Programs and Offerings
Our Programming is grown from many years of great minds around the world developing effective and powerful approaches to youth development and violence prevention.
We take our evaluation process very seriously, as well as our commitment to community accountability and transparency.
When at all possible, we prefer to work in collaboration with community partners to deliver community specific services.
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Young Men's Group
Our 16 week gender respect / leadership development curriculum for high school boys is guided by decades of research and best practices on youth empowerment, violence prevention and social change. Through personal and community narratives youth engage with a deep questioning of the gendered meaning of strength, honor, power, respect and leadership.
Participants will develop and implement a community service project relevant to promoting gender justice. Additionally, the Young Men’s Group will direct an outreach strategy designed to promote gender justice and meet the needs and culture specific to their community.
Family Engagement
Our Youth and Community workers engage families and adult allies through interactive workshops on supporting gender respect and youth leadership.
Support for Schools
We also offer consulting services to school administrators interested in revisiting policies and practices addressing bullying and harassment at their school.
All of our workshop offerings can be tailored to the unique needs of your group or community.
Understanding Masculinity and Manhood in 2010
In this workshop participants explore the traditional narrative of masculinity. Through personal narratives and historical context we will walk through the masculinities of our father’s generations, our personal relationships, what we want masculinities to look like in our lives, and what it takes to get there.
Developing the Skills to Act for Gender Justice
In this workshop we focus on developing skills for successful interventions. Whether on the bus, at a party, or in line at the grocery store, this workshop will help participants figure out what to do and how to do it.
Healthy Relationships
In this workshop we explore what we want, what we don’t want, and how to navigate the complexities of teenage dating.
Intimacy, Flirting and Consent
Relationships are about connection and intimacy. This workshop begins with clear legal definitions, then moves on to explore the emotional realities of consent, intimacy and boundaries.
Dating and Domestic Violence
In this workshop we explore the dynamics of abusive relationships with an emphasis on how to identify red flags and support friends in unhealthy relationships.
NWMP is in the planning stages of a project whose goal is to situate cultures and communities more centrally in the work of promoting gender justice and ending violence against women. Acknowledging the multi-faceted realities of Northwest Cultures we are engaging artists, activists and organizers from multiple communities in an effort to build a project base that will sustain Men’s Work as a movement in Seattle.
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This program is conducted in Partnership with New Beginnings, through the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention, Community Corrections Division. NWMP educators work with men in this Division to develop skills in support of healthier personal and community relationships.