Back in 2010 President Barack Obama made a call to action encouraging men to take on a present and active role as fathers and that sparked initiatives across the country that prompted the San Antonio chapter of the Omega sci-fi fraternity to begin creating black history in SA
And they say they do that by leading by example ok sets Priscilla Carbone introduces us to some of the men shaping fatherhood through their fraternities Brotherhood what does that mean fatherhood the mission for these fathers goes beyond their own children through breakout sessions events and community service they are engaging and educating other
Men on the four principles of fatherhood faith family fellowship and friendship not only will we teach to that but we will live by example to that of those threes the three things are in order it sets a a great opportunity for friendship to be developed and once a
Friendship is developed you’ll see the relationship between a father and his child sky’s the limit as the father of three daughters James Roundtree or tree knows the foundation of a family is a father I’ve been truly truly blessed to have a two-parent family I get a lot of people
Are not that lucky co-chairman Archie GPA jr. says his upbringing wasn’t as fortunate he told me at a young age that I would either be in jail or dead as a retired Airmen and loving husband who was active in the church pa runs omega’ Syfy’s fatherhood initiative with his
Son Anthony but the decision to leave the program wasn’t their idea alone they were recommended by the fraternities vice president in my mind I just thought what better way to show the trueness of the fatherhood initiative than having a father who not only is showing his son
The way the ways of manhood the ways of fatherhood the spiritual guidance the educational support the emotional support but putting those two men together and allow them to tell their story since officially taking on the task in October the father-son duo has initiated outreach at local schools yes
Good examples for school-aged kids and it’s good for school-age kids to see educated black man coming today communities coming today homes coming to the school show them hey you can be just like me you just gotta work hard I stayed at high and achieve the initiative is an extension of the
Fraternities pledge to community service every year during the week of November 17th the anniversary of Syfy’s founding the families of the fraternity give back this past year they helped to feed more than 175 families during the Thanksgiving holiday season and it doesn’t end there they’ve got two events coming up first a
Talent hunt competition at st. Philip’s college on February 23rd and the Youth Leadership Conference next month whether you’re single dad’s stepdad or expecting dad Archie says the event and the program is open to anyone when you talk about percentages of absentee dad’s then the higher percentage are the
African-americans so we would like to focus on that but whatever dad’s come in that needs guidance or assistance or mentoring the committee’s here to do that Priscilla Karimun case at 12 news this month we are showcasing stories of people making lasting changes in the african-american community right here in
San Antonio right now a k-fed comm you can share your story we also want to hear what Black History Month means to you just search Black History Month to find this page and submit your story you can also find details on the Omega sci-fi events on cassette com
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