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Youth need social connection, emotional support, a

Youth need social connection, emotional support, and positive role models to thrive. This has become increasingly clear over the past few months with COVID on the rise, students attending school through the computer screen, cancelled sports seasons, and no social gatherings allowed.

Recognizing the challenges our youth are navigating, Journeymen has worked tirelessly to meet their needs by providing mentorship for the boys in our community at no-cost to families. This commitment has allowed us to show up consistently for those who need us most, which would not be possible without the support of our growing community.

For #GivingTuesday we invite you to join our Inner Circle as a recurring monthly donor so that we can continue our vital work in the region. Whether it's $5 a month or $50, every little bit helps us stay resilient and stand strong in the eye of the storm.

Thank you all for your support, encouragement, and generosity. We would not be here without You.

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A DAY FOR MEN Today we celebrate #InternationalMe

A DAY FOR MEN

Today we celebrate #InternationalMensDay and its 6 Pillars:

- To promote positive male role models; not just movie stars and athletes, but every day, working class men who are living decent, honest lives.

- To celebrate men’s positive contributions to society, community, family, child care, and to the environment.

- To focus on men’s health and wellbeing; social, emotional, physical and spiritual.

- To highlight discrimination against men; in areas of social services, social attitudes and expectations, and law

- To improve gender relations and promote gender equality

- To create a safer, better world; where people can be safe and grow to reach their full potential..

Know a man who is showing up for himself, his family, his community?

Tag him in the comments and let him know he is seen and valued for ***who he is*** (not just what he does)

#Men
#MensDay
#MensWork
#Dads
#Fatherhood
#Fathers
#Heros
#Honor
#Respect

With new, heightened COVID restrictions now upon u

With new, heightened COVID restrictions now upon us, we seem to be entering a darker phase of this journey. We can see this reflected in the current Autumn season, in the emotional worlds of our boys, and in the culture at large. May we remember that it is in the darkness that fertility is most potent, and trust that the highlights that we are now celebrating from 2019 will once again come into focus as we stay the course.
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With this announcement, we also invite you to Join the Inner Circle of Journeymen supporters by making a recurring contribution as part of our 2020 #GivingTuesday campaign launch. In the coming weeks we will share more about how this vital form of support allows us to serve 100+ of our communities boys and young men at no-cost to families.
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You can check out our full 2019 Annual Report through the link in our bio. Thank you for your attention, and your support!

Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgen

Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community.

Tap twice to show the #transgender community that their fight is your fight.
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#TransgenderAwarenessWeek #TransAwarenessWeek #Trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQ #HumanRightsCampaign #TrasnEqualityNow #WontBeErased #TransRightsAreHumanRights

2020 has been an incredibly challenging year for a

2020 has been an incredibly challenging year for all of us. In particular, we are increasingly concerned for the wellbeing of the young people in our community and around the world. Navigating these challenging times socially isolated from their friends, attending school virtually for months on end, and witnessing the many societal injustices across the globe. While youth are in fact resilient, they still need our love and support during these tough times.
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It is with a heavy heart that we reflect on a chapter in our small island where youth suicide spiked at an alarming rate. Many of our beautiful, bright young members of our community lost hope and felt there was no other way through the pain. Palmer was one of those amazing souls.
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'Thunderstorm in My Brain' is a short documentary film of the kind, smart and quirky Palmer Burke who died by suicide at the tender age of 14. It is about the redemption and healing of a courageous mother and a sister who are telling their story to prevent other families from having to endure the trauma they did.
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UW recently shared an important resource called Forefront - designed to provide education and tools for those touched by suicide and mental illness. Many feature real-life individuals’ stories. One segment includes the importance of taking these 5 steps: LEARN Saves Lives
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L = Look for Warning Signs
E = Empathize & Listen
A = Ask Directly About Suicide
R = Remove the Dangers
N = Next Steps - Connect with Professional Help
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Please check in on your people. Reach out. Ask for help. We are in this together.
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[Links to suicide prevention resources and ‘Thunderstorm in My Brain’ can be found in our bio]

Jackson Katz has been a leading voice in the conve

Jackson Katz has been a leading voice in the conversation around ending male violence for years. As an activist, author and violence prevention specialist Katz has identified many of the ways in which our culture is enabling these patterns of abuse and violence within our male population.
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From 'Boys will be boys' to focusing on 'violence against women' instead of highlighting and addressing male violence, Katz demonstrates how problematic it is to use passive language when referring to harm caused.
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"When we examine a phrase like 'violence against women' nobody is doing it to them. It just happens to them. Men aren't even a part of it," Katz explains, and we could not agree more.
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It is time that we shift the narrative, step into integrity, and hold each other accountable.
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"We need to redefine strength in men, not as power over other people, but as forces for justice."

Before the creation of Journeymen, co-founder Nick

Peggy Orenstein spent two years interviewing young

Peggy Orenstein spent two years interviewing young men about sex, consent, and abuse. Her latest book Boys & Sex helps illuminate how parents, schools and young people themselves can foster a safer and more fulfilling culture around sex.
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"When I was doing the girl book, the kind of core issue with girls was that they were being cut off from their bodies and not understanding their bodies' response and their needs and their limits and their desires," she says. "With boys, it felt like they were being cut off from their hearts."
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Society doesn't often give boys "permission or space" to discuss their interior lives. Many boys that we work with feel constrained by traditional notions of masculinity.
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"That idea of emotional vulnerability was so profound for boys," Orenstein says. "Vulnerability is basically essential to human relationships, so when you cut boys off from the ability to be vulnerable, you're doing them a huge disservice."

Power outages across the island couldn't stop our

Power outages across the island couldn't stop our 4th/5th grade Band of Brothers from getting outside and giving back to the community. Big thanks to @vashonmauryislandlandtrust for hosting us and helping demonstrate the importance of community service.

To learn more about the indigenous ways, how to be

To learn more about the indigenous ways, how to be an ally, and to live in harmony with each other and our planet - we recommend The Original Instructions by Manitonquat.
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Manitonquat traveled the continent for years seeking answers to the questions "What is wrong with people? Why is there war, violence, oppression, greed, injustice, poverty, indifference and destruction of the environment?" Sitting with and listening to many elders of First Nations from all parts of North America, he began to form a clearer idea of what they often called "the Original Instructions".
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#IndigenousPeoplesDay
#OriginalInstructions

Last week Journeymen teamed up with @vashonadventu

Last week Journeymen teamed up with @vashonadventures to provide all of the boys in Band of Brothers with an opportunity to explore the beautiful PNW by kayak. Our boys had an absolute blast and we could not be more grateful to the team at Vashon Adventures for their generosity in hosting us for the day.
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"As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move" - Katherine Hepburn

When @kuow producer John O'Brien caught wind of ou

We are proud to share that KUOW will be featuring

We are proud to share that KUOW will be featuring Journeymen on the air today at 4:44pm and again at 6:20pm.
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You can tune in on 94.9 FM or listen live on their website at https://www.kuow.org/

Rezmaa's latest book 'My Grandmother's Hands - Rac

Rezmaa's latest book 'My Grandmother's Hands - Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies' offers incredible insight, both personally and collectively in how we can start moving towards healing and wholeness. As citizens of America, all of us are affected by systemic racism and its related forms of oppression.
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Within these roles, and perhaps others we inhabit in our lives, have a duty, and an opportunity, to know what our part of The Work is - stepping toward solidarity and embodied antiracism.

With the world shifting rapidly around us, Journey

Over the course of this summer, Journeymen has bee

Over the course of this summer, Journeymen has been fortunate enough to partner with @vmcfoodbank & @vashonfoodbankfarm to help tend the community garden, which provides healthy, locally sourced food - feeding hundreds of families in our community. We are consistently inspired by our youth who continue to show up in service to our greater community. It takes a village.

Journeymen is proud to be partnering with Vashon I

Journeymen is proud to be partnering with Vashon Island School District to provide weekly mentoring for island boys Grades 4th - 12th at no cost to families. With weekly in-person meet-ups, digital group calls, and age appropriate challenges that will help boys navigate these turbulent times with a sense of purpose and belonging, cultivating deep bonds with peers, mentors, and elders.
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More details and enrollment will be announced next week - so stay tuned!

#YouthShallLead

#YouthShallLead

Today we celebrate you, dads. We know the world as

Today we celebrate you, dads. We know the world asks too much of you, and we recognize the sacrifices you make in service to the family and to your community. We want you to know that you ARE enough, and that we love you unconditionally. May today bring you rest, celebration and the greatest gift of all: whole-hearted presence with those who you've held close. .

If you are fortunate enough to have your dad in your life, please create the space to tell him how you appreciate him. Be specific, and honor him for what he has done AND for who he is, underneath it all. Let him know that you see him, you accept him, and that he is more than just what he does for work or how he provides for others. .

We also know that many of us have a complex relationship with our fathers. Some may be entirely absent, while others may have brought us harm, pain or sadness. If this sounds like your story, perhaps there is an opportunity to curiously contemplate what led him astray - what pulled his heart, body or mind out of your life, and what challenges he faced in childhood and beyond. Some day, this exploration may lead to better understanding, acceptance and forgiveness. .

Journeymen recognizes the value of diverse family structures that find a way to thrive without dad in the picture, AND we know that across our culture, we're experiencing a dad crisis. Overwhelmingly, dads report that they want to be more present with their families, and yet are torn to pieces with social pressure to over-work, incarcerated at disproportionate rates, and far less likely to seek support when they really need help. .

Healing the "father wound" in us and our families is a positive path toward stronger selves and closer communities, and it can start today. Though we won't be able to offer our annual Father & Son Campout (Passing the Torch) due to COVID-19, we are happy to point folks to great resources to build the bond with dad and/or start the journey to reconciliation. .

Have a dad you want to honor? Tag him in the comments, and let him know what you love about him!

Today we acknowledge #Juneteenth, a deeply importa

Today we acknowledge #Juneteenth, a deeply important marker for African Americans and the greater Black community in the USA.
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As US citizens and residents, we have a duty to understand our nation's history of racism. Only when we know where we've come from can we know where we are, and only when we know where we are can we know where we need to go.
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We learn from our work in rites of passage that endings are always beginnings. Slavery may have "ended" under federal law in 1865, but what followed was 150+ years of intentional efforts to continue the oppression of Black people through our various institutions.
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Without deliberate antiracist actions, the momentum of our past will continue in our personal and cultural consciousness. Without exposure to the reality of our Black and Brown brethren, today and throughout our history, we will never know the beauty of our own liberation - individual, and collective.

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