Shaping the Spirit of Boys

A look at the many challenges boys face in the 21st Century and how we can raise them to be honorable, purpose-filled men.

The Cultures We Make:  Helping Boys of Color Thrive in Our Schools and in Their Worlds

An inspiring and practical look at what boys of color need from all of us to meet their struggles and inspire their strengths.

For those people who participate in the live event and Q & As on October 1, 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 between October 2 – 7, after the live event.

Educating Boys to Thrive

Implement-now, brain-based, research-backed strategies for helping boys thrive and succeed in the classroom.

Michael Gurian 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. His work brings brain-science into homes, schools, churches, corporations, and public policy. Appearing on Today, Good Morning America, Fox News, NPR, the 700 Club, Focus on the Family, and in the New York Times, USA Today, Time, and Newsweek, Michael is credited with sparking the modern boys movement. Michael does a weekly podcast with Tim Wright: “The Wonder of Parenting: A Brain Science Approach to Parenting”.  Learn more about Tim at www.timwrightministries.org.

A youth football coach, mentor, and child advocate, Marion Hill has worked with children of color throughout his professional life.  He currently serves as an administrator for Head Start and serves as a Gurian Certified Trainer with the Greater Phoenix Urban League.  Dynamic, visionary, and deeply committed to giving back, 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 to be actively engaged in their child’s growth and development.  In his keynote, Marion focus specifically on the learning and life-needs of boys of color.  Marion will explore current issues of culture and conflict, including ways that boys of color escalate anger and withdrawal.  As he tells his own powerful story, Marion will utilize anecdotes from his two decades of work in this field, and feature success strategies for helping boys and girls of color in under-resourced neighborhoods and classrooms.  To learn more about Marion, please visit Marion’s Gurian Institute Trainer page.

Tim Wright is the co-host, along with Michael Gurian, of the weekly international podcast The Wonder of Parenting: A Brain Science Approach to Parenting. He has written several books including his two newest ebooks: Raising Sons in a #MeToo World and Raising Daughters in a #MeToo World. He has co-created with Michael several rites of passage programs for secular and faith-based families. Tim has been a Lutheran Pastor since 1984, currently serving as the pastor of Community of Grace in Peoria (Phoenix) AZ, which he founded in 2005.

Eva Dwight, BA, MEd, ACC, CPDT worked for 12 years as a teacher and 20 years as a junior high counselor in Mesa, AZ. In addition to her work in the schools, Eva is a Certified Positive Discipline Trainer and an Associate Certified Coach. She has facilitated workshops for hundreds of parents over the last decade, teaching strategies for growing connection with their children and helping them experience a more joyful family life. In her private practice, she offers parent coaching and personal coaching for adults and teens.  As a trainer for The Gurian Institute, Eva draws on her experience and passion to inspire her audience as she has been inspired, motivating parents, teachers, and other stakeholders to be catalysts for change, so that children who think that they can’t…learn that they can!  To learn more about Eva, please visit the Trainer page on www.gurianinstitute.com.