Building Family In The 21st Century
A coalition of nonprofit organizations and award-winning author, jonetta rose barras have joined forces this year to present on June 11 at the Francis Gregory Neighborhood Library (3660 Alabama Ave. SE.) from 2 PM to 4 PM an informative and provocative moderated conversation about the state of family in 21st Century America and what can be done to build that critical unit in American society.
- Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV (1888PressRelease) May 11, 2016 - The conversation which will feature national and regional leaders including Brittany Nicole Adams, MS Resident in Counseling and co-director Fatherless Daughter Reconciliation Project co-director of Esther Productions Inc.'s Fatherless Daughter Reconciliation Project; HyeSook Chung, director of D.C. Action for Children;, Tony Lewis, author of the critically acclaimed "Slugg: A Boy's Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration, and Frank Love (Yao Tyus), Host Frank Love Relationships Radio Show and author of "How to Gracefully Exit a Relationship." Brother Yao (Hoke) Glover, assistant professor at Bowie State University will help moderate the conversation.
Family is the bulwark against nearly every social problem. Whether we are talking about ending poverty, the state of black males, juvenile incarceration, substance abuse, or teen pregnancy, a strong, attentive, and nurturing family is the ultimate antidote. But without a sustained and powerful focus on family, the social challenges cannot be fully resolved.
In these times when family has begun to look differently but is no less significant, determining the best way to build it as a viable and critical element of an individual's development, including parents, becomes increasingly important. Those participating in the conversation will offer their perspective on the continuing and unmatched role of family in this 21st Century. They also will provide tangible steps for strengthening existing families.
Following the conversation, the audience will be invited to participate in an hour-long storytelling session, where narratives about family will be a key feature.
For more information please call 202-829-0591 or write estherproductionsinc ( @ ) gmail dot com
Biography of Participants
Brittany Adams, MS, ATR is a Clinical Therapist at a Behavioral Health Center for adolescents. As an arts therapist, she works with adolescent, service providers, and families. She is also co-director of Esther Productions Inc.'s Fatherless Daughter Reconciliation Project. An accomplished artist, and arts administrator , Ms. Adams graduated from Hampton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and minor in Criminology. She obtained her Masters of Science from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Art therapy and counseling. She also produced a mural for the Marriage and Family Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference, and a piece for the Hampton University Institute Proton Therapy Center. Ms. Adams was a highly celebrated artist on Hampton's campus and in the International African American Journal Reviews.
HyeSook Chung is the executive director of DC Action for Children, child advocacy organization working to bring high impact outcomes by visualizing data in service to DC children. She serves on numerous advisory boards focused on social change and outcomes for children, including the Annie E. Casey's KIDS COUNT national steering committee, DataKind and Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum. In addition to having expertise on issues that affect young children, Ms. Chung is a data and technology enthusiast whose innovative vision for data work has highlighted at IMB Insight Data Conference, the list of Rockefeller Foundation's Top 100 Innovative NGO's, Unicef and SXSW Education.
Tony Lewis Jr is a community leader, youth advocate, and work force development professional specializing in justice involved men and women. His memoir Slugg: A Boy's Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration is a soulful meditation on the social and political forces that profoundly changed the course of his life, the outlook of his generation, and the prospects of generations to follow. His work and advocacy has been featured on CNN, BET, and in the Washington Post. He is the winner of the Steve Harvey/Ford Motor Company "Best Community Leader" award and the Presidential Call to Service award.
Frank Love (Yao Tyus) is a loving mate, father of five and author, "How to Gracefully Exit a Relationship." A native Washingtonian, he has degrees from both Howard and The George Washington Universities. He has spent years deal with relationship dynamics, including around issues of loyalty, trust and partnership. He served as host of the Frank Love Relationships Radio Show.
Yao (Hoke) Glover is the former owner of Karibu Books and a poet whose poetry and essays have been published in African American Review, Obsidian III, Tidal Basin Review, Smartish Pace, Beltway Quarterly, Beltway, Spectre, Libations, Plougshares, and other journals and anthologies. Mr. Glover is also assistant professor of English at Bowie State University. Much of his work explores issues of inheritance and family. He and Karla Wilkerson-Glover have been married for twenty-four years; they have three children.
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