Conference Workshops
Workshop List
Saturday
- Workshop 1 – Reflection on keynote talk: Beneath the Armour: Pressure, Identity and Release – Anne-The Therapist
- Workshop 2 – Reflection on keynote talk: Rainbow Warriors: A Journey Through Pride, Shame, and Queer Becoming – Dr Manrutt Wongkaew
- Workshop 3 – Fathers (and other significant male figures influencing you / your existence) and Daughters (and those persons otherwise not male identifying) – Carmen Joanne Ablack
- Workshop 4 – Living Your True Self — Is This Possible or Even Desirable? – Mehboob Dada
- Workshop 5 – Masculinity – Journey from Afrika via Caribbean to UK, Father, self and son – Noel Brown
- Workshop 6 – Masculinity on Trial – Roy Akins
- Workshop 7 – Men’s Gathering space – hosted by members of the monthly BAATN Men’s Gathering
Sunday
- Workshop 1 – Reflection on keynote talk: From Silence to Sovereignty: Emotional Liberation for Men from the Global Majority – Param Singh Sahni
- Workshop 2 – Reflection on keynote talk: Deconstructing The Symbolic Black Phallus – Charles Brown
- Workshop 3 – Fathers (and other significant male figures influencing you / your existence) and Daughters (and those persons otherwise not male identifying) – Carmen Joanne Ablack
- Workshop 4 – Masculinity – Journey from Afrika via Caribbean to UK, Father, self and son – Noel Brown
- Workshop 5 – Masculinity on Trial – Roy Akins
- Workshop 6 – Meaning-Making Masculinities: the stories we hold in the body – Kirath Ghataora
Workshop Descriptions Saturday
Reflection on keynote talk – Rainbow Warriors: A Journey Through Pride, Shame, and Queer Becoming
Workshop 3 – Fathers (and other significant male figures influencing you / your existence) and Daughters (and those persons otherwise not male identifying)
Workshop outline
An experiential-phenomenological (experiencing in the moment) enquiry into how am I affected NOW by who influenced me then?
What did I gain, what do I want to reclaim? We will pay attention to what we can sense in ourselves, identify and share how this resonates with others in the room. In this process, we will use functional subgroups and witnessing of these to help us unpack what can be discovered together. This is a workshop that may take you to deep places of exploration. Please be prepared to support yourself and also each other as we explore together.
The group is not for those who identify as men, it is meant for those who identify as women, those who identify as non-binary, those who are trans female and those persons otherwise not male identifying…
Workshop 4 – Living Your True Self — Is This Possible or Even Desirable?
Workshop Outline
- Are we willing to explore our transculturally inherited or culturally universal gendered identities, and what connects us?
- Can we name what is often unspoken — the aspects that disconnect us — as we consider our gendered selves?
- Do we genuinely accept our gender identities, or are we performing who we think we should be?
- Are we ready to engage in dialogue that nurtures introspection, empathy and mutual understanding?
Workshop 5 – Masculinity – Journey from Afrika via Caribbean to UK, Father, self and son
Workshop Outline
This workshop offers space to reflect on and explore the dynamics of masculinity through both personal and culturally shared stories. There will be a short presentation followed by small-group / couple sharing and exploration. The session will be interactive and informative, and may also feel healing, leaving you with answers or perhaps new questions.
Please bring your curiosity, your lived experience and your various skills.
Workshop 6 – Masculinity on Trial
Workshop Outline
‘Masculinity on Trial’ is an interactive and thought-provoking workshop exploring how social expectations of masculinity shape men’s emotional wellbeing, relationships and behaviour. The session considers the pressures men experience, the barriers to vulnerability and help-seeking, and how rigid gender roles can contribute to conflict and distress. It will also reflect on how race, culture and ethnicity influence how masculinity is understood, expressed and responded to by others. The workshop offers a balanced space that holds both accountability and understanding, and considers how healthier expressions of masculinity can be promoted and supported.
Drawing on experience across therapy, safeguarding and offending behaviour work, Roy explores masculinity not as a fixed trait but as a social and psychological construct shaped by trauma, expectations and relational learning. His work seeks to hold men accountable while also supporting growth, emotional literacy and healthier forms of male identity.
Workshop 7 – Men’s Gathering space
hosted by members of the monthly BAATN Men’s Gathering
Workshop Outline
An opportunity to sit with other men to reflect on the conference theme and experience the power of the men’s gathering space.
Workshop Descriptions Sunday
Reflection on keynote talk – From Silence to Sovereignty: Emotional Liberation for Men from the Global Majority
Workshop 3 – Fathers (and other significant male figures influencing you / your existence) and Daughters (and those persons otherwise not male identifying)
Workshop outline
An experiential-phenomenological (experiencing in the moment) enquiry into how am I affected NOW by who influenced me then?
What did I gain, what do I want to reclaim? We will pay attention to what we can sense in ourselves, identify and share how this resonates with others in the room. In this process, we will use functional subgroups and witnessing of these to help us unpack what can be discovered together. This is a workshop that may take you to deep places of exploration. Please be prepared to support yourself and also each other as we explore together.
The group is not for those who identify as men, it is meant for those who identify as women, those who identify as non-binary, those who are trans female and those persons otherwise not male identifying…
Workshop 4 – Masculinity – Journey from Afrika via Caribbean to UK, Father, self and son
Workshop Outline
This workshop offers space to reflect on and explore the dynamics of masculinity through both personal and culturally shared stories. There will be a short presentation followed by small-group / couple sharing and exploration. The session will be interactive and informative, and may also feel healing, leaving you with answers or perhaps new questions.
Please bring your curiosity, your lived experience and your various skills.
Workshop 5 – Masculinity on Trial
Workshop Outline
‘Masculinity on Trial’ is an interactive and thought-provoking workshop exploring how social expectations of masculinity shape men’s emotional wellbeing, relationships and behaviour. The session considers the pressures men experience, the barriers to vulnerability and help-seeking, and how rigid gender roles can contribute to conflict and distress. It will also reflect on how race, culture and ethnicity influence how masculinity is understood, expressed and responded to by others. The workshop offers a balanced space that holds both accountability and understanding, and considers how healthier expressions of masculinity can be promoted and supported.
Drawing on experience across therapy, safeguarding and offending behaviour work, Roy explores masculinity not as a fixed trait but as a social and psychological construct shaped by trauma, expectations and relational learning. His work seeks to hold men accountable while also supporting growth, emotional literacy and healthier forms of male identity.
Workshop 6 – Meaning-Making Masculinities: the stories we hold in the body
Workshop Outline
An inclusive creative space to playfully explore our embodied masculinity through imagery, movement, senses and sensuality, spirit and storytelling.