From Voice Male Weekly: 90%+ of financial sextortion victims are #boys 13-17. The most likely deepfake nude victim is young teen boys. Sports betting ($150B) targets boys & young men. We built 3 workshops to meet boys where these issues are happening. Now booking Fall 2026 buff.ly/FMArCnb #Edusky

From Voice Male Weekly: V's Pick Listen: Jeffrey Epstein & the Ordinary Misogyny of “Extraordinary” Men by Diabolical Lies. → buff.ly/3xx6H4L Want to see more like this? Subscribe to Voice Male Weekly 👉🏻 buff.ly/faGhCyY #Misogyny #Podsky

From Voice Male Weekly: "Empathy For Those Drawn to the Manosphere" - buff.ly/jA53Y14 A friend disclosed sexual harassment in a place he normally feels safe. Boys in residential care for sexual abuse idolize Andrew Tate. What life circumstances lead boys toward #manosphere spaces? Let me explain.

From Voice Male Weekly: I'm baaaccck... for a newsletter takeover! I'm Veronika, NGM's former Community Manager for 5 yrs. Now working on my master's thesis on preventing #ViolentExtremism. Is violent extremism a gendered issue? You bet it is. #PositiveMasculinity More 💬👇🏻 Photo by Stewart Munro

NGM In The Wild NGM Workplaces Principal Trevor Mayoh moderated a panel on men's role in ending #GenderBasedViolence. 3 takeaways: 🧡 Drive change before permission is granted 🧡 Peer accountability is underused 🧡 Men aren't guests in this work, they're stakeholders. Subscribe 👉🏻 buff.ly/faGhCyY

From Voice Male Weekly: "I'm Becoming More Like Them" buff.ly/mP4zydv Logan moved to Florida. He left behind friends on his street, breakfast before school, & trust. The new private school is built for achievement. One of the most significant changes? The depth of his relationships with peers.

The Care Issue is coming. For 40+ yrs, Voice Male has told stories of the #profeminist men's movement. Invest in a movement where men feel less pain & cause less harm. Membership makes this magazine happen. Starting @ $5/month: every issue, 70+ archives & Member Hub access. buff.ly/padsC4A

From Voice Male Weekly: Male friendship has a dropout problem. #Boys close at ten are often strangers at twenty – not because something went wrong, but because no one taught them how to hold onto connection when life pulls in different directions. #RaisingBoys More 💬👇🏻 Photo by AMONWAT DUMKRUT

NGM In The Wild NGM ED Jake Stika was in Sacramento at the invitation of Jennifer Siebel Newsom, First Partner of California, connecting with leaders across sectors on how we can get ahead of the #MentalHealth crisis facing boys & young men today. Subscribe for more 👉🏻https://buff.ly/ZC7LjU5

From Voice Male Weekly: The False Dichotomy of 'You're Either #Sexist or #Feminist' 👉🏻 buff.ly/1XykvRO "When folks see sexism, they're faced with a choice: maintain the status quo, or change their beliefs & behaviours & challenge systems. It's black & white in many ways, but in others, quite grey."

Boys & young men are already online. The question is whether we show up with them. Our workshop Building Safe Online Communities for Youth, shares how we create spaces where boys open up, connect & grow. Register buff.ly/afV4Uia Apr 16 10-11:30am PT/1-2:30pm ET #DigitalSafety #RaisingBoys #EduSky

From Voice Male Weekly: What Do We Actually Know About Esports and Mental Health 👉🏻 buff.ly/sf77Zsw Depending on who you ask, #esports is either a powerful space for connection & skill development or a risky environment linked to stress & burnout. The data shows two things can be true at once.

From Voice Male Weekly: This week in our Influence of Influencers workshop, a student pushed back: the voices he follows online talk about fitness, routine, mental health. It's not ALL bad. He cited studies showing exercise improves mental health outcomes. He wasn't wrong. #EduSky More 💬👇🏻

From Voice Male Weekly: NGM In The Wild Jonathon Reed on CBC Ottawa Morning about what it looks like when boys feel seen & listened to - meeting boys where they are & building digital spaces where they belong. #RaisingBoys 🎧👉🏻 buff.ly/Rd2qGMa Want more like this? Subscribe 👉🏻https://buff.ly/BOwE1mG

From Voice Male Weekly: #Masculinity – a crisis of belonging? "Many men are carrying grief they've never been given permission to name—grief for lost security, dignity, futures & recognition. This grief is political & exploited." 📖👉🏻 buff.ly/F0mTqIu Subscribe to Voice Male Weekly 👉🏻 buff.ly/BOwE1mG

From Voice Male Weekly: Canadian men experiencing ‘ongoing crisis in society’ when it comes to health, professor says → buff.ly/67gRTW6 "Canadian men often die earlier, have low life expectancy, are more likely to get heart disease, cancers & obesity than anyone else in the country." #MensHealth

Who carries the weight of care — & what does it have to do with violence prevention? March 25, 10am PT/1pm ET: Jake Stika joins a panel on how centering care as prevention can reshape relationships, institutions & communities. #GBVPrevention Register FREE 👉🏻 buff.ly/TTa86V2

From Voice Male Weekly: Adolescence & Louis Theroux's #Manosphere documentary have dominated feeds. The pile-ons & hot takes move at the same speed & fury that makes the manosphere work - belonging through outrage, dopamine hits of confirmation. #PositiveMasculinity More 💬👇🏻

NGM In The Wild In Ottawa, Canada took a meaningful step toward men's health – our Principal Consultant Trevor Mayoh was there. The federal launch of #HealthyMen signals what we've been saying for years: the conversation about boys & men's wellbeing belongs at the national table. buff.ly/LI1B21h

From Voice Male Weekly: This summer, NGM is taking #youth into Canada's wilderness. 48 km backpacking in Jasper (Jul 25–31, Gr 9–12) & 2 canoe trips through French River, ON (Aug 9–14). These aren't camping trips. They build confidence, resilience & real connection. 🏕️ Interested? buff.ly/dgMWsqm

From Voice Male Weekly: This summer, be the male role model someone will remember for life. If you've wanted to be the kind of role model a young person actually remembers, this is that opportunity. It's about showing up, being present & modeling something different. Register 👉🏻 buff.ly/z5u3nRZ

From Voice Male Weekly: The best things in life happen around a fire or at the top of a hill you didn't think you could climb. There's something that can't be downloaded, streamed, or scrolled. #RaisingBoys #YouthDevelopment More 💬👇🏻

Voice Male Weekly Tool of the Week Toolkits for supporting #youth through #grief → buff.ly/inpYJOi 72% of children have trouble concentrating at school after a loved one has died. Want to see more tools like this? Subscribe to Voice Male Weekly 👉🏻 buff.ly/pF5jDhM

From Voice Male Weekly: What We're Getting Wrong about the Tumbler Ridge Shootings 👉🏻 thewalrus.ca/tumbler-ridg... "Violence is born from different factors—genetic, socialization, environment. A lot of times, kids live in families that value violence & that influences how they see the world."

From Voice Male Weekly: Not your dad's old Playboy: How #AI is blurring sex, intimacy & emotional connection movember.substack.com/p/not-your-d... "AI is changing the digitisation of #porn, intimacy & sexual fantasy—specifically how sexual content is created & consumed by young men." #RaisingBoys

From Voice Male Weekly: Creating Community Online is our first independent evaluation of NGM Alliance, our Discord server for boys in Gr 7-12. For five years, we built something we believed in. Now we have evidence it works. #DigitalWellbeing #YouthVoice #DigitalSafety #RaisingBoys #EduSky More 💬👇🏻

From Voice Male Weekly: NGM In The Wild Our Director of Programs @jonathonreed.bsky.social delivers a session on "The Pyramid of Gender-Based Violence" - showing #educators how to help boys see the continuum of harm & give them concrete strategies to challenge it in their daily lives. #EduSky #GBV

Voice Male Weekly: Tool of the Week Chayn's Online Safety Guide: How to prevent and deal with digital abuse → www.chayn.co/guides/diy-o... #RaisingBoys #DigitalSafety #EduSky

From Voice Male Weekly: What Boys Could Be (Not Just What They Shouldn't) www.nextgenmen.ca/blog/what-bo... "If you were a kid, this would give you anxiety. All that people around me care about is how good I am at stuff. And often they think I'm bad at stuff." Boys are experiencing the same thing.

From Voice Male Weekly: Gambling: The New Teen Epidemic 👉🏻 www.educationdaly.us/p/gambling-i... "Industry lobbyists & elected officials say not to worry: it's regulated, voluntary & harms are manageable. I disagree. Ubiquitous #gambling has been a disaster for #kids. And it's rapidly getting worse."

From Voice Male Weekly: This week, we're thinking about training data. Not the kind that teaches AI - the kind that teaches boys who they are & who they're to become. Right now, boys are absorbing two dominant messages: fear of them & fear for them. #RaisingBoys #PositiveMasculinity More 💬👇🏻

From Voice Male Weekly: NGM In The Wild Trevor, Principal for NGM Workplaces, delivered a session on #PsychologicalSafety workplace cultures that had people taking pages of notes. These sessions work because everyone has a stake in healthier workplace culture. #WorkplaceCulture 📩 buff.ly/gkPdBCw

From Voice Male Weekly: buff.ly/iI6p2ZK How Parents Can Better Prepare Their High School Boys For College "The gap between boys' developmental timelines & college admissions has real consequences in a landscape rewarding sustained attention, executive function & emotional fluency."

From Voice Male Weekly: Masculinity is at Work buff.ly/oi5edFx Men may be fighting for their mental health while fighting what they think it means to 'be a man.' 3 in 10 employed men report always or frequently feeling stressed because of work. It's high time we do better. #MensMentalHealth

From Voice Male Weekly: The Testosterone Boom Is Here to Stay. What Does It Mean for Masculinity? buff.ly/vrNNOA6 "More men have access to treatments that help them feel stronger. But experts question the culture around TRT—how it's moving beyond medicine into lifestyle marketing."

From Voice Male Weekly: We got feedback from a recent workplace session: "It's nice to hear men's mental health & the things we go through daily being acknowledged. Looking forward to more of this." Looking forward to more. #PositiveMasculinity #WorkplaceCultureMore More 💬👇🏻

From Voice Male Weekly: Living Within a Lie: Performing Masculinity Is Exhausting buff.ly/jPxtI6V A 13-year-old messaged our staff at 1 a.m. on his birthday: "I spent the first 45 minutes crying. I don't want to be seen like this." The next morning? "I'm fine." That's keeping the sign in the window

From @jonathonreed.bsky.social our Director of Programs: I spent last month thinking about Levi, a 13-yr-old who died by suicide after financial sextortion & conversations I wish I could have had so he'd know he's not alone. That's why I developed 3 new workshops. #RaisingBoys #DigitalSafety More 💬👇🏻

The Sanare Centre is doing the work behind the work. Men in GBV prevention & gender equity need space for processing & support. Brave Practice is a free, confidential support group for these practitioners. Free online, 10 weekly sessions, Tuesdays 6:30-8pm (Feb 17-Apr 28) Register 👉🏻 buff.ly/myXKQZK

From Voice Male Weekly: Boys' literature reflects the rise of aggressive masculinity 📚 buff.ly/wBe16Us Talking to boys about what they're reading can uncover messages they receive about masculinity & provide opportunities to guide them towards healthier ways to be male.

From Voice Male Weekly: Recently & for all of history we've watched political leaders perform different versions of masculinity. One was a bully. One preached collaboration. One threatened. One valued relationships. Patriarchy isn't just personal. It's political. #PositiveMasculinity More 💬👇🏻

From Voice Male Weekly: Let's Actually Talk 📚👉🏻 buff.ly/mZzeJN5 "Isn't it good to raise awareness?" Yes, & awareness is most valuable when it has action. I don't know who these articles are trying to convince anymore. Everyone's wringing their hands—"what will we do with these boys?!"

From Voice Male Weekly: What the 'Dude' Who Shot Renee Good Couldn't Hear buff.ly/gNewWUW Kitted up to playact in a war against unarmed everybodies. Frailty wrapped in fatigues. Agents ask residents: "Have y'all not learned?" "Learned what? What's our lesson here?" Subscribe 👉🏻 buff.ly/cGbfOVd

From Voice Male Weekly: A conversation sparked in the Voice Male Member Hub this week that cut to the heart of our work. It started with a book discussion but quickly evolved: what does safety actually mean when we talk about transforming masculinity? #PositiveMasculinity #EmotionalSafety More 💬👇🏻

From Voice Male Weekly: NGM In The Wild We made it onto Global News! Featured in a segment on breaking the cycle of toxic masculinity alongside role models challenging stereotypical gender roles & creating new pathways for men & boys. 📽👉🏻 buff.ly/35RDuEU #PositiveMasculinity #GenderEquity

Why We Need To Teach Boys About Positive Masculinity 📚👉🏻 buff.ly/dXcjdcO Many boys feel unsafe at school. They're afraid they won't live up to the rules of manhood—they won't be cool enough, popular enough, or tough enough. #PositiveMasculinity #Edusky Subscribe to VM Weekly buff.ly/cGbfOVd

From Voice Male Weekly: 'The Algorithm Loves a 'Wounded' Man' Men fluent in self-improvement vocab but can't describe loneliness. Who've consumed thousands of hours about becoming better & have no idea who they are beneath the optimization. buff.ly/JGBDSqT Subscribe to VM Weekly 👉🏻 buff.ly/cGbfOVd

From Voice Male Weekly: Recently we've had conversations about navigating pushback on supporting boys & men. For centuries, women & girls have been marginalized, denied opportunities & subjected to violence. Girls still face barriers. Women's competence is still questioned. #GenderEquity More 💬👇🏻

From Voice Male Weekly: NGM In The Wild As misogynist extremism fuels violence against women & gender diverse communities, experts are looking toward prevention. Recently, Cynthia Miller-Idriss explored strategies for addressing gendered hate & building healthier communities. #GenderEquity More 💬👇🏻

From Voice Male Weekly: Breaking the Boy Code: The Strengths of Black & South Asian Boys As season four wraps, Betsa, Siddig, Aksayan & Yoel examine what they've learned about themselves & each other. 🎧👉🏻https://buff.ly/jhbRfdu #PodSky #RaisingBoys