Gordon
Clay - Vitae 
- 2008-2006: Created Men's Mini Health Fairs in local
communitees.
- 2008-2006: Through My Eyes Essay Contest - with local
high school students on the impact of drugs and alcohol on their
lives. Local newspaper prints winning essays weekly and published
a booklet of all of the essays.
- 2008-2006 - Created a web site WomenInRacing.org
.
As of 1/1/07, it lists 1,302 women who have raced against men. Its
purpose is to encourage girls to do what they want to do,
and encourage fathers to support their daughters' participation in
male dominated areas.
- 2008-2001 - Created the Wildwood Himitage (vs.
Hermitage), North of Brookings, OR (www.wildwoodhimitage.com
).
- 2008-2003 - Created The
Men's Study housing 256 linear feet of books on men's issues.
(An additional 1,000 books continue to be available in the
Browsers'
Bookmobile.
- 2005-2003 - On the development group to design a
workshop for girls 10-13 called G.I.R.L.S.' Journey
- 2008-1994 - Created Browser's Bookmobile, a mobile
library of 1,000 books on 60 men's issues that travels to rural
communities too small to support their own library or bookstore.
He has traveled over 30,000 miles through 24 states. He took a
sabbatical for the year 2000
to prepare for the new millennium. It has received permanent
placement ner Brookings, Oregon
- 2008-1991 - Everyman - Helps men bring other men in
their community together for a day of information and process with
the goal of building or strengthening the local men's
community.
- 2008-1985 - Created Menstuff®, The National
Men's Resource to end men's isolation. Converted to a website
(www.menstuff.org) in 1996, it lists thousands of on-site men's
book reviews & covers, men's resources and hyperlinks and
hundreds of men's events, periodicals and groups committed to a
positive change in male roles and relationships. As of 1/1/07, it
gets over a 100,000 hits a day.
- 2008-1984 - Developed retreats: Healing the Father
Wound® for Women Only and Men Only, Father & Teen-age
Daughter Rite-Of-Passage, The Male Experience for Fathers &
Teen-age Sons, Women & Men: Being Our True Selves Together,
Women & Men: Clearing the Air™ ,
Men Dealing with Our Anger, and Healing the Mother Wound® for
Women Only and Men Only
- 2008-1982 - Created The National Men's Resource Center,
a not-for-profit educational resource (68.0337499) of men's
organizations, events, research, books, publications, culture
programs, films and more to end men's isolation. Founding Board
Member and executive director 10/7/94 to present
- 2008-1979 - Established The Fathers' Network as a
referral for fathers who want to work with the issues, problems
and joys of parenting
- 1994 - Was a cast member in the films The
Color of Fear and the remake Walking Each Other
Home (1997).
- 2005, 1994-1981 - California Men's Gathering Inc.,
Board member 1994-93, President 1993, Co-planner of the 8th, 15th
and 25th
- 1990 - Created and produced the "Clear Energy" ritual
audio tape with the late Frank "Suru" Ekeh & Jim Berenholtz
and "Issues", a unique intuition tape
- 1989-84 - Member National Organization for Men Against
Sexism. Council member 1986-88. Council Co-Chair 1987-1989
- 1988-84 - "What Do Men Really Want" conference.
Associate speaker 1985
- 1988 - Developed "Strengthening the Bonds", a process
to build pride and self-esteem vs. hazing in fraternity pledge
programs
- 1986 - Created Wacky Window Wobbles to politicize
automobile windows
- 1985-81 - California Anti-Sexist Men's Political (CAMP)
Caucus. Co-Editor-Making Waves, and Direct Action Task Groups
- 1984 - Developed Tantrum Yoga®, a movement and
breath work system for the safe and healthy expression of anger
and rage in a non-hitting, nonviolent way
- 1983 - Co-planner - 2nd "Women & Men Together"
gathering in Santa Cruz, CA
- 1982 - Co-creator of the Road Show, a program designed
to present issue-oriented workshops in local communities
- 1981 - Started presenting workshops on: single
parenting, anger, homophobia, relationships, starting a men's
group, men & friendship, men & war, myths about
women-myths about men, expectations, intimacy, big boys don't cry,
etc.
- 1976 - Began grassroots men's work around single
fathering issues
SPEAKER 2008-1981: Northcoast Educational Conference 2/03,
Mankind Project '99 conference in Indianapolis; Senator Maddy's 5th
Fresno (CA) Women's Conf; State of California's 14th Conf on
Self-Esteem; Harper's Bazaar "GenderSpeak" panel at Today's Woman
conf, Nordstrom & Neiman Marcus; "Men in the 90's" Chico State
University 3x; Men in Recovery with John James 2x; Inter Men's Conf
in Austin, TX 2x; Keynote at 1st Men's Symposium, Walnut Creek, CA;
"What Do Men Really Want" conf; Mid-Coast Psychological Assoc &
Family Services of Santa Cruz and numerous presentations at National
Conferences on Men & Masculinity, the California Men's Gatherings
and the North Coast Men's Gatherings. 
MEDIA APPEARANCES 2008-1982: TELEVISION: Oprah
Winfrey, Real Personal-CNBC-TV, Hour Magazine, Rick at Night-San Luis
Obispo, People Are Talking-KPIX-TV, AM San Francisco and AM
Weekend-KGO-TV, Express-KQED-TV, Studio A-KTVU-TV, Do It,
SacraMENshow, Metavisions-Viacom Cable. RADIO: Ashland Public
Radio; Appearances/guest host of Man-to-Man talk show-KCBS, and
appearances on KFQD-Anchorage, Let's Talk About It-KSOL, Open
Mind-KNBR, Potpourri-KBLX, In A Man's Shoes-Boston, Building Bridges,
Lunch Box & Changing Men-KPFA Berkeley & KFCF Fresno.
MAGAZINES: Brother, Changes, Focus, Man, Marin Family News,
Men's Health, New Republic, New Woman, Quest, San Francisco Image.
NEWSPAPERS: Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, Los
Angeles Times, Marin Independent Journal, Oakland Tribune, Pacific
Sun, San Francisco Chronicle, Sober Times, USA Today, Wingspan.
BOOKS: Selection in The
Best Man MOVIES: "The
Color of Fear" and the sequel "Walking
Each Other Home". AWARDS: Silver Anniversary of the
National Organization for Men Against Sexism - Certificate
in appreciation for contributions on behalf of gender equality and
social justice.
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