Our vision is to create communities where adults support young men during their transition from childhood to adulthood.

  

This requires a recognition and witnessing of the boy on the verge of stepping into adulthood; a moment where he can be seen to be seen, and invited to being the journey of leaving childhood attitudes behind and stepping up to be the man he wants to be, with all the responsibility, courage and honour that this requires. This is his rite of passage.

Recognizing that western society has lost the tools to initiate boys into manhood, JourneyMen cultivates transformational experiences for boys and men to discover, refine, and amplify their authentic selves.

Ultimately, a lot of the work we do revolves around supporting the men who step up to mentor the boys. To be effective adult male role models, we have to be willing to explore our own challenges and triggers as men. ‘Being a man’ can never be reduced to some perfect ideal; we need to deal with the conflict, responsibility, stress, feelings of shame, joy and anger that come up for us in this work as well. 

Creating communities of men means working with this ourselves as well.