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Two Lives, Changed by Murder, Linked by Forgiveness

April 16, 2013 By Kathryn DeHoyos 1 Comment

Two men, joined by murder and redemption, who are now working to keep other young men from making the same mistakes.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Anthony Colón, blood spattered, CNN, Exodus Transitional Community, gangs, Julio Medina, Manhattan, michael rowe, murder, New York, new york times, video, Wilfredo Colón

A Prisoner’s Message to Youth on Gang Membership

April 14, 2013 By Spoon Jackson Leave a Comment

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After Rosanne Cash’s visit, Spoon Jackson receives an opportunity to speak to troubled youth from within prison.

Filed Under: Poet Behind Bars, The Good Life Tagged With: education, gang violence, gangs, prison life, Rosanne Cash, school to prison, student assembly, The Good Life

What Your Child Wears Is Important — And I’m Not Talking About Pink

March 16, 2013 By Tom Brechlin 7 Comments

Tom Brechlin wants to give a persona public service announcement to parents no matter what city they live in.

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It’s Deeper Than Gun Control in Chicago

March 2, 2013 By Uptown Magazine 1 Comment

Evette Dionne says that when it comes to ending the horrific epidemic of murders in Chicago, it’s about addressing the reasons people own guns.

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The Function of Adrenalin in Boys’ Rites of Passage

February 15, 2013 By Nick Clements 8 Comments

The young generation can be a threat to the status quo, or an energy source that needs direction, depending on how we meet the challenge.

Filed Under: Emotional Intelligence, Featured Content, Mentoring and Volunteering, The Good Life Tagged With: acting out, adolescent boys, adrenalin, adrenaline, adulthood, anti-social behavior, body modification, capitalist culture, car accidents, Challenges, character, consumerism, danger, driving, drug use, Families, gang rape, gangs, growing up, guns, individuality, male role models, manhood, mentoring, peer pressure, piercings, quarter-life crisis, reckless behavior, Responsibility, rites of passage, role models, self-expression, selfishness, service missions, sexual violence, social justice movements, strength, Stress, success, tattoos, teenage boys, testosterone, violence, weapons, young men

Reimagining Mentorship

January 19, 2013 By Justin Cascio 4 Comments

The building blocks of society are its adult citizens. What kind of society do we want to build?

Filed Under: Featured Content, Mentoring and Volunteering, The Good Life Tagged With: AA, accepting change, accepting differences, adulthood, alcoholics anonymous, altruism, apprenticeship, childhood development, civilization, cultural change, Culture, curriculum, defining adulthood, defining manhood, diversity, egalitarian relationships, egalitarian society, emotional intelligence, gangs, identity, manhood, masculinity, maturity, mentoring, mentoring boys, mentorship, milestones, mission, Motivation, patience, pedagogy, raising heroes, relationship building, relationship skills, religious rites of passage, Responsibility, rites of initiation, rites of passage, self-discovery, self-worth, service, skills for change, social skills, teaching children, Technology, The Karate Kid, wisdom, work/life balance

Your Marriage Isn’t Typical

January 7, 2013 By Gint Aras 32 Comments

Sadly, our most common criticisms of marriage reveal much more about the critics than the state of contemporary romance.

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Letting Go of Whitman: ‘Male Violence’ & Practical Empathy

December 19, 2012 By Cameron Conaway 1 Comment

Talking about empathy is great, but doing it can change lives

Filed Under: Social Justice Tagged With: 2pac, Cameron Conaway, child abuse, crime, criminology, ed gordon, empathy, fathers, gangs, gun control, Gun Violence, healing after loss, juvenile detention center, juvenile justice, Male violence, minorities, poetry value, preemptive strike, role models, Sandy Hook Elementary, sandy hook shooting, social justice, teaching empathy, the root of violence, the rose that grew from concrete, Tom Matlack, Tupac Shakur, Walt Whitman

The Girl with the Smurf Tattoo

November 28, 2012 By Carl Pettit 3 Comments

It’s hard to avoid reading into someone’s appearance, especially when they’re intended to intimidate.

Filed Under: Body Modification, Root Down, The Good Life Tagged With: abuse survivors, anger, body image, body modification, fashion statement, gangs, Lisbeth Salander, masks, Millennium series, monsters, piercings, punks, rage, Root Down, scars, smurf, smurf tattoo, Stieg Larsson, tattoo meanings, tattoos, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Smurfs

A Scout Is…

September 4, 2012 By 1in6 3 Comments

Emiliano C. Diaz de Leon hopes Boy Scouts will one day restore their trustworthiness.

Filed Under: On Rape and Sexual Violence Tagged With: assault, boy scout law, Boy Scouts, Boy Scouts of America, Boys, children, drugs, East Austin, failure to report, friendly, gangs, helpful, kids, leaders, loyal, restoration, scouts, sexual violence, silence, society, truthworthy, untrustworthy, violence, young boys

Defining Masculinity

June 27, 2012 By Justin Cascio 45 Comments

“…gangsta culture is the essence of patriarchal masculinity.” An introduction to Jack Donovan’s new book, “The Way of Men.”

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On Being a Good Man

June 26, 2012 By Jack Donovan 78 Comments

There is a difference between being a good man and being good at being a man. An excerpt from Jack Donovan’s book, ‘The Way of Men.’

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Slow Motion: Skylarks, Prison and Social Progress

October 7, 2011 By Jackie Summers 30 Comments

“What just happened?” The court-appointed lawyer repeated Jackie Summers words, then replied tersely. “You got f***ed.”

Filed Under: Conflict, Featured Content, On Race, Prison Tagged With: Abner Louima, Albert Einstein, Buick Skylark, gangs, jail, Michael Bay, prison, Racism, Riker's Island, the Tombs

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HuffPost Live: Decapitating Extremism (VIDEO)

Mike Sacks discusses the attack in Woolwich, London, and extremism with a panel of experts on Islam and the Quran.

Our Mission: The Vasectomy Files 8

The Vasectomy Project is encouraging men to join forces and take responsibly for family planning. This is an opportunity to bring people together to talk about our collective responsibility while offering men a concrete way to contribute towards a solution by having a vasectomy.