FATHERS INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES FATHERHOOD IMAGE AWARDEES TO BE HONORED AT 2012 DINNER
This year’s dinner will be held on January 25th at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York. All proceeds will benefit the TIES NEVER BROKEN (Blue Bow tie) and weMentor campaigns. There will be a special silent auction, dinner, special guest appearances and keynote address. Keynote speaker is Rev. Alfonso Wyatt and hosted by Toya Beasley of KissFM. Tickets can be purchased online at http://2012tiesneverbroken.eventbee.com/.
TIES NEVER BROKEN CAMPAIGN APPEARS IN NEW VIDEO ON FATHERHOOD with TRAY CHANEY (The Wire)
January 4, 2012 (NEW YORK) Tray Chaney who appeared on the HBO program The Wire as “Poot Carr” is releasing a highly anticipated video entitled “Fatherhood”. The video directed by Lamar Tyler and produced by Don Cox kicks off the year by promoting the critical importance of responsible fatherhood and mentoring. “I went into this project with the hopes of addressing the challenges of fathers; including myself. It’s important to remember our responsibilities towards our children and ourselves, says Chaney. MORE…
Fathers Incorporated Gears Up to Support Power Down Campaign.
Raising Him Alone Campaign seeks to reduce the dependency of technology and media by increasing family time
Today, the Raising Him Alone Campaign, Urban Leadership and Fathers Incorporated are officially launching the Power Down Campaign! Power Down is a campaign focused on teaching parents strategies and coaching them to become better monitors of the technology used by their children. Parents who closely monitor and limit the time their child/teen spends playing video games, watching TV and surfing the Internet increase the likelihood that their child/teen will spend more time engaged in socially redeeming activities. Those activities will likely include arts and crafts, homework and other educational exercises. READ MORE…
FATHERS INCORPORATED AWARDED $7.4 MILLION TO MANAGE NATIONAL RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD CLEARINGHOUSE
President’s Fatherhood and Mentoring Initiative and fatherhood.gov amongst projects
NEW YORK, NY, October 4, 2011– Fathers Incorporated (FI), a national not-for-profit has engaged in responsible fatherhood work on a national and international level since 2004. Recently the organization began a multi-year cause marketing campaign entitled “TIES NEVER BROKEN” to raise the visibility of both Responsible Fatherhood and Mentoring. We are proud to announce that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has awarded Fathers Incorporated $7.4 million (over a 3-year period; contingent on continued funding) to manage the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC).
“This contract award allows FI to continue this critical work and great efforts of the White House, DHHS/OFA, and the National Fatherhood Initiative,” says Kenneth Braswell, Executive Director of Fathers Incorporated. “Our team will approach this body of work by integrating innovative marketing systems to inform and educate families. In this effort we hope for the work to evolve and become a mainstay for America’s fathers, families, and the field,” continues Braswell.
The core of the clearinghouse contract will occur through social marketing and multi-media platforms, traditional communications, and product development. In addition the contract calls for the support of national federally sponsored events, conferences and other activities…READ MORE
Fathers Incorporated and Partners to Address Recruitment during National Mentoring Month.
Mentoring remains to be one of our community’s most critical services. However according to Mentoring USA’s Executive Director; Stephen Powell, the number of available mentors are extremely low. In fact single parents, mostly mothers remain on long waiting lists, waiting to fill the gap in their children’s life left void by an absent father.
“We have been diligent at building the capacity of community agencies to deal with the impact of fatherlessness. Unfortunately the available resources don’t always match the urgent need,” say Kenneth Braswell, Executive Director of Fathers Incorporated. “This issue no more urgent than in the need to recruit African American men into formal mentoring programs.” MORE…
Chris Broussard to represent the effort of the “Ties Never Broken” Blue Bow Tie Campaign
NEW YORK, NY, October 4, 2011–Insipried by President Obama’s 2010 Father’s Day address, Fathers Incorporated (FI) has marked 2011 as the Year of Responsible Men. Fathers Incorporated; a not-for-profit organization in New York is committed to eliminating fatherlessness and increasing the commitment of men to become mentors. Over the last several months the campaign has garnered international attention and is supported by the White House and several major urban cities. The Ties Never Broken campaign is symbolized by the social marketing icon of a “blue bow tie.” READ MORE…
2011 is the Year of Responsible Men
In 2011 we proposed that public officials from the President to local legislators proclaim 2011; The Year of Responsible Men. This high level recognition will assist in targeting the need to encourage and support responsible fatherhood and mentoring. Our children are the most important elements of our society; so as we encourage the active participation of men; we ultimately seek to create healthier and loving families. For more information visit www.2011yorm.com
l. to r. Kenneth Braswell, Haki Mahabuti, Chris Broussard and Stephen Powell
Kenneth Braswell and other awardees at the 10th Anniversary Full Circle Awards Dinner
Fathers Incorporated and K.I.N.G host private screening of the movie Couragous
White House in Support of Fathers Incorporated “Ties Never Broken” Campaign
The First Annual Heritage Awards Dinner kicked off the successful initiation of the 2011: Year of Responsible Men (YORM) Campaign in support of the White House. During the event, several BLOCKBUSTER announcements regarding partnerships, events and initiatives, including proclamations from several major U.S. cities were made to encourage responsible fatherhood and mentoring. Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Joshua DuBois, spoke. Honorees included John Amos, Geoffrey Canada (via video), and others. The dinner was hosted by Michelle Drayton, Publisher of Today’s Child Magazine and J-Will, host of Albany’s “JWill in the Morning” on Jamz 96.3 (Albany). The Keynote speaker for the event was Pastor Tre’ Staton of the Empire Christian Center and special remarks delivered by Dr. Jeff Gardere, America’s Psychologist and host of VH1’s Dads Camp.
