Advocating for improved outcomes for boys, men, and communities
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When Quixote Village opened in Olympia in 2013, it was the first tiny house village in Washington to provide permanent supportive housing to those overcoming homelessness. Since then, New Horizon Communities has opened two more villages in Orting and Shelton, creating housing capacity for a total of 95 people so far, two-thirds of whom are military veterans.
In Washington female politicians have been by far the strongest champions for creating a state commission focused on uplifting boys and men in ways they need uplifting. Increasingly male politicians are stepping forward to advocate for boys and men.
LaVell Walton lives in Federal Way and formerly worked for Seattle Public Schools. — Across Washington State, a quiet crisis is unfolding — one that most people can feel but few can fully name. Boys and young men are disappearing in plain sight.
This is a guest-written piece by William Singer, Ph.D., a Bellevue-based counselor and guardian ad litem who has been court-appointed to help families through conflict for nearly fifty years.
In his recently-published book Notes on Being a Man, Professor Scott Galloway says: “The data around boys and young men is overwhelming. Seldom in recent memory has there been a cohort that’s fallen further, faster.” (p. 2) People fall where they’re unsupported. Society’s relative lack of generosity toward boys and men might be a factor contributing to their fall.
The director of the Seattle Theatre Group speaks about rituals with his kids, brotherly love, how drums helped control his epilepsy, and how his dad exemplified the Jewish concept of tikkun olam.
Seattle’s Chris Johnson outlines seven lessons we should took away from the ‘Surviving Ohio State’ documentary.