MKP USA Membership Preamble

A Context for Membership for the Mankind Project USA

Creating a culture of integrity, authenticity, inclusivity, generosity and emotional intelligence. Supporting the efforts of the ManKind Project USA in building a new culture of inclusive, mature masculinity.

The Background, the New Warrior Network

A quarter century ago three men collaborated to create a training which empowered men and enabled them to experience a rite of passage, cleanse themselves of accumulated pain and misunderstandings, and find a personal mission of service by which they could give back to their communities. From then until now over 40,000 men have begun this journey, in more than a dozen countries on four continents. This work has been sustained by fees for trainings, phone-a-thons, donations and fund raisers. The pioneering model created a global organization which has grown to 32 Independent Centers. However it has become apparent that this mode of initial development and growth is not sustainable! How then should we proceed to establish the foundation for a multi-generational effort and an enduring future?

WHY MEMBERSHIP NOW?

The arguments for and against membership, and the reasons and the questions all seem to come down to this: “What will I get by becoming a member of MKP-USA?” The truth is you’re already getting everything that MKP has to offer. You can staff the New Warrior Training Adventure weekend; you can go to your I-group every week; you can take additional training; you can develop your leadership; you can work on your mission; you can work on yourself and become a better man. MKP makes ALL that available to you right now! So if the most important consideration to you is what you’ll get as a member then it probably doesn’t makes sense for you to become a member – because you’re already getting everything MKP has to offer.

THE ‘CURRENCY’ OF MEMBERSHIP

So maybe the questions ought to be: “Are you ready?” “ Do you have what it takes?” “Are you ready to make a commitment to something larger than yourself?” MKP is about something. We aren’t just the alumni of a great training; we are more than men who sit together in groups once a week.

It is said at every New Warrior Training Adventure: “We are about creating a new way of being for men”. Not just for ourselves but for all men and that means changing the culture. It means creating a culture of integrity, authenticity, inclusivity, generosity and emotional intelligence. Remembering who we are as men and working with others to create a better future for all the beings living on this planet.

That is what being a member of the ManKind Project is about. And YES — it is going to take your money, and it is going to take your time and it is going to take your commitment. It won’t be easy; at times it will be fun and at times it will be a struggle. But when you come to the end of your road in this life: you won’t wish you had spent more time at work or more time on the computer. No, you will wish you had spent more time with your loved ones: your partner and children and your grandchildren and you’ll be glad for the time, money and effort you put into the ManKind Project – because through that work you will be leaving a better world for the next generation and all children and grandchildren as well as your own.

If that is part of what you want to do with your life, if it fits with who you are, then we invite you to join those of us who do as well — by becoming part of the ManKind Project-USA. We are changing the world by starting with ourselves and then changing our culture. It is hard to change a culture and individuals cannot do it alone. But they can come together to create a group consciousness through shared values strongly held. And they can create institutions to nurture those values and extend that consciousness. Then collectively, using these powerful tools, committed and courageous men and women CAN change the culture. The institutions they create help give them leverage and keep focus: the ManKind Project is such an institution. It is a tool, not the goal; a means, not the end and, like all human endeavors, it will be imperfect. As we strive for progress rather than perfection, our first goal is to create MKP-USA as an entity capable of “Changing the World – One Man at a Time” and a key milestone on that path is 1 MILLION MEN sitting in Circle! We will invite others of goodwill who share our values to join us in creating a culture of integrity, authenticity, awareness, inclusivity, generosity and emotional intelligence.

Does this speak to you? Are you willing to do whatever it takes to change yourself and then your world; to make a better world for all the beings living on this planet? Then come; join us; and become a MEMBER of the ManKind Project-USA.

Then come; join us; and become a MEMBER of the MKP-USA! Now! CLICK HERE

“Our grandsons are waiting …
our granddaughters are watching”