Here and There with Twin Cities Men
“This year, we started a Men’s GOT (Growing Older Together) group. If you have any material that you think could be helpful, please send to me. Thanks.”
– Jim Erickson, 2024-10-18
“Keep up your good work!”
– Lowell Johnson, 2024-10-21.
“Thank you for supporting men’s issues!”
– Allan P. Dahl
“A group of us were involved with TMC in the late 70s and early 80s and we formed a group that has been meeting ever since, every 2 weeks, and we’ve had men leave and be replaced over the years, but are down to 8 of us, all retired, in the age range of 70 - 80. We have contemplated staying just as the 8 of us, knowing our numbers will dwindle over time due to relocations or, more likely, deaths. And that might be okay. But we also contemplate rejuvenating the group with new members, maybe younger, maybe our age. I volunteered to contact the Men’s Center, which we were all involved with long ago and still remember fondly, but for some reason have all lost contact with. So I thought I would renew contact for me, and see if you there have any thoughts about our group. Thanks!”
– Mike Pleasants 2024-10-30.
Men Are the Answer - Minnesota campaign. As seen on billboards and the back of city busses, men are the answer to saving lives. Today, 100K people are waiting for a life-saving transplant and 62% are men. As a registered organ donor, one man can save and heal more than 75 lives! Almost 50% of Minnesota men haven’t registered as organ donors yet.
The Men Are the Answer campaign was created to raise awareness of the fact that while men’s lives are more often impacted by organ donation, fewer of them register as organ donors. This campaign aims to change the statistics, empower men to take action, answer questions and inspire more people to save lives.
https://www.menaretheanswer.org/
– Jimbo Lovestar, 2024-10-24.
MKP MN celebration Dec 22nd, 2pm, Food, drink, entertainment. All men, their friends and significant others; location TBA.
To Men and friends of MKP—The Minnesota community is coming off 2 great years of renewal. Let’s celebrate:
• Men’s work and what it has and still means to us!
• The 4 Trainings and 80 men initiated at our Red Wing site in the last 2 years
• The PIT and Leadership Trainings held at our Northstar Community Lodge
• Each other.
Questions: contact me, Tom Borden at 651-792-5040 or tjb076@gmail.com
– Tom Borden, 2024-11-18
Naked Minnesota seeks collaboration with TCMC. Naked Minnesota is a gay and bisexual naturist social group based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Established in 1989 as the Minnesota Polar Bares, the group name changed in March 1997 and has continued to grow into one of the most active and well-respected of the gay naturist groups in the United States.
Membership is restricted to cisgender males ages 18 and over and now exceeds 500 men. The group includes members of many age levels, body styles, and interests and invites all men who are interested in social and recreational nudity.
FYI: https://nakedmn.org/
–Tom Allen & Bayne Holley, 2024-11-11.
“I am a newly appointed-at-large board member for member outreach with Naked MN. There is synergy between our organizations that I would like to expand and nurture, and explore with your help kind sirs."
– Bayne Holley, 2024-10-08.
Healing the Divine Feminine: Maiden, Mother, Crone. Live-Online course 5 Mondays 6-8PM Nov 18 - Dec 16. Designed for men; all genders welcome. Safe, Confidential, Sober, Supportive Group
A first ever course on healing the feminine archetype and energy in self, society, and cosmos.
We’ll begin the course with the mother shadow, introduce mythic and goddess archetypes, and go in, stepping into emotional resilience and empathy, appreciating the feminine aspects of self, relationship, physics and energy, sexuality, spirituality and culture. This will be a keystone study and healing for our times! threading through areas of psychology, mythology, spiritual practice, and social dynamics: THE HEALING OF THE DIVINE FEMININE.
This is the cutting edge of healing as people and individuals masculine and feminine dynamics. These dynamics are the hidden drivers in self-care, relationships, social structures, politics, and cosmos.
This work is where we lean in to help repair the damaged or imbalanced aspects of self that create the patterns of relationship, attitude, behavior, and possibly, reduce the risks of emotional relapses into negativity, loss, and thwarted dreams.
Fee for course: set your own rate! Suggested fee: $50 - $100 USD
– Dan Gorbunow, Crazy Medicine Wolf Healer and Educator, 612-987-0324 www.warriorvox.com, 2024-11-11.