MASCULINITY ACTION PROJECT

Gender Justice Fund’s partnership with the Masculinity Action Project (MAP) at Lutheran Settlement House began in 2020 with the Socha Program. Socha is a 6-month training program focused on processing and healing from a culture of harmful masculine socialization, as well as taking action to reduce gender-based violence. As part of their commitment to taking action, each participant made a personal contribution and raised funds from their networks to support GJF grantees that had been impacted by COVID-19. They raised almost $30,000 for this effort.

In May of 2022, GJF and MAP are co-sponsoring Masc Ally Month, an initiative designed to engage men as advocates against gender-based oppression. Click here to learn more about Masc Ally Month.

Photo courtesy of Masculinity Action ProjectParticipants in the 2020 Socha Project

Photo courtesy of Masculinity Action Project

Participants in the 2020 Socha Project