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ROAD TO 1 MILLION VIP FATHERS

UNMASK THE PAIN
REVEAL THE HEALING

Understanding the Crisis of Fatherlessness in Urban America 

Moving from intervention to prevention. We are calling on 1 Million mentors, leaders, and trusted adults to step into the gap before the streets do.

Join Us For An Intimate Fireside Chat & Book Signing

This evening will explore the path toward healing, shifting from intervention to prevention, and launching our national call for 1 Million V.I.P. Fathers.

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Reveal to Heal Circles™

Creating safe, honest spaces for young people and adults to unmask buried trauma and begin real healing.

V.I.P. Fathering™

(Virtual Intentional Present)

Harnessing modern connection so distance never means absence—proving that love and guidance can reach through any screen.

Community Responsibility

Equipping mentors, coaches, educators, and faith leaders to step into the gap before the streets do.

From Intervention to Prevention: Moving Upstream

For over 25 years, community leaders have worked to repair the damage after fatherlessness, trauma, and violence have already taken hold.

Understanding the Crisis of Fatherlessness in Urban America turns the conversation upside down—moving us from waiting for a crisis to building intentional presence early.

Across 17 chapters, this book combines 25+ years of lived experience, community intervention, and clinical perspective to to equip leaders, mentors, and parents with actionable frameworks:

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."

Order your copy today, join the movement, and help us build strong children today so we don’t have to repair broken adults tomorrow.

— Frederick Douglass

Meet the Voices Behind the Movement

Combining decades of lived experience, violence prevention, and clinical expertise—featuring a Foreword by Bob Woodson, Founder of the Woodson Center.

Antong Lucky

Co-Author & Community Leader

Author, Dallas community leader, and violence-prevention advocate with over two decades of experience helping youth break cycles of gang involvement and incarceration.

Willie Fleming Jr.

Co-Author & Youth Advocate

Author, mentor, and advocate focusing on personal transformation, faith, and breaking intergenerational cycles of trauma.

Taran McGowen, M.A., LPC-S

Clinical Contributor & Counselor

Licensed professional counselor specializing in trauma, identity, attachment, and relational healing.

Ready to be Part of the Solution?

Order your copy of

Understanding the Crisis of Fatherlessness in Urban America today and equip yourself with the blueprint to stand in the gap for fatherless youth.​

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Join the national network of 1 Million mentors, leaders, and trusted adults to receive movement updates and upstream prevention guides.

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