One Million Fathers Asked to Lead the Nation Back to School
Posted 26 August 2008 by Minister Ronald E. Smith
On the very first day of school, Children Need Both Parents, Inc. is leading the initiative in Grand Rapids, Michigan to have every father, stepfather, foster father, or grandfather to take children to school on the first day. We have the support of the Kent County Department of Human Services who is sending out notification to all of their clients, the Grand Rapids Public School system who is making an automated call to all parents on behalf of CNBP, Representative Robert Dean and State Senator Mark Jansen who will be at Alger Middle School on the first day greeting all fathers at 7:00am.
WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING TO HAVE THE SYSTEM TO VALIDATE AND PROMOTE SHARED PARENTING!!!!!
**PRESS RELEASE**
Date: August 26, 2008
Contact: Minister Ronald Smith, CEO
For Immediate Release: Children Need Both Parents, Inc.
616-301-2325
400 Cities Could Participate in the Largest, Organized Back-to-School Effort in U.S. History
(Grand Rapids)
- "Education has become a matter of national security. Because we cannot control our schools, we cannot control our economy. And because we cannot control our economy, we cannot control and protect our quality of life in America," says Phillip Jackson, Executive Director of The Black Star Project, U.S.A. The Black Star Project is sponsoring the Million Father March 2008 on the first day of school in nearly 300 cities across America. The Million Father March has become a special day that fathers and men use to make a commitment to their children, their families, their communities and their country with their dynamic presence at a school. This is the real fathers' day!
The Million Father March 2008 will play-out at Alger Middle School in Grand Rapids as well as schools across America and in other parts of the world. About 300,000 men from 127 cities participated in the Million Father March in 2006. An estimated 400,000 men in 238 cities participated in 2007. This year, an estimated 600,000 men from 400 cities are expected to participate. The Million Father March also provides an escort of safety, support, and encouragement to children of all ages on their first day of school. Jackson says, "Gang recruitment, bullying and random violence goes way down on any day that a group of men are at a school."
Participants in the event include fathers, grandfathers, foster fathers, stepfathers, uncles, cousins, big brothers, significant male caregivers and friends of the family. Although this event is created by Black men, women and men of all races are also encouraged to take their children to school on their first day. Businesses are asked to give fathers and men 2 hours off that morning to take their children to school. Men will also be encouraged to volunteer at schools throughout the year. A special effort will be made to coordinate Latino Fathers in La Marcha de Padres.
Representative Robert Dean and State Senator Mark Jansen are expected to greet fathers in the Foyer of Alger Middle School on September 2, 2008 at 7:00am. The 2008 Million Father March is managed by The Black Star Project, U.S.A., sponsored by the Schott Foundation for Public Information, in partnership with the National PTA and the National Fatherhood Initiative. Children Need Both Parents, Inc. is the organization bringing this initiative to Grand Rapids.
Since schools across America and the world start the year on different days and months, the March will be a rolling event that takes place on the first day of this school year in cities, villages, and towns between August 7, 2008, and October 13, 2008.
The 2008 Million Father March is sponsored in part by The Black Star Project and Children Need Both Parents, Inc. Please visit our website for complete information at
www.blackstarproject.org. You may also email at childrenneedbothparents@msn.com or call 616-301-2325 for more information. Website:
www.cnbpinc.org
Posted By: Emmanuel Brown
Wednesday, September 17th 2008 at 12:52AM
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