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NEWS!
March 2009
Boys
To Men Open House Greenfield to start enrollment and recruitment
for mentors & boys for Rites of Passage Adventure Weekend
in August 2009 and new Greenfield Journeyman Group beginning April
2009. Stephanie
Foy joins our team as Director of Program Design. Jeanne Marie
is attending training in NVC
/ Focusing with Wendy Webber / Beatrice Blake . Britta active
in Women's Film Festival in Brattleboro as well as attending
2 day training with Girls
Circle. Interviewing two girls & families to enroll in upcoming
Girls
Initiate Passage & Mentorship program summer 2009.
February
2009
Boys
To Men Open House Brattleboro to start enrollment and recruitment
for mentors & boys for Rites of Passage Adventure Weekend in
August 2009 and new Brattleboro Journeyman Group beginning April
2009. Five boys and mentors needed.
January 2009
Britta
Reida joins our team as Director of Program Development focusing
on Girls
Initiate, writing grants, fundraising and development.
October 2008
Boys
To Men Homecoming Celebration. Jeanne Marie working in apprenticeship
with Andy Davis doing Morris Longsword at Oak Grove School October
- March.
September
2008
We begin training and inter-generational
community building using the Empowerment Arts venue of Morris Longsword
beginning. more
August 2008
Boys To Men rites of passage weekend scheduled for Aug. 15 -
17 2008. Quaker Meeting School Peace Camp group facilitation.
Girls
Initiate initiation weekends scheduled for Passage Weekend
Aug. 22 - 24 2008
Daughters of the Earth Wilderness Passage Weekend Sept. 12 - 14
2008
June 2008
Boys
To Men New England: March Journeyman Premieres to showcase
programs were great success. April 26 Leadership Gathering
was well attended with about 30 people. The energy is building and
some men stepped up to lead as part of the Source Team.
Mentor Training, May 31 - June 1 went well, they are now focused
on the Rites of Passage Adventure Weekend scheduled for Aug. 15
- 17
May 2008
Girls
Initiate Passage & Mentorship programming begins
April
2008
Girls
Initiate Passage & Mentorship had a wonderful Visioning
Retreat with 7 women and one man toward developing a mission statement
and understanding girls' needs. Some girls' pilot programs have
begun (Friends Rock! Girls Circle) and meeting with orgs for referrals.
March 2008
Rites of Passage Mentorship Drive premiering the documentary Journeyman
in Western Connecticut where Dr.
Michael Obsatz will be presenting; He co-produced the documentary
and wrote Raising Nonviolent Children in a Violent World.
And in Brattleboro, VT., Mark
Morey presented about rites of passage, mentoring and community. |
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