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Dads Pad Radio Fathers Incorporated
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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Kenneth Braswell has spent over 32 years in the service of family and community. A husband and father of five, he created Fathers Incorporated (FI) in 2004 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. For 12 years FI has also served as the prime contractor for HHS’s National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (fatherhoodgov). In 2006 Braswell became the Director of the New York State Fatherhood Initiative, overseeing more than $11 million in programs, conducting a $1 million comprehensive evaluation, and managing the NYS Noncustodial Earned Income Tax Credit. Throughout his career, he has managed over $70 million in Fatherhood Programming. He is an author, documentarian filmmaker, Certified Master Life Coach, and Anger Management Specialist II. In 2021, Braswell was honored by Oprah Winfrey and the OWN Network for his work with Black Fathers. In 2019, Braswell was honored by the Atlanta Business Chronicle with the Small Businessperson of the Year Award - Servant Entrepreneur, and in 2020 with the Leader in Corporate Citizenship Award.
Braswell is the author of several books for children and adults, a sought-after speaker, a social entrepreneur, a blogger, and a documentarian filmmaker. He and his work have been featured in NY Times, CNN, PBS, Good Morning America, Ebony, and Black Enterprise. Fatherhood is not only his work but his mission.
Kenneth has had numerous awards bestowed upon him, including the Black Enterprise Man of Distinction Award. He was a 40 Under 40 awardee and has received the prestigious Ebony MANifest Honors Award and the inaugural Black and Married with Kids Standards Award.
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Fatherhood, Cops and Single Families
Fatherhood is driving a hugely diverse conversation.
Heather Mac Donald
Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. She is a recipient of the 2005 Bradley Prize. Mac Donald’s work at City Journal has covered a range of topics, including higher education, immigration, policing, homelessness and homeless advocacy, criminal-justice reform, and race relations. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, and The New Criterion. Mac Donald's newest book, The War on Cops (2016), warns that raced-based attacks on the criminal-justice system, from the White House on down, are eroding the authority of law and putting lives at risk.
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Lisa (Lisa Lee) Counts - "History of Girls in Hip-Hop"
Friday, May 8th, 7pm
Lisa (Lisa Lee) Counts
Queen of Hip Hop
Member of Zulu Nation, Soul Sonic Force & US Girls
"History of Girls in Hip-Hop"
Lisa Lee Counts, better known as Zulu Queen Lisa Lee is a founding
member of the Zulu Nation. In addition to being a founding member of
the SoulSonic Force and Cosmic Force, Zulu Queen Lisa Lee was also
featured in the seminal hip-hop films "Beat Street" and "Wild Style."
Zulu Queen Lisa Lee currently resides in Virginia. Topics include:
comparing New York hip-hop with Virginia hip-hop; women in hip-hop;
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Dr. Jawanza Kunjunfu - "Raising Black Girls"
Thursday, May 7th, 7pm
Dr. Jawanza Kunjunfu
"Raising Black Girls"
Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu is an educational consultant with African American
Images. He is constantly on the lecture circuit with over 30 different
workshops, addressing students, parents, teachers, churches and
community residents. He is he author of more than 37 books, to include
“Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys,” “Hip Hop Street Curriculum:
Keeping It Real,” The Black College Survival Guide; just to name a
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Cassandra Mack - Why Do Black Girls Rock?
Wednesday, May 6th, 7pm
Cassandra Mack
CEO of Strategies for Empowered Living
"Girl Power: What Makes a Black Girl Rock?"
Cassandra Mack, MSW is the founder and President of Strategies for
Empowered Living Inc. a New York based personal development company
that offers educational workshops, coaching programs, consultation
services and products designed to help people succeed in life and
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Intergenerational Conversations about Girls
April 20th, 2015; 7pm
Princess Best
Founder, Princess Best Speaks & R.O.Y.A.L. Voices
Topic: Intergenerational Conversations about Girls
Princess Best is a multi-faceted artist who has dedicated her many
talents to advocating for the enhancement leadership, health and
communication of young girls and women, She is the founder of Princess
Best Speaks (PBS) and R.O.Y.A.L. Voices (Readying Our Young Aspiring
Leaders. Best's platform and programming focus on expanding the
leadership capacity of the feminine voice of color through hip-hop
theater, storytelling and public speaking.
Her highly engaging presentations speak to the physical, mental and
spiritual wellness of women and girls. Her interactive techniques
cultivate an environment and spirit of sisterhood that ignites
cross-generational and cross-cultural dialogue.
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Hip Hop and Today's Girls with Toni Blackman
Toni Blackman
CEO & Founder at Rhyme like a Girl and artist/writer/educator
Topic: "Hip Hop and Today's Girls"
Toni is an international champion of hip-hop culture. An award-winning
artist, her steadfast work and commitment to hip-hop led the U.S.
Department of State to select her to work as the first ever hip-hop
artist to work as an American Cultural Specialist.
This multi-talented woman has been listed in ESSENCE Magazine’s
listing of “30 Women to Watch.”
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