Project Fatherhood (SM): News Article: 8th Annual Fatherhood Solution Conference
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June 19, 2015
8th Annual Fatherhood Solution Conference
Father’s Day – It Happens 365 Times a Year!
Our annual Fatherhood Solution Conference was bigger and better than ever!
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More than 500 child welfare professionals, nationally recognized experts, community activists and fathers attended CII’s 8th Annual Fatherhood Solution Conference this June. Keynote speakers included Robert K. Ross, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, The California Endowment; Patrick Mitchell, internationally-recognized expert on optimizing male involvement in children’s early development; Terrence Roberts, PhD, psychologist and member of the Little Rock Nine (nine African-American students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in 1957); and Jerry Tello, Director of the National Latino Fatherhood & Family Institute at the National Compadres Network and award-winning authority on family strengthening, therapeutic healing and cross-cultural issues. Author and Social Welfare Professor Jorja Leap, PhD, of UCLA, made a special appearance to sign copies of her new book, Project Fatherhood.
