Male Initiation:

A remedy for male violence?

Join us for an exploration into the role of initiation

in creating responsible men

Joe Sigurdson, Cofounder, Boys to Men Warren Brush, The Wilderness Youth Project Jim Cutsinger & James Wapotich, The ManKind Project Steve Murray, The Fatherhood Coalition PLUS Storyteller Michael Katz, Founder of BOXTALES THEATRE

Are you missing the elders in your life? Can initiation make your son a better man, son, father, or spouse?

Much has been written to suggest that young men need to be taught by older men that is, they need to be initiated into the proper way to be a man. How much longer can we afford to have our young men initiated ‘by default’ through media, the military, or other random influences?

Hear what men who are active in conscious initiation have to say on teaching our young men to be “gentle men.”

Teens and the parents, educators, and community members who care about them WELCOME!

Monday, April 11, 2005, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Unitarian Hall, 1535 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara

By donation

Call MADV/Domestic Violence Solutions at 963-4458, ext. 11, for more information!