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Positive Masculinity International Conference 2024

Engaging boys and improving their life outcomes through connection, authenticity and motivation

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The Goals

The Positive Masculinity Conference aims to promote positive practices that encourage connection, authenticity, and motivation in boys and young men. Attendees will learn from influential speakers about how to engage boys in creating a more equitable society, breaking gender stereotypes, with evidence-informed strategies for schools, sports teams, community groups, and workplaces.

Our goal is to create a space for meaningful conversations, keynote presentations and breakout sessions about the challenges facing boys and men in our society, and to foster a more inclusive and empowering vision of masculinity. In working together we can inspire positive change and create a more gender equitable and inclusive future.

The Conference

We believe that each one of us plays a pivotal role in shaping young minds and fostering a healthier understanding of masculinity. If you are responsible for boys, teaching, coaching, counselling, supporting their mental health, providing care and working with boys, you will already know about the unique challenges they present in ways to manage their engagement and behaviour. You may also know a few things that work, but understand a lot doesn’t work and we need more approaches that we can apply to improving engagement, social connectedness, respect, and behaviour.

By attending the +M conference, you will learn evidence-informed processes of how to engage the boys and young men you work with, how to build their social fitness, and come to understand the causes of behaviour issues. Whether this be in a classroom, in a counselling setting or in coaching a sporting team, the principles and practices discussed will give you a toolkit to work with.

Key Topics

Promoting positive and healthy masculinities

Creating a space for meaningful conversations

Examining the challenges facing men and boys

Strategies to foster a more inclusive and empowering vision of masculinity

Understanding how to create a more gender equitable inclusive future

Breaking through gender stereotypes

Key speakers

Dr Ray Swann

Professor Matt Englar-Carlson

Dr Judy Chu

Dr Mark Dowley

Dr Adrian Huerta

Dr Joseph Cervantes

Dr Christopher S. Reigeluth

Dr Ray Swann

Professor Matt Englar-Carlson

Dr Judy Chu

Dr Mark Dowley

Dr Adrian Huerta

Dr Joseph Cervantes

Dr Christopher S. Reigeluth

Dr Ray Swann

Professor Matt Englar-Carlson

Dr Judy Chu

Dr Mark Dowley

Dr Adrian Huerta

Dr Joseph Cervantes

Dr Christopher S. Reigeluth

Dr Ray Swann, PhD, Executive Director of Foundation for Positive Masculinity, is an honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne. He leads change in wellbeing programs and evidence-informed practice with experience across government, independent, and single-gender schools.

Dr Matt Englar-Carlson, PhD, is a professor of counselling and the Director of the Center for Boys and Men at California State University, Fullerton. His work focuses on educating and training professionals about male mental health needs as well as how to work more effectively with boys and men.

Dr Judy Chu, EdD is an educator, researcher, and author. Her book, When Boys Become BOYS, and the course she teaches at Stanford University highlight boys’ relational strengths and how boys’ gender socialization can impact their development, relationships, and wellbeing.

Dr Mark Dowley, EdD is co-author of The Classroom Management Handbook and Adjunct Lecturer at Latrobe University. His work aims to drive school improvement, with a specific focus on increasing the engagement and learning of boys in the classroom.

Dr Adrian Huerta, PhD is an assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California. He is is a leading expert on the individual and structural factors that impact college access and success for boys and men of color.

Dr Joseph Cervantes, PhD is a mental health professional informed by both his Chicano/Latino and Native American roots, as well as by years of professional training as a child and family psychologist. An expert in clinical spirituality, his approach centers the role of the spirit and identity in supporting the growth of boys and adolescent males.

Christopher S. Reigeluth, PhD is an Associate Professor at Oregon Health & Science University and a child and adolescent psychologist. He is the author of the The Masculinity Workbook for Teens and is passionate about supporting boys to explore masculinities on their own terms.

Dr Ray Swann, PhD, Executive Director of Foundation for Positive Masculinity, is an honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne. He leads change in wellbeing programs and evidence-informed practice with experience across government, independent, and single-gender schools.

Dr Matt Englar-Carlson, PhD, is a professor of counselling and the Director of the Center for Boys and Men at California State University, Fullerton. His work focuses on educating and training professionals about male mental health needs as well as how to work more effectively with boys and men.

Dr Judy Chu, EdD is an educator, researcher, and author. Her book, When Boys Become BOYS, and the course she teaches at Stanford University highlight boys’ relational strengths and how boys’ gender socialization can impact their development, relationships, and wellbeing.

Dr Mark Dowley, EdD is co-author of The Classroom Management Handbook and Adjunct Lecturer at Latrobe University. His work aims to drive school improvement, with a specific focus on increasing the engagement and learning of boys in the classroom.

Dr Adrian Huerta, PhD is an assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California. He is is a leading expert on the individual and structural factors that impact college access and success for boys and men of color.

Dr Joseph Cervantes, PhD is a mental health professional informed by both his Chicano/Latino and Native American roots, as well as by years of professional training as a child and family psychologist. An expert in clinical spirituality, his approach centers the role of the spirit and identity in supporting the growth of boys and adolescent males.

Christopher S. Reigeluth, PhD is an Associate Professor at Oregon Health & Science University and a child and adolescent psychologist. He is the author of the The Masculinity Workbook for Teens and is passionate about supporting boys to explore masculinities on their own terms.

Dr Ray Swann, PhD, Executive Director of Foundation for Positive Masculinity, is an honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne. He leads change in wellbeing programs and evidence-informed practice with experience across government, independent, and single-gender schools.

Dr Matt Englar-Carlson, PhD, is a professor of counselling and the Director of the Center for Boys and Men at California State University, Fullerton. His work focuses on educating and training professionals about male mental health needs as well as how to work more effectively with boys and men.

Dr Judy Chu, EdD is an educator, researcher, and author. Her book, When Boys Become BOYS, and the course she teaches at Stanford University highlight boys’ relational strengths and how boys’ gender socialization can impact their development, relationships, and wellbeing.

Dr Mark Dowley, EdD is co-author of The Classroom Management Handbook and Adjunct Lecturer at Latrobe University. His work aims to drive school improvement, with a specific focus on increasing the engagement and learning of boys in the classroom.

Dr Adrian Huerta, PhD is an assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California. He is is a leading expert on the individual and structural factors that impact college access and success for boys and men of color.

Dr Joseph Cervantes, PhD is a mental health professional informed by both his Chicano/Latino and Native American roots, as well as by years of professional training as a child and family psychologist. An expert in clinical spirituality, his approach centers the role of the spirit and identity in supporting the growth of boys and adolescent males.

Christopher S. Reigeluth, PhD is an Associate Professor at Oregon Health & Science University and a child and adolescent psychologist. He is the author of the The Masculinity Workbook for Teens and is passionate about supporting boys to explore masculinities on their own terms.

Who will attend?

Professionals, graduate students, K-12 teachers, school counsellors and leaders of boys, SEL coordinators, allied mental health professionals in counselling, psychology, social work, men’s health practitioners, outdoor education leaders, teacher assistants, student leaders, coaches, parents and anyone ready to create a new narrative for raising healthy boys.

Venue

The Positive Masculinity International Conference 2024 will be held at the California State University, Fullerton. 

Date: Friday 8 November 2024
Time: 8.00am-4.00pm PST
Tickets and pricing: $USD150

 

A movement, not a moment

We are excited to invite you to the first Positive Masculinity Conference in California on 8 November 2024. By attending the Positive Masculinity Conference, you'll be a part of a movement to create a better future with better health and life outcomes for boys and young men.

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