Michael Meade is a former New York boy who, through a lifetime of self-examination, has become a man to whom other men tend to listen. He brings a traditional sense of masculinity to a movement that has taken pains to redefine the very notion of manliness. Meade is a role model for men who might otherwise equate vulnerability with wimpishness.
A storyteller, drummer and author ("Men and the Water of Life"), Meade will co-lead a summer retreat for men called "Bound for the Sacred" on Aug 5-7 on the Kitsap Peninsula. Meade's co-leader will be Malidoma Some, a West African native, scholar and author ("Ritual: Power, Healing and Community").