Exploring the Issues and Trends
Affecting the Well-Being and Success of Boys
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People from around the country and around the world can learn and inspire one another to make systemic change in our communities on behalf of boys. Past participants in these Helping Boys Thrive Summits have agreed that what we do for boys will also help girls, everyone on the gender spectrum, and all adults. We are in this together!
The event will take place live via Zoom on Saturday October 8, 2022 from 9:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The videos will then be available to participants on a password protected site for the next two weeks.
Contact executivedirector@theboysinitiative.org to learn more.
To register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-boys-initiative-helping-boys-thrive-summit-tickets-292878536587.
Here are some comments from participants at previous Helping Boys Thrive Summits.
“Fantastic! Great presentations, fascinating information on the differences between boys and girls, and how we can better adapt modern education to serve boys and young men better than we do.”
“Wonderful presentations, beneficial, and at times very very moving.”
“The presentations hit the core of our desires and dreams for men and boys. I took A LOT of notes. There is so much value and useful information to take back immediately to our homes, schools, and communities.”
“This Summit should be required viewing for everyone working with, raising, and educating boys. Incredibly valuable!”
“So valuable, keynotes and breakouts were easy to understand, they gave information that can be easily applied to work in any field.”
“So interesting and important, it resonated with me as a mom of a son, a teacher, a counselor, and mental health consultant.”
“I found myself thinking of so many boys at my school and what we can do to better serve them. Loved the brain scans.”
“Loved it! I am seeing boys in a whole different light. Great information and statistics.”
“Loved the ideas, enjoyed the strategies, practical takeaways, clear concepts to take back to our classrooms tomorrow!”
In most of the world, girls and women are doing better than boys and men in both physical and mental health indicators…In most parts of the world, health outcomes among boys and men continue to be substantially worse than among girls and women. Yet this gender-based disparity in health has received little national, regional, or global acknowledgement or attention from health policy-makers or healthcare providers.
– 2015 World Health Organization
You Don't Want to Miss
This Tele-Summit!
The Helping Boys Thrive Summit™ is committed to working with parents, educators, community and faith leaders, mental health professionals, law enforcement, and all called to the task of raising and educating boys. Using brain-science research and best practices, the Summit offers practical insights and applications for helping boys thrive in the 21st century.
Keynote Topics
What Are Boys Thinking? A Deep Dive into the Minds of Boys, with Dr. Michael Gurian
A brain-science deep dive into how boys think, react, and view life, with important insights regarding their development as boys and men. Join Michael to learn implement-now, brain-based, research-backed strategies for helping boys thrive and succeed in our post-covid family, classroom, and world. Michael will show brain scans that reveal how uniquely boys develop throughout the lifespan. As he takes a deep dive into the minds of boys, prepare to feel supported as a person who cares for boys and perhaps even astounded by the possibilities in each boy’s life-journey.
Fathers and Essential Men: Ideas and Programs that Bring Men into Boys’ Lives, with Marion Hill
An inspiring and practical look at what boys need from men and how to build programs and systems to give boys these fathers and essential men in their lives. This keynote includes insights and strategies for helping boys in general succeed in classroom and communities, including a focus on helping boys of color thrive. Marion will also share best practices tested and used in Pilots in the Phoenix area and successes from his co-founded M.A.N.C.A.V.E. Fatherhood support program in Phoenix and beyond.
Your Registration Understanding and Agreement
For those people who participate in the live event and Q & As on October 8, by participating you understand that all of the event will be recorded and replayed later. By registering for this event and participating, you have given your permission for your image to be recorded and replayed. You agree that if you do not want your image or person recorded or replayed later, you will black out your screen or not participate live but instead watch the recordings between October 3 and October 17. For all participants, the recordings will be viewable for the two week period and then will no longer be available; by registering for this event, you agree not to share the Gurian and Hill videos, which are Gurian Institute intellectual property, with anyone at any time.
Schedule
Saturday October 8, 2022, 9:15 - 4:00 p.m.
For more schedule information, please visit: https://boysinitiative.org/boys-initiative-conferences/
About the
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. MICHAEL GURIAN
Michael is a marriage and family counselor and the New York Times bestselling author of 32 books including: Saving Our Sons: A New Path for Raising Healthy and Resilient Boys; The Wonder of Boys; The Minds of Boys; and Boys and Girls Learn Differently. He is co-founder of The Gurian Institute and a pioneer in the fields of family development and education.
MARION HILL
Marion is the founder of M.A.N.C.A.V.E. (Men All Need to be Caring Actively-Engaged, and Encouraged), a fatherhood program designed to encourage fathers, male role models, and essential men to be actively engaged in children’s child’s growth and development. To learn more about Marion, please visit Marion’s Gurian Institute Trainer page.
About the
SPEAKERS
Ray Nelson
Ray Nelson is a nationally recognized motivational speaker, youth developer, and a bold leader within our community. Hailing from our nation’s capital, Washington, DC, …
Warren Farrell, PhD
Warren is the author of the just-published The Boy Crisis (with co-author John Gray). It exposes the boy crisis worldwide, as well as the …
Julie Coates
Julie is an experienced researcher, teacher and trainer in the area of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, teaching in diverse classrooms, and generational learning …
William Draves
William is an educator, author, futurist and President of the Learning Resources Network (LERN), the largest continuing education association in the world, serving more …
Jennifer L.W. Fink, RN, BSN
Jennifer is the founder of Building Boys and co-host of the podcast ON BOYS: Real Talk About Parenting, Teaching & Reaching Tomorrow’s Men. She …
Mark J. Perry, PhD
Mark is concurrently a scholar at AEI and a professor of economics and finance at the University of Michigan’s Flint campus. He is best …
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Educators, Parents, Grandparents, Counselors, Foster Care Givers, Faith Community Members, Therapists, Health Care Professionals, Non-Profit Organizations, and anyone who works with or who is engaged in the lives of boys.
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For those people who participate in the live event: you understand that all the workshops will be recorded and replayed later. By registering for this event and participating, you have given your permission for your image to be recorded and replayed. You agree that if you do not want your image or person recorded or replayed later, you will black out your screen or not participate live but instead watch the recordings in the two weeks after the live event.
Participants Can Join Our Tele-Summits From Wherever They Are!
Once they register, they receive a Welcome email that provides them with access to the Summit and its Presenters
2022 TELE-SUMMIT EVENT CONTRIBUTORS
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