East Bay Nation of Men

Journeymen

We are a new team of four who have been together a year and are just beginning. Some of us guys go way back in the Nation of Men (except for Wags, he's the new kid on the block). Clayton & Garner - 16 yrs., Aerin - 10 yrs., Mark - 6 yrs.)

Spirit is our primary focus. One of the things we have in common is that we are and were all spirit chiefs of the men's community. We show up and create ceremony and sacred space. We have all been leaders (Vision Keepers) of various EBNOM events.

Our team is intuitively based, we relay on our intuition, rhythm, creativity, love, and soul journey work. We are also interested in supporting young men in their passage into being men. We meet weekly and trade off team lead seasonally.

Clayton is a sculptor and art professor at Chabot College, Hayward. (www.claytonthiel.com) Aerin is a landscape designer, nurseryman, and lecturer. (www.magicgardens.com) Garner is a designer and builder. Mark is a visual artist, teacher, musician, and dad. (www.heartsandbones.com)

Within EBNOM

Clayton: family campout vision keeper "Dessert First", helped create first "Wildman", carved the talking stick, wears a hat, collaborates creatively with Wagner, loves being a grandpa, and knows coyote.

Garner: current spirit chief, past community service chief, first crab feast fundraiser team for Thunderoad, Christmas in April leader (community building project), performed a baby blessing, family campout vision keeper "Magic Village", co-lead a healing ceremony for one of our eldest and beloved members, and drummer.

Aerin: lead renovated park project with community and EBNOM in Richmond, Fall Event vision keeper "Men Healing Men", family campout vision keeper, in charge of food for many events, created fall event initiation for new members with MV and AW.

Mark: vision keeper fall event "Seeing with Different Eyes", inspired by EBNOM to create the Kids' Chalk Art Project - an event to celebrate kids' creative spirit. (www.reenchantingtheworldthroughart.org). Family campout vision keeper, "The Gift," Halloween party co-vision keeper, fire wallah, knows iktome.

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