MLA has changed enormously since it was founded five years ago. These changes have prompted many questions: why should MLA not have continued on as the all-volunteer organization it once was? Is all this infrastructure really necessary to do the sacred work in which we are involved? Above all, why should the Men’s Leadership Alliance charge significant amounts for its programs—amounts that make it difficult for those with limited means to attend? Is MLA selling the sacred? Shouldn't the work itself be reward enough for those who conduct the programs?

We have another opportunity to generate support for MLA. Our very own Gay Mayer, along with Colby Lewis, from the Berkshire Men’s Council, will be running the 13-mileRock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Half Marathon on January 18, 2009, and MLA is stepping up to sponsor Gay and Colby...

Beginning with the last Tuesday night of May, MLA launched our one night Wisdom Circles. These free events will provide us with a unique opportunity to present who we are and what we do in a powerful and generous way that is very accessible to both men and women...

Fifty men came together this May, at Red Fern, Tennessee, for the Soul Camp at Red Fern. Men traveled from as far away as California, Michigan and Rhode Island to be a part of this first-ever gathering in the rolling green hills of middle-Tennessee. Hosted by KIVA—a Nashville men’s group—and Jim Singleton, owner of Red Fern— a beautiful, isolated, 300-acre property, west of Nashville—the Soul Camp at Red Fern provided an opportunity for deep personal work, community and celebration...

• Gay Mayer ‘s Bolder Boulder run brings in $5,000 for MLA! - by Gay Mayer
• And the Wind Still Blows - poetry by J. Todd Smiedendorf

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