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MARCH b 2009
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execu
interim
tive director Bart
Church. “Because
men
by
taught
are
and
sexism
homophobia
to
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ignore symptoms,
not seek help or
care, and not talk
solutions
printing services
stressors
about
symptoms,
and
men invariably are
diagnosed
much
later than women,
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From left, yogis Jeff Bader. Marc Kochanski and Matthew Koren
find healthy ways to deal with stress through Manifest.
have far more se-
vere symptoms, require much more invasive
Chin, a gay single father of two daugh
and expensive treatment and have worse treat
ters, regularly attends yoga and meditation
ment outcomes,” Church said.
classes at Manifest. “Previously, I was not
In terms of the number of men served and
a regular member of a church or gym, so I
the number of programs regularly offered,
enjoyed doing these activities in a commu
Manifest is one of the largest men’s wellness
nity. During this period of my life, I quit
organizations in the country, counting Seattle’s
smoking, lost weight and got out of my bar
Gay City and Boston’s Fenway Clinic Men’s
drinking phase.”
Project among its peers. Manifest, which has
Other popular events available through
served 3,000 men since its inception and ap
Manifest are sex and intimacy groups, pajama
proximately 100 men monthly, emphasizes
parties and hikes.
eating
well,
Church’s
exercising
long-term goals
regularly,
caring
about
emotional
and
physical
wellness, nur
turing friend
ships
and
relationships,
and
dealing
with stress in
healthy ways.
“I
tended
at
my
anifest
aims
to combat the
homophobia
and sexism thatcontribute to
the serious diseases-heart
disease, cancer, diabetes.
HIV and depression-that kill
Oregon men.
Manifest
for
include secur
ing stable fund
through
ing
government,
foundational
and
corporate
and
grants
sponsorships as
well as increas
ing outreach to
the community
ten-fold by at
first Manifest
tracting 1,000
event back in
men
monthly
2007 while working with a therapist through a
to its programs. The group has applied for non
relationship breakup,” said Bill Chin, Manifest’s
profit status.
board secretary since September 2007. “The
event was Men’s Dating Lab, and it was de
signed to identify relationship and intimacy
goals and work with like-minded men to head
out and be more sociable and reach your goals.”
M anifest ’ s F ifth A nniversary P arty will
be heldfrom 2 to 5p.m. March 21. RSVP to
503-223-8822, ext. 1, or www. manifestpdx.
org/calendar.
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