Articles for The Mankind Project of Houston

From the Editor by Mike “Lionman” Leone Each year at this time, I look back, in response to the community’s annual presentation of the Ron Hering Award. This event always evokes memories for me. One reason is that I was the grateful recipient of the award in 2003. I didn’t print anything about it in the DRUM because, as editor, I saw it as tooting my own horn. Another example of misplaced modesty, I suppose, and even now I don’t know what else I would have said about it. So I’ll let it ...

Going In Mission and Service by Prentiss “Golden Fat Cat” Jones Each year, one man in each of the 38 centers worldwide that comprise the ManKind Project International (MKPI) is eligible to receive recognition for living a life of mission and service, primarily outside of the context of our circles of men. Each community may select such an individual and submit his name to MKPI for review and blessing, with the end result being the bestowment of the Ron Hering Award, named after one of ...

MOTHER NIGHT by James Kinchloe the day is done my blanket holds me as this old house it creaks and sighs the magician comes a nightly visit to carry me with him to places high mother bat you ride the currents of earth moon sky and whispering sea to return to your young ones again at daybreak a mystery to many but not to me so my brothers let us build a campfire here on this friendly hallowed ground with wood that our grandfathers planted with wood that our ...

This is a story about making a choice – the choice between getting and giving.

Mayor’s Volunteer Award, 2008 Nominating George Sayre, D.D.S. by Mariano W. Guas How does a patient’s appointment turn into ten years of volunteering for the dentist? For Dr. George Sayre it all happened ten years ago when Dr. David Buck sat down in his dental chair. Dr. Buck’s numbed and mumbled question of how could the new organization Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston (HHH) enlist the support of Houston dentists for a budding dental clinic elicited Dr. Sayre’s own enthusiastic ...

Olympic Gold and Not So Gold by Anonymous I never would have imagined that as these Beijing Olympics come to a close that I would be processing the impact of the event in my I-Group and my therapy session. But alas, like anywhere else in the world, my shadows, both dark and golden, were mirrored back to me. The most profound and obvious is how the human body and spirit can be stretched to their highest potential. How with conscious intention and commitment to vision, magnificence in ...

[Editor’s Note: Clayton wrote and read this poem for a graduation he recently completed. His dad, Rick Goldberg, submitted the poem to the DRUM.]