ManKind Project
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| Founded | 1984, Wisconsin, United States |
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| Founder | Rich Tosi, Bill Kauth Ron Hering |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Men's movement |
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| Product | Motivational training |
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Key people
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Board Chairmen: David Kaar, ManKind Project International; Robert Powell, MKP-USA |
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Revenue
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$1,938,132 for 2006 |
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Employees
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>5 |
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Volunteers
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>1000 |
| Slogan | Changing the world, one man at a time. also Men mentoring Men through the passages of their lives |
| Website | mankindproject |
ManKind Project (MKP) is a global network of non-profit charitable and educational organizations, with the stated goal: "MKP supports men to "wake up, grow up, and show up" to build healthy male role models"
The ManKind Project currently has 11 regions: Australia, Belgium, Canada, French Speaking Europe, New Zealand, Nordic (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland), South Africa, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States. There are also 7 developing regions: Costa Rica, Mexico, The Netherlands, China, Singapore, India, Central Africa (Cameroon, DRC).
As of March 2017[update], MKP reports that over 60,000 men have participated in their flagship program, the New Warrior Training Adventure.
MKP has its origins in the mythopoetic men's movement of the early 1980s, drawing heavily on the works of Robert Bly, Robert L. Moore, and Douglas Gillette. In 1984, Rich Tosi, a former Marine Corps officer; Bill Kauth, a social worker, therapist, and author; and university professor Ron Hering, Ph.D. (Curriculum Studies); created an experiential weekend for men called the "Wildman Weekend" (later renamed "The New Warrior Training"). As the popularity of the training grew, they formed a New Warrior Network organization, which would later become The Mankind Project.
MKP states:
The New Warrior Training Adventure is a modern male initiation and self-examination... it is The Hero's Journey of classical literature and myth that has nearly disappeared in modern culture.
MKP states that those who undertake this journey pass through three phases characteristic to virtually all historic forms of male initiation: descent, ordeal and return. Participants surrender all electronic devices (cell phones, watches, laptops, etc.), weapons (guns, knives, etc.) and jewelry for the weekend. This was explained as way of removing the "noise of a man's life", separating the man "from what he is comfortable with," and ensuring the safety of all participants.
Participants agree to confidentiality of the NWTA processes, to create an experience "uncluttered by expectation" for the next man and to protect the privacy of all participants. MKP encourages participants to freely discuss what they learned about themselves with anyone.
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