Men’s Retreats & Conferences, 1983-1996
Scope and Contents
6th Annual California Men’s Gathering, Oct. 7 – 10, 1983; Tess Wiseheart’s ReBOOT CAMP: Intensive Training for Pro-Feminist Men, June 13 – 16, 1996,, Portland, OR; Circles and Arrows: Exploring Mutual Empowerment for Men and women, Mar h 14 – 17, 1991 sponsored by International Earthstewards Network, The Dance of Gender with Michael Meade presents Myth and Gender: When the Women Went One Way and the Men Went the Other, July 13 & 14, 1991; Drums Rattles Masks with Jim Hickey & Doug Von Koss, Maple Hills, WA; The Gift of Being a Man: An All Male Leadership Workshop and Retreat, Nov. 14 – 20, 1983, sponsored by the Goodenough Community; Leaving the Father Seeking the King: A Day for Men (10/21/1989) & Myths of the Feminine, Myths of the Masculine: Stories of Gender and Power (10/22/1989) with James Hillman and Michael Meade sponsored by David Bryen, West Hills Counseling Center & Jim Soliday, Counseling Services of Beaverton; Male Initiation: The threshold of Power and Wounding of Men with Michael Meade sponsored by the Fairhaven Mysteries Project, Bellingham, WA; Unmasking Masculinity: 1989 Midwest Regional Men’s Conference, Men Talk, Vol. 13, Nos. 2 & 3 (summer & Fall, 1989) pp. 1 & 3; Northwest Conference on Men & Masculinity: Men, Sex, & Intimacy, May 10 & 11, 1991, Western Wash. University, Bellingham, WA; Paths of purpose: Finding the Indigenous Self with Malidoma Some & Michael Meade Plus Ritual, Gender and Community: A Village of reconsillatio0n with Malidoma Some, Sobonfu Some and Michael Meade presented by Limbus and Mosaic Foundation; Men: The road to the Castel; Exploring the Trickster & the King, Men’s Island Retreat IV, Orcas Island, Olga, WA, May 11 – 13, 1990; Manhood, Brotherhood and Purpose among Men of the Vietnam Era, Family Counseling Assoc., Auburn, WA, First North American Conference of Men Organizing Against Pornography at the University of Ottawa, Dec. 5 – 8, 1991; 6th Annual Rocky Mountain Men’s Conference, Oct. 16 – 25, 1992, program; The Sacred Chest: A Myth of Male Initiation: A Men’s Weekend, Aug. 25 – 27, 1995 c/o Counseling Associates, Lynnwood, WA; Unmasking Masculinity, the 1989 Midwest regional Men’s Conference, Oct. 20 – 22, 1989, sponsored by the Twin cities Men’s Center with Robert Bly, Ron Hering, Andre Heuer, Bill Kauth, and more; plus more.
Dates
- Creation: 1983-1996
Creator
- From the Collection: Changing Men Collections (Michigan State University. Libraries) (Organization)
- From the Collection: West Michigan Men's Center (Kalamazoo, Mich.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research except for documents bound by a red ribbon, which are restricted.
Conditions Governing Access
The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
Extent
From the Collection: approximately 292 Linear Feet (292 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository