Things are starting to come together and take shape! If you have some momentum and experience working in community, you might be surprised to find that this is a point where people get stuck. If you are feeling stuck, this one’s for you.
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Game time! You’re now doing something in public, bringing people together and holding space for something you care about deeply. Here are some things to consider before the event.
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This is the final checkpoint in this series, after this point you loop back into the Ideating & Generating stage to keep building momentum and working toward the change you want to see.
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#BellLetsTalk is an excellent tool for starting conversations around mental health, to reduce stigma, encourage folks to check in on each other, and seek support themselves. This is an important start, yet true and sustained social progress on mental health will also involve tackling the root causes of poor mental health in the first place.
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Last night, I watched Taika Watiti’s Jojo Rabbit set in WWII. Today is the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. So I’ve been thinking about white supremacy and violence this week.
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On January 29, 2017, six Muslim worshippers were killed at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Québec City during a peak of anti-Muslim hate crimes in Canada. On January 29, 2017, Rehan was ten years old.
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The boys in our programs often estimate that physical sexual violence is experienced by around 75-95% of women in Canada. At first glance, this awareness of sexual violence might seem like a positive thing, but there’s more to it than that.
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One of my favourite educators recently wrote an article that gives concrete strategies for acknowledging this element of young people’s friendships but also helping them maintain boundaries and self-care.
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A study was just published last week on the correlation between boys views about gender and their participation in violence. Educators, this is on us. It’s a new decade, and a new half of the school year. Let’s make it count.
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I know firsthand that boys can be more than what is traditionally allowed and I know that strong relationships with adult mentors and educators and make the difference. With that in mind, these are my top five recommendations from the last year.
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I think what people find most challenging about discussions around feminism and injustice, is they think we are telling a classic good-versus-evil story, of masculinity-bad-femininity-good, where men are the villains and people of other genders are the good guys. We aren't.
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I’ve never heard someone critique the term ‘breaking’ in the context of boys’ pubertal development. It makes me wonder what other notions about boyhood and masculinity continue to go unquestioned even today.
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