Passport to Manhood addresses several key areas of development for adolescent boys while stressing and promoting positive values and behaviors. Passport to Manhood promotes and teaches responsibility for male Club members ages 11-14.
Passport to Manhood consists of 14 sessions, each of which concentrates on a specific aspect of manhood through highly interactive activities. Each Club member who participates in the program is issued his own "Passport” as a tangible representation of the personal journey of maturation and personal growth which this program implements.
At the close of each session, the member’s "Passport” is stamped and signed by the Group Leader as a way to recognize the achievement of another milestone in the passage to manhood. The final session is a graduation ceremony during which the participants, their parents and family members, Club officials and others can celebrate the completion of the boys’ work.
The 14 sessions that make up Passport to Manhood are as follows:
1. Getting to Know You
2. Values in Personal Decision Making
3. Code of Ethics
4. Personal Wellness
5. Substance Abuse
6. Responses to Authority
7. Relationships with Girls
8. Fatherhood and the Family
9. Employment and Careers
10. Personal Leadership and Community Responsibility
11. Diversity
12. Cooperation and Conflict
13. Self-Esteem and Image
14. Graduation