Service Spotlight – Serving in Their Communities
The 10th Annual Gentlemen Showcase is proud to be recognizing remarkable gentleman committed to service, kindness, and respect. A few nominees have proven that they stand apart from the crowd by putting others before themselves, giving their time and resources to serving others. Jalun Cotton was nominated because he has improved the lives of others […]
Service Spotlights – Following the Call to Serve
This year, NeW’s 10th annual Gentlemen Showcase is celebrating men across the country that have committed themselves to serving others. While there have been more than 100 exceptional men nominated, we wanted to spotlight a few nominees that have shown they are willing to go beyond the call of service in their own communities, and […]
Highlighting Men of Service
After just minutes of scrolling through social media or watching the evening news, it’s easy to forget that there are respectable, kind, and chivalrous men in the world around us. This is why NeW hosts the annual Gentlemen Showcase competition – a contest that highlights the men on our campuses and in our communities that […]
The 10th Annual Gentlemen Showcase is Now Open
NeW is thrilled to announce nominations are now open for the 10th Annual Gentlemen Showcase. Since 2010, this national contest seeks to acknowledge and recognize the young gentlemen in our lives. In the age of “toxic masculinity,” the 2020 Gentlemen Showcase is seeking out gentlemen across the country who emulate service, respect, and kindness towards everyone, especially the young women in […]
Save the Dates
NeW is excited to announce our upcoming events for 2020. This year, we will offer a limited number of exclusive scholarships for many of these events for NeW National Members. Scholarships are only available as long as they last. If you are not a member yet and want to apply for the scholarships, you can […]
“Network of Enlightened Women celebrates masculinity and chivalry with The Gentlemen Showcase” by Brittany Slaughter
I recently covered a piece for The College Fix about the topic of masculinity. The APA deemed the trait harmful so I reached out to many universities for quotes from their Men’s Centers simply wanting to know what they thought of the decision. Most refused to be quoted. It baffled me why these Men’s Centers […]
#ServiceSaturday: James VanDrie
This #servicesaturday, we are highlighting one of The Gentlemen Showcase nominees, James Van Drie for his dedication to serving his community. James is a sophomore at Wheaton College. During his freshman year, James started Windy City Warmth (WCW), which provides outerwear and professional clothing to people living on the streets of Chicago. Since then, WCW […]
#ServiceSaturday: TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®
Have you ever seen a TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® in your neighborhood? TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® was founded in the early 1980s as a way for brothers, Brig and Jon Sorber, to make some extra money during high school. Their mother invested $350 in the company and since then they’ve grown to become […]
2019 Honorary Gentleman: Rodney Smith Jr.
NeW is proud to announce the 2019 Honorary Gentleman is Rodney Smith Jr. Rodney is the founder of Raising Men Lawn Care Service. In 2015, he started to notice that many disadvantaged people in his community struggled with lawn care. He also saw that youth were energetic and enthusiastic about serving, but often struggled to find […]
The Gentlemen Showcase 2019 is LIVE
Despite what you may have read in the news lately, many young men are polite, act with integrity, and treat everyone with the respect they deserve. We want to honor those young men—and encourage more of them. That is why we are bringing back The Gentlemen Showcase – an annual national contest, started in 2010, sponsored […]
