1. Nations that support 1. Paternity leave, and 2. Women in workforce could increase GDP (*Promundo)
2. Paternity leave
2.1. Strengthening Bonding
2.1.1. Brain development, Security, Attachment
2.1.1.1. Supporting women in the workforce
2.1.1.1.1. Co-parenting
2.1.1.1.2. Social messaging, gender equity
2.1.1.2. Long-term positive economic impact
2.2. Frederick Douglas: "It's easier to raise a strong child than fix a broken man".
3. Mapping Micro-, Mezzo-, Macro-structural influences on fathers and family formation
3.1. Micro- = Individual & Personal Development
3.1.1. Inner self
3.1.1.1. Strengthening home life
3.1.1.1.1. Routines
3.1.1.2. Make the Bond!!!
3.1.1.2.1. Douglas for Mother's & Fathers
3.1.1.3. Fatherhood Groups that Help Prepare & Maintain
3.1.2. Investing
3.1.2.1. $2k per yr in Roth IRA at 12%, starting when child is 16 for 7 yrs - at their retirement = $1M+
3.1.3. Mental Health, Addiction, and Wellness
3.1.3.1. Tailor and improve supports to include a fatherhood focus
3.1.4. Quadruple Messages on Essentially of Bonding: Invest heavily in the heavenly. Grow Roots
3.1.4.1. Fatherhood Prep Classes, grow & expand - train former student-parents
3.2. Mezzo- = Messaging, Honoring, Marketing, Community Programming, Services, and Supports
3.2.1. Assess current services, evaluate, coordinate
3.2.1.1. Develop services that meet needs
3.2.1.1.1. Gain insight into systems' vision, mission, data - tailor
3.2.1.2. What do we currently have
3.2.1.2.1. Strengths
3.2.1.2.2. Strong local network
3.2.1.2.3. Strong national programs, services, events
3.2.2. Increasing public safety throughout cities through a public health lens involving fatherhood initiatives
3.2.3. Develop Fatherhood Groups
3.2.3.1. Barbershops, CBO's, ALC's, High schools, Pirsons/Jails, Faith Communities, Streets, etc.
3.2.4. Create fatherhood groups; encourage others to start their own; support
3.2.4.1. In turn, ask young brothers and sisters what it feels like to babysit while mom is 2nd shift job, why they call females b-word, what they disespected so and so
3.2.5. Prepare the 99 for when the 1 returns
3.3. Macro- = Social & Systemic Fatherhood Inclusion
3.3.1. Renewing culture of expectations & support
3.3.1.1. Social messaging
3.3.2. Data on # of inmates without strong bond w/ bio father
3.3.2.1. Help inmates address THE root cause of violence; Therapy, Family strengthening/reunification
3.3.3. Increasing maternal & child health outcomes
3.3.4. MN Department of Human Services
3.3.4.1. African-American Child Well Being Unit, Devon Gilquist
3.3.5. Dr. Ronald B. Mincy is the Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice at Columbia University. He is a leading expert on social policies for low-income fathers, especially child support and workforce development, and a co-principal investigator of the foundational Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Mincy holds an AB from Harvard College and a PhD from MIT.
3.3.6. Acknowledge Social and Structural Blindness to Social Ills
3.3.6.1. Ex) Inequities live within systems
3.3.6.1.1. Ex) Disproportionate # of ADOS children eat breakfast/lunch at school; tremendous call for schools to do more to serve meals during covid-19 - Why do we automatically rely on schools instead of supporting families to have food; empower fatherhood to be included in alll facets and we produce solutions!
3.3.7. Develop accountable systems; don't push the 1 away from 99
3.4. World Health Organization's efforts to involve fatherhood in ways that increase maternal and infant/child health outcomes
3.4.1. "Family Included" Program
3.4.1.1. UK guidelines on involving fathers in maternity care
3.5. Aspen Institute, Fatherhood Learning and Action Community
3.5.1. https://ascend.aspeninstitute.org/announcing-aspen-institute-fatherhood-learning-and-action-community/
3.5.2. Joe Jones, Aspen Fellow
4. Family Institute Housing & Programming
4.1. MOTHERS Institute
4.2. FATHERS Institute
4.3. BROTHERS Institute
5. Arts & Entertainment
5.1. Art forms that acknolwdge, uplift, and wrestle with complexities of fatherhood
5.1.1. Emphasis on Black and Indigenous Fatherhood
5.2. Fatherhood-ology Compilation Album
5.2.1. Challenge Local Artists
5.2.2. Challenge other Cities to produce their own compilation album
5.3. Dads 2.0 Summit
6. Tapping Into the Spirit of Fatherhood
6.1. "Fatherhood is perhaps the greatest untapped natural and spiritual resource available on the entire planet due to it's universality, motivational capacity, and employability."
6.2. Develop Fatherhood as loving, praying, guiding, assuring
6.2.1. "May the people from different paths recognize each other." - Cherokee blessing and prayer
6.3. Work towards tipping point - showcase how fatherhood practices increase social health and safety measures.
6.3.1. Work on global leadership who understand and support the Spirit of Fatherhood; "power with, not power over", patriarchal dominance is shortsighted
6.4. Example of the Spirit of Fatherhood
6.4.1. Kobe and Gianna
7. Malachi 4:6 - Build upon scriptural foundation, The Living Word
7.1. Last scripture in Old Testament
7.1.1. Bridge into New Testament
7.1.1.1. Matthew goes directly into lineage
7.1.1.1.1. Father begot son who begot
7.2. Parable of Path of Presidents and Kings
7.2.1. Once a father named George Bush became President. He had a son named George Bush who also became President. Both father and son who were Presidents led their nation to war.
7.2.1.1. Once a father named Martin Luther was a King. He had a son named Martin Luther who also was a King. Both father and son who were Kings led their nation to peace.
7.2.1.1.1. Question to fathers: As a father are you teaching your son to be on the path of Presidents or the path of Kings?
7.3. Position of this scripture as the very last words in the Old Testament is no coincidence
7.3.1. "And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
7.4. Prophets quiet for 400 years after Malachi. A biblical parallel about being quiet about fatherhood can be drawn from 1619-2019. It is time.
8. Reports & Data
8.1. Promundo, Reports
8.1.1. State of the World's Fathers
8.1.1.1. https://s30818.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/BLS19063_PRO_SOWF_REPORT_015.pdf
8.1.2. State of America's Father
8.1.2.1. https://promundoglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/State-of-Americas-Fathers-report-June-12-2016.pdf
8.2. Dad Stats
8.3. Minnesota Fathers and Families Network
8.3.1. "Do We Count Fathers" Report
8.4. Fatherless Children Statistics and Other Data on Fatherhood | NFI
8.5. Looking into partnership w/ Georgetown Juvenile Justice to create new data streams involving FATHERHOOD
9. APOSTLES Prayer Breakfasts
9.1. Ambassadors Prayerfully Obedient to the Saviors Teachings of Love, Edification, and Sacrifice
9.1.1. Acts 2:42-47
9.1.1.1. 1. Gather in His name 2. Break bread together 3. Study Jesus like the apostles studied Jesus 4. Pray for guidance on the message revealed during gathering
9.2. Have with your family, with yourself in needed
9.2.1. Host in community, you gather
9.3. Churches gather
9.4. Holy Spirit Led
9.5. Stations of the cross
9.5.1. Read letters written during lent binding us to Jesus in each station
9.5.1.1. Pray for guidance
10. Practitioner Network & Trainings
10.1. Fatherhood: Multiplier for Public Health, The Hidden Ingredient
10.2. Neil Tift
10.2.1. Re-start a National Network: Fatherhood Practitioners National Network
11. Funding for Movement Work
11.1. Policy Window - Prison Reform
11.1.1. Bipartisan
11.2. New TANF Restructuring Next 6 Months
11.3. Social Impact Bonds
11.3.1. Ford Foundation, $1 Billion
11.3.1.1. Future of funding
11.3.2. Must showcase cost savings & economic mobility through our work
12. Black Girls Rock
12.1. https://lead.blackgirlsrock.com/
13. Art Rolnik
13.1. Gesell Program in Early Childhood
13.2. Early childhood development is economic development with a very high return on investment
14. Nationally
14.1. Problem: No coordinated entity
14.1.1. Solution: We Know Who Develop One, We Can Ask For Help To Create Another -- Utilize Technology, Save Money
14.1.1.1. Leader: Point person/people who is/are widely respected across sectors and influencial; involves others - not elitist. *No blocking people out.
14.2. Used to have National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families (NPNFF)
14.3. Aspen Institute
14.3.1. ASPEN INSTITUTE FATHERHOOD LEARNING AND ACTION COMMUNITY
14.3.1.1. Joe Jones, Baltimore, Aspen Fellow
14.3.1.1.1. Worked w/ Obama on Fatherhood Initiatives
15. UN Year of Fatherhood
15.1. Peace & Reconciliation
15.2. The UN has never had a Year that recognizes Fatherhood/Fathers
15.2.1. Africa
15.2.1.1. Middle East
15.2.1.1.1. South America
15.2.1.1.2. Strong Focus on Peace Process(es)
15.2.2. Cultivate with Indigenous Peoples
15.3. Research the UN "Simmit on Fathers"
15.3.1. Dr. Kyle Pruett said he spoke; however cannot find any record of summit
15.4. Study International Women's Day (March 8) for insight how to develop
15.4.1. Official UN Themes
15.4.1.1. Every year since '96 the UN hosted a "Year of" that supports women
15.4.1.1.1. Ex) 1997, Women at the Peace Table -- Duplicate; Fatherhood at the Peace Table
16. Millions Fathers March (plural)
16.1. Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC
16.1.1. Same Step from where Rev Dr. King gave his message, Civil Rights March, Aug 28. 1963
16.2. Fatherhood is naturally and spiritually universal
16.2.1. So...build peace process through the true Spirit of Fatherhood
16.2.2. Hold each religion accountable through fatherhood
16.2.2.1. 'Man' is competitive and independent
16.2.2.2. Fatherhood is cooperative and interdependent
16.3. Have sent countless messages to Minister Louis Farrakhan asking him to call the nation, akin to the Million Man March in 1995
16.3.1. Met w/ Yusef Salaam (Central Park Five, "The Exonerated Five")
16.4. Planted seed of March, Atlanta, 2001 Intentional Fatherhood Conference (IFC)
16.4.1. Spoke again at 2002 IFC, Washington DC - discussed forging symbolic bond between North and South and unify fatherhood
16.4.1.1. Last spoke publicly, 2003 IFC in Anaheim, CA. Message sweeping from West to East.
17. Local History
17.1. Festival for Fathers & Families
17.1.1. 30 Year Celebration in 2020
17.1.1.1. New direction
17.1.1.1.1. Move date to September 19
17.2. Minneapolis referred to as Epicenter of Fatherhood Movement in late '90's
17.2.1. Fathers' Resource Center, Established by Neil Tift, 1991
17.2.2. FATHER Project established 1999 - Present
18. 20 Yr Plan, 50 Year Blueprint
18.1. Start In St. Paul & Minneapolis Blueprint
18.1.1. Challenge, Encourage, and Assist Other Cities Around The World To Lead Development of Their Own Blueprint Tailored to Their Region
18.2. Global
18.2.1. Challenge other Countries around the world to create their own 50 Year Fatherhood Blueprint
19. Marketing Fatherhood
20. International Fatherhood Conferences - 22nd Year 2020
20.1. NPCL, Dr. Johnson
20.1.1. Professor Bowling and Zach hosted 2018 IFC in Minneapolis
21. Fatherhood Summits & Symposiums
21.1. Developing one in St. Paul (date TBD)
21.1.1. God said to hold it in St. Paul, more than a capital city, named after a man who evolved from Saul to Paul, tailor Summit to help the Sauls and Pauls
21.1.1.1. Invite gurus in various fields; they give 18 minute Ted Talk-like message
21.1.1.1.1. 12 minute roundtable rapid-fire brainstorming sessions written from sparks & connections generated from each topic
21.1.1.1.2. Point person helps coordinate study and action groups
21.2. Wrote letter hand delivered to Ziauddin Yousefzai, Malala's father, asked him to build Fatherhood Summit & Symposium that teaches fathers how to support girls education, stand up against Taliban/extremists, and mobilize nations to support fathers and girls education
21.3. Learn from model of the Family Summit
21.3.1. Family Summit & Conference: Atlanta, GA, August 25-27, 2017
21.3.2. Minister Farrakhan
21.3.3. Sister Ati H. Cushmeer
21.3.3.1. Contact Info
21.3.3.1.1. 404-314-3083 [email protected]
21.3.3.2. Lead Organizer for 2017 Summit
21.3.3.2.1. Sister Ati stated willingness to assist us develop
22. Social Messaging & Marketing
22.1. Challenge & assist companies to tap into fatherhood, involve, market to...
22.2. Love & Gianna = GirlDad
23. Fatherhood Movement 2.0
23.1. Assess gaps in ourselves, services, policies, systems, messaging, vision &
23.1.1. Learn what other nations are doing
23.1.1.1. Ex) United Kingdom
23.2. Review history of local, national, international fatherhood movements
23.2.1. Fatherhood Movement is Brother to Civil Rights Movement
23.2.1.1. Re-engage fatherhood, re-engage civil rights movement
24. Build on Universality of Fatherhood, NOT just Fathers
24.1. Fatherhood includes ALL members of the human family; women, men, children, Elders
24.1.1. Ask Elders what fatherhood should and could be
24.1.2. Ask women/mothers what fatherhood should and could be
24.1.3. Ask men/fathers what fatherhood should and could be
24.1.4. Ask children what fatherhood should and could be
24.2. Essential attributes/examples of Fatherhood: Loving, Praying, Guiding, Assuring, Truthfulness, Atonement, Preparing, Reparations, Healing, Peace, Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Restoration, Maintain, Teaching, Training, Redemption, Salvation
25. MN Prisons
25.1. Reach MN Commissioner of Corrections Schnell
25.1.1. Work With Kristi Cobbs