Growing Men’s Movement Big Enough For Everybody

When it began several years ago, the men’s movement sought to create a safe space for men to express their feelings. This meant, in most cases, the necessary exclusion of women.

But as time has passed, many of the movement’s leaders have moved toward a more inclusive position. We all live together on this spinning orb, they seem to say, so what we need to do is discover a way to co-exist in spite of our differences whether they be racial, ethnic, socio-economic, philosophical or gender-based.

In a one-day workshop on Oct. 12 titled “Character, Fate and Destiny: Authentic Threads in Life,” Michael Meade and James Hillman both of whom have worked closely with Robert Bly will hold a “celebration of ideas” at the Seattle Art Museum.

Meade, a mythic storyteller, and psychologist Hillman will lead a gathering of both sexes into what they hope will be a “temporary learning community” to examine what they call “the mysteries encoded in the soul and the seeds that shape a life.”

Registration fees before Sept. 16 are $85 ($95 after). For further information, call (800) 233-6984.

The prostate problem: It’s well known that most, if not all, men will experience prostate problems in their lifetimes. It’s less well known that one in five men will have an encounter with prostate cancer.

Further, some 41,000 men will die of the disease in 1996 alone.

To acquaint the public with the problem, the sponsors of HealthTalk will begin their fifth season of the free health-education series with a program on prostate cancer. Sponsors include HealthPlus, Rockwood Clinic and MSC.

The program will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Rockwood Clinic Conference Room, 400 E. Fifth Ave. For further information, call 838-2531, ext. 6200.

Encountering marriage: Worldwide Marriage Encounter will hold two marriage encounter weekends over the next couple of months. The first will take place Oct. 4-6, the second Nov. 15-17. The events, which are open to persons of all faiths despite being sponsored by the Catholic church, are advertised as a way for “couples to come closer again and rejuvenate their marriages.”

For registration, fee and other information, call Dan and Judy Leach at 325-3263 or Jon and Tracy Jordan at 484-5683.

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