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Mission Statement

“We are an order of men called to reclaim the sacred masculine for our time through initiation, training and action in the world.”

What does this mean? Let’s break it down:

In our culture, every era had its popular male traits. The 50’s man was aggressive, liked sports, never cried and always provided. In the 90’s, the “sensitive” man became popular, one who shared child care, was devoid of gender bias and in touch with his feminine side. These popular visions of manhood, however, lose sight of both the life giving and protecting, and the destructive facets of manhood.

The sacred masculine acknowledges both aspects of a man’s character. It provides a model for men to generate and maintain a world in such a way as to include and yet rise above one’s own issues, for the betterment of one’s self, one’s own family, tribe, nation and race.

Initiation is a rite where one faces who he is, and is welcomed into a new paradigm. The ManKind Project, through it’s New Warrior Training Adventure, has initiated over 30,000 men in its 20 plus years of history, through more than 30 regional centers worldwide. New Warrior has been expanding to other continents and cultures, making it possible for men all over the world to evoke a universal form of masculine initiation.

We have trained hundreds of our brothers in advanced leadership, facilitation, group dynamics and other skills, which they now use in the training and mentoring of other men. New Warriors are often leaders in men’s work such as men’s councils, men’s conferences, men’s studies at colleges and universities. In this sense, we are training men in our culture to imagine, teach and live out a healthier form of masculinity.

Perhaps the most important contribution of The ManKind Project is the Integration Group, formed immediately after the weekend initiation, with the mission of helping men integrate this new paradigm into their daily lives. As a New Warrior, you will be given the opportunity to participate in a eight week Integration Group, composed of six to ten men from your training, and led by a team of New Warrior facilitators. In this group you will learn ritual, group leadership and skills for facilitating men’s emotional work. Most Integration Groups remain in being for many months or years, and create for members a close-knit community of men who support and challenge one another to be men.

The sacred masculine model calls for men to have a vision of the world in which they wish to live, and to form around that vision a mission which will help bring the vision to reality. Each man may have his own personal mission statement. In New Warrior Integration Groups, men hold each other accountable for living their mission.

Also, Integration Groups often have their own external Missions of Service, such as working with men who have been convicted of abusing family members, mentoring inner city youth, tutoring, prison work, park clean ups; sponsoring regional men’s conferences, establishing father-daughter weekends, giving talks on men’s issues to Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary clubs and churches and synagogues.