, we work with the mothers of the victim and support them in creating their dreams and living in their child's mission. We have several projects around New Orleans promoting peace and the power of our work came on November 1st during our first Peace Pilgrimage. There, over 40 families who lost a loved one to violence united and marched around Central City, New Orleans most violent area. Artist from New Orleans painted pictures for the mothers to hold, musicians sang songs dedicated and written to honor specific souls and the New Orleans community pledge to honor certain citizens through large community projects named "Gifts of Peace" which aim at rooting out the violence of the city. The Peace Pilgrimage can be witnessed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIpslUUw7mg

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He actively mentors a dozen men and women, providing time and an ear to hear their challenges in their quest to change their lives and situations in an active listening environment and to provide an elder to their lives.  Over a period of 15 years, he adopted three elderly friends in their dying process. These relationships lasted through the hospice-care and death stages.
He is an ordained Sufi minister offering himself as an alternative pastor performing over 150 weddings, 5 funerals and many home blessings.  He is a member of a rotational guest spiritual writer’s panel who write a spiritual column for the Lawrence, KS newspaper on a weekly basis.
He is president of the Board of Directors of Accessible Residential Options, a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing barrier-free housing to handicapped people for 3 years.  This organization owns 5 four-plexes designed in the “universal design mode” for the handicapped. 
He is the sales manager for his large real estate firm in Lawrence, KS having welcomed all associates for the last 20 years. He serves as teacher, technical advisor and elder for all personnel and expends his time freely as his associates need for them to seek advice, talk, and work through professional and personal challenges in their lives.

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Chris was instrumental in bringing back the LifeStream Basic Seminar in the year 2000. LifeStream is a personal growth opportunity that has seen over 3000 people attend in the Rochester area alone. In the early 90’s Chris was class coordinator for 20 basic seminars. Chris has been a volunteer at the Lake Delaware Boys Camp for 6 years, mentoring and teaching young boys in outdoor activities and in how to become a man in a good way. Chris has assisted with teaching youth rock climbing skills at the Geneva YMCA. Chris has taught over 80 courses since 1993 at the Cornell Outdoor Education facility. Chris is a member of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, and is a lay reader and has assisted with their Youth Group. Chris was Treasurer for the 2007 Senior Class committee at Geneva High School, and was responsible for planning and overseeing the Senior drug free graduation party; he is also a member of the Meet and Greet parents committee ( he contributes one hour per week at lunchtime at the Middle School). Chris is currently the PIT trainer for newly graduated groups of men in MKP locally, This is his second year of leading the PIT Training. Chris was instrumental in bringing the first NWTA to upstate New York. He is a co-founder of the NWTA training in this area. Chris assists with the annual Pultney Park Project in Geneva. Chris was instrumental in bringing the Leader Shape Global Impact Seminar to New York for the first time in autumn of 2006. This training changes lives and sends out a significant ripple affect. Chris is the committee chair for the Trail Making Committee at the Sanctuary at the Crowfield Farm, a not-for-profit organization in Wayne County which brings people and the earth closer together. Chris is always the first to reach into his pocket and help men and women who are financially challenged to get to NWTA, Women Within, LifeStream, Boys-to-Men and other such personal growth opportunities.

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Chris lives his mission by working to bring more justice into the world. In the past decade he has worked in the areas of hunger relief and environmental sustainability. Currently he is co-producing and co-directing a documentary film called The Great Turning, which is a look at how we can respond to climate change and the other crises of our times by looking at what it means to be human at a time when everything is at risk.
He is also working to establish a new non-profit organization that will support coffee farmers, who often experience hunger and poverty, through a social networking web site. And serves on the Board of Directors of the Northampton Survival Center, which provides emergency food for families in Hampshire County in western Massachusetts.

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Chris volunteers with Richard Leesman in the Youth Quest trainings, working with boys, especially native and underprivileged boys. Chris is a community building man and volunteers for hockey teams. Chris is a big-hearted man and worked with two brain-injured men.

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Our 2009 recipient is the founder and Head of School of a network of two charter schools in Southwest Denver. He designed the schools through a fellowship during 2004 and 2005, and the first school opened in 2006, followed by a second school in 2009. The original campus posted the highest student growth scores in all of Denver for three consecutive year and was ranked second among all 146 Denver Schools in 2009, while serving 93% reduced & free lunch students and 90% Latino students.

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Craig is an Addictions, Marriage & Family Counselor, Coach, Human Resource & EAP advisor to 37 different companies (Manages web sites, markets and promotional products for these companies). He offers his promotional products to the Recovery community and MKP at a reduced cost.

He is one of four men that originated The Men’s Gathering in Sioux City over 22 years ago. It is a group of men that found a need for men to communicate, share their lives and stories. They began mentoring other men, as well as, their own sons. The Men’s Gathering has been a great influence on the Siouxland area men. It has also served as a conduit for Mankind Project.

His greatest service to the community for the past 12 years is the “AGAPE DINNER” (Agape means the purest form of love). It is designed to help families in need. Last year nearly 400 people were treated as honored guests and family at St Thomas Church. They are served with dignity and honor. Each person gets new stocking hat, gloves, t-shirt, food at the dinner/food to take home, gently used coats/clothing and pictures with Santa. As part of this AGAPE event he solicits all friends for temporary and full time jobs. He then matches these families with the appropriate jobs.

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Curtis has given years of service, mostly behind the scenes, on the Pine Ridge Reservation, the most impoverished county in the United States. Curtis has worked for over 20 years in support of a Lakota family dedicated to the preservation of traditional Native Culture and language by fostering traditional gatherings and ceremonies of Honoring and Give-away, by re-creating traditional Societies, and by fostering the culture and ideals of Horsemanship.

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After a visit to Cambodia in 2005 Danny and his wife Pam provided funding for a school in a poverty-stricken village. Using personal funds, along with donations from family members and a few friends, the classrooms were built and the school was operational within 60 days. The school was initially planned as a two-room classroom with two teachers and about 60 children, but there turned out to be many more children than originally anticipated. Danny and Pam increased their funding and the school now has three buildings, six classrooms, a library, and seven teachers. The school serves 260 children. The school’s story is featured at Danny and Pam’s website: www.dannypam.smugmug.com. Danny has also served for the past five years as an officer in the Phoenix Kiwanis Club. This club has a 90-year history of serving the Phoenix community with projects and fundraising that focus on the welfare of children.

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Dave volunteered for the Mosaic Partnerships in 2008-09 to combat racism in Milwaukee. He is a collaborator of The Christian Men's Weekend in six states and is a founding member of Lutheran Men in Mission "One Year To Live" weekend. He was a volunteer hockey coach for 15 years. He supports the Multi-Cultural Mission in Wisconsin by hosting multicultural trainings that are open to all men.

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David founded an addiction rehabilitation centre, SHARP (Selfhelp Addiction Recovery Programme) in Johannesburg five years ago and is part-time Centre Director. He is a recovered drug addict and his passion is extending the gift of recovery to others, daily.
To date 500 men and women and their families, from all South Africa’s diverse cultures, have been impacted to help themselves lead new and meaningful lives. Several men in recovery are now counsellors in SHARP and initiated men in MKP.

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Founder of Boys-To-Men Canada (June 2006), Mentored and continue to support three developing BTM Centres, BTMNE (Boys-To-Men North East which includes Québec, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Upstate New York), BTMSA (Boys-To-Men South Africa) and Journeymen Asheville of the BTM South.
East Mentoring Network. As a leader of Emotional Dynamics and Conflict Resolution programs, David’s commitment to strong communities are at the source of his leadership style.

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Dennis has actively been engaged in supporting men, women, and youth who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered within the St. Louis community for the past six years.  He has been active in the Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network (GLSEN) as a member and leader of that organization.  He has been a co-sponsor of the Gay-Straight Alliances (GSA) of two high schools in the past six years.  He has also assisted several high schools with the hosting of five GSA conventions. 
He is a presenter/co-presenter of workshops involving heterosexism at local school districts and college classes including the departments of education, psychology, law, and social work.  He co-founded the Rainbow Warrior I-Group within the St. Louis Community six years ago.  His leadership in the St. Louis community and the MKP St. Louis community around issues involving sexual orientation and gender identity have benefited these communities and resulted in greater awareness of the impact of heterosexism. 
Dennis has broadened his scope in recent years to include other areas by stepping up as the Multicultural Coordinator in the MKP St. Louis community and MKPI Multicultural Center Coordinator Chairperson.