Every road has its potholes, its twists and turns, and every journey has its feelings of elation and its moments of hopelessness. The road to building Man Enough has been this type of dynamic journey, a movement founded on the belief that by undefining traditional roles and traits of masculinity, men will be able to realize their potential as humans and their capacity for connection.
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As Women’s History Month comes to a close, it’s become very clear we’ve only scratched the surface of not only great women of history but the many great things women are doing now, enough to keep this celebration going for eternity!
With that in mind, we’re highlighting just a few of the strongest, most inspiring women of the past and of today that continue propelling the world forward. Mothers and daughters, grandmothers and sisters, there isn’t a single woman who doesn’t deserve to be recognized for her greatness and contributions to the world, but these specific women have caught our eyes time and time again.
For the entirety of human existence, women have been held back, held down and even shut out. Whether by male insecurity or fear, jealousy and just the sport of sexism, we have either engaged in or stood by to watch the holding down and shutting out of women, but no more.
Women’s History is a spectacular time to celebrate these countless contributions of women, but it’s also an opportunity, a call to men and people of all genders, to end the holding back and to lift women up where they belong — equals alongside us.
Now it’s your turn to lift up the women closest to you. Lift up all women with a capital W. How will you transform whatever you’ve done in the past that may have held women back, even if unintentionally? How will you help us move forward together? How will you do that not just today but next week and every week from now on?
Celebrate women every chance you get. Make it a daily routine. Make it historical. Make it infectious.
Thanks to Wayfarer Studios [content and research by Ava Bryan + Kate Parkin] for the following slides celebrating women of history and organizations to follow now.
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We’re excited to announce that our Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Justin Baldoni, has written a new book called, Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity. A bold and transparent personal story, Man Enough’s key message encourages men to unpack the expectations of traditionally defined masculinity, and dive deeper into who they are at their core, while encouraging all of us to be brave enough to believe that who we are, as we are, is enough.
Partnered with Los Angeles Black-owned independent bookshop, Eso Won Books, the book invites us to move beyond the scripts we’ve learned since childhood and the roles we are expected to play. Justin challenges men to be brave enough to be vulnerable, to be strong enough to be sensitive, to be confident enough to listen. Encouraging men to dig deep within themselves, Justin helps us reimagine what it means to be man enough and in the process what it means to be human.
Justin Baldoni is a devoted husband, father of two, and Bahá’í. He is an actor, director, producer, and the co-founder and co-chair of both Wayfarer Studios and the Wayfarer Foundation. Over the last ten years, Justin has been on a journey to explore masculinity and reimagine what it means to be a man—what it means to be a human—in the world today. He has spoken about his journey with masculinity in his wildly popular TED talk, and his digital series “Man Enough”, as well as on college campuses across America.
See the book cover reveal below!