Healthy Masculinities
The Coalition for Authentic Masculinities Promotion (CAMP) is an initiative within Health Promotion that provides opportunities for students to explore their understanding of masculinity. By providing space for education, reflection, community, and leadership CAMP aims to support students in critically examining issues of masculinity, gender roles, and how it has shaped systems and structures in our community.
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Reflection & Education
- The DU Masculinities Project
- The DU Masculinities Project, presented by The Coalition for Authentic Masculinities Promotion (CAMP), is a six- week workshop series that allows participants to examine topics of mental health, healthy relationships, emotional awareness, and equity through the lens of healthy masculinities.. Upon completing the workshop series, students will leave with a plan for how to promote healthy masculinities within their club, organization, team, or other communities that they are a part of.
- Faculty & Staff: Nominate a student to be a part of an upcoming cohort!
- Workshops & Trainings
- Faculty and staff department is interested in providing a training to an upcoming class or team meeting can request a workshop through the HCC Outreach Request Form or email Justin Stoeckle.
- If your club or organization needs to meet the RSO Harm Reduction Requirement, you can request a workshop through Crimson Connect.
- Workshops from CAMP can cover topics such as:
- Deconstructing Messages of Masculinity
- Emotional Awareness
- Healthy Relationships
- If there isn't a topic that meets the needs of your group, a custom training can be created!
- The DU Masculinities Project
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Community
CAMP also offers opportunities for students to come together in community to discuss current issues that are impacting them. These opportunities come in the form of dialogue spaces, social events, outdoor opportunities, and more.
Any faculty, staff, or student who is interested in participating in events centered around promoting healthy masculinity can fill out this form.
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Educational Resources
There are a number of books, articles, and videos that highlight the need the importance of promoting healthy masculinities to increase the wellbeing of men/masculine identifying people. Below are some of the materials that help inform the work that CAMP does:
- Ted Talks
- Why I'm Done Trying to be "Man Enough" by Justin Baldoni
- Stop Calling it 'Toxic Masculinity' by Reece MacKinney
- A Call to Men by Tony Porter
- Books
- Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity by Justin Baldoni
- The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks
- Articles
- Why a Focus on Men & Masculinity? from The Men's Story Project
- Ted Talks