What We Stand For
Intention and commitment - What we practice and why.
- Emotional Authenticity - Because we believe in honesty and wholeness ... we practice emotional intelligence and self-awareness. read more ...
- Personal Responsibility - Because we value integrity and accountability ... we take 100% responsibility for our feelings, and we own the impacts - both positive and negative - of our choices and actions.
- Leadership Mastery - Because we believe that role models change lives ... we practice highly principled personal, interpersonal, and group leadership.
- Empowered Mission - Because we value generosity, service, and connection to spirit ... we explore and live from our deepest purpose.
- Supportive Community - Because we care for ourselves and the generations to come ... we create a place for men from all walks of life to learn and teach in a safe, respectful, challenging, and inclusive peer-network. read more ...
Our Purpose, Vision, Core Values and Goals
Purpose
The purpose of MKP is to create a safer world by growing “better” men. We do this by training men and supporting them in circles.
Read More about “better” men
Vision
Our vision is a safe world where all men are brothers, in relationship with one another …
a world where conflicts are resolved peacefully; where torture, genocide, domestic violence and senseless war are only entries in the history books …
where men are fully accountable and take responsibility for their decisions …
where men stand tall and proud to be men, secure in their role and deeply committed to nurturing one another, their families, their communities and their planet.
Core Values
- Accountability
- Authenticity
- Integrity
- Community
- Service
- Inclusivity
Our Big Hairy Audacious Goals
- Within 30 years, build a body of men a million strong creating a safer world in Circles around the globe.
- Within 20 years, establish an MKP community in every city in the world that is home to at least one million souls.
- Within 15 years, achieve international recognition on par with Doctors without Borders and other public institutions of merit.
- Within 10 years, develop and deliver an internationally recognized curriculum for mature masculinity for all ages and stages of a man’s life.
The ManKind Project has adopted the values and institutional stances reflected below:
| READ | Institutional Stand Against Abuse | |
| READ | Sexual Orientation & The ManKind Project | ![]() |
| READ | The ManKind Project Ethical Relationship Policy | |
| READ | The ManKind Project Declaration on Mental Health |



