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Quick Update on David Kaar
David is back on the phone, off the IV pain meds and feeling pretty good. He is hoping to get through the Physical Therapy tests quickly so that he can make it back home soon. To support David's recovery with a donation to help him pay medical costs: Mankind Project...
$5000 each from 20 Centers. Make it happen.
All we need is $5,000 in Individual Contributions from 20 US CENTERS. The door is open to re-create MKP-USA for the 21st Century. Consolidation is the vehicle; Fund the Plan will provide the first tank of gas. $300,000 of the $400,000 needed has already been raised!...
Fund the Plan 2011 – Leading the Charge
We are getting some questions asking us to draw clearer distinctions between The Chairman's Campaign, our ongoing Membership Campaign, and the Fund the Plan Effort that is now happening all over the USA. Here is a simple graphic illustrating how these fit together,...
The New Macho – One Vision of Mature Masculinity
Newsweek published a series of articles the week of Sept 20, 2010 on "The New Macho" and masculinity in the complex world that we live in. https://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/20/why-the-new-macho-is-good-for-women.html...
HK from the Chairman’s Campaign
Warrior Brothers: Want to know what was cool about being a New Warrior today? Well… let’s start with all of you! Today, the F-15 hit the phones hard for about 9 hours. New Warriors from our Center and across the USA opened their hearts and wallets in support of our...
The 2010 Chairman’s Campaign
CLICK HERE to DONATE NOW Dear Men, I recently received a voice message: “David, this is Gail, I’m calling to thank you for the miracle, it is a miracle; miracles happen. 24 hours ago Ada was writhing in pain; they couldn’t give her enough morphine for the pain. It was...
Pointing to the elephant in the room
Leadership is an interesting animal. It comes in all shapes and sizes and there are so many lessons to learn in this dynamic world. I have been around the block a few times and have spent considerable time within MKP since my initiation in 1995. I was drawn to this...
A Community of Men
Welcome to a community of men! I often hear that phrase used when welcoming new brothers, or men who have completed the New Warrior Training Adventure. I am aware that the word “community” has as many meanings as the many men who say it. It also has as many...
Where we began, how far we’ve come.
Twenty-five years ago, three men with seemingly little in common; an educator, a counselor, and an engineer, got together around a kitchen table and hatched an idea that has since brought healing, personal growth, community, life purpose and empowerment to nearly...
When men really see each other
One of our sacred duties as men is to see each other. When I am moving too fast, too caught up in my self-centeredness, too worried about my little world, it does not allow me to truly see those around me. What keeps you from seeing others? What stops you from...
Building a better, bigger MKP
I'm in love with the work MKP-USA and MKPI does. "Creating a safer world by growing better men" is a noble purpose I'm proud to be associated with. And, as you know, "we do this by training men and supporting them in circles." This method of growing better men seems...
MKP is on a mission to grow
My journey in the ManKind Project began in April 1992, when I was initiated at Carver’s Point, Miss., during the first training conducted by the Memphis Center. What I remember most about that experience was other men telling me the truth and showing me how they...
The ripple effect
My roommate hanged himself on May 6, 1976, just a few hours after he told me “we had to switch to these” as he held up a can of Bud. He went into his mother’s basement, tied a scarf around his neck, shot up enough heroin to pass out and died. May, which just ended, is...
A next step: Membership program
We have been working on the basics of “how” to deliver this new entity, “what” we want it to look like, “what” steps we need to take, and “when” to take certain steps. The first and third Mondays the Executive Team has been meeting for two hours, on a phone bridge,...
“Let’s build something incredible”
Not that I am going to let it stop me, but sometimes I think it is just plain nuts being the chair. There is so much excitement and challenge creating MKP-USA. We are brand-spankin’ new, building a new region from the ground up, and on a shoestring budget, with a tiny...
Welcome to the MKP-USA Blog
Men, This is my first blog communication with the entire MKP-USA region since I became chair. I have waited too long trying to make it perfect. That was a mistake. I will work on communicating more frequently. So, here goes. The MKP-USA council, and executive team...