Here and There with Twin Cities Men

“Thanks for all the TCMC does.”
– John Dyer, 2025-01-02.

Several members of the Choosing Healthy Sexual Boundaries Support Group donated $75.00 to the Twin Cities Men’s Center in Memoriam of former group member, John Krisnick, who recently died of a heart attack. We at TCMC are saddened to learn of this loss.
– Tom Maher, 2025-01-06.

“I just read ‘A Support System for Success’ at Berea College in Kentucky:
<https://magazine.berea.edu/in-the-classroom/a-support-system-for-success/>
To transform struggle to success, Berea College has developed three male initiatives to address the problem of male retention and to mitigate dropout rates within these segments of the student population. Developed in 2016, the Black Male Leadership Initiative (BMLI), Appalachian Male Initiative (AMI) and Latino Male Initiative (LMI) classes are designed to help Berea’s male students succeed in college and beyond. I see a great compassion here.”
– Jimbo Lovestar, 2025-01-09.

Yoga for Men live in-person, Thursdays Jan 16 - Mar 27 6:30 - 7:30 at Center For Performing Arts, W 38th Ave & Pleasant Ave S in Minneapolis. <https://evolutionaryyoga.com/> – Kevin Kortan, <kevin@evolutionaryyoga.com>, 2025-01-09.

Beyond Anger: Reclaim Your Fire! Dan Gorbunow is offering another winter session of the 7-week Beyond Anger: Reclaim Your Fire! course, live in-person Mondays, Feb 17-March 31, 6-7:30pm. Assigned readings, videos, peer support and expert, guided, live instruction. This course offers you a holistic self-care map and set of strategies to help you see the larger picture of your self-care needs and possibilities. Increase your happiness and serenity by healing negative cycles and transforming stored energy. Beyond Anger offers some spiritual insights on the role and nature of emotions, including anger and the importance of “emotional sobriety”. FFI: Dan Gorbunow, 612-987-0324 www.warriorvox.com 2025-01-15.

ManKind Project Minnesota (MKP-MN) NWTA May 15-17, 2025 near Red Wing Minnesota. The upcoming Spring MN MKP Weekend begins Friday evening 6pm, ending Sunday afternoon 4pm. This experiential training has enabled men to create spectacular, life-changing, awe-inspiring results. Men like you take this journey. If you’re willing to challenge yourself, you will emerge more the man you were born to be. The world needs you, and a brotherhood of men is ready to support you. Contact: David Kaar <drkaar@mkp.org> 612-275-5165 or Brett Benson <brettbenson@me.com>

$150 Deposit holds your place; $695 full payment. To register: https://mkpconnect.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=59657
Meals, materials, and accommodations are included. After your initial application and deposit, you will be sent an additional questionnaire required to finalize your registration. You will also receive information about the location of the training and what to bring.
– David Kaar, 2025-01-19

“If Men Are in Trouble, What Is the Cause?” Dec. 17, 2024 By Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times. The declining ability of many boys and men to compete at school and in the workplace has become both a social and a political issue.

David Autor, an economist at M.I.T., writing with four colleagues, has delved into this loaded terrain to analyze elementary school data and found: While realized gender gaps in adult educational outcomes are large, a wrinkle in the examination of the precursor childhood gender gaps is that these differences appear on average to be relatively modest...Modest average differences among grade school students can be amplified with the onset of puberty, producing significant differences in high school graduation rates (89 percent for girls, 83 percent for boys in 2021), not to mention gaps in college attendance (57.9 percent female, 42.1 percent male) and college graduation rates (66 percent for women, 58 percent for men).

Read full article at:
<https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/opinion/men-women-boys-girls-politics.html>