“The presentation was affirming… I feel more confident about standing up for my ideas now than I did before.”
-Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison

“I find the film and the MSP very compelling. I was vaguely aware of these issues before, but this presentation has allowed me to see the cut and dry reality, and to be more critical of my own actions as well as the actions of other men.”
-Chris Fernandez, President, Intrafraternity Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison

“Love that your presentations and MSP is deeply rooted in research and empirical evidence as well as emotional response! Can’t wait to participate this year, but REALLY can’t wait for the years of MSP at UO in the years to come.”
-Keith Frazee, Assistant Director of Orientation Programs, University of Oregon

“Dr. Lehrer is a very effective speaker and a skilled workshop facilitator. The day-long workshop I co-led with Dr. Lehrer using the Men’s Story Project film, here at JFK University, was very successful in stimulating a moving and educational discussion on the social construction of masculinity and pain and violence associated with it…”
–Gary Hoeber, Assoc. Professor of Counseling Psychology, John F. Kennedy University

“I appreciated the honesty among the men. The safe environment was very effective for the compassion and love shared and felt.”
–Workshop participant, JFK University

“I loved ALL OF IT! The film clips were AMAZING and fostered a really deep, rich dialogue. My heart is full and open!”
–Workshop participant, JFK University

“This was the first time I have really shared my experience of my own masculinity in a public way. I was able to explore the pain I have around my masculinity, discover my own healing process, and then share this process with my community. Being able to share in such a brutally honest and vulnerable way was an effective approach to presenting my experience with the community.”
-MSP presenter

“It was liberating to speak to a common experience that is an unspoken reality for most men.”
-MSP presenter

“Producing the Men’s Story Project at Saint Louis University has been an amazing experience. For some of the story-tellers involved, it was literally a life-changing experience. While it was a lot of work to pull it off, hearing the story-tellers share with me after the production all the ways it gave them more confidence or more self-love or more empathy for the struggles of queer and trans men really made it worth it. And significantly, at no point was I trying to figure it all out on my own. Dr. Josie Lehrer was there at every step making sure that I felt supported and knew what I was doing. Her guidebook is sufficient to execute an excellent version of the Men’s Story Project, but her personal attention to the details made a huge difference. […] If you are thinking about producing a Men’s Story Project, I would say go for it. It will be hard work, but you will get to know you are on the leading edge of changing oppressive gender norms and supporting men in contributing to the elimination of sexism – what more could you want?”
–James Meinert, St. Louis University MSP Director and doctoral student in Gender Studies, May 2018

“Jocelyn helped me curate the Men's Story Project at the University of Minnesota this year. We worked together, me as the President of It's On Us UMN Chapter on campus and her as the founder of the Men's Story Project. I cannot say enough how impressed I am with her leadership and organizational skills. She gave me all the tools necessary to implement the program at my school and was a constant source of support and knowledge during the process. […] The Men's Story Project was a huge success on campus and received amazing feedback from students and community members that came to see the presentation. Audience members both witnessed the stories being shared and also participated in a group dialogue that followed, and many left feedback saying that they were excited about projects like this and wished that there were more opportunities such as these to discuss masculinity and how it affects them. I think that the Men's Story Project is a unique and amazing project that needs to be shared with more universities and communities across the world to approach gender norms and how they are at the core of many social problems that we address daily.”
–Maeve Sheridan, college Senior and President of It's On Us - University of Minnesota chapter, May 2018