Our Future Men Project (FMP) consists of a weekly mentoring group suited specifically for adolescent boys, all of whom have been identified as being at risk due to behavioral or academic challenges. The participants, in grades 5 to 8, are challenged to consider social messages about manhood, their personal aspirations, self perceptions and relationships in order to envision their path into healthy and responsible manhood. This helps instil the tenets of Healthy Masculinity and offers a framework to foster those skills into effortless mastery.
FMP curriculum covers these various topics:
Program sessions include:
Introductory Sessions
Defining Community
Selecting a Service Learning Project
Planning for service learning project.
Personal Strengths and Resources
Self Esteem
Friendship
Healthy Relationships
Sexual Health
Goal Setting; and addressing barriers to achieving goals
Life Planning
Communication skills
Problem Solving Games/Group Puzzles/Team Building Exercises
Conflict Resolution
Service Learning Project Completion - Appreciation and Celebration
Additional Sessions;
Guest Speakers; individuals participants are likely to “relate” to, who have substantive messages of: overcoming adversity, creative success, particularly impactful story, etc…
Additional topics as they come up, might be driven by;
Current events inns or within community.
Participants having direct experience with… racism, injustice, negative social pressure, bullying…
Social media issue
Bullying
Suicide