NYC Teen Families to Find Support at July 13 Event

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Spread the word and join Strong Families member organizations and activists for this event providing resources and support to young pare...

Allies create safe spaces, not take them over

Monday, June 17, 2013

By Renee Bracey Sherman My father is an odd fellow, one not reflected in most Father’s Day cards. He rarely watches sports, would never buy...

Papahood: More than DNA and a Birth Certificate

Monday, June 17, 2013

By Diana Thu-Thao Rhodes With the recent controversies (and inexcusable racist backlash) over a Cheerios ad that featured an interracial f...

Papa Barack and the Patriarchy of America or What We Need Is Good Governance

Sunday, June 16, 2013

By Elizabeth Dawes Gay “Patriarchy (rule by fathers) is a social system in which the male is the primary authority figure central to social...

Justice Shouts Love Papa

Sunday, June 16, 2013

(c) Stephen Geyer  By Marguerite Ward  Fight. I always thought progress was about the fight. And it is, child, don’t ever think not ...

Rediscovering Fatherhood Against All Odds

Sunday, June 16, 2013

By Dorsey Nunn By the time I was seventeen I had helped produce two children with two different mothers. As with most men who become a f...

Father’s Day: Striking a hand is never the answer

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Photo by Morgan H. Goode By Kay Ulanday Barrett I see you in your brown cardigan, face wrinkled at the tips of the eyes next to the ...

We speak, until he listens.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Priscilla and Megan with other youth from BAY-Peace. By Priscilla Hoang and Megan Manansalas Torio Priscilla and Megan are two high s...

My Twins Have Autism, and They Are Teaching Me About Love

Friday, June 14, 2013

By Ocean Robbins When I was growing up, I was precocious. I organized a peace rally in elementary school, started a home business when I...

Naming our families when there are no words

Friday, June 14, 2013

By Ethan When I sat down to think about what I wanted to say in this piece, I felt a lot of insecurity. How do I talk about the challenges ...

Reclaiming Indigenous Papahood, Masculinities, and Sexualities

Thursday, June 13, 2013

By The Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN) Within our Indigenous communities there are many understandings of fatherhood and what ...

Families are supposed to be together

Thursday, June 13, 2013

By Jonathan Venegas  Sign the petition to reunite Jonathan and his dad:  bit.ly/ dropchargesstopraids   This Father's Day will...

My dad taught me to live outside the binaries

Thursday, June 13, 2013

By Luna Olavarria Gallegos I didn't know I was supposed to like the color pink until I was six years old. I remember being next to...

For Undocumented Fathers: A Love So Powerful It Spans Continents

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

By Jose When I crossed the desert at the U.S. border, I never thought that fourteen years later I’d be celebrating Art by: Nikki McClur...

Let's Empower Young Dads, Not Stigmatize Them

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Originally posted at Huffington Post By Jessica González-Rojas A number of recent campaigns have taken an unfortunate approach to trying t...

Better than biological: My blessed background

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

By Jordan Allison I didn’t grow up in a nuclear family setting. I, quite honestly, wasn’t even born to two parents. I was born into a podu...

If you don't know, now you know! Black Men Standing for Reproductive Freedom

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

By Cortez Wright  Right-wing push back on the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid and contraceptive coverage, anti-choice billboar...