TMC Administration Notes - June/July 2006

Letter from the Chair

The one person that you will always be with and must understand is you.

We are complicated beings, and this can be a life long process. Self-awareness is only part of knowing who you are; another pertinent segment is Acceptance. June is GLBT Pride Month. While the calendar list only 30 days, the Pride is everyday.

Accepting who you are is a core character foundation. That foundation is most grounded when you embrace what an incredible being you are. Others may try to tell you differ. However regardless to the number of persecutions, attacks, and weathered political storms, when you truly know who you are, you stand strong.

For more than forty years, there have been rally cries for that Pride to be shouted from the roof tops. Sometimes it is a grand party, a quiet gathering, confronting prejudicial attitudes or comments, being supported by friends and/or family, or helping those still struggling to create that foundation.

So celebrate with your family, friends, the community, and with the Twin Cities Men’s Center. Celebrate the joy of knowing who you are; accepting it; and embracing the security that no matter how many persecutions, attacks, or hell-bent storms, we are grounded in the pride, knowledge and acceptance of who we are.

It’s not arrogance or boisterous banter. It is a fact. We are here and we belong.

Live long and prosper,
L. Dudley, Board Chair
Library Corner

–– Ray Clare, Librarian

One of our most important resources is the Men's Center Library that is available to all members as a free privilege of a current membership. We have more than 1000 books on nearly every subject of interest to men. A moment spent browsing our library may bring into your hands a tool that can yield rich dividends for improving your life, your health, or healing your pain. Wherever you stand on the journey of life, there is a book here that can speak to the problems or challenges you are facing. Be sure to check it out on your next visit to the Men's Center! You won't be disappointed.

And while you are enjoying our many book resources, consider browsing our large and growing selection of periodicals.

  • Men’s Health
  • Voice Male
  • Lavender
  • Men’s Journal
  • Transitions
  • Rainbow Families
  • Bi All Means
  • Essential Wellness
  • Edge Life
  • Everyman
  • D.A.D.S #1
  • G.R.I.P.

Some of these books and periodicals have become so important in some of our member's lives that they seem to have been out a very long time. Please return them to make them available to others.

Thanks!

NO COST
Men's Center Benefit Plan

Men’s Center members may select their own preferred plan(s) from the list below:

  • Option Plan A: Career Advancement – Receive tested and proven people skills.
  • Option Plan B: Personal Satisfaction – From assisting others with information about the Twin Cities Men’s Center.
  • Option Plan C: New People – Meet new people through conversation and name exchange.
  • Option Plan D: All of the above plans.

The Benefits Package Plan can be acquired by signing up with your name and contact information to choose your fast two-hour shift for assisting at the 2006 Pride Festival Booth on Saturday, June 24th from 10 am to 8 pm, and Sunday, June 25th from 10 am to 6 pm.

Be sure to call early to get the best times available.

The guide, “People Hints” will be located at the Men’s Center booth. It is a 2-minute, easy, tested and proven aid to working the fair. Contact: Dick M. at (612) 822 5892, leave your name, and phone # with the best time to contact you. THANKS!