{"id":12419,"date":"2024-06-13T15:56:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=12419"},"modified":"2024-06-13T15:56:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:56:37","slug":"lucas-county-fatherhood-coalitions-fatherhood-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/13\/lucas-county-fatherhood-coalitions-fatherhood-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucas County Fatherhood Coalition\u2019s Fatherhood Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Avis Files describes the Fatherhood Week’s activities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Truth Staff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBlack fathers in this community are challenged; they are not absent, but they are challenged,\u201d said Avis Files, chair of the Lucas County Fatherhood Coalition, during a press conference on Monday to announce the\u00a0 opening of Fatherhood Week, a series of events that will run from Monday, June 10 to Saturday, June 15.<\/p>\n

Files, director of Family and Supportive Services for Pathway, Inc, helped found the Fatherhood Coalition 10 years ago and, along with Co-Chair David Kontur, director of the Lucas County Family Council, has assembled a coalition of numerous agencies to support the goal of easing those challenges to fatherhood, especially those impeding the progress of low-income and minority fathers.<\/p>\n

Along with Pathway, Inc. and the Lucas County Family Council, some of the other participating agencies or groups include: Mom\u2019s House, Lucas Metropolitan Housing, Lucas County Children Services, Harbor, Bethany House, Ohio Means Jobs, First Church of God, among others, and, critically, the Lucas County Commissioners who provide much of the funding to support the Coalition\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n

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Lucas County Commissioners Pete Gerken and Lisa Sobecki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe role of a father has gotten much harder as society has gotten more complex,\u201d said Commissioner Pete Gerken during the press conference. \u201cThis is a shared and learned experience \u2026 [we are] suffering from the over incarceration of Black men in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commissioner Lisa Sobecki noted that the Coalition has \u201chelped over 8,000 fathers in our community\u201d while adding that the county \u201chas the resources that you need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commissioner Anita Lopez also spoke of the high rates of incarceration impacting the local community and the relief that the County and the Coalition can provide. \u201cWhen we promote fatherhood and its importance, it impacts a child\u2019s life each and every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The week\u2019s Fatherhood Week includes: Monday \u2013 a conversation with Lucas County Child Support and Ohio Means Jobs; Tuesday \u2013 a FaceBook presentation on physical and mental health; Wednesday \u2013 Show Fathers Love Sign Day and a discussion of violence at Mott Branch library from 5:30 to 7 p.m.; Thursday \u2013 Fatherhood Conference at Mott Branch by the Urban Fathers Voice from noon to 3:30 pm; Friday \u2013 FATHERS and Families Day at Port Lawrence Housing Development; Saturday \u2013 the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Juneteenth Community Health and Wellness Fair at MLK Academy for Boys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Truth Staff \u201cBlack fathers in this community are challenged; they are not absent, but they are challenged,\u201d said Avis Files, chair of the Lucas County Fatherhood Coalition, during a press conference on Monday to announce the\u00a0 opening of Fatherhood Week, a series of events that will run from Monday, June 10 to Saturday, June […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[234],"class_list":["post-12419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12422,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419\/revisions\/12422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12419"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=12419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}