With 43% of urban teens living away from their fathers, 42% of fathers failing to see their children after divorce, and an estimated 24.7 million children being raised without their biological fathers, there is an epidemic of sizable proportion that suggests we need a more significant effort to reach boys during their most formidable years.*
Founded in 2008, Journeymen is a nonsectarian, non-partisan, non-profit organization created by men for the specific purpose of mentoring boys 12-17 years of age through their passage into manhood. Our program is modeled after the work of Boys to Men, an international non-profit that, through its mentoring program and rites of passage adventure weekends, has powerfully impacted the lives of more than 3,000 boys and men throughout the world.
Journeymen is staffed by dozens of committed men who have undertaken their own journeys of personal development. Our team of mentors and facilitators create a safe and stimulating environment, that supports and challenges boys in their epic transition to adulthood.
* Sources: Youthviews, Gallup Youth Survey 4 (June, 1997), Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. and Christine Winguist Nord, “Parenting Apart,” Journal of Marriage and the Family, and National Fatherhood Initiative, Father Facts, (3rd Edition): 5