The Men’s Huddle creates a safe space to prioritize men’s mental health

for our next guest. This evening is at a high point. The Summit Peacemakers host their event geared towards helping men prioritize their mental health. They invite everyone at PIEDMONT TRIAD to get involved. Well, joining us now is Brad Lilly. He is a Pastor of the World Glory Church and Director of High Point Peacemakers. Thank you very much for being with me. Thank you for having me. at all. And it seems like a powerful Perry group that will help men all over our neighborhood. But can you tell us more about meeting the men and how you all got started? Well, meeting the guys came about because of the many different leadership of the Peace Academy. Great Leader Unity, Black Men for Change and the Brotherhood Organize to Save Others. We cooperated. We have worked in the community with men and youth. Mentoring and trying to recreate our society. And we came together to say, Let’s hold this event which I call the Men’s Meeting. Then it exploded from there. We’ve been very successful at that. We’ve got young adults, teens, all our senior citizens attending these events? We make it a safe place for men that we can talk about and start finding ways to see the problems in our society and the problems in our society. We come together to strategize and leave no work behind, trying to make a better society, make ourselves better men and help improve our society. We feel that black men should feel empowered to protect themselves, their spouses, their families, and the community. And the first thing we have to do on ourselves. And Pastor Lilly, how did some of the men, young or old, that you overheard at this meeting of men react? To have a positive impact in their lives. Well it’s amazing to have young 13-year-old men who can open up and start expressing and telling us what life is like as a 13-year-old in that the hardships he’s put through and you know, the pressure of the gang and that kind of thing all along Way for guys that, you know, some guys have. We went with Dr. So it’s a broad spectrum. We learn from each other and from our younger brothers as much as from us. Our mission. We are trying to decide what we wanted to do. And so first and foremost, we provide a safe place for men to be more involved in their communities and development strategies around youth behavior, helm, man, and relationship. And I got a shout out to the event center at GOLDEN DOOR’S 2025 BRENTWOOD STREET here at HIGH POINT. They are what we wanted to do. They opened their doors and gave us a meeting space that we meet every two weeks. And so it was fine. The community response has been good. More and more men are showing it all. So when we talk about getting 60 and 70 men together and all for one purpose, it can make improving ourselves turn into a great event. Fabulous. at all. Reverend Lilly. And above all, what time do you meet tonight and what can some expect if the guys are excited to go out and join you? What can they expect? Tonight’s meeting. Meet at 530 at GOLDEN DOOR’S EVENT CENTER 2025 BRENTWOOD STREET. Tonight is our topic, I just want to hear. Men should communicate better. With some. And with our world. We are engaged in learning expression. To know how you feel. I mean, understanding why you feel the way you do and what you need and how to talk about it is the first step. And so we come. Train, a professional to help us with our communication skills, with all the others. We realize that when people don’t hear or the natural reaction is emotional. It is essential and universal for you to feel comfortable as it provides validation, respect and security. And so you have guys who have frustration and don’t know how to express that frustration in the right way. And we want to be heard, you know, when and when our wife isn’t here and all of our kids aren’t here. Also or people in the workplace can’t hear us in the Build up game, how do we deal with that? What do we do? What are the two mental and behavioral problems that you just relate to, you know, they’re treated like you don’t have value or you don’t deserve to be heard. We need to address these matters. Get men together and make better men than ourselves so we can really help our community. Thank you, Pastor Laila, for what you’re doing and for joining us this morning. We really appreciate that. And a reminder to the folks at home, the Huddle Meeting starts at 530 at night. It will be at the Golden Gate event

The Men’s Huddle creates a safe space to prioritize men’s mental health

Updated: 10:39 AM EST Jan 4, 2023