Fatherhood Strengthening (Week 2)

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Fatherhood Strengthening (Week 2)

“Children are a blessing and a gift from the Lord.” - Psalm 127:3 The Pathways for Fathers and Families is a program sponsored by the Milwaukee County Department of Child Support Services which is dedicated to ensuring that all children are supported by both parents whenever possible, with the mission to promote family stability, creating... [Read More]

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Breaking myths about black fatherhood this Father’s Day

Too many sermons on Father’s Day seem to focus on the black father’s need to engage his children because he’s shirked

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My Father’s Day Story: Adapting To New Challenges Of Fatherhood

A widower tries to raise his son on his own.

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Father’s Day: Let the People Be Heard - DefenderNetwork.com

Black fathers share what’s coolest about being a father and the things about fatherhood one cannot know until you actually become a father. Best part about being a father Watching your children launch out into the world and make it their own. (Danyahel Danny Norris) Giving them

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America urgently needs the Truth, Racial healing and Transformation to bring unity, equity and racial healing to our nation

On Monday, the National Collaborative for Health Equity enthusiastically applauded the House resolution urging that a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation be

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‘Rest In Power to a Legend’: Reggae Founding Father Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, 77, Dies Weeks After Being Hospitalized with COVID-Like Symptoms

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Bumps In The Road To Expect As A New Stepparent

If you are taking on stepchildren, then that likely means you are taking on children of divorce. It may even mean taking on children who barely see the other parent any more, or not at all, as mandated by the courts. Research has found a correlation between parental separation in teens and

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Tavis Smiley is a well known talk show host and media personality. He was born on September 13, 1964 in Gulfport, Mississippi to a single teenaged mother named Joyce Marie Roberts. Joyce married a US Air Force Officer named Emory Garnell Smiley, and Tavis was named after his stepfather. He did not

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Berkshire Bank’s Virtual Townhall Series “Reimagining America” Raises Critical Questions About the Economic Future of African American and Hispanic Communities

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Oprah to Speak With 100 Black Fathers About Racial Injustice in America

The 66-year-old media mogul will host and executive produce “OWN Spotlight: Oprah And 100 Black Fathers” on June 30, where she will speak to Black fathers about parenting in wake of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement sparked by the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna

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(1865) Henry Highland Garnet, “Let The Monster Perish”

On February 12, 1865, Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, a former slave and now pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., became the first African American to speak in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. His sermon was delivered on Sunday, February 12, 1865 within days

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NJAO: Regulators should not be a stumbling block to innovation

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Black Fathers Matter

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ALS Awareness Month – #ALSAwareness (Week 2)

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African American History and Women Timeline

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Egypt's Strategy to Reinvigorate Green Growth Was Pushed Forward Through Public-Private Dialogue - Al-Mashat

[Egypt Online] Egypt works on solving environmental, social, and economic issues simultaneously, following a systematic twin-track approach to ensure that 'green' and 'growth' go together hand-in-hand, Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat highlighted, striking a balance between

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Black Dads Continue to Persevere and Love Their Children - The Washington Informer

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William Hooper Councill’s Letter to the White People of Alabama, 1901

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Black Dads Continue to Persevere and Love Their Children – Free Press of Jacksonville

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Fathers required to pay prenatal child support under new Utah law

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