Here and There with Twin Cities Men

Men’s Healing Leadership Gathering for Unity, Networking, and Community Building. Epic times call for mythic solutions. We are in such times! Please join me and other leaders in men's healing work to gather together for good purposes in a thoughtful, respectful, and empowering one day conference in the Twin Cities area. We are united already in one important aspect: each of us—you—are dedicated to helping society through helping men to heal, recover and transform. In unity, we can do even better, and reach more men, more people, and achieve more positive outcomes. Bring your passion, your story, and your ideas!

The Day of Ancestors, Saturday, November 1, 2025 has been selected for this event.
When & Where: Sat, Nov 1, 10am - 6pm+ South Minneapolis Location
Who: Men (and others), Organizations and Leaders who Facilitate or Support Men’s Work and Community Well-being.
What: Fellowship and Strategy: Container-Building and Growth
What Else: Momentum Towards a Spring EXPO via Communities in Men’s Health & Evolution of the Masculine.
Really, What Else: Support for Healing and Honoring Individuals, Families, Organizations, and Life, with our collaborative efforts
Cost: $50. Lunch will be included!
How: Send an E-mail and Interest to: <warriorvox@gmail.com>

Organizations and People involved so far: Twin Cities Men’s Center, Minnesota Men’s Conference, Mankind Project Minnesota Community of Central Plains, Counselors and Program Leaders, Men’s Circle Leaders and Hosts, Warriors and Artists

In solidarity and gratitude, Dan Gorbunow Crazy Medicine Wolf, Leadership Hunter / Gatherer
www.warriorvox.com 612-987-0324, 2025-08-16 & 2025-09-13.

MERGE for Equality, continues to offer our popular Developing Healthy Boys Training in English and a Spanish Cultural adaptation.

With goals to engage more effectively with children about healthy relationships and gender equality, Developing Healthy Boys Training for Early Childhood Educators develops the concepts of healthy and unhealthy male socialization. We encourage a full appreciation of the whole boy to maximize the capacity to be their authentic selves (physically, socially and emotionally). FFI: MERGE for Equality, <info@mergeforequality.org>, Newton Center, MA. North American MenEngage Network (NAMEN), 2025-08-08.

“Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s” By Robert D. Putnam and Richard V. Reeves, New York Times, August 15, 2025.

“In the early years of the 20th century, America had a “boy problem.” Boys on the street, making trouble. Boys becoming truants. Boys getting caught up in crime. The problem spread across the United States alongside the disruptions of technological change, immigration and growing socioeconomic inequality.

Policymakers stepped in — with universal public schooling, for example. But it was the civic response that was truly extraordinary. In less than a decade, most of today’s major child-serving organizations were founded: Big Brothers (1904), the Federated Boys’ Clubs (1906), Boy Scouts (1910), Girl Scouts (1912) and 4-H (1912).

Many boys and men are struggling today, too, in an America once again disrupted by technological change, immigration and growing inequality. Since 2010, suicide rates among young men have risen by a third — they are now higher than they are among middle-aged men. The share of college degrees going to men has fallen to 41 percent, lower than the women’s share in 1970. One in 10 men aged 20 to 24 is effectively doing nothing — neither enrolled in school nor working. That’s twice the rate in 1990. This crisis demands a response equivalent to what the Progressive era delivered, not just in public policy but equally important, from our civic institutions.

Today’s leaders have been slow to recognize the extent of male troubles, in part because of a fear of being seen as somehow anti-woman. But alarm bells are ringing...”

Read the full essay at:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/opinion/men-boys-crisis-progressive-era.html – Mel Gray, 2025-08-15.

"I want to extend my sincere thanks for the opportunity to present “Guys, Let's Talk Guts: 4 Key Gut Health Pillars Every Man Needs” to your community last night. It was an honor to connect with such thoughtful, engaged men — both in person and online — and I deeply appreciate the warm welcome and support from everyone involved.

Your commitment to supporting men’s physical, emotional, and mental well-being truly aligns with my mission, and I’m grateful to have had the chance to contribute to that vision in a small way..."
– Terri Rahman, 2025-09-19