education is empowering/ignorance is embarrassing

by William Jackson Edited by Cheryl Littles
The recent E3 Focus Forum centered around the topic that has been touched on by such notable people as Bill Cosby, Bill Clinton and even President Barak Obama. There have been many dialogues about the urgency to get fathers more involved in their children’s lives even after divorce or non-marital breakups, with children the results of these relationships.

JCCI Study
The JCCI study here in Jacksonville shows the affects of absence fathers in chi… Continue

Our Focus In Jacksonville and Beyond
Jacksonville is preparing for another dialogue on “Breaking The Cycle” of
infant mortality, absent fathers and increasing parental involvement. These are areas of concern here in Jacksonville and other parts of the country. They have a direct affect on the health and growth of this city, these issues transition beyond color, ethnicity or neighborhood and must be addressed in a holistic analysis not just based or racial ethnicity and a misunderstanding… Continue

Our young men are being taken away at an alarming rate, either murdered or incarcerated. Violence, claiming the lives of those who should have promising futures ahead of them, young men have fallen at the hands of those who have sworn to protect and serve, young men such as Sean Bell, Omar Edwards and DeAuntae Farrow; they did not know their killers by name, but were unable to prevent the events of their demise. Events show that fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers and even men in ministry/clergy,… Continue

This is your invitation to read an article my son and I wrote for
the Times Union newspaper and on Jacksonville.com

Take a few minutes to read and provide some feedback..
There were some interesting responses, some are very
worrisome in this new 21st century..

The article is located at:

http://www.jacksonville.com/opinion/letters_from_readers/2009-08-31/story/guest_column_fathers_get_your_sons_ready_for_dangers_t

God Bless,
Wm

Calling All Fathers - Can We Talk???
Being a father is a magical and humbling event, fathers go through many transformations as we and our children age. The Gospel according to Matthew starting in Chapter One from verse one to sixteen reads who beget whom. These are men who beget children through out the chapters in the Bible in this chaper of scripture. In verse six of Chapter One, David who is King of Isreal beget Solomon, but from an affair with Uria’s wife. Despite this, Solomon grew… Continue