Boys+Forum

**__Objective __**: //To teach young men what it means/ takes to be a man in today’s society. What separates the “Boys” from the ‘Men”// The day will be broken up with activities, video presentations, ice breakers, speakers and a briefing at the end. Topics will include: To help students understand that your friends will shape your future. Surrounding yourself with the right people is a decision they need to begin to make now. Students will also need to understand that you can’t make it alone on their journey. To help students create a personal drive to achieve their dreams in life. To help them understand that through being resilient to adversity, they can accomplish great things. The aim is to inspire the students to seek an appropriate job that lines up with their dreams. What is it you want to do for the rest of your life? To redirect the view of “manhood” from the belief that you must use your fists to resolve conflict to a more positive and successful methods of conflict resolution I will ask three of my contacts to come in as guests and share bit of their story about their work/ job and how they got there. The three will have something relating to the topics Resilience, Work/ Dreams and Respect. This will also be an open forum question. Please see below: //__Resilience __////: Benny Eggs is an indigenous male who went through some things growing up in his life. He saw firsthand the effects of his own family being affected by heavy drug use and alcoholism. His story of resilience came at a young age where he decided he was not going to let his dictate his future. // //__Work/ Dreams job __////: I will try and get a sports person to come in and talk about how they got to where they are today. Talk about all the hard work it takes to reach your dream jobs. // //__Respect __////: Deon is security guard who has done a lot of jobs working for celebrities/ clubs/ private security. He is over 6 feet tall and his message is about having respect for yourself before you can respect others. People respect him not because of his size but because of the respect he has for himself and for others. He also has stories/ scenarios where he has had to be a bigger man and show respect. //
 * __Boys Forum __**
 * __Mateship/ working in a team __**
 * __<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Resilience __**
 * __<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Work __**
 * __<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">What makes you a man/ respect/ women __**
 * __<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Panel session: __**
 * __<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Period 6 __**<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;"> will be a time where they can reflect and do debrief on anything they’ve learnt throughout the day.