In support of young men

I just thought I'd share an experience I recently had with 7 young men.

Not long ago myself and another worker were asked to work with some young men that had been identified by a rural school as being able to benifit from some work around racism, mysogeny, homophobia ( as they were considered perpetrators of these isms, eny's and ias). As it turns out these young men were awesome. They understood the issues of oppression that were all around them. They understood that school is a difficult place to survive in. They WANTED to be given space to explore these issues. They wanted to be able to speak out about SO MANY THINGS.

As it turns out these young men reinforced the belief that it is up to US as workers to find a way to reach the young people we work with. If we can do work together, be creative and be flexible - so much is possible. Thanks so much to the highschool for providing the flexibility and opportunity for this to occur.

Here is a picture that these young men put together. Can you figure it out?