Start your week off in a safe, respectful, and empathic space for sharing and finding support for the situations that you’re facing in your life as a man.
On The Wake Up Call, we’ll check-in, put things in perspective, and get insights into our challenges. Leave energized and ready to show up as the person you want to be in your life at home and in the world!
Each week, we’ll introduce a topic and explore how it shows up in our identity as men. Morris and Jesse will lead with questions and stories from their own lives and facilitate discussion.
UPCOMING WAKE UP CALL TOPICS:
- February 2: The Places Where We’re Stuck
- February 9: Being Vulnerable & Emotions of Masculinity
- February 16: Romantic Relationships
- February 23: Anger
- March 2: Fatherhood
- March 9: Obstacles We’ve Overcome & Losses We’ve Suffered
- March 16: Asking for Help
- March 23: Gratitude & Proud Moments
You are welcome to drop-in on a single Wake Up Call meeting, or join us every week.
WHEN:
The Wake Up Call takes place on Tuesdays each week from February 2nd to March 23rd, 9 to 10 AM U.S. Eastern Time. Click here to see the meeting time in your timezone.
COST:
- Drop-in on a single Wake Up Call meeting: $15 USD / 14 EURO / 24 AUD
- Complete series (all 8 meetings): $96 USD / 87 EURO / 143 AUD
YOUR WAKE UP CALL FACILITATORS:
MORRIS H. ERVIN, JR. is an educator, motivational speaker, and wellness coach committed to helping youth, families, schools, communities, and institutions “turn fear into strength, and pain into passion.” He was a public school teacher for ten years in Los Angeles, California, and Cleveland, Ohio, specializing in social-emotional learning and Nonviolent Communication curriculum development. Morris is the founder of Mansa Consulting, and a mindfulness instructor at Omega in Rhinebeck, NY and University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and actively teaches mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, and restorative justice in schools and after-school programs to disenfranchised youth. Morris believes that the ultimate measure of a man is seen through the eyes of his family. He has a beautiful wife, two teenage children, and two dogs. His ultimate, inspiration, motivation, and drive are fueled by his family’s love and unconditional support.
JESSE WIENS CHU is the founder of ZENVC, an approach to the practice of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) that integrates meditation, mindfulness, and inner work. He has a passion for bringing Eastern and Western wisdom to bear on the problems of today, supporting individuals, couples, and communities to come back into wholeness. In this, he draws from his own Chinese-American heritage, seven years of living and practicing in Zen (禅) Buddhist monasteries (2000 to 2007), training with NVC founder, Dr. Marshall Rosenberg (2003 to 2007), and Center for Understanding in Conflict co-founder, Gary Friedman. Jesse has been a Center for Nonviolent Communication Certified Trainer since 2009 and a former volunteer with BayNVC’s Restorative Justice program at San Quentin State Prison. Together with his spouse, CNVC Certified Trainer Catherine Cadden, he co-authored The Ongo Book: Everyday Nonviolence, a guidebook for daily practice of mindfulness and Nonviolent Communication that has sold thousands of copies worldwide. Jesse is also a contributing author to A Thousand Hands: A Guidebook to Caring for Your Buddhist Community.