HELPING BOYS THRIVE®

A ONE-DAY EVENT FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE RAISING, EDUCATING, AND WORKING WITH BOYS AND YOUNG MEN.

Contact info@gurianinstitute.com if you have interest in bringing a Boys Summit to your organization, school, or community.

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SUMMIT ANNUAL EVENTS

PHOENIX

Helping Boys THRIVE Summit™
Annual Event
PHOENIX, AZ

Many thanks to Marion Hill and the staff at City of Phoenix, Head Start, Greater Phoenix Urban League, M.A.N.C.A.V.E. and everyone else involved in putting on this great annual event for Phoenix families and professionals.  An example of this event is here:

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SPOKANE, WA

We are honored that Summits sponsored by the Kellen Cares Foundation have become an annual event that serves hundreds of people in-person in Spokane, WA.   Speakers have included Dr. Michael Gurian, Pastor Tim Wright, and Gurian Certified counselors and teachers in workshops.  Check out https://kellencares.org/events  for information on past summits.

Some comments from previous years: 

“I feel rejuvenated to inspire my boys to become men of purpose.”

“Gurian was great–very applicable to not only our boys, but friends, families, employees.”

“Motivating and informative.  I came away with tools I can use.”

“All of the science was fascinating and the speakers were captivating.”

 

 

VIRTUAL

 Thank you to co-sponsor The Boys Initiative for their help in previous online/virtual summits.  To learn more about what we did, visit:  www.helpingboysthrive.org/boysinitiative.  The Boys Initiative is looking at making a boys’ summit into an annual event.

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What People Are Saying About the Helping Boys Thrive Summits

“Great summit! This information is fascinating and valuable. Thank you for offering this program.”  –Jonathon, Educator and Administrator

“This was the most important event I have gone to in ten years.  The information was so needed and I came away inspired to work with stakeholders in my community to focus on boys’ needs.  We need a summit like this in every American city.”  — Pat, Educator and Parent; Board member, local Big Brothers and Big Sisters

“I was blown away by the PET and SPECT scans of male and female brains.  The differences between us do not make us unequal:  in fact, understanding them help us to be equally focused on the how boys and girls both need us in gender-specific ways.” —  Terry, Author, Parent, Academic

“Excellent!  Gained new knowledge and was able to make sense of ‘why’ and increase my understanding in relation to my son and daughter. Just fantastic.”  –Janice, Educator and Parent

“This was fantastic and very informative.  Incredible, I learned so much.” –Tim, Parent and Business Owner

“Well done with lots of practical examples.  Wonderful, warm and helpful.  Lots to take back into my school.”  –Ellen, Educator and Grandparent

“Amazing! I learned so much, and I felt the plight of boys in my heart.  I am inspired to go out and do my part to help boys thrive!” — Julie, Educator and Parent

“Boys in America are not thriving.  This Summit gave me tools to help them right now.  — Angie, Parent, Business Owner

“We can’t have a flourishing civilization without taking care of our sons.  This summit was life-changing for me.  I finally understood what is going on and how I can help.”  — Erin, Educator and Pastor

To bring a Summit to your city, please contact us at gail@gurianinstitute.com

PAST EVENTS

Helping Boys Thrive Summit® Toledo 2019

Helping Boys Thrive Summit® Arizona

Helping Boys Thrive Summit®  San Antonio

Helping Boys Thrive Summit®  Phoenix 2019

Helping Boys Thrive Summit®  Denver

The Gurian Institute

Helping Boys Thrive Summit® Seattle

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Helping Christian Boys Thrive Summit®

Fatherhood Summit

About the Helping Boys Thrive® Summits

"We had representatives from thirty schools and school districts at these talks. Both the parents and teachers were inspired to learn more after hearing Michael's presentation. He has a knack for making information on the minds of boys and girls both interesting and entertaining by keeping his audience laughing out loud."

Meredith Bloomberg
Chairperson of the Parent Engagement Network and Graland Parents Association, in Denver, Colorado

I had several “AHA!” moments when things just fell into place and enlightenment occurred. Thank you for giving me those epiphanies. They are rare and precious.”

Sue
a parent of boys in Seattle

“Children are our destiny, whether we ourselves give birth to them or not.  If we are not working to improve the lives of children, we are living half a life.  When we devote ourselves to children, we become whole.”

Michael Gurian
Author of THE WONDER OF BOYS and THE WONDER OF GIRLS

“The Helping Boys Thrive Summit in Denver was truly an awesome day for all who attended from FRIENDS FIRST.  Our Program Director, Russel Dains, told me this was the best single-day training he has ever had and he has been working with youth his whole career!”

Andy Matott
Community Engagement Manager, Friends First

“Our boys need us now in ways they have not before.  They are being raised in a very complex world and many of their support systems and developmental frameworks have crumbled.  As we bring our passionate attention to boys today, and come together to nurture, support, and educate them well, we give a gift not only to them, but to our families, communities, and culture.  I hope you will agree that it is time for a coordinated grass roots effort to help our sons.  Let’s do this together with summits and outreach that positively alter the cultural landscape for our sons.”

Michael Gurian
New York Times Bestselling Author of THE WONDER OF BOYS
I just traveled to Washington, D.C. to brief Congress members on our boys crisis because I have been a child advocate for thirty years and never been more worried about our boys than I am now. While some boys in our country are doing well, American boys as a group are victims of systemic national neglect. Their deepest needs are mainly invisible to us as a society, and so is the tragic state of boyhood all around us. They kill people in our communities and we are naturally enraged at them without understanding who they are or what they need. Through the Helping Boys Thrive initiatives we are working to create a social revolution on behalf of boys. Please join us. Thank you.
Dr. Michael Gurian- October 2015

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Helping Boys Thrive | A One-Day Event for Parents and Professionals Who Are Raising, Educating, and Working with Boys and Young Men