Greater Boston Community
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GB Community Coordinator Needed
Tom Caruso had only one inquiry from his specific requests looking for people interested in stepping into the role of GB Community Coordinator by the middle of October. If you have some interest in building connection and community within the Mankind Project USA NE...
Efforts to Work with Other Men’s Organizations
GB Men’s Network Bringing together Men’s Work Activists Throughout Greater Boston. Tom Caruso has volunteered to serve on the core team for the GB Men’s Network to see how he can help make better connections. He has been unable to reconnect except via email with men...
In-Person I-Groups in Demand
More GB Community Circles need to offer In-Person Meetings. Four men located in the Greater Boston Community reached out to MKP for in-person men’s circles. These men were directed to those circles with known in-person scheduling (KWOA meeting in-person...
Seven Men Inquire about GB Community Circles
There was a 12.5% increase in inquiries for connection requests from men filling out the inquiry form on MankindProject.org website since the last NE Area New Brother Report. Of these 7 were in the Greater Boston Community, a...
Donate to a Memorial Tree Grove for brothers who have passed.
Through a service called “Trees for a Change” MKP New England Area has reserved a grove of 40 trees to be planted in burned out areas of California. We will be provided with a GPS location and map to visit the grove, and a memorial with the MKP NE Area Brothers’...
GB New Brother Inquiries
Since Mid-April 2022, There have been 9 NE Inquiries on the MKP USA site. Of these 4 were from the GB Community, with three of these from Southern NH. Along with a template of information about online circle and training opportunities, these men have been provided...
Interview: Orion Kriegman, Working on a Vision of Social Permaculture
A member of the Men Working Circle based in Waltham, Orion Kriegman is a man pursuing a mission that puts new life into communities by creating permanent community parks (food forests) throughout the city of Boston. His diverse community building experience has given him a vision of a ‘social permaculture’ in which individuals interact through values they share: hope, care, connection and well-being. He found that gardens can support these values and bring people together to strengthen a community.
Interview: Larry Cotton, A One-Time Adventure Became A Lifetime of Learning
Larry Cotton was born in 1950 in Quincy MA and grew up with his parents and older brother in Norwood MA where Larry now lives. He obtained an engineering degree from Northeastern University and worked as a structural engineer until retirement in 2015 at 65. He worked...
New England Area Elder Gathering: Oct 14-16
Attend the Voluntown Peace Retreat, the NE Area Elder Gathering from Oct 14-16 (Contact: Matthew Sheehy, msheehy611@gmail.com), Please join our Elders and celebrate elder energy. As a community, we will explore forgiveness, mindfulness, QiGong, and death with no...
2nd Annual Eldership Celebration & USA Gathering of Elders
From Sep 20 – 24, 2022 a national all-gender Elder Gathering put on by the MKP USA Elder Society will be held on line. At this event elders Tom Reilly, Steve Spitzer and maybe others from the New England Area will be honored during the Eldership Celebration. Details...
The Art of the Invite: How to Successfully Invite a Man to Attend an NWTA
On September 14th, 7:30-8:30 pm a zoom meeting will be held to explore the myriad ways to invite a man to this "life changing experience" -- and to have him decide to actually attend! Rejection is hard. Being told "no" when you invite a man is hard. Being told the...
White Men Understanding Racism (WMUR)
On Sunday, June 19th, 2022, 7pm - 8:30pm ET join the WMUR call to explore racism as it exists in our lives and within ourselves. All initiated men who consider themselves to be white are invited and encouraged to attend. Space will be held for all points of view. ...
Greater Boston Men’s Network Gathering: Reconnection & Growth
On the 11th of June from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be the 4th Gathering of the Greater Boston Men's Network. This network aims to build community and connection between men (self-identified), community leaders, change-makers, activists, and men's groups. We strive to...
Summit on Belonging
Over the weekend of June 4th & 5th a number of Mankind Project leaders have scheduled a Summit on Belonging, a gathering of people interested in creating, improving, and celebrating their ties to each other and their communities. Consisting of presentations,...
Greater Boston Calendar
Calendar Coming….
After calendar
The Greater Boston (GB) Community includes everyone, men, women, children, and other people not fitting into these categories. Integrated into the GB Community are the men who have completed various ManKind Project trainings, including The Men’s Work and the New Warrior Training Adventure weekend. These men we call ‘New Warriors’. Many of these New Warriors continue to gain support to pursue their missions by attending regular Men’s Circles, of which there are now seven in the GB Community.
The GB Community is supported by New Warriors involved in each of the Men’s Circles. It is led by the GB Community Coordinator, Tom Caruso (GreaterBostonMKP@gmail.com). For the GB Community this effort includes:
- Supporting the needs of men
- Developing existing circles and creating new circles
- Organizing regular GB Community Events
- Improving communication in the community about activities of the GB Community and its Men’s Circles, the New England rea, and MKP USA.