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The Good Men Project is interested in reading your family’s story about their immigration. How and when did your family come here?
Now, if you are anything like me, you have 8 different immigration stories; each of my great-grandparents came here as a young adult. Pick one or two of your ancestor’s stories and tell us what it was like for them.
Are you an immigrant? Tell us about your experience. Why did you leave your home country? What did you hope for in coming here? How do you feel and what do you do when people tell you to “go home” or worse?
You are welcome to keep it short and simple—one to three paragraphs—or write a full essay. Essays will be published as a single article. Short submissions may be compiled into a single post with those of others.
If you are an African-American descendant of people who were brought here as slaves, we want to know your perspective on this matter, also.
If you are a Native American, we welcome your perspective on this immigration issue.
All perspective are welcome here, from people of all colors, nationalities, cultures, etc. We are genuinely interested.
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The Good Men Project is different from most media companies. We are a “participatory media company”—which means we don’t just have content you read and share and comment on but it means we have multiple ways you can actively be a part of the conversation. As you become a deeper part of the conversation (Which really is “The Conversation No One Else is Having), you will learn all of the ways we support our Writer’s Community—community FB groups, weekly conference calls, classes in writing, editing platform building and How to Create Social Change.
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Here are more ways to become a part of The Good Men Project community:
Request to join our private Facebook Group for Writers—it’s like our virtual newsroom where you connect with editors and other writers about issues and ideas.
Click here to become a Premium Member of The Good Men Project Community. Have access to these benefits:
- Get access to an exclusive “Members Only” Group on Facebook
- View the website with no ads
- Get free access to classes, workshops, and exclusive events
- Be invited to an exclusive weekly “Call with the Publisher” with other Premium Members 4) Free commenting badge, listing on our Friends page, and more.
Are you stuck on what to write? Sign up for our Writing Prompts emails, you’ll get ideas directly from our editors every Monday and Thursday. If you already have a final draft, then click below to send your post through our submission system.
If you have not previously contributed to The Good Men Project, please feel free to request me, Lisa M. Blacker as your preferred editor.
If you are already working with an editor at GMP, be sure to name that person.
Join our exclusive weekly “Call with the Publisher” — where community members are encouraged to discuss the issues of the week, get story ideas, meet other members and get known for their ideas? To get the call-in information, either join as a member or wait until you get a post published with us. Here are some examples of what we talk about on the calls.
Want to learn practical skills about how to be a better Writer, Editor or Platform Builder? Want to be a Rising Star in Media? Want to learn how to Create Social Change? We have classes in all of those areas.
However, you engage with The Good Men Project—you can help lead this conversation about the changing roles of men in the 21st century. Join us!
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