Presentations - October/November 2009

The Men's Center Board appreciates the volunteer presenters who return from time to time and welcome first timers. Their presentations add a new dimension to our weekly Wednesday night gatherings.

Please take time to read the descriptions and plan to attend if they stimulate your interest. Bring a friend to share the experience and acquaint him/her with the Men's Center. Each presentation is intended to promote personal growth, stimulate your interest in a topic, and to give you an opportunity to interact with other attendees.

We are always looking for new presenters and topics. Please call Randy at The Men's Center, 612-822-5892 with your ideas and names. We appreciate your help.

Presentations are the sole responsibility of the presenter(s). The Men's Center does not endorse, takes no specific position, nor does it hold any opinion on the presentations, or of any information imparted, or of the presenter(s) themselves.

The Men's Center is a RESOURCE for the community, a clearing house for information of all kinds, agreeable or not, to one's beliefs. Listen, participate and make your own decisions.

All groups meet at TMC, 3249 Hennepin Ave. So, Suite 55, unless otherwise noted. These low cost presentations are shown in the Calendar of Events and a more extensive description follows. No pre-registration is needed; entrance fees collected at the door are:

  • Non-Members of TMC $5.
  • Regular Members ($20 level) - $3
  • Patron Members - FREE

    Note: All events are for men only unless otherwise stated.

Family Law Clinic

Discussion Leader: Jim Gerharter
When: Wed, Oct. 7, 7:00-9:00 pm
Open to Men and Women

Targeted to the needs of men or women going through or anticipating divorce or dealing with other family law issues, this Clinic will give you an opportunity to discuss your own questions on such topics as:
• Divorce
• Separation
• Paternity
• Property Division
• Custody
• Spousal Maintenance
• Child Support
• Financial Settlements
• Co-habitation

Attorneys will volunteer their time and expertise for the benefit of those who attend. A nominal fee of $5 is charged for the public. Members of the Men’s Center receive a courtesy discount.

A Circle of Warriors

Presenter: Andy Mickel
When: Wed, Oct. 14, 7:00-9:00 pm

The Mankind Project is an organization of men working together to improve their lives and help other men. As New Warriors “We are an order of men called to reclaim the sacred masculine provides a model for men to generate and maintain a world in such a way as to include and yet rise above one’s own issues for the betterment of one’s self, one’s own family, tribe, nation and race.”
We are all familiar with a man’s physical tools (a hammer, a sword, a plow.....) Is this enough? What about integrity, commitment, action and clarity? I know that most men want and need these tools. The New Warrior Training Adventure can help. Join a circle of warriors to ask questions and hear how the adventure has changed men’s lives.

“The initiation of men is the hope of the world.” - Don Jones, former chairman, ManKind Project.

How to be a BEING

Presenter: Daniel Braun
When: Wed, Oct. 21, 7:00-9:00 pm
Open to Men and Women

Have you read self-help books on well-being? Practiced the four agreements? The seven habits? The 11 lessons or 12 steps? I do not wish to denigrate any system; however the way to well-being and, ultimately, to self-actualization is a very simple Way--once you see it. The author of this evenings presentation has developed a basic technology that involves but one single step or principle: The ONE-Principle(R). This principle is indeed simple; and, once you understand, its simplicity can lead you, relatively easily, to a new power in your life. With some practice you can have the relaxation and contentment of an actualized BEING... without any particular extra effort or "success". You can recognize yourself as a BEING and not just some 'thing' that you have imagined yourself into being. Please, join us and bring your acquaintances, male and female, young and old.

The ecology movement of the 1960 & 70's changed Mr. Daniel Farris Braun. How could humans be so destructive to their own living support systems? Eventually during a solo trek in the wilds, he experienced a revelation. He has traveled to the roots of great philosophical traditions looking for the essence. The essence is there, but it's not where one would think it to be. As a writer and neurolinguistic philosopher, he has reduced the way to that essence to what he calls the ONE-Principle.

No Presentation

When: Wed, Oct. 28, 7:00-9:00 pm

Family Law Clinic

Discussion Leader: Kelley Lorix
When: Wed, Nov. 4, 7:00-9:00 pm
Open to Men and Women

Targeted to the needs of men or women going through or anticipating divorce or dealing with other family law issues, this Clinic will give you an opportunity to discuss your own questions on such topics as:
• Divorce
• Separation
• Paternity
• Property Division
• Custody
• Spousal Maintenance
• Child Support
• Financial Settlements
• Co-habitation

Attorneys will volunteer their time and expertise for the benefit of those who attend. A nominal fee of $5 is charged for the public. Members of the Men’s Center receive a courtesy discount.

A Circle of Warriors

Presenter: Andy Mickel
When: Wed, Nov. 11, 7:00-9:00 pm

The Mankind Project is an organization of men working together to improve their lives and help other men. As New Warriors “We are an order of men called to reclaim the sacred masculine provides a model for men to generate and maintain a world in such a way as to include and yet rise above one’s own issues for the betterment of one’s self, one’s own family, tribe, nation and race.”
We are all familiar with a man’s physical tools (a hammer, a sword, a plow.....) Is this enough? What about integrity, commitment, action and clarity? I know that most men want and need these tools. The New Warrior Training Adventure can help. Join a circle of warriors to ask questions and hear how the adventure has changed men’s lives.

“The initiation of men is the hope of the world.” - Don Jones, former chairman, ManKind Project.

No Presentation

When: Wed, Nov. 18, 7:00-9:00 pm

False Accusations of Domestic Violence and Rape!

Presenter: Bill Ronan
When: Wed, Nov. 25, 7:00-9:00 pm
Open to Men and Women

Bill will show a documentary developed by the untreated Victims of Domestic Violence (those falsely accused) and we will discuss pertinent research in the field of domestic violence and rape allegations.

William Ronan is a licensed independent clinical social worker, author of "Treating The Battering Husband", MN Divorce Mediator, and has a MS in Counseling. More information at www.mnhypnosis.com.

Family Law Clinic

Discussion Leader: Linda Wray
When: Wed, Dec. 7, 7:00-9:00 pm
Open to Men and Women

Targeted to the needs of men or women going through or anticipating divorce or dealing with other family law issues, this Clinic will give you an opportunity to discuss your own questions on such topics as:
• Divorce
• Separation
• Paternity
• Property Division
• Custody
• Spousal Maintenance
• Child Support
• Financial Settlements
• Co-habitation

Attorneys will volunteer their time and expertise for the benefit of those who attend. A nominal fee of $5 is charged for the public. Members of the Men’s Center receive a courtesy discount.