Milwaukee area fathers involved in raising their daughters will get to share a special evening with them. The Milwaukee Recreation Department, in partnership with the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative and the Social Development Commission (SDC), will host their ninth Annual Daddy/ Daughter Dance on Saturday, February 18. The Dance will be held at North Division High [...]

The YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee (the Y) has partnered with the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative (MFI) and former Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Sidney Moncrief to launch a 30+ Men’s Basketball League at the Parklawn YMCA that is dedicated to promoting and celebrating responsible fatherhood. Through a variety of curriculum- based activities, designed specifically for the Milwaukee Fatherhood [...]

Men seeking to become better fathers were inspired and helped towards achieving that goal at the 6th Annual Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit. The two day event held at Destiny Youth Plaza attracted hundreds of fathers to the event organized by the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative (MFI) and the Social Development Commission (SDC). The Fatherhood Summit presented workshops [...]

Men facing difficult challenges will be offered concrete ways to become stronger fathers at the 6th Annual Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit. The two day summit will be held Friday October 7 and Saturday October 8 at Destiny Youth Plaza at 7210 N. 76th Street. The Fatherhood Summit will present a wide range of workshops and discussion [...]

The 6th Annual Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit will be held this fall, sponsored by the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative in partnership with the Social Development Commission (SDC). The two day event will be held October 7th and 8th at Destiny Youth Plaza at 7210 N. 76th Street. The annual event is designed to bring men together to [...]

Two agencies will partner together on the 6th Annual Fatherhood Summit. The Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative (MFI) and Social Development Commission (SDC) have agreed to join forces to coordinate the annual event for fathers. The two agencies will collaborate to stage the 6th annual summit which will be held October 7th and 8th this fall at [...]

Judge Derrick Mosley joined in the festivities of the 8th Annual Daddy/Daughter Dance held recently on Feb. 19th at the North Division Community Center. This event is hosted by the Milwaukee Recreation partnered with Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative. The night was filled with dancing, games, food, prizes, and a live DJ. “The Daddy/Daughter dance is a [...]

Conventional wisdom says to stay offline when trying to reach central city young adults and teens. Last Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, this wisdom was challenged when up to 200 men participated in “tell it straight” and recorded their positive “Get at You” videos and shared them on Facebook with the goal of reaching between 100,000 [...]

On Saturday, May 22, The Milwaukee Brewers, Brewers Community Foundation, Frontier Airlines, Mayor Tom Barrett’s ‘Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative’, and others will come together to reinforce the importance of parenting, and reward individuals who have committed to strengthening their own family ties. On that day, a group of approximately 50 fathers and their children will board [...]