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"This is the type of spark we need to catalyze a movement. I would love to see this project replicated in every city and town across the world... Shifting norms surrounding masculinity is crucial to ending the cycle of violence."
—Esta Soler, President, Futures Without Violence
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"It's time for men to be able to publicly express their humanity - for everyone's healing. It enriches our society to have something like this happening... and, it's about time."
—MSP audience member
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"I laughed,
cried and rethought my own prejudices...
It was life-altering."—MSP audience member
Men & Boys Taking a Stand for Healthy Masculinities & Gender Justice
The Men’s Story Project is a bold storytelling and dialogue project that brings dialogue on masculinities into public forums – via men’s own stories.
In the MSP, diverse men and masculine-identifying folks publicly share personal stories that explore and challenge masculinity norms – to advance health and justice for all people. The MSP is grounded in a feminist, anti-racist, intersectional framework.
We provide training, curriculum and other resources to help groups create original storytelling productions and media for social change.
BRING THE MSP TO YOU
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The MSP offers film screenings, keynotes, workshops and trainings. Learn more.
CREATE AN MSP PRODUCTION
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The MSP offers training resources for groups interested in creating campus and community MSP productions. Get started here
SUPPORT THE MSP
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Your charitable donations will help the MSP to be a sustainable, growing initiative.
CHECK OUT THE MSP YOUTUBE CHANNEL
The MSP YouTube channel won a 2021 ShareCare Emmy Award, in the Men’s Health category!
The ShareCare Awards recognize excellence in digital health media and are produced in partnership with the National Television Academy of Arts and Sciences, NY Chapter.
What They're Saying
You caught me off guard with how potent that was. I felt deeply moved in tears and laughter quaking through my body, but also impacted and altered enough to propel me into more action in my life… I have no doubt this will be an extremely successful project throughout the globe.”
—Female community member
It was SO awesome. It felt totally real, authentic, gripping, valuable and new… I can imagine it easily replicating, with equally (yet different!) great groups putting it on all over the damn place. Inspired idea, brilliantly executed. Really powerful to witness.”
—Male community member
I really just appreciated the realness of it all and the willingness to change. I’ll now be better able to both confront and comfort my male friends.”
—Non-binary student
To gather with a group of diverse men to publicly explore masculinity and vulnerably share our stories that generally don’t fit into the bandwidth of accepted male expression was nerve-wracking, exhilarating, liberating and hopeful…It was liberating to speak to a common experience that is an unspoken reality for most men.”
—MSP presenter