Events

Become a film screening host today!

It’s simple – just email blackfatherhoodproject(a)gmail.com and a Black Fatherhood Project team member will contact you within one week to discuss your interest in hosting a screening.

Use The Black Fatherhood Project documentary film to:

  • Create dialogue with community members
  • Inspire responsible and effective parenting
    • Train mentors, teachers, social workers, and other professionals who work with black youth and families
  • Spark discussions about how your organization can address this issue
  • Educate colleagues
  • Facilitate healing conversations with black youth and their families
  • Inform the advocacy and programmatic strategies of a nonprofit
  • Provoke a discussion on race, equality and justice as it relates to public policy

 

We’ll call you soon to answer your questions and discuss our host guidelines with you. Then we’ll let you decide if hosting an event is right for you or your organization.

PREVIOUS EVENTS

Thursday, January 24th, 2013 at 6:00 – 8:30pm

Film Screening and Panel Discussion

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 6:00pm

WORLD PREMIERE!

Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, CA

Monday, February 4, 2013, 4:00pm-6:30pm

A Community Screening of The Black Fatherhood Project and Discussion Forum on Fatherhood and Education

Youth UpRising

8711 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94605

(510) 777-9909

Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 1:00pm-3:30pm

Screening of The Black Fatherhood Project and Discussion Forum

North Coast Youth Correctional Facility – Oregon Youth Authority

Astoria, Oregon

Monday, February 11, 2013, 1:00pm – 3:30pm

Screening of The Black Fatherhood Project and Discussion Forum

Tillamook Youth Correctional Facility – Oregon Youth Authority

Tillamook, Oregon

Friday, February 15th, 2013, 10:00am – 12:30pm

Screening of Clips of The Black Fatherhood Project and Response Workshop

King School – Ms. McFadden’s Class

4906 NE 6th Street, Portland, Oregon

Monday, February 18th, 2013, 3-6pm

Screening of The Black Fatherhood Project and Roundtable Discussions

Portland State University – Multicultural Center

Smith Memorial Union

1825 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon

Monday, February 25th, 2013, 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Screening of The Black Fatherhood Project and Discussion

Fathers Now! Program at NEWARK NOW!

975 Broad Street, Newark, NJ

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013, 6:30 – 9:00pm

Screening of The Black Fatherhood Project and Panel Discussion on Fatherhood and the Education System

Hosted by SPARK Academy Newark and George Washington Carver School

Organized by Justin Davis, 2nd Grade Teacher, SPARK Academy

Panelists: Dr. Preston Jackson, Principal at Carver School; Ras Baraka, City Councilman and Principal at Central High School; Shavar Jeffries, Newark Public School Advisory Board; Justin Davis, Educator, SPARK Academy.

Moderator: Jordan Thierry, Director of The Black Fatherhood Project.

Location: George Washington Carver School, 222 Clinton Avenue, Newark, NJ

Saturday, March 2, 2013, 10:00am – 12:00pm

Screening and Community Breakout Discussions of The Black Fatherhood Project

KIPP Vision Academy

660 McWilliams Rd. SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30315

Saturday, April 13, 2013, 10:00am – 12:00pm

Screening and Discussion of The Black Fatherhood Project

Wall Street Alpha’s Gents Mentor Program

Thursday, April 25, 2013, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Workshop for Staff on Working with Black Fathers in Social Services

Impact NW

Portland, Oregon

Saturday, April 25, 2013, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Community Screening of The Black Fatherhood Project

Aloha High School

Kinnamon Rd., Aloha, OR

Wednesday, May 1-2, 2013, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Screening and Community Breakout Discussions of The Black Fatherhood Project

Sponsored by the Galesburg NAACP

Galesburg High School, Galesburg IL

Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 5:30pm – 8:00pm

Screening and Community Discussion of The Black Fatherhood Project

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

315 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201

Ph: 319-494-5800

Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 6:00pm – 8:30pm

Los Angeles Premiere Screening and Community Discussion of The Black Fatherhood Project

UCLA Downtown Labor Center

675 S. Park View St., Los Angeles, CA 90057

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 7:30 – 9:30pm

Film Screening and Community Discussion

Hosted by: Black Female Development Circle, S.S.A. and M.A.L.E.S.

Florida International University

Graham Center, Room 150

11200 SW 8th Street, Miami FL 33199

Friday, November 8, 2013 at 7-9pm

Film Screening Conversation on Faith & Justice

Sponsored by the Inter-religious Council, Pan-African Seminarians, and Arts Council

Mudd Theatre, Claremont School of Theology

1325 N. College Ave, Claremont, CA 91711

Click here to RSVP!

Tuesday and Wednesday, March 5-6, 2014

Film Screening Tour at Contra Costa Community Colleges

Diablo Valley College, Los Medanos College, and Contra Costa College

Sponsored by the Contra Costa Community College District

Thursday, March 17, 2014

Lunch Plenary Session – Screening and Discussion

Sponsored by the Practitioners Leadership Institute / Center for Urban Families

Baltimore, Maryland

Monday, August 4, 2014

Film Screenings and Community Conversation

Sponsored by the Boston Public Health Commission and Vital Village

Salvation Army Kroc Corps Community Center of Boston

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Film Screening and Staff Workshop (Watch News Story)

Sponsored by the Mobile County Health Department

Location: Ben May Public Library, Mobile, Alabama

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Panel Discussion on Demystifying Fathers of Color

Annual Conference of the Grantmakers Concerned with Children, Youth and Families

Co-Panelists: Shawn Dove, Campaign for Black Male Achievement; Yusef Shakur, Author of “Window to My Soul”; Robert Thorton, Skillman Foundation

Detroit, MI

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