Our Project Manhood Strategy
The Right Strategy Leads to the Best Outcomes
Only a comprehensive program proven effective can keep them on track towards true manhood.”
Sheldon Nix, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Founder, Project Manhood
Project Manhood weekly group sessions have always been the center of the program. A group of men with a group of boys, talking honestly about life and what it really takes to live it effectively and successfully as a mature and responsible man, and along the way teaching key manhood lessons and social-emotional (SEL) skills from evidence-based curricula proven to be powerful and easy to use.
Component 2: Mentoring and Coaching
A Mentor-Coach is a man who cares about a boy and guides him to true manhood.
A Mentor listens, cares, and shares his own life with a boy. A Coach teaches a boy how to handle life, applying the lessons the boy has learned in the group sessions.
Mentor-Coaches in Project Manhood are the keys to why boys stay in the program–because most boys are absolutely starving for a man to care and to share honestly and without judgment.
We’ve learned that Project Manhood weekly group sessions have need to not just teach boys key aspects of manhood but also give them a more informal, non-structured time and safe space to “de-stress,” hang out, listen to music, play games, and perhaps even sports, allowing the men in the room to chat informally with them and find out how they are really doing. We call it “Life Lounge.”
For Church and Nonprofit programs, it lasts about an hour.
For 1-hour School programs during the day or right after school, it lasts about 15 minutes.
Component 4: Entrepreneurship Training
Entrepreneurship training teaches boys key principles of being a man--and rewards them tangibly for learning them.
Then the boys actually start a business and earn money running it as their reward.
Who We Help
We work with churches, schools, and nonprofit organizations to quickly launch Project Manhood programs for their middle school and high school boys.
While the core principles and strategies of the program are the same in each setting, there are differences that make them appropriate for each environment.
Church Program
If you want your church to reach more boys and men, and thus grow your church, our 9-Step "plug-and-play" program will get you up and running quickly.
Churches
School Program
Our evidence-based program for middle and high schools centers around Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and developmental asset building.
Schools
Parents of Sons
If you have a son, we can help you teach him to be a man who is purpose-driven, principle-centered, and achievement-focused. Find a program near you.
Parents