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When a group of boys circle up in a Canberra schoolyard, nervous teachers have questioned if they are preparing for a fight. That could not be further from reality. The teenagers are doing a daily check-in, a ritual they have been taught by youth mental health charity Menslink. At schools across Canberra, groups of up to 12 boys are taking part in the organisation's eight-week TRIBE program, aimed at challenging the narrative around what it means to be a young man. "It's just a time where I can come out of my shell," 14-year-old Jaedee Lopez said. "[I can] take the mask off my face and just connect with some of the boys. "It's felt very relieving talking to each other and getting stuff out of your gut." According to program organiser Mark Wadie, the confidential workshops tackle harmful social expectations, loneliness and anger, along with sexism, racism and homophobia. "Hurt people hurt people," Mr Wadie said. "When boys are lost, when boys don't have guidance … in come the weeds. He said some boys are willing to do anything to feel significant and show that they are valued. "The toxic stuff is all around them. "We'll stir it up and go, 'What do you want to do about it? Are you OK being disrespectful? Are you OK being racist? Are you OK being misogynistic? Are you alright with that?' No, it feels horrible." During one of the sessions, the students are asked about someone in their life they owe an apology. One of the boys started crying when he admitted he wanted to say sorry to his dad. "I've put him through some stuff," he said, before being comforted by his peers. For Mr Wadie, that is what the program is all about. "They start to make agreements about how they want to show up in the world, how they treat each other, how they treat women, how they treat their parents, and what sort of men they want to be," he said. The boys have been handpicked to participate because of their influence in the schoolyard. Menslink runs about 60 TRIBE courses a year in Canberra schools, and in 2024 the charity delivered various programs to more than 13,000 boys. Mr Wadie said the intention was to influence the critical mass of a student cohort, creating a tipping point for cultural change. "I've heard from schools where the boys start talking about their girlfriends differently and are more respectful." For 15-year-old Chace Valter, the sessions have allowed him to open up more than he ever has around his mates. "It's a little scary at first because you don't know what they're going to do, or you don't know how they're going to judge you," he said. "But once you learn that we all have similarities and we're all opening up to each other, trusting each other, [it] starts to get better. "My mindset has changed to not judge people so quickly because they might have a different life at home, they might get treated poorly at home, which could lead to the way they act at school or to friends." School youth worker Siave Tema said he had noticed a big shift on campus as a result of the TRIBE program. Mr Tema has spotted more teenagers checking in with each other and building rapport with previously disconnected students. "It's a positive thing, and it's something that makes me real proud — that the boys starting this out there are the boys that are in our circle," he said.
