ABOUT FMOC
Men, to love others starts with loving ourselves. This is our work. It’s soul work.
OUR VISION
Is to create a brotherhood that supports Black, Brown, Asian, and Latin men in their personal growth and transformational journeys.
OUR PURPOSE
Is to help men of color to liberate themselves from the conditioned thinking and dysfunctional patterns that keep them stuck in anger, shame and guilt. And make the shift towards a deeper love and connection with themselves, and each other.
WHAT WE DO
We’ve been creating safe and courageous spaces for men of color since 2022, to express their struggles, dreams and accomplishments.
That includes providing coaching, and group facilitation with a focus on building meaningful and loving relationships with themselves and others.
We serve men of all ages, faiths, sexual orientations, ability and economic class who identify Black, Brown, Asian, and Latin.
“Every female wants to be loved by a male. Every woman wants to love and be loved by the males in her life. Whether gay or straight, bisexual or celibate, she wants to feel the love of father, grandfather, uncle, brothers or male friend. We live in a culture where emotionally starved deprived females are desperately seeking male love.”
— bell hooks
THE TEAM
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CHARLES SUE-WAH-SING, CPCC, PCC
FOUNDER, COACH & FACILITATOR
Charles’ involvement in men’s work started 20 years ago and it continues to deepen and expand. He’s a firm believer that men need communities with other like-minded, spiritually-led men to grow and evolve.
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DAMIAN REID
ADVISOR & FACILITATOR
Damian is a bestselling author, a performance and freedom lifestyle coach working with entrepreneurs. He’s been an influential in the design and facilitation of our open circles since the beginning.
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STEVE FERNANDEZ
ADVISOR & FACILITATOR
Through Pause + Expand, Steve’s focus has been bringing health and wellbeing into corporate communities. He brings is flavour of music, meditation and facilitating self-awareness into our in-person events.
THE WORK
As men of color, we're always contending with conflicting ideas of what it is to be men in a White-dominant culture. This comes at the expense of us fully maturing into the loving and responsible men the world needs.
However, our collective history has taught us that men need men. Men need men to go deep. Men need men to heal, grow, and evolve. It is in relationship with other men where we truly accept our pain, and potential. It is with men we learn how to love ourselves, our women, children, and communities at large.
Imagine a place where you'll be seen, heard and fully accepted for the man that you are.
A place you don’t have to hide your race, gender, faith, gifts, history, or aspirations.
A place you are accepted with love, compassion and curiosity.
A place that is committed to receiving the beautiful man that you are, when you cannot see it for yourself.
A place where you can break free of the limiting beliefs that sabotage your life, and to live aligned with your core values, virtues and aspirations.
A place where you can envision the possibilities of having strong, meaningful and loving relationships.
A place where you can leave feeling empowered to exercise your power to choose.
A place where we can reimagine what it is to be a great man, son, brother, husband, partner, father, leader and citizen.
A place where you'll learn the discipline and art of leadership and how to hold yourself accountable for creating the life you want.
“It is human to heal, grow and transform. To live a life that is rich in meaning and fulfillment.”
Charles Sue-Wah-Sing
Why focus on men of color?
We have observed that in North America, the men's movement has been dominated by White-bodied leaders, authors, speakers, coaches, facilitators and mentors. Though we can learn so much from their body of work, they also carry cultural biases, and power dynamics that deter most men of color from participating with their fullest authentic selves.
Besides talking about the challenges we all face as uninitiated men, we are committed to creating a judgment-free, challenging and loving environment to discuss the effects these systemic and cultural barriers have on us embracing our manhood.