The Gurian Institute has been providing and involved with Helping Boys Thrive® Summits for nearly ten years.  These exciting one day events are networking and learning opportunities for everyone in a community who is engaged with boys–teachers, parents, non-profit staff, counselors, pastors, and all other stakeholders.  People in the communities we serve tell us these Summits become “essential events” as they raise consciousness on boys’ development and present-day struggles, and …

For more than a decade, Michael Gurian has joined with other leaders to call on three different Presidents to create a White House Commission on Boys and Men.  In Saving Our Sons and other Gurian publications he has described the political headwinds facing this potential commission.  To most people in the world it should be obvious–boys and men need research and resources just like girls and women do–but in politics, …

Michael Gurian’s father, Jack Gurian (1929 – 2021), a Veteran of the Korean War, passed away in July from Covid pneumonia.   This Veteran’s day we are honoring him with the publication of  Michael’s “A Final Mercy.” We hope this lyrical oratory, which Temple Beth Shalom in Spokane uses for its Yizkor service (the Jewish service honoring those who have sacrificed and passed on) will also help honor all our veterans, …

For more than 20 years, the Gurian Institute has been certifying trainers to provide professional development and consulting in schools, organizations, and communities both in the United States and abroad.  You can meet some of our trainers on https://gurianinstitute.com/trainers/. In 2019, we announced a major new GI initiative:  “Let’ Have a Trainer in Every School!”  This initiative is about equipping every school with at least one certified trainer who can …

I was traveling recently and happened to sit on the airplane next to a “sex-ender.”  I did not know that she was this person until after we exchanged small talk.  When we got to a point of talking about what we did for a living, I learned that she was a sociology professor at a well-known university.  Once she heard what I do for a living, she said, “Oh,” not …

In the area of sex and gender, we are seeing pressure to form a culture of the exception.  While all of us are, by nature, male and female (sex), including gender nonconforming children and adults, most of what we talk about in our schools, homes, workplaces, neighborhoods, and organizations is gender. You will likely have noticed the linguistic replacement happening around you.  Perhaps you have seen “gender equity” when the …

“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance” – Title IX A school principal called me recently about our Gurian Institute team providing Pilot programs in that district.  The administration has disaggregated district test score, grades, and discipline data in accordance …

You’ve probably heard about the culture experiment of “gender-neutral babies.”  While this experiment involves only a small number of parents worldwide, it garners a lot of press, and from press comes pressure.  Some parents now wonder if they are being shameful, oppressive, and abusive by loving their children as female and male. School and district leaders wonder, too: despite that boys are falling behind in education worldwide, “Do ‘boy’ and …

This last weekend, Michael Gurian officiated the wedding of his and Gail’s daughter Davita to Ben Herrington at their climbing gym, Rock Shop, in Richland, WA.  Nearly two years ago, he did the same for their daughter Gabrielle and Jack Guen-Murray at their home in Spokane. To celebrate everyone’s search for lifelong love we are publishing Michael’s words for the couples in our Story of a Man blog this week.  …