John and Cheri Goll, June 1, 2006
Couples Survival: Maintaining Connection in a Disconnected World

John is a counselor who specializes in work with couples and families, and is active in leadership in the ManKind project. Cheri is the Director of Nursing at a regional hospital and has been active in Woman Within. They have been married for over 10 years – both for the 2nd time. Having experienced the pain of failed relationships they are committed to learning new ways to create healthy and vibrant relationships, both for themselves and for others. John and Cheri are the originators and leaders of a successful couple’s weekend retreat - The Couple’s Path. As children, careers and other demands continue to take more and more time and energy, how can couples manage to stay connected? This talk will be an opportunity to experience new ways of being with your partner. The complex balance of being both powerful and vulnerable in your relationship will be explored. This free presentation is for everyone, young and old, in relationship or not.

The New Warrior Training AdventureTM supports men in developing lives of integrity, accountability, and connection to feeling. Our trainings challenge men to develop their abilities as leaders, fathers, and elders as ways of offering their deepest gifts in service to the world. The Training Adventure® is an intense, transformative men's initiation that invites men to forge a deep conscious connection between head and heart. It offers men a powerful opportunity to look at all aspects of their lives in a richly supportive environment.

Jeff Brown, March 26, 2006
Nonviolent communication: A Language of Compassion

Jeff Brown is a Certified Trainer with the international Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) and founder of Indiana Nonviolent Communication. He presents Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion. Jeff mediates conflicts and teaches compassionate communication skills to businesses, individuals, and organizations. Also a certified nutritional counselor, Jeff lives in Bloomington, IN and teaches throughout the Midwestern U.S. Learn how to speak and listen in a way that inspires compassion, creates peace and harmony, and leads to mutual satisfaction of everyone's needs. Discover how to break patterns of thinking that lead to anger and depression, and how to express yourself powerfully and authentically to those you care most about.

The New Warrior Training AdventureTM supports men in developing lives of integrity, accountability, and connection to feeling. Our trainings challenge men to develop their abilities as leaders, fathers, and elders as ways of offering their deepest gifts in service to the world. The Training Adventure® is an intense, transformative men's initiation that invites men to forge a deep conscious connection between head and heart. It offers men a powerful opportunity to look at all aspects of their lives in a richly supportive environment.

Tom Stoll, January 19, 2006
Facing Death and Dying: The Inspiration of Tom StollThe "speaker" for this program, Tom Stoll, is now deceased. In his final days, he narrated a film, Tom Stoll: A Dying Man's Journey, was screened (audio included in this file), followed by a panel discussion among some of his caregivers and friends. Those included, represent St. Vincent Hospital, where Tom was employed, and the ManKind Project Elder Council, of which he was a member. Panelists included Ed Alley, Jeff Bower, Larry Davis, and Rick Spencer. Tom Stoll was an ordained Episcopal priest, a hospital chaplain, and a ritual elder in the ManKind Project. In December 2000 he was diagnosed with cancer, soon learning that he had only a short time to live. He said "...the battle is for me to have as much time as I can, to die well..." This he accomplished, passing away in the presence of family and friends on March 8, 2001

The New Warrior Training Adventure supports men in developing lives of integrity, accountability, and connection to feeling. Our trainings challenge men to develop their abilities as leaders, fathers, and elders as ways of offering their deepest gifts in service to the world. The Training Adventure is an intense, transformative men's initiation that invites men to forge a deep conscious connection between head and heart. It offers men a powerful opportunity to look at all aspects of their lives in a richly supportive environment.

Michael Starfield, November 17, 2005
Body Wisdom Moves In (and Out)

Michael Starfield is a body-centered therapist with an M.A. degree in Psychology/Philosophy who has danced professionally, and is a theatrical producer/performer with over 300 productions to his credit. From these experiences he has developed a unique approach to healing using bodywork, movement and breath. His talk, Body Wisdom Moves In (and Out) explores how well we live within our bodies and how effectively we move our bodies into dynamic action. This experiential lecture/demonstration offers a fresh, body-oriented perspective on the art of being in the body, and how to flow with centered movement and breath out into the world. Michael also explores application of his body-based approach to the challenging play of opposites (polarities) that fill our lives.

The New Warrior Training AdventureTM supports men in developing lives of integrity, accountability, and connection to feeling. Our trainings challenge men to develop their abilities as leaders, fathers, and elders as ways of offering their deepest gifts in service to the world. The Training Adventure® is an intense, transformative men's initiation that invites men to forge a deep conscious connection between head and heart. It offers men a powerful opportunity to look at all aspects of their lives in a richly supportive environment.

Professor Robert Jensen, September 29, 2005.
Media, Politics, and Misinformation in the 21st Century

Robert Jensen is an associate professor in the School of Journalism of the Univ. of Texas at Austin, where he teaches media law, ethics, and politics, and has authored numerous books. He contends that critical, independent journalism is a basic requirement for a functional democracy, and that journalism's failure helps explain the sad state of American democracy today. While pundits and politicians in the dominant culture argue whether the media are too liberal, the real failures of journalism to monitor the centers of power are obscured. In this lecture Jensen argues that commercial journalism's structures, practices, and ideology make it increasingly difficult for journalists to perform their role. Democratic renewal in the U. S. requires media reform, and that requires attention to the collapse of democratic institutions. Jensen offer ideas for change that will spark discussion of the future of our democracy.

The New Warrior Training Adventure supports men in developing lives of integrity, accountability, and connection to feeling. Our trainings challenge men to develop their abilities as leaders, fathers, and elders as ways of offering their deepest gifts in service to the world. The Training Adventure is an intense, transformative men's initiation that invites men to forge a deep conscious connection between head and heart. It offers men a powerful opportunity to look at all aspects of their lives in a richly supportive environment.

Kyle Kramer , January 20, 2005
Falling in Love with Solid Ground: A Spirituality of Ecology

Kyle Kramer completed his undergraduate studies at Indiana University and earned a Master of Divinity at Emory University in Atlanta. He founded and lives with his wife and two daughters on Genesis Organic Farm, a small-scale, organic fruit and vegetable farm in Spencer County, in a solar- and wind-powered home he built himself. Kyle leads retreats and talks on a variety of topics, mainly concerning the intersection of ecology and spirituality. He lecture is entitled Falling in Love with Solid Ground: A Spirituality of Ecology. Whether we dwell in cities or rural areas, we all live in and belong to the natural world. As we become more aware of our effects on our common home, it is increasingly important to renew our sense of connection to creation. Kyle uses poetry, theology, humor, and stories to help others cultivate a sense of wonder and love for creation and a sense of responsibility for its care

The New Warrior Training Adventure supports men in developing lives of integrity, accountability, and connection to feeling. Our trainings challenge men to develop their abilities as leaders, fathers, and elders as ways of offering their deepest gifts in service to the world. The Training Adventure is an intense, transformative men's initiation that invites men to forge a deep conscious connection between head and heart. It offers men a powerful opportunity to look at all aspects of their lives in a richly supportive environment.

David Muldrow, November 18, 2004

Healing the Slavery Wound: Resolving Racial Conflict in America

David L. Muldrow MA LMFT is a graduate of the Ball State University Master's Program in Counseling Psychology. He has been in the field of mental health and addiction for more than 25 years, working in a variety of settings. David has been a member of the Mankind Project for more that 12 years and is a founding member of the Underground Railroad Training Odyssey and an Elder in the AAFANTE (African Americans Forming A New Tribal Existence) Tribal Community. David presentation is on Healing the Slavery Wound: Resolving Racial Conflict in America. Because slavery is such an intense aspect of American history, it has been something that we as a country have not examined. As a result we have not allowed that wound to heal nor have we been able to mine the "gold" from that part of our history. His talk looks at specific aspects of the slavery experience and allows listeners to examine their own thoughts, feelings and misconceptions about slavery.

The New Warrior Training Adventure supports men in developing lives of integrity, accountability, and connection to feeling. Our trainings challenge men to develop their abilities as leaders, fathers, and elders as ways of offering their deepest gifts in service to the world. The Training Adventure is an intense, transformative men's initiation that invites men to forge a deep conscious connection between head and heart. It offers men a powerful opportunity to look at all aspects of their lives in a richly supportive environment.

Douglas Gillette, September 23, 2004

Barbarians at the Gates: Fundamentalism and the Future of Western Civilization

Douglas Gillette, M.A., M-Div., is a theologian specializing in the area of theoretical mysticism. He is also a comparative religionist, a student of the interface between religion and psychology, a spiritual director, a teacher, and the author numerous books such as those he coauthored with Dr. Robert Moore, including the best-selling King, Warrior, Magician, Lover. In his talk Barbarians at the Gates: Fundamentalism and the Future of Western Civilization, Douglas helps us explore the implications of the significant resurgence of militant fundamentalism Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and even modern-scientific fundamentalism, for the future of modernity and pluralistic democracy. Douglas focuses in particular on how mistaken fundamentalist understandings of various myths of the end of the world (the eschaton) serve as primary drivers for the "culture wars" within Western society as well as for international conflict.