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Office
185 Linden Ave
Auburn, CA
Auburn Class
Auburn Grace Community Church Room 200.
3126 Olympic Way. Auburn, CA. 95603
Roseville Class
Best Western Orchid Suites.
130 N. Sunrise Ave. Roseville, CA. 95661
ABOUT US
Manalive™ Placer County is a non-profit men’s program committed to helping men, age 16 and older to stop the violence to themselves, their intimate partners, their families, and their communities. The Manalive™ program was originally designed in 1980 for the Marin Abused Women’s Services ( MAWS), a battered woman’s shelter in Marin County, California.
Today the program has expanded to the communities of San Francisco, Marin, Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, and Nevada counties. The curriculum is also taught in San Quentin State Prison, as well as the Marin, San Francisco, and Sacramento county jails.
Through Accountability and Advocacy, Manalive™ helps men understand the negative effects of being raised in a culture that promotes a system of male superiority and entitlement toward women. Manalive™ provides a safe environment for men to disclose, listen, and learn from each other about how to successfully change their negative behaviors and create more peace in their lives.
Men first become aware by learning to identify the four types of violence: Emotional, Verbal, Physical, and Sexual. The participants gain an understanding of the negative impacts of these behaviors in all aspects of their lives.
Anything that diminishes their accountability, such as Denial, Minimizing, Blame, or Collusion, is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
As the men progress, they learn to get in touch with their emotions and gain compassion and forgiveness for themselves and others. Participants learn communication and active listening skills designed to create deeper intimacy in all of their relationships
The program has worked for thousands of men over the last thirty-five years. Now it has an opportunity to work in Placer County. Take the chance to change.
Meet our facilitators
An education program to help men with intimacy, communication skills, and violence prevention.
Alvin Rentsch
Director & Facilitator
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Art Thompson
Facilitator
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Rick Ventura
Facilitator
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Brandon Solomon
Facilitator
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Want to know how your partner feels When you get angry?
Lock yourself in a room with him.
Don’t worry, he’s semi-trainined to be non-violent.
Just like most men
Contact us to enroll in the MAV Center – manalive program and learn how to keep your emotions from negitavliey impacting the people you love.
Prohibiting contact with friends
Blaming partner for own actions
Mean mugging or giving the “evil eye”
Watching TV while partner is talking
They’re all forms of emotional violence that hurt you and the ones you love.
Program Founded in
Originating from the insightful work of Hamish Sinclair in the 1980s, The MAV Center offers a structured, methodological toolkit aimed at empowering individuals to confront and revise their deep-seated patterns, habits, and beliefs with certified manalive curriculum. By committing to the foundational agreements of ceasing self-violation and the violation of others, we engage participants in a transformative journey toward their authentic selves – the essence untainted by learned patterns of superiority and inferiority.
Lives Changed
Have Questions?
Give us a call today to learn more about how we can help you learn the tools you need to have success in your relationships with others.