Washington Initiative for Boys and Men
Advocating for improved outcomes for boys, men, and communities
Posts about issues that apply to Washington state as a whole or issues that are within Washington but outside the Seattle area:
After publishing 200 articles over a 4-year period here at WIBM.us and via our MailChimp email list, we are now publishing our articles to Substack! Subscribe to follow our work at wibm.substack.com. If you were already … Read more
Based in Lynden, Washington, the Growing Veterans organization is a friend of Washington Initiative for Boys and Men. They have endorsed the legislation to create a Washington state commission on boys and men, and recently … Read more
All three agree there are real issues needing attention The three lawmakers who represent State Legislative District 3 (central Spokane) conducted a telephone town hall event during the evening of February 18. Two of them … Read more
Nathan Friend sticks out on one of the webpages of Perinatal Support Washington. Among the twenty smiling faces on their Our Team page, he’s the only man. Nathan is the Dad Specialist with Perinatal Support Washington, which … Read more
WIBM’s Blair Daly and Joe Cook were recently guests on Larry Mabry’s podcast, which is broadcasted via Rainier Avenue Radio out of a studio inside Columbia City Theater. Men’s mental health is the theme of … Read more
Taylor Richards had a very difficult childhood. Today he is 37 years old, about to complete a bachelor’s degree in behavioral science from Seattle Central College, and he’s employed full-time as a community engagement recovery … Read more
The Washington Fatherhood Council has released their ground-breaking State of Fatherhood in Washington Study Report. It acknowledges that fathers experience stigmas and inequities and that government policies and approaches to fatherhood inclusion remain inconsistent. In … Read more
‘They hate women’ followed by other opinions The Re-Wire Policy Conference held in Tacoma on December 3, 2024 featured a panel discussion with five local political consultants: three Democrats and two Republicans. We posed this … Read more