I had a really encouraging meeting at Oakland housing authority. They are doing very innovative things, including job training and placement.

I was involved because they are creating a networking group for fathers and are having an event the week before fathers day.  My guess is that it will mainly be young fathers. It is going to be very nice and interactive event. The purpose is to let the fathers know that they are not alone, and that there are many people going through similar experiences.

Our planning meeting reminded me why I started photographing fathers in the first place.  I had really hoped that I would be able to be part of community events like this.

I am going to photograph the event, also display some of my photos, as well as talk about how I started the Fathers of Color project.