The Men's Leadership Alliance

Monthly
Open Men's Circles Open to any man, Boulder, Colorado Whether you attend only once or are looking for regular connection, this is a space where you a welcome anytime or every time.	FREE OF CHARGE
Wisdom Circles Open to both men and women, Boulder, Colorado Each month, the Men’s Leadership Alliance presents free two-hour presentations on a variety of contemporary topics.	FREE OF CHARGE
January
Colorado Winter Spirit Camp January 15-17, 2010 Cal-Wood Retreat Center near Boulder, Colorado Immerse yourself in a soulful MLA experience for one weekend. Deepen your heart connections with others, strengthen and support your inner visions. Friday night through Sunday early afternoon.
February
4 Gateways Training Boulder, Colorado A powerful and dynamic process for addressing an wide variety of issues, conflicts, and dilemmas in our lives. The model views both our inner and outer life as a source of learning and discovery.
May
Tennessee Soul Camp May 13-16, 2010 Camp Youth Incorporated, La Vergne, Tennessee Deepen your heart connections with other men, strengthen and support your inner visions. Thursday night through Sunday early afternoon.
June
Vision Fast for Men June 17-26, 2010 - Eldora, Colorado We honor the ancient tradition of the wilderness vision with this eight day journey for men. An incredible opportunity to listen to soul and nature, to discern your desire, direction, and place. Includes a three day solo fast.
July
New Pathways for Fathers and Sons Fathers and Sons Retreat (ages 9-12) July 8-11, 2010 -near Estes Park, Colorado Around the age of 8, a new sense of self-direction and self-sufficiency may appear in boys. This is an opportunity for fathers and sons to explore a new stage of relationship. We camp, share, and play a lot.
Celebration of Ceremony & Soul July 14-18, 2010 -near Estes Park, Colorado Come join in the celebration of the awesome brotherhood of men formed over the past 25 years from those who have been to our Art of Leadership Trainings and Spirit Camps.
Crossing the Threshold Fathers and Sons Retreat (ages 13-17) July 29-August 1, 2010 -near Estes Park, Colorado A wilderness camping experience designed to foster your relationship during the coming of age transition. Share time with your son and other fathers and sons.
August
CrossRoads in the Wilderness August 6-8, 2010 - James Park, Colorado A unique doctrine/dogma free program designed to bring the power of MLA's Leadership Training to open-minded Christian identified men everywhere, men for whom Christian language and symbol is familiar and accessible. A new road to connect with heart, soul, and Spirit.
Heroes Wilderness Journey Embarking on the Transition to Manhood (ages 13-18) August 5-8, 2010 - near Estes Park, Colorado The purpose of this trip is to support young men in the journey of adolescence, and to help them prepare for their own passage into adulthood. This trip will help awaken the innate framework - the archetypal imprint we each carry - for how to navigate life transitions.
November
Deepening Our Soul Connection November 12-14, 2010 - Cal-Wood Retreat Center near Boulder, Colorado This intensive retreat is an experiential journey into deep soul-work. The agenda will combine traditional forms such council, solo, drumming and movement, ritual process work, and ancestral connections. The retreat offers participants a transformative process for achieving personal growth in these challenging times.
We are very interested in pursuing the program concepts listed below. Please contact MLA if you would like to attend any of these programs. If we have sufficient interest in a specific program from potential participants, we will do our best to find a way to conduct that program in 2009.
Colorado Summer Spirit Camp A weekend-long way to immerse yourself in a soulful MLA experience. Deepen your heart connections with other men, strengthen and support your inner visions. Starts Friday night and concludes Sunday early afternoon.
CrossRoads in Louisiana A unique doctrine/dogma free program designed to bring the power of MLA's Leadership Training to open-minded Christian identified men everywhere, men for whom Christian language and symbol is familiar and accessible. A new road to connect with heart, soul, and Spirit.
Elderhood - Giving and Receiving Blessings A Guided Rite of Passage for men 55 and over. This Program will look deeply into the stages through which a man must pass to step into his own unique eldership. We will look at our resistance and the barriers to moving into our eldership, fully and consciously.