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ManKind Project Statement from New Zealand
A message from Daniel Nepia, Community Director for the ManKind Project New Zealand on the day of the Christchurch terrorist attack. New Zealand tragically lost its innocence today. We are not so much in a state of shock but in a state of profound sorrow. How could...
MKP on Viewpoints with Todd van der Heyden Canada Syndicated Radio
On December 14, 2018, Viewpoints with Todd van der Heyden interviewed Boysen Hodgson from the ManKind Project USA. In this fast 7 minute interview, they cover the work of the ManKind Project in trainings and men's groups, with our focus on emotional growth and risk...
MKP in The New York Times
by Boysen Hodgson The New York Times published an article featuring the ManKind Project men’s work. https://nyti.ms/2zXWmQf The online title, "These Men Are Waiting to Share Some Feelings With You; In meetings and retreats, chastened menfolk are working on their...
ManKind Project in Men’s Health Article about the ‘EvryMan Retreat’
Photo credit: Men's Health Magazine: NILS ERICSON Men's Health Magazine November 2018 issue features a story on the Evryman Retreat, cofounded and created by Dan Doty, Sascha Lewis, Lucas Krump, and Dan's mentor, (and New Warrior) Owen Marcus from the Sandpoint, ID...
ManKind Project Featured on ‘Follow This’ by Netflix / Buzzfeed
In May 2018, producers from Buzzfeed Media reached out to the ManKind Project to be part of a new series called 'Follow This.' The series includes a wide range of topics, from ASMR videos, to African American Survivalism, from Safe Injection Sites for opioid addicts,...
William (Bill) McMillan
Compassionate Cougar Northwest, USA ”I create connection and community through compassion and service.” We particularly honor Bill for his outstanding inspiration in creating, sustaining and holding the Welcome Home Project for veterans in collaboration...
Steve Jahncke
Courageous Buffalo New Orleans, USA ”I create a world of love and acceptance by, first, loving and accepting myself and others. By sharing my story of childhood sexual abuse and sexual addiction, I help other men talk about their wounds, thus, creating...
Stephen Balkam
Armadillo with Wings Greater Washington, DC Community, USA "I create an enlightened world through love, passion, service and fun. ” Stephen leads an international effort to make the online world safer for kids and their families. He convenes and...
Rolf Jehring
Wakeful Buzzard Germany (Deutschland) ”I am creating a world full of love to be regardful with others and myself.” Along with his wife Catharina, Rolf has set up a Seminar Retreat called Square of Peace. The site dedicated to hold seminars, spiritual...
Robert Schauerhamer
King Cheetah Minnesota, USA ”My mission is to create peace by embracing change and diversity.” Bob has served many years at the Twin Cities Men’s Center holding jobs as Board Member, Board Chair and Executive Director, created a support group for healthy...
Richard Bell
Trusting Bear Climbing to the Sun Colorado, USA "To create opportunities for people to heal themselves; and to model acceptance, understanding, compassion and forgiveness to all.” Richard is Director of St. Joseph’s Veterans Home, a residential program...
Raymond Desaulniers
Cardinal Est. Canada East "I create a nurturing, inclusive and warmth world by touching the entrepreneur’s heart and by creating, with them, the business oftheir dream.” Business Coach for the past ten years, Raymond contributed to create over 500 jobs....
Pedro Angel Serrano
Puma New Jersey, USA ”To be of service to the young.” Pedro volunteers as a radio host and producer on several radio programs serving the Gay community in central NJ and metropolitan New York City. He offers hospitality to any man in need of a place...
Mike McIntyre
Owl Los Angeles, USA ”I co-create loving communities by listening, teaching, and blessing.” Mike volunteers with the American Red Cross providing relief to victims of local and national disasters, training new volunteers, teaching first-aid classes and...
Michael Malone
Spirit Panther Florida, USA ”My creative arts – music, writing & clear voice - invite a more soulful, authentic world.” As writer and publications editor for The Children’s Trust, Michael’s stories serve to uplift the many heroes who work daily in...
Michael Fallon
Diving Otter Upstate New York, USA ”Bring miraculous changes of perception to everyone, including teens, by living loves confusing joy.” After attending several out of town Boys To Men (BTM) trainings bringing local boys to be initiated, Fallon pulled...
Luis Bautista
Medicine Dog Houston, South Central Area, USA ”My mission is to heal, model and support people in creating a good and meaningful life.” Luis is a Life Coach, Spiritual Counselor and Healer. He was mentored by Medicine People, a Yaqui Shaman and also...
Jean-Maurice Mauret
Centaure couillu d'ors Centaur with golden balls France ”I create a world of peace and harmony, looking for beauty in the heart of man and supporting it.” An enthusiast in Non-violent Communication and Mediation, Jean- Maurice taught those skills in his...
Jabu Mashinini
Free Rhino South Africa ”I create a world of abundance and responsibility through creating bridges and opportunities for myself and others.” Jabu offers 65% of his working life to unpaid community work. Jabu has been instrumental in the...
Harry Pickens
Bold Eagle Kentucky, USA ”My mission is to use my gifts of music and communication to inspire, educate and empower all whose lives I touch.” Harry says, “... it's part of everything I do -- musical performances, master classes, residencies in schools,...
Harry Asher
Grateful Grandfather Wolf Bear St. Louis, USA ”I create a world of unconditionally loving people by coaching, mentoring and loving in a sacred way.” Harry was honored for his unwavering support of bringing men to the work that we do. Through this work,...
Harold Magnum
Playful Loving Bull San Diego, USA ”I create a world of Healthy Relationships through honesty, integrity and loving myself.” Harold Magnum's mission incorporates the fundamental principals of honesty, integrity and self-love as the pathway to creating...
Frederick Marx
Buddha Lion Northern California, USA ”I create a world living in truth, without despair, by fiercely loving myself and all beings.” Frederick Marx is an internationally acclaimed, Oscar and Emmy nominated producer/director with 25 years in the...
David Mueller
Fierce Panther Philadelphia, USA ”I create a world of joy by serving others and maintaining balance in my own life.” Dave Mueller has worked with children and families for over 26 years. In 2009-2010, he led a year-long Rite of Passage Program for Boys....
Dan Hartley
Heroic Hare United Kingdom ”I co-create a loving world where elder wisdom is valued, Mother Earth honoured and our young empowered to realise their dreams.” Dan lives in Brighton, UK with his wife and daughter. He has worked with disaffected youth since...
Curtis Lacy
Screaming Eagle Windsor/Detroit, Canada/USA ”As a man among men, I serve as a catalyst for Love to ignite in the soul.” Curtis works with family members (particularly children) where domestic violence is an issue, as well as working with adoptive...
Christopher Frisco
Iron Horse with Dancing Turtle Greater Carolinas, USA "Co-Creating a world of harmony and abundance by nurturing, mentoring, and modeling authenticity and powerful vulnerability." As director of Journeymen, Chris has motivated men in his local community...
Chris Martenson
Gliding Eagle New England, USA ”Fully use my gifts to illuminate the future and create a world worth inheriting.” Chris is an economic researcher and futurist who speaks to international audiences on the intersection of the economy, energy and...
Charlie Prochelo
Old Buffalo Central Plains, USA "I share my experience, strength and hope to bring others serenity and sobriety.” Charlie is active in the Boys to Men organization and with his wife Eileen is also active in the recovery community. He started , with other...
Carl Crow
Earth Brown Bear North Texas, USA ”I create a world of love by acting with awareness, aware of my actions.” Carl is a loving and admirable man, very involved with the MKP community, Spirituality, and Service. Carl is living his mission of...
Bill Lauer
Mountain Lion Wisconsin, USA "I Build Bridges between Diverse Groups of Men.” Bill does the multi-cultural work that many only talk about. He has lead many projects activities and weekends that focus on Prisoners Drug Addicts, Sexual Abuse Survivors and...
Bjorn Ratjen
Father Bear British Columbia, Canada ”I sustain a world of harmony by being in tune.” Bjorn has been involved in community for many years - including volunteering with Amnesty International, the local fire department and as a trauma counselor when...
Alan Clammer
Grandfather Leopard Santa Barbara, USA ”I bring more integrity into the world by modeling accountability, mentoring the uninitiated and honoring a "second chance" concept in supporting my fellow man.” Alan purchased a town home complex in Atlanta,...
Carl Lakari
Loving Deer New England, USA ” Create Alive Community through Compassionate Support.” Carl Lakari is Co-Founder of Project AWARE which has served thousand of teens by helping raise awareness about teen issues and empowering them to take leadership...
Joe Kort, Ph.D., LMSW
Powerful Bull Windsor/Detroit, Canada/USA ”To make the world a safer place by being out and open.” I am open about being gay in my personal and professional life to be a role model for others to witness someone of a...
Peter Mortifee
Wild Salmon British Columbia, Canada ”To awaken and connect to the spirit of life.” Peter's passion is the promotion and advancement of social and environmental organizations through innovative social financing and the creation of...
Bert G. Welch Jr.
Proud Eagle The Central Plains, USA ”To live my life in a way that encourages other men to live with Integrity.” Being in a wheelchair for 37 plus years has increased Bert’s caring for others above and beyond most, as well as his energy and attitude...
Ian Solomon
Lion Running Free South Africa ”I co-create a vibrant, passionate and conscious world, by growing my own awareness, working with ritual and the flow of life and by being connected.” Ian Solomon initiated the TSiBA University (Tertiary School in Business...
John Baczynski
Medicine Spirit Wolf Philadelphia, USA ”I create a world of Absolute Beauty, by living in the power of my opened heart.” I've been helping my local homeless community since 2003 when I first discovered a small tent community near my home in Levittown, PA...
Jim Parker
White Stallion Northwest, USA ” I live a life of contribution measured simply by what I do and ultimately what I give.” Jim Parker is a courageous, committed, compassionate healer, and hundreds of his neighbors consistently follow his leadership into...
Carl E. Adkins
Free Eagle North Texas, USA ”I create a sunshine and peace filled world by fully accepting myself and those around me.” Traveled to rural Peru with plastic surgeons to provide anesthesia for repair of pediatric cleft lip and palate. Also collected...
Frank Paolotto
Radiant Phoenix Eagle Greater Washington, USA ”With love and strength, I co-create a world that encourages and protects the dreams and visions of youth.” Frank helped start Boys-to-Men Greater Washington and mentored other BTM centers on the East Coast....
Lakhdar Ouaddah
Chat debout (Standing Cat) French Speaking Europe ”I create a world of confidence by sharing mine.” For the last 15 years, Lakhdar's job has been taking care of furniture transportation in the peculiar environment of death. He helps families to move...
Allan Podbelsek
Loving Llama, the Visionary Kentucky, USA ”To create a world of connections by being loving, powerful, spiritual and playful.” For 12 years Allan has been connecting with men in a nursing home, hearing their stories—their past joys, secrets, hurts,...
Fred Koehler
Golden Heart Bear Northern California, USA ”I heal a lonely world by seeing Spirit in everything and giving it voice.” Fred is a Case Supervisor and trainer for CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) and works to advocate for children whose parents can...
Laurent Sirois
Aigle Volant/Flying Eagle Canada East ”To help human beings to be more connected to their authentic self and their integrity.” "Aider les êtres humains à être plus connecté avec leur moi authentique et leur intégrité." His work around emotional freedom...
BJ Honeycutt
Peaceful White Horse Georgia, USA ”I co-create an environment in which we each might discover our inherent basic goodness and manifest peace.” Along with his wife, BJ co-led the Healing Arts Program at the United Methodist Children’s Home Decatur,...
Kenneth Haller, M.D.
Golden Grasshopper St. Louis, USA Dr. Haller regularly shows his commitment to the value of men’s individual personal development by his continued dedication to his I-Group and his active resolution to integrate this knowledge into his professional and...
Bob Rakoczy
Elder Turtle New Mexico/Southern Colorado, USA ”To Walk in the NOW on Their Path with Every Man, Woman and Child Whom I Encounter on The Way of Life Today.” Bob is an Interactive Spiritual Director, Mentor, Friend, Companion, Brother, Counselor, Elder,...
James Collins
White Horse New Jersey, USA ”To feed the world.” James was on the board of a non profit organization in NYC which provided blankets for the homeless, food for Native Americans on reservations and organized volunteers for a food program for 500 elderly...
Bill Megalos
Crow Los Angeles, USA ”I create a world of peace and justice through speaking my truth and empowering others to speak theirs.” Bill Megalos has been providing haircuts to the homeless community of Santa Monica, CA for the past 10...
Dr. Clarence H. Snelling, Jr.
Zebra Colorado, USA ”To work toward the protection and the mutuality of all persons regardless of race, creed, ethnicity, status, gender, orientation, or current power; with justice as the motivating factor in all endeavors.” Beyond his work as...
Mark E. Lopez
Roaring Lion Memphis, USA ”I create a world of unconditional love by loving myself and others unconditionally.” Mark is a longtime champion for GLBT equality in Nashville and throughout Tennessee. He lobbies and builds coalitions with like minded...
Caspar Walsh
Fierce Panther UK and Ireland ”By opening my heart and speaking my truth I create a safe and beautiful world for all beings.” Caspar has created the charity, "Write to Freedom", which works with young prisoners and disaffected young men to...
Darryl Bowens Hansome
Panther Greater Carolinas, USA ”To create a world of acceptance and confidence by interacting with you and others without judgment.” The tenet that I strive to live my life by is "to treat you as I would want you to treat me." It has served and...
Peter Huber
Playful Dolphin Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo, USA "To make a difference by being of Service.” Peter serves as Founder and Director of the nonprofit Center for Uniting Families and Dancing Deer Farm retreat center. Creating harmonious, sustainable...
Jim Gray
Silverhawk Alberta, Canada ”To help addicts and alcoholics recover.” Jim Gray is being honored for living his mission of helping addicts and alcoholics recover by building Serenity Ranch drug and alcohol rehab centre in central...
Jim Wolfe
Cunning Wolf Indiana/SWONKY, USA ” I create a world of boundless thinking and loving where bodies and souls are nourished and nurtured by doing the political and personal work needed to be in tune with the divine within and beyond.” Jim is being honored...
Jim Lovestar
Timberwolf with Playful Hawk Minnesota Center, USA ” Through teaching and touching I empower every man to know his purpose, his place, and his playmates. ” Jim is a long-time member of Veterans for Peace, he has been active with the...
Richard Renner
Three Hawks Rising Kansas City Heartland, USA ” To create a world of love and forgiveness through the expression of Joy.” Richard is a clown...literally. He has been a professional clown and Vaudville entertainer for 27 years. He is willing to provoke...
Michael Bungay Stanier
Left Handed Kangaroo Toronto Canada ” To infect one billion people with the possibility virus.” Michael Bungay Stanier is the founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations all over the world do less Good Work and more...
Mark E. Rowley
Food Lion Florida, USA ” I create a world or trust, transparency and compassion by first modeling it.” Mark Rowley works as a firefighter, paramedic, college instructor and Coast Guard Reservist in Jacksonville, Florida. In his capacity as a paramedic,...
Daniel Sullivan
Wild Hawk Upstate New York, USA ” I create a joyful and vibrant world of cultivated potential by affirming others, virtuous action, and contemplation.” Dan has been volunteering his time in support of Borgne, Haiti as a community organizer supporting...
Ken Rogers
Ancient Hawk Houston, South Central, USA 2nd honoree for working to bring Action in the World to his Center Ken is a member, leader, and elder of Men in Mission, an organization of more than four thousand men in the Houston area. Men in Mission helps men...