The Gurian Institute is honored to join with the Boys Initiative to bring you a Helping Boys Thrive Summit this Saturday, October, 8.  It is sponsored by GI and the Washingon, D.C. based Boys Initiative and features Dr. Michael Gurian and Marion Hill with workshops by the Boys Initiative’s Advisory Board members, including Dr. Warren Farrell, Dr. Mark Perry, and many others.

We hope you will join this powerful event.  Register now!  It’s very easy, and you don’t have to be online Saturday–you can watch all the videos for two weeks after the event.  If you use the promo code MICHAEL, you’ll get 50% off your ticket.  Go to www.helpingboysthrive.org/boysinitiative to see how to register.  Here’s more about the Helping Boys Thrive Initiative and the event.

Here are two keynotes and more about the Summit and Initiative.

What Are Boys Thinking?  A Deep Dive into the Minds of Boys, with Dr. Michael Gurian

A brain-science deep dive into how boys think, react, and view life, with important insights regarding their development as boys and men.  Join Michael to learn implement-now, brain-based, research-backed strategies for helping boys thrive and succeed in our post-covid family, classroom, and world.  Michael will show brain scans that reveal how uniquely boys develop throughout the lifespan.  As he explores the minds of boys with you, prepare to feel supported as a person who cares for boys and perhaps even astounded by the possibilities in each boy’s life-journey.

Fathers and Essential Men:  Ideas and Programs that Bring Men into Boys’ Lives, with Marion Hill

An inspiring and practical look at what boys need from men and how to build programs and systems to give boys these fathers and essential men in their lives.  This keynote includes insights and strategies for helping boys in general succeed in classroom and communities, including a focus on helping boys of color thrive.  Marion will also share best practices tested and used in Pilots in the Phoenix area and successes from his co-founded M.A.N.C.A.V.E. Fatherhood support program in Phoenix and beyond.

Helping Boys Thrive and the Boys Initiative

The Gurian Institute began our Helping Boys Thrive® initiative ten years ago as a way to both help raise community awareness about boys’ issues and bring evidence-based solutions to cities and regions.   As some events have gone online these last few years, people from around the country and around the world can learn and inspire one another to make systemic change on behalf of boys.  Participants in the past ten years of Helping Boys Thrive Summits® have agreed that what we do for boys will also help girls and adults.

To learn more about Washington, D.C. based The Boys Initiative (TBI), please visit www.boysinitiative.org.  This leading edge non-profit organization is committed to exploring issues and trends affecting the well-being and success of boys.  The Boys Initiative provides information and programs to policy makers, and sponsors boy-positive programs such as the Helping Boys Thrive Virtual Summit.

To learn more about TBI and to register for the Summit please visit: www.boysinitiative.org/boys-initiative-conferences or  www.helpingboysthrive.org/boysinitiative/.

Here are some comments from previous participants in our Summits:

“Fantastic!  Great presentations, fascinating information on the differences between boys and girls, and how we can better adapt modern education to serve boys and young men better than we do.”

“Wonderful presentations, beneficial, and at times very moving.”

“The presentations hit the core of our desires and dreams for men and boys. I took A LOT of notes.  There is so much value and useful information to take back immediately to our homes and schools.”

“This Summit should be required viewing for everyone working with, raising, and educating boys.  Incredibly valuable!”

“The keynotes and breakouts were easy to understand, they gave information that can be easily applied to work in any field.”

“So interesting and important, it resonated with me as a mom of a son, a teacher, and mental health consultant.”

“I found myself thinking of so many boys at my school and what we can do to better serve them. Loved the brain scans.”

“Loved it! I am seeing boys in a whole different light.  Great information and statistics.”

“Loved the ideas, enjoyed the strategies, practical takeaways, clear concepts to take back to our classrooms tomorrow!”

To bring an in person or virtual Helping Boys Thrive® event to your city or organization, please visit www.helpingboysthrive.org.

To learn more about, and to register, for this Virtual Summit, please visit www.helpingboysthrive.org/boysinitiative/ or www.boysinitiative.org/boys-initiative-conferences.