unMASKing with Male Educators: Creating Emotionally Safe Classrooms & Schools for Male Students

“We need safe spaces in which guys can drop into that boyhood, that kicking the ball, or throwing the ball, or goofing around and roughhousing with each other or telling jokes, whatever it is… Because being in those moments and acting that way, I believe, takes us back to a boyhood element of ourselves, which at some point was beaten out of us… ‘That’s immature. What you’re doing, you can’t be doing. Stop!’ What that does though is it cuts us off from the bridge that takes us to those other places of vulnerability where we really do need to share from. The boyhood energy is the bridge to get to the vulnerability for us.” - Noam Raucher

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Noam Raucher. As a spiritual coach, men’s coach, rabbi, classroom teacher, and father of two, Noam navigates many roles at home and in the community. Because of this, Noam is deeply reflective about masculinity, as it relates to his inner-critic and the spiritual stories connected to the critic inside all of us. We hope you enjoy this engaging conversation!

(1:25) Ashanti's introduction.

(6:50) Noam introduces himself, his work in the classroom and in coaching, and his identity and Jewish faith. He and Ashanti discuss the significance of finding meaning in life, and the role education plays.

(15:20) Noam shares the front of his mask - strong, smart, compassionate.

(17:20) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - serious, intense, funny - and he and Noam discuss how they are learning to celebrate themselves and wrestle with their inner critic more often.

(29:35) Noam shares the back of his mask - depression, questionable self-worth, “stupid?”, failure.

(31:10) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - fear of failure, self-doubt, worry/letting go.

(37:20) Noam and Ashanti discuss and dissect all of the markers of traditional masculinity that are reinforced by what our culture defines as "attractive".

(48:50) Then, Noam and Ashanti consider what it really means to be on a team, and what it would take for men to be more open to asking for help.

(52:20) Noam shares some last words for the listeners and how you can reach out to him.

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Website: RabbiRaucher.com

Facebook: facebook.com/noam.raucher

Instagram: instagram.com/noamraucher

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/noam-raucher-20933b164

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“In the very early stages of the work, we name our ‘Hitman’, our violent side, our abusive side - words that describe how we become when we become abusive. And mine is ‘The Justified, Vengeful, Equalizer.’ He’s mean; he gets revenge - if you mess with me, I’m going to mess with you, I’m going to hurt you. And I get biblical… That hitman side of me has gotten me into a lot of trouble.” - Devon Gaster

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Devon Gaster. As the co-founder and Executive Director of Men Creating Peace, Devon has worked for over 23 years educating men about the devastating impacts of intimate partner violence. He does this work so successfully by making sure he is a facilitator that is vulnerable about his past, self-aware of his present, and reliable to the men he works with. Devon draws parallels to the “back of the mask” with “the Hitman”, an analogy he uses to help men get in touch with the abusive tendencies they seek to end. Ashanti and Devon explore their masks, as well as their Hitmen. We hope you enjoy the show!

(1:20) Ashanti’s introduction.

(5:30) Devon introduces himself and the organization he founded, Men Creating Peace, which helps men put an end to their abusive behavior. He shares how he overcame his own abusive behaviors and tendencies.

(17:20) Ashanti and Devon make their masks together.

(25:30) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - dedicated, passionate, caring.

(27:15) Devon shares the front of his mask - generous, dependable, open-hearted - and how it helps him connect with others.

(30:50) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - caused harm, childhood abuse, domestic abuse at home as a child - and how he realized that hurt he was receiving he was passing on to others.

(34:50) Devon shares the back of his mask - mean-spirited, procrastination, insecure/afraid/scared - and how he is working on getting “unstuck” and continuing to overcome fear.

(42:20) Ashanti and Devon discuss the concept of the “hitman”, who has been shaped by gender norms and expectations particular to a given society. 

(49:20) Then, they apply the hitman analogy to school-age young men and boys.

(1:02:50) Devon shares how you can get in touch with him.

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Website: mencreatingpeace.org

Facebook: facebook.com/mencreatingpeace

Instagram: instagram.com/mencreatingpeace

Twitter: twitter.com/mencreatepeace

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“The safe route… It’s just a life without risks. Really, to me, what it sounds like is a life without pursuing..” - Chioke Allen-Alvarez

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Chioke Allen-Alvarez. Chioke is a sophomore at San Francisco State University, on a journey to find his purpose in life. He is also responsible for most of the Ever Forward Club’s social media pages, and right now he is creating a Youtube channel focused on fitness. At the time of the recording of this episode, Chioke was embracing his desire to take risks and listen to what his heart and passions were telling him to do. He’s still doing the same today, but he re-joined the show recently with some major life updates.

(0:12) Ashanti and Chioke’s introduction.

(9:15) Chioke introduces himself, his studies, his work, and his pursuits. Ashanti shares his and Chioke’s history together.

(12:45) Chioke shares the front of his mask - dependable, intelligent, strong.

(14:10) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - excited, passionate, hungry - and how he is excited for the future of the Ever Forward Club.

(17:00) Chioke explains more about the front of his mask, and how he wants to be there for his friends and family.

(18:55) Chioke shares the back of his mask - lost in information, disabled when adventuring into his own interests, anxiety - and he and Ashanti discuss the challenges of blocking out noise from others with equanimity.

(24:10) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - warrior, fighter, fear - and how he feels the pressure to tone down his passion to fight injustice, especially in the social media era.

(28:50) Chioke goes further into the back of his mask, and how he is shedding certain voices that are deterring him from pursuing what he wants.

(42:30) Ashanti and Chioke reflect on a retreat they attended in Colorado.

(50:30) Chioke and Ashanti share some final thoughts on how you can curate a diverse group of people around you.

(53:30) Chioke shares how you can get in touch with him.

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Youtube (Akuma Kutz): youtube.com/channel/UCQxOPCrjIG1IpDPYPaQgmcw

Instagram: instagram.com/aa.chioke

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“Hard-working is definitely in my DNA. I learned that from my mom and my dad growing up. My dad always seemed like the hardest working guy that I knew, but that’s a double-edged sword, that’s really a double-edged sword. When I don’t want to be present, in certain situations with people, family, friends, I bury myself in work. And I guess that’s a way of hiding and running from what’s really going on in front of me. And that has been the biggest struggle for me - to slow down and stop burying myself into work.” - Chris Harrigfeld

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Chris Harrigfeld. Chris works very hard building incredible custom cars, using models and parts from the 30s through the 70s. But, in true Taking Off The Mask fashion, Ashanti and Chris focus on how the hard work relates to Chris’s emotions and identity, rather than the cars themselves. Ashanti and Chris know each other from men’s groups, so they are used to getting vulnerable, and they hit the ground running in this episode. Ultimately, they both make progress in breaking cycles of masculinity that have existed since their childhoods, and they give themselves permission to realize their best and truest selves.

(2:50) Ashanti’s introduction.

(6:20) Chris introduces himself - a father, caretaker, humanitarian, and car builder, who loves to connect and find similarities with all people.

(9:20) Chris shares the front of his mask - loving, hard worker, gentleman, warrior, empathic - and how he is working on taking care of himself emotionally and physically. Then, he and Ashanti reflect on how their childhood has shaped and continues to shape who they are.

(18:00) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - excited, dedicated, intense - and how the front helped him navigate the uncertainty of 2020.

(23:35) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - worrier, doubt, seeking permission - and the “mind games” he plays with himself. Then, Ashanti shares how he is seeking permission from himself, rather than the outside world.

(33:40) Chris shares the back of his mask - I do not have it all together, depression, unsure, insecure - and how he wants to provide his grandchildren the childhood he didn’t have.

(44:30) Chris shares how you can get in touch with him.

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Facebook: facebook.com/cthotrods

Instagram: instagram.com/ct_hot_rods

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“If anything, you’re on a journey. And if you want to use a metaphor of a kayak in a river, don’t worry about who’s looking on the shores. It’s just you and your paddle and the water.” - Tu David Phu

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Tu David Phu. Tu is a renowned chef. You may recognize him from Bravo’s television show, “Top Chef”, or write-ups from the San Francisco Chronicle, or his documentary that aired on PBS, “Bloodline.” Tu boils life down to “living and loving righteously”. And he does this through filmmaking and “food justice” - whether it be sharing the therapeutic powers of cooking with incarcerated men, serving the Asian American community, or being a champion for sustainable cooking. His attitudes toward justice, masculinity, and power narratives were shaped at a young age. Enjoy learning about Chef Tu’s masks in this episode!

(2:10) Ashanti’s introduction.

(5:40) Ashanti and Tu discuss how America’s definition of masculinity is defined by violent Eurocentric narratives, which differ from many cultures around the world.

(10:30) Then, Ashanti and Tu look back on their childhood, and how narratives and systems that emasculate certain young men and boys strip them of their authentic identity.

(27:40) Tu shares some of the masks he encounters in the world of food and media, and how he is trying to live by what he preaches.

(32:20) Tu and Ashanti discuss the relationship between sports and the dominant masculine culture, and how it shields young minds off from a world of possibilities, careers, successes, and passions.

(40:40) Ashanti and Tu make their masks together.

(47:25) Tu shares the front of his mask - I am big and strong, I have tattoos, I am a chef - and the back of his mask - I cry, I do a baby voice with my puppies, I’ve experienced abuse.

(54:50) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - funny, serious, dedicated - and the back of his mask - fear of failure, momma is so important to me, worry about being enough.

(59:10) Tu shares how you can get in touch with him.

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Website: cheftu.com

Watch “Bloodline”: cheftu.com/watch

Social Media: @cheftudavidphu

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“It’s never going to be perfect. That balance will never be perfect. I go back to the idea of tension and dissonance. It’s always going to kind of be this see-saw process. But, you know, that’s just life. That’s how I think life is.” - Jonathan Santiago

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Jonathan Santiago. Jonathan is a former sports journalist turned content marketer, and in 2016 he started traveling the world. While visiting more than 30 countries since he started this journey, Jonathan also spent time reflecting on his upbringing as a son of immigrants and a first-generation Asian American. Jonathan finds duality and tension in this background, and he and Ashanti explore the beautiful dissonance of life in their conversation. Enjoy the show!

(2:05) Ashanti’s Introduction.

(6:00) Jonathan introduces himself and his life and career in journalism, marketing, and travel.

(10:35) Ashanti and Jonathan make their masks together.

(16:40) Jonathan shares the front of his mask - empathy/kindness, intelligence/articulating, curiosity.

(17:10) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - passionate, caring, dedicated - then shares a tender work story.

(22:20) Jonathan shares the back of his mask - race/Asian American, what it means to be a man, money - before continuing to explore the varied cultural sensitivities people have when discussing money.

(29:40) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - brother’s mental health, getting older, cost of building a big organization - and goes deeper into the responsibilities that are currently weighing on him and the dance of setting boundaries with these responsibilities.

(41:20) Jonathan tells a story about visiting Robin Island in South Africa, a place that held political prisoners during apartheid.

(45:30) Next, Jonathan reflects on his travels as it relates to his Asian American identity, and he and Ashanti discuss how Asian American representation has grown in the mainstream.

(54:15) Jonathan shares his final thoughts on the evolution of masculinity.

(58:30) Jonathan shares how you can get in touch with him.

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Website: santiagos.space

Website: videocraftshow.com

Instagram: instagram.com/jontiag0

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“We have to get over the idea that every problem can be fixed…

‘If there’s no logical solution, then is it worth thinking about?’

The answer is yeah, absolutely. There are so many problems in life that we’re never going to solve, but we should still think about them and talk about them.” - Tim Mousseau

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Tim Mousseau. As a survivor of sexual violence, Tim refused to let the incident control him. As someone who now controls his own story, speaking and advocating at universities, Fortune 1000 companies, and Congressional offices, he’ll be the first to tell you that the work he does on his emotions and identity will never be finished or “fixed” - it’s just an ongoing process. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Tim and gain strength and insight!

(1:00) Ashanti’s introduction.

(4:10) Tim introduces himself and his work, which involves speaking about and researching sexual violence prevention, harassment prevention, and masculinity.

(7:05) Tim shares the front of his mask - knowledgeable, driven, courageous - and how these three words relate to his work and his personal story.

(10:55) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - serious, dedicated, passionate - as it relates to leadership and motivating others. Then, they discuss what happens when work takes over your identity, and the phenomenon Tim calls “resting bro face.”

(17:35) Tim shares the back of his mask - listless, isolated, fragmented - and how he is still reconciling the dueling and disparate aspects of his identity.

(21:15) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - survivor remorse, doubt: writer and father, worried about youth. Then, he ponders why he hesitated to share the first section on the back of his mask. And Tim breaks down how our culture needs to improve how we handle disclosing survivorship.

(33:25) Often, men have been discouraged from showing both their joyful nature and their sadness, weakness, or victimhood. Ashanti and Tim discuss how to get men out of the restrictions that come from both sides of their emotions.

(44:05) For many men, the logical and rational side of the brain is valued over the emotional side. Ashanti and Tim talk about why this is problematic, and how this leads to the mentality that everything must always be “fixed.”

(49:55) Tim shares how survivors can reach a point in life where the story doesn’t control them, and they control the story.

(56:55) Tim shares how you can get in touch with him.

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Website: timmousseau.com

Instagram: instagram.com/tim_mousseau

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“We’re just trying to be able to support and cultivate the strongest community that we can, especially of our loved ones - All that conditioning, where it’s like, we got to do it by ourselves? Nah. ‘You want to go farther, go together. If you want to go fast, go alone.’ But fast is never the right decision. I don’t think it’s ever the right decision.” - George Hofstetter

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by George Hofstetter. For many, the first things that come to mind with George are his many accomplishments at the young age of 21 - Stanford University Innovation Fellow, CEO of his own company, board member for Kingmakers of Oakland - but George would be the first to tell you of all of the relationships, mentors, and support systems he’s had along the way. Ever since Ashanti met George as an eighth-grader leading a team of professional coders, George has been all about building deep relationships so that we can achieve bigger and better things together. We hope you enjoy learning about George’s masks, and how they play a role in his life every day.

(1:35) Ashanti’s introduction.

(5:00) George introduces himself, and Ashanti shares how he met George - when he was an eighth-grader, already providing leadership and direction to a group of adult computer programmers. George shares how this and many other things in his life have been coming full circle.

(15:40) George shares the front of his mask - confident, creative, loud, outspoken - and explains why his extroverted brand of creativity is less common than introverted creativity.

(17:40) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - funny serious, hard-working - and he explores the contradictions that he lives with, sitting between funny and serious

(20:40) George shares the back of his mask - imposter syndrome, overthink, observant. He shares some of the racial disparities he has experienced in the tech industry. Then, Ashanti and George share how these experiences have shaped what is behind their mask.

(29:20) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - worried, "am I enough?", fear of. He reflects on his college experience, the need for mentorship in his community when he was a child, and how important support systems are in his life today.

(35:10) George shares all of the support systems he’s cultivated over the years.

(43:10) Ashanti and George share some final thoughts, and George shares how you can get in touch with him

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Check out George in 8th Grade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tnXsnAaEF4

Website: georgehofstettertechnologies.com

Instagram: instagram.com/ghtechinc

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“I used to approach life with this mindset, this mentality, that I’m trying to get to this one end goal. I’m trying to get to this final destination - of where I want to be able to make a change in this world and do all these things... I’m willing to take on some pain right now so I can see fruits in the future - which is true, but the danger of that mindset is you don’t live in the moment and you don’t enjoy even the mundane things.” - Joshua Gao

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Joshua Gao. Joshua is from New Hampshire, but two years ago he met Ashanti in Santa Cruz, CA - a fifteen-year-old surrounded by grown men at an entrepreneurship conference. Joshua has been a driven, intelligent, mature young man for quite some time already. Some would say that he’s been “eating bitter” and getting great results - the fruits of delayed gratification. Now, as he is finishing up his senior year of high school, leading mask workshops with his peers, and continuing to develop a company that seeks to change the way we fight fires, Joshua shares his mask with the world.

(1:50) Ashanti’s introduction.

(6:50) Joshua introduces himself. He gives information about SAFE, a project he started as a high school freshman - creating a fire extinguisher that uses sound waves.

(9:50) Ashanti and Joshua make their masks together.

(13:20) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - serious, dedicated, passionate - and he reflects on the fact that the Ever Forward Club is 17 years old, the same age as Joshua.

(16:00) Joshua shares the front of his mask - happy, smart, accomplished - and how his desire to be valued by others led him astray from his true passions.

(19:05) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - worry, sadness about death, father wounds - and he opens up about how the passing of a local young person affected him.

(22:20) Joshua shares the back of his mask - “not good enough”, parents divorced, fear of failure - and he shares how the college application process has exacerbated the characteristics on the back of his mask.

(28:15) Joshua shares how he has led the mask activity in many places and innovation competitions. He and Ashanti point out some of the patterns and similarities they’ve seen from all of the mask workshops they’ve attended and led.

(31:50) Joshua and Ashanti discuss delayed gratification, finding joy in the journey, and making short-term sacrifices for long-term gains.

(36:00) Ashanti and Joshua consider what a “maskless” world would look and feel like.

(47:20) Then, they discuss how believing in a higher power plays a crucial role in how they navigate life.

(50:50) Joshua shares some closing thoughts, and he shares how you can get in touch with him.

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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joshuagao7

Website: www.safefire.tech

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“This is about willingness. If you’re willing to share what’s happening in your life, everything is going to be fine. But if I have to remember [for] myself, a couple years ago, I wouldn’t do that. Because I didn’t feel prepared at the time.” - Gustavo Heredia

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Gustavo Heredia, whose full name is Luis Gustavo Heredia Vasquez. As a gap year student, Gustavo is dedicated to volunteering for NGOs and developing the social project, Edulimitless, which he founded. Also interning for Enseña Perú, Gustavo is a busy young man, but, ultimately, the most important thing that he shared today was that he is more comfortable being himself and sharing his truth than he has ever been.

(0:55) Ashanti’s introduction.

(6:29) Ashanti tries to introduce Gustavo :) Then Gustavo introduces himself. He shares what it is like in Peru right now, and he shares how he met Ashanti through the Latin American Leadership Academy.

(16:06) Gustavo shares the front of his mask - hard-working, funny, caring.

(21:20) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - funny, serious, hard-working - and they reflect on their similarities, as well as the importance of a balanced life.

(25:01) Gustavo shares the back of his mask - anxiety, lazy/procrastinator, failure  - and how these things on the back of his mask are directly connected to concerns about his future.

(32:01) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - fear, worry, sadness - and he reflects on an encounter he had with a man with Parkinson’s, and what this says about how he feels for others.

(40:41) Gustavo looks back on the friends and family that have been there to have vulnerable conversations with him, and how he feels more prepared to have these conversations now more than before.

(47:46) Ashanti and Gustavo give their closing thoughts.

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Connect with Gustavo Heredia:

Instagram: instagram.com/edulimitless

Instagram: instagram.com/gustavoheredia1001

Facebook: facebook.com/jorge.suclupe.94

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Check Out LALA - Latin American Leadership Academy

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