the national daughter - daddy tour
From November 2004 – March 2006, Ms. Afrika Abney designed and implemented community outreach programs for Esther Productions. This involved developing program objectives, identifying potential audience, and developing outreach campaigns for the targeted population. With Esther Productions also helped create in-school program that focused on middle school girls growing up without their fathers.
This program was called The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour, a new advocacy and service model that provides the first ever focus in the fatherhood movement on the plight of fatherless daughters. The Tour advances a program that encourages the reconciliation of daughters and once-absent dads. And, the Tour seeks to inspire healthy, long lasting relationships and marriages for fatherless daughters by providing them the resources they need to overcome the adverse consequences of absence.
The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour was founded in 2005 by Jonetta Rose Barras, author of “Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl?” and “Bridges: Reuniting Daughters & Daddies.” The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour took place in Washington, DC on October 6, 2006 and October 7, 2006 at The National City Christian Church. Sponsored by CIGNA Healthcare, MedStar Health, The D.C. Metropolitan Healthy Marriage and Relationship Coalition-Together is Better Campaign, The Summit Fund, The National City Christian Church. Additional support was provided by Verizon, Washington, PEPCO, EmergeDC, LLC, The Downtown Cluster of Congregations, Bill Regardie, Nigel Parkinson Sr. and The Friends of the National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour.
This program was called The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour, a new advocacy and service model that provides the first ever focus in the fatherhood movement on the plight of fatherless daughters. The Tour advances a program that encourages the reconciliation of daughters and once-absent dads. And, the Tour seeks to inspire healthy, long lasting relationships and marriages for fatherless daughters by providing them the resources they need to overcome the adverse consequences of absence.
The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour was founded in 2005 by Jonetta Rose Barras, author of “Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl?” and “Bridges: Reuniting Daughters & Daddies.” The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour took place in Washington, DC on October 6, 2006 and October 7, 2006 at The National City Christian Church. Sponsored by CIGNA Healthcare, MedStar Health, The D.C. Metropolitan Healthy Marriage and Relationship Coalition-Together is Better Campaign, The Summit Fund, The National City Christian Church. Additional support was provided by Verizon, Washington, PEPCO, EmergeDC, LLC, The Downtown Cluster of Congregations, Bill Regardie, Nigel Parkinson Sr. and The Friends of the National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour.
DAUGHTERS GROWING UP WITHOUT FATHERS TAKE CENTER STAGE AT ESTHER PRODUCTIONS, INC NATIONAL DAUGHTER-DADDY REUNION TOUR
For Immediate Release
September 8, 2006
DAUGHTERS GROWING UP WITHOUT FATHERS TAKE CENTER STAGE AT
ESTHER PRODUCTIONS, INC.
NATIONAL DAUGHTER-DADDY REUNION TOUR
An unprecedented movement to restore the sacred relationship between daughters and
dads, while arresting pronounced community problems returns to the District this
Fall. The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour, the signature project of Esther
Productions, Inc. opens October 6 and 7, 2006 at the National City Christian Church,
5 Thomas Circle Northwest. The two-day event features specialized training
institutes for professionals and workshops for fatherless daughters. Dads interested
in reuniting with their daughters will also be given the tools and resources to
ensure a successful reconciliation.
The two-day launch is followed by a series of in-school lectures, monthly support
group and a campaign to create community reconciliation centers in faith-based and
other institutions.
The issue of father absence and how it affects daughters is rarely discussed in the
fatherhood movement. Esther Productions, Inc. has dedicated itself to changing that.
The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour is the prime vehicle the organization uses
to increase public awareness about the important role fathers play in their
daughters lives, to assist daughters in identifying and reducing the negative
consequences of their absence; to instigate the reconciliation of daughters and
once-absent fathers; and to advocate for programs and funding to create
daughter-specific fatherhood programs.
Esther Productions, Inc., is a nonprofit, DC based organization founded in 2004 and
formally incorporated in 2005.
The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour is funded in part by CIGNA Healthcare,
MedStar Health, The Summit Fund of Washington, and the DC Healthy Relationships and
Marriage Coalition in conjunction with the "Together is Better Campaign."
Additional support is provided by Emerge, D.C., LLC, The National City Christian
Church, The Downtown Cluster of Congregations, DC Action for Children, and Friends
of the National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour.
http://www.estherproductions.com
For Immediate Release
September 8, 2006
DAUGHTERS GROWING UP WITHOUT FATHERS TAKE CENTER STAGE AT
ESTHER PRODUCTIONS, INC.
NATIONAL DAUGHTER-DADDY REUNION TOUR
An unprecedented movement to restore the sacred relationship between daughters and
dads, while arresting pronounced community problems returns to the District this
Fall. The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour, the signature project of Esther
Productions, Inc. opens October 6 and 7, 2006 at the National City Christian Church,
5 Thomas Circle Northwest. The two-day event features specialized training
institutes for professionals and workshops for fatherless daughters. Dads interested
in reuniting with their daughters will also be given the tools and resources to
ensure a successful reconciliation.
The two-day launch is followed by a series of in-school lectures, monthly support
group and a campaign to create community reconciliation centers in faith-based and
other institutions.
The issue of father absence and how it affects daughters is rarely discussed in the
fatherhood movement. Esther Productions, Inc. has dedicated itself to changing that.
The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour is the prime vehicle the organization uses
to increase public awareness about the important role fathers play in their
daughters lives, to assist daughters in identifying and reducing the negative
consequences of their absence; to instigate the reconciliation of daughters and
once-absent fathers; and to advocate for programs and funding to create
daughter-specific fatherhood programs.
Esther Productions, Inc., is a nonprofit, DC based organization founded in 2004 and
formally incorporated in 2005.
The National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour is funded in part by CIGNA Healthcare,
MedStar Health, The Summit Fund of Washington, and the DC Healthy Relationships and
Marriage Coalition in conjunction with the "Together is Better Campaign."
Additional support is provided by Emerge, D.C., LLC, The National City Christian
Church, The Downtown Cluster of Congregations, DC Action for Children, and Friends
of the National Daughter-Daddy Reunion Tour.
http://www.estherproductions.com