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ABOUT THE MEN'S HEALING NETWORK
Breath by breath. Story by story. Circle by circle.
MHN is building a connected ecosystem of circles, practices, stories, practitioners, and community partners so men have more ways to find support, take responsibility, and heal in relationship.
Why MHN exists
Too many men learn to face hardship through silence, isolation, control, overwork, substance use, aggression, or the belief that needing another person is failure. These strategies may protect us for a time. They can also narrow our lives and affect the people we love.
MHN does not begin from the idea that men are broken. We begin from the understanding that people learn how to survive within families, cultures, relationships, and systems - and that we can practice other ways of being together.
Our approach
Connection: Healing is supported by relationships in which men can be seen, challenged, and accompanied.
Accountability: Care does not mean avoiding impact. We practice telling the truth, receiving feedback, making repair, and choosing what we will do next.
Culture: There is no single universal path for men. We honor cultural, spiritual, community, and ancestral ways of knowing while asking who holds authority and whether a practice is being used with integrity.
Dignity: Every person is more than his worst action, deepest wound, diagnosis, role, or performance. Dignity and accountability belong together.
Practice: Insight matters. Repetition changes what becomes available to us under pressure. We return to breath, story, body, relationship, and action.
Our origin
MHN grew from a CHOICE Health Equity pilot serving Central Western Washington counties and Tribal regions. Community think tanks, public events, circles, facilitator development, provider mapping, and the podcast revealed both the depth of the need and the abundance of people already doing this work.
The pilot ended in August 2026. The network continues by strengthening regional relationships, maintaining the Resource Finder, supporting facilitators, offering circles and learning experiences, and sharing stories that make men's healing more visible and possible.
Founder and project lead
Vincent Perez, MPA
Vincent is an educator, facilitator, learning architect, and founder of Rethink Manhood and the Men's Healing Network. For more than twenty-five years, he has worked with boys, men, families, educators, organizations, and communities through experiential education, culturally rooted practice, circle, leadership development, and organizational learning.
He has facilitated men's work in schools, youth justice settings, conferences, community programs, and adult circles, including more than a decade with Grupo Ollin at Green Hill School. Vincent hosts the Men's Healing Network Podcast and is completing advanced training in embodied and transpersonal facilitation.
A network
MHN is shaped by facilitators, practitioners, elders, participants, partners, and communities across the region.
Related initiatives
The Grieving Man - a related resource for men navigating grief. Link externally with a one-sentence description and clear ownership.
Cascadia Men's Alliance - a practitioner-led regional alliance for ethical practice, connection, training, mentorship, referrals, and shared learning. Present as a related initiative, not an MHN program unless governance establishes that relationship.
VincentPerez.co - Vincent's separate home for private leadership coaching, organizational workshops, and Dignity Compass consulting.
SUPPORT THE NETWORK
Help more men find a place to begin
Your support helps MHN maintain the Resource Finder, offer accessible circles and workshops, train facilitators, record the podcast, and build relationships across communities.
Ways to contribute
Sponsor a place in facilitator training.
Underwrite free or sliding-scale circle participation.
Support Resource Finder data stewardship and outreach.
Provide a meeting, recording, training, or event space.
Offer food, travel, accessibility, translation, production, or technology support.
Introduce MHN to a partner, funder, provider, or community leader.
HISTORY
The Circle:
Alex Craighead
Duncan Endava
Evan Wagoner
Jesse Doran,
Joshua Culley
Randy X. Nuñez
Richmond Johnson
Victor Andino
Vincent Perez
Think Tank #1 • November 8, 2025
On Saturday, November 8th, men from across Washington State gathered in Vincent’s home for what became the first Think Tank of the Men’s Healing Network (MHN). What began as a simple convening quickly deepened into a powerful council space held with intention, honesty, and vulnerability. As representatives from diverse communities and organizations shared their experiences, a clear truth emerged: men are hurting, and they are hungry for places to reconnect with themselves, their purpose, and their humanity. The day affirmed the widespread need for men's healing work and revealed that Washington already holds a rich landscape of facilitators, elders, practitioners, and youth workers ready to support it.
As stories of mentorship, circles, and community challenges were shared, the vision for MHN sharpened: a statewide system that strengthens culturally grounded healing practices and ensures no man has to navigate alone. The energy in the room was filled with possibility and purpose, discussions of collaboration, training pathways, shared curriculum, and regional networks. Partnerships, including with the Journeymen team and grief rituals, began to take root. The Think Tank not only clarified the need; it ignited a brotherhood committed to building a future where men heal and communities thrive. It was the first spark of a statewide movement.
