The Good Men Project is a multi-prong effort to build and sustain a national discussion about being a good father, son, husband, worker in our society today.
It began with a book. The Good Men Project: Real Stories from the Front Lines of Modern Manhood is a collection of thirty-one essays written from the gut by a broad range of men. Well-known writers, journalists and sports figures, but also a former Sing Sing inmate, a father of five watching his wife die from cancer, a guy just back from Iraq, and a host of ordinary men willing to share their everyday struggles to define themselves as men in the twenty-first century. It’s also a film of the same title, directed and produced by Matt Gannon, bringing to life 10 of the stories that have helped define them as men in today’s world.
The Good Men Project is also a cause: Proceeds from the sale of the book and DVD support The Good Men Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(3)(c) corporation that helps fund organizations that provide educational, social, financial and legal support to men and boys at risk.
And finally, The Good Men Project is building an all-inclusive conversation through online and public events, social networking and other open discussion forums, to give men from all over the opportunity to jump in and writer their own chapter in the unfolding story of what manhood means today.
As Good Men Project Cofounder Tom Matlack says “My hope is that The Good Men Project helps the guy who feels alone and trapped by the old views of manhood no longer feel trapped, and certainly no long feel alone. He may not identify with every situation, but will find places where he sees himself mirrored in the men in those stories and so find his own voice in the conversation.”
About Good Men Media The Foundation that owns all Good Men content has licensed its name to Good Men Media. Good Men Media, with independent ownership, will give a significant portion of its revenues back to the foundation in return. The Good Men Project remains the brand and all it stands for — the book, the DVD, the live events, the discussion. It’s about what it means to be a man. And what it means to be good. And The Good Men Foundation remains the not-for-profit that helps men and boys at risk.
