Request Feedback on an OS Theme for a Conference on Fatherhood

[Richard Schultz]

Hi all!
            On Father’s day of this year, the Men’s Conference
Association of Calgary(MCAC) put on a 2 day public conference with the
theme, “Fatherhood: Past, Present and Future”. The conference, which was
held in a traditional format with scheduled speakers and sessions, was a
wonderful success. We noticed at the conference that everyone really
wanted to open up and have their voice heard on a number of fatherhood
and men’s issues. Because of this, I have convinced the planning
committee that for next year, the conference could be done in whole, or
in part with Open Space. If you don’t mind, I would like to test here
the preliminary OS theme for next year. 
We are also testing this theme on the attendees of the last conference.
We are considering something like
.
 
    “Men in Transformation: Creating the next generation of Fathers”  

issues and opportunities
     
     Someone also coined the term “Men-amorphosis”
 
We want to attract a large audience of up to 500 men, women and children
to start new conversations, awareness and healing around fathers and
parenting, recognizing that healthy fathers and fathering will have a
huge impact on sons and daughters, families and society in general.
 
The mandate of the MCAC is:
“Creating a world of respect, acceptance and fairness for all through
love, joy and personal integrity. We are a not-for-profit organization.
Our commitment is to expressing the value of men and their roles in
families and relationships. We are dedicated to the development of men.
Our aim is for gender understanding and mutual love and respect. We seek
stable, loving environments for all children with full involvement of
both mothers and fathers. This is a non-partisan, all inclusive group
without religious or political affiliations”
 
 
Any thoughts?
 
Richard Schultz
WisdomWays
277, 4037 – 42nd Street N.W.
Calgary, Alberta T3A 2M9
(403) 247-8042
jr.schultz at home.com 
 
 
     
 
 
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