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PURPOSE:
To encourage fathers and father figures across the City of Philadelphia to become involved with their children's education • To understand the power and significance of their involvement with their children's education and power of a father's presence at their children's schools • To actively resist the banning of our literature and history, by mobilizing and collaborating with the UMOJA INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY to develop and implement strategies to increase the reading scores and literacy of students of the Philadelphia School District.

AGENDA
I. Welcome and Opening Remarks (10:00 - 10:10 AM)

• Queen Mother Falaka Fattah, President & CEO of the House of Umoja

II. Introduction of Agenda and Speakers (10:10 - 10:15 AM)

• Anthony Bannister-Fattah, Coordinator, Philadelphia National Million Fathers March, Moderator

III. Purpose of the Philadelphia Million Fathers March (10:15 - 10:20 AM)

• Encourage father involvement in children's education
  
• Highlight the impact of fathers' presence in schools
  
• Address resistance to literature bans and promote literacy

IV. Speakers (10:20 - 10:40 AM)
V. Call to Action (10:40 - 10:50 AM)

• Details for August 26 March
• Registration information
  
• Alternative participation options
  

VI. Q&A Session (10:50 - 11:00 AM)
VII. Closing Remarks (11:00 - 11:05 AM) - Queen Mother Falaka Fattah

REFRESHMENTS SERVED

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READING IS resistance roundtable

READING Is RESISTANCE... THE ROUNDTABLE | Stand Against Book Bans! The House of Umoja is on a mission to fight back against book bans and ignite a love of reading while cultivating functional literacy in our community! The Philadelphia Million Father March, for which the House of Umoja is the nationally designated coordinator, presents the READING Is RESISTANCE ROUNDTABLE. The roundtable is complimented by a special edition of UMOJA MAGAZINE. Six (6) fathers from the community, four of whom also penned articles in the magazine, come together to strategize against the banning of African American literature and history in school districts across the United States and to flip the trajectory of poor reading and math literacy skills and low test scores among African American students across the United States, especially in the city of Philadelphia. || MODERATOR: ANTHONY BANNISTER-FATTAH - Community Outreach Director, HOU PANELISTS: (r-l) Mark Hampton (penned "SLAVE LITERACY IS THE REAL TARGET OF OUR READING RESISTANCE: A West Philly Father Unveils Functional Literacy, Love, and Leadership as Pathways to Books over Bullets") -- Dr. Stephen Jones (penned "HOW TO REVIVE OUR IMPERIALED EDUCATION SYSTEM" -- Cleous G. Young (penned "FUNCTIONAL LITERACY MATTERS") -- Horace Clouden (Education Activist, WURD On-Air Personality, Former School District Professional) -- kdmorris (penned "A THING CALLED WATER") | |Printed copies of UMOJA MAGAZINES may be ordered at https://houseofumoja.net/umojamagazine or call us at (215) 473-5893.
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​This is a featured session of the BBAFF 2024 | The Black Book, Art and Finance Fair

MILLION FATHER MARCH 2023

"SUCCESS TIPS FROM SUCCESSFUL
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THE BOOK

THE INTERVIEW

2022 MILLION FATHERS MARCH COVERaGE

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