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In-Person Open Circle

Local chapter meetings, in a room, monthly. First-timers welcome — you won’t be the only new man there.

FreeMonthly at each chapter

A MenLiving gathering

Next gatherings

Free, always. No profile fee, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Who this circle is for

Any man who would rather be in a room than on a call, and first-timers especially. Chapters are used to new men walking in; you will not be the only one.

What a gathering is like

The same practice as an online circle, in a room, monthly. Chapters move around, so each gathering carries its own location rather than the chapter declaring one. Come once and decide nothing.

What you don’t have to do

  • You don’t have to talk. Listening is participation, and plenty of men listen the first few times.
  • You don’t have to fix anyone. Nobody will try to fix you either — that is the agreement, said out loud at the start.
  • You don’t have to have a story ready. Men speak from their own experience, and “I don’t know yet” is an experience.
  • You don’t have to keep coming. Men come once, or for a season, or for years. Coming three times and moving on is the model working.
  • You don’t have to explain why you came. Nobody will ask, and nobody will follow up afterwards.

Same agreements everywhere. What changes is the room.

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Ready when you are

Most are free, most weeks of the year. You can listen the whole time and nobody will ask you why.

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Keep the door open for the men who need it

Connection should stay within reach.

Most circles are free because donors pay for them. Your gift funds facilitator training and keeps the open door open for the men who need it most.

4 in 5
U.S. suicide deaths are men — a rate nearly four times higher than women’s. CDC, 2023
15%
of men say they have no close friends — five times more than in 1990. Survey Center on American Life, 2021