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23 February, 2023

HOUSE OF UMOJA, INC. TO BE FETED FOR FIVE DECADES OF BROKERING PEACE ON 24 FEBRUARY 2023 IN OBSERVANCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH



CONTACT:

Queen Mother Falaka Fattah

President and Chief Executive Officer

House of Umoja, Inc.

(215) 473-5893

E-Mail:  falakafattah@aol.com

 


         PHILADELPHIA, PA (USA)  -- Inaugurated by historian, author, journalist, and founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (https://asalh.org), the late Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1926, African American History Month is observed throughout the United States and also by communities of African descent in Canada, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.  An internationally acclaimed institution headquartered in Philadelphia Pennsylvania,  the House Of Umoja, Inc. (www.houseofumoja.net), which has brokered peace and invested in the future by providing life lines for approximately at least 3,000 adolescent males and positively transforming the trajectory of their lives for five (5) decades. is  currently moving a new generation of youths to embrace peace through the UMOJA Youth Peace Corps; UMOJA Intentional Community; and Fattah Peace Academy (www.houseofumoja.net/peacecorps.html).  In observance of African American History Month, the House of Umoja, Inc. (www.houseofumoja.net/events.html) will be feted on Friday, 24 February 2023 from 5:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) through 9:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) at the Rotunda at 4014 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

 

            The evening’s festivities which is themed, “Pieces In Peace: An Evening Of Art And Activism” (www.houseofumoja.net/events.html)  will be punctuated with a preview showing of a  film documentary -- “Queen Mother”  --which is a work in progress that is produced by Jos Duncan Asé, multimedia producer, social entrepreneur and founder of Love Media (https://josduncan.com/) that chronicles the House Of Umoja, Inc.’s historic “No Gang War In ’74 Campaign” which was pivotal in ending decades of deadly violence fueled by gang-related territorial disputes that played out in Philadelphia’s streets and schoolyards.   An interactive dialogue that explores moving a new generation of youth and the Fattah Peace Academy’s  role in addressing the causative factors of Philadelphia’s gun violence emergency  with members of the audience will ensue after the preview showing of “Queen Mother”.  Staff from the Community Wellness HUB College of Nursing and Health Profession at Drexel University (https://drexel.edu) will be on hand to provide blood pressure examinations and health resources.  

 

           Heralded as an influencer leadership initiative that is centered around peace, the family of community, culture, and healing, the UMOJA Youth Peace Corps (www.houseofumoja.net/ peacecorps.html) has moved a number of youths in the City of Philadelphia to become Youth Peace Ambassadors.   Attendees of “Pieces In Peace: An Evening Of Art And Activism” on Friday, 24 February 2023 at the Rotunda,  will have an opportunity to learn about the UMOJA Youth Peace Corps and meet and speak with the Youth Peace Ambassadors who are the City of Philadelphia’s “Next Generation Of Leaders”.   A libation to the Ancestors, music, and poetry provided by Dr. Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon and Messrs. Anthony Bannister-Fattah, David Fattah, Jr.,  Hakim Starkey, and Rashaun Williams also known as DJ Reezy comprise the kaleidoscope of entertainment for which Ms. Mileena Greenfield will serve as the Mistress of Ceremonies; a smorgasbord of refreshments; and copies of the “Her Story” Youth Issue of UMOJA Magazine (www.houseofumoja.net/umojamagazine.html) that features riveting narratives penned by young African American women will be offered during the observance of African American History Month which fetes the House of Umoja, Inc. (www.houseofumoja,net/ events.html).  

 

          Established in 1968, the House of Umoja, Inc. is an  internationally acclaimed institution that has, for five decades, designed and implemented timeless Global Models for eradicating violence, fostering community development, creating economic sustainability, and addressing many of the key challenges that prevent boys and adolescent males from reaching their full potential and maturing into productive and successful adults.  Its successful track record of positively transforming the lives of approximately 3,000 male adolescents and  reducing gang violence, moved universities and institutions to seek the House of Umoja, Inc.’s expertise.   The Office of Juvenile Justice and Prevention and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov)  were among the institutions that sought the House of Umoja, Inc.’s expertise on gang violence reduction, youth programming, and community development.   Former United States Presidents The Honorable James Earl Carter, Jr. and the late Honorable Ronald Wilson Reagan recognized the House of Umoja, Inc. for its pioneering work that has been documented in published articles such as “A Summons To Life,” by Robert Woodson of the American Enterprise Institute (www.aei.org)  in 1981 and “The Violent Juvenile Offender,” by Paul DeMuro and Richard Allison of the National Council On Crime and Delinquency (www.nccdglobal.org), in 1984.

            For further information about “Pieces In Peace: An Evening Of Art And Activism” (www.houseofumoja.net/events.html) and the feting of the House Of Umoja, Inc. (www.houseofumoja.net) in observance of African American History Month on 24 February 2023 from 5:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) through 9:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) at the Rotunda at 4014 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania contact the House of Umoja, Inc at (215) 473-5893; send an e-mail to: falakafattah@aol.com; or visit the House Of Umoja, Inc.’s website at (www.houseofumoja.net/events.html).

 

18 January, 2023

NUMBER 30 -- FOR CHARLIE: MR. DON MATHIS


In infancy, you were so sweet.

As a little one, we had such fun.

Kindergarten days and early grades  led the way to adolescent faze.

As a man, you began to understand joys of living and for giving 

and found how good was Fatherhood.

Responsibility fostered your ability to be a parent to your infant.  

And you did it well, I’m here to tell.

As I’ve surveyed your third decade, I’ve seen your grace as you face  

trouble and trial all the while with fortitude and a positive mood.

So I want to say on your 30th birthday,  

in all you endeavor, stay strong forever! 

12 January, 2023

HOUSE OF UMOJA, INC. USHERS IN 2023 WITH UMOJA YOUTH PEACE CORPS, MOVES NEW GENERATION OF CHILDREN TO EMBRACE PEACE


*5625 West Master Street * Philadelphia, PA  19131 USA * (215) 473-5893 * E-Mail:  falakafattah@aol.com 



“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and American Civil Rights Leader The Late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

         PHILADELPHIA, PA (USA) -- As institutions, organizations, and individuals throughout the United States observe a national holiday on 16 January 2023 commemorating the birthday of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and American Civil Rights Leader the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., known  as the “Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Of Service”,  in the City of Philadelphia --the nation’s sixth largest metropolitan area -- youths enrolled in the House of Umoja, Inc. ‘s (www.houseofumoja.net) UMOJA Youth Peace Corps will embark on their first field trip.   Cognizant of the fact that there is an “inescapable network of mutuality” between the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual well-being of Our Children and sustaining an environment of peaceful coexistence within our communities, the House Of Umoja, Inc., an internationally acclaimed institution, is ushering in the New Year with the  UMOJA Youth Peace Corps Value of Human Life Afterschool Program. 

          On Tuesday, 10 January 2023, commencing at 5:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) and concluding at 7:00 P.M. (E.S.T.), an orientation session for the UMOJA Youth Peace Corps Value Of Human Life After School Program was convened at the House Of Umoja, Inc.’s offices at 5625 West Master Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The orientation session brought together students participating in the program, their parents, and the program’s workshop leaders.  Parents of the students enrolled in the UMOJA Youth Peace Corps Value Of Human Life Program had an opportunity to learn about the program; meet with the program’s workshop leaders, instructors, and social worker; and to complete and submit their child’s enrollment documentation.    

              The UMOJA Youth Peace Corps, the brainchild of Queen Mother Falaka Fattah, President and Chief Executive Officer of the House Of Umoja, Inc. (www.houseofumoja.net), is an influencer leadership initiative which fosters the value of human life, peace, African-centered culture, healing and the concept of community.  Operating under the umbrella of the House Of Umoja, Inc., the UMOJA Youth Peace Corps is a predecessor to the multi-tiered Fattah Peace Academy.  Students enrolled in the UMOJA Youth Peace Corps will learn about the strategies developed and implemented by the House Of Umoja Inc. to help end a gun violence emergency fueled by territorial disputes among Philadelphia’s gangs five (5) decades ago which culminated in the “No Gang War In ‘74” Peace Campaign that dramatically reduced gun violence and resulted in gang leaders signing a peace treaty -- the Imani Peace Pledge  -- which they honored. 

          “Through the Umoja Youth Peace Corps, the House of Umoja, Inc. will introduce Our Children -- the ‘Emerging Keepers of the Planet’ to the principles of peace. Participants in the Umoja Youth Peace Corps will also be introduced to critical thinking and career development.  They will learn communication skills and about self-care and apathy.  Dog training will be the medium through which students will learn about selfcare and how to develop apathy and its importance.  Each day will begin with a meal.  During each week, we will have a local field trip planned for the students, and there will be one out-of-town excursion.  As we observe the birthday of the late Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and American Civil Rights Leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and as the House Of Umoja, Inc. facilitates the Umoja Youth Peace Corps, I am reminded of an observation Dr. King made, ‘We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny  Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.’    It is my hope that Our Children who participate in the Umoja Youth Peace Corps initiative will understand that they are connected not only to their family but also to the community in which they live. It is an understanding that will guide their thoughts, decisions, actions, and even their failures to act.  Their connection to their community is that ‘inescapable network of mutuality’.  Their thoughts, decisions, actions, and even their failures to act shape not only their destiny, but the destiny of their family, their community, society as a whole, and even generations unborn.  Thoughts, decisions, actions, and even failures to act changes the trajectory of the direction of lives . . . the trajectory of the direction of families, communities, and  society. It is the trajectory of the direction of lives, families, communities, society, and even generations unborn -- that ties us into a single garment of destiny.  We are all connected.  There is no getting around that,” remarked Queen Mother Falaka Fattah, President and Chief Executive Officer of the House of Umoja, Inc.

           Established in 1968, the House of Umoja, Inc. is an  internationally acclaimed institution that has, for five decades, designed and implemented timeless Global Models for eradicating violence, fostering community development, creating economic sustainability, and addressing many of the key challenges that prevent boys and adolescent males from reaching their full potential and maturing into productive and successful adults.  Its successful track record of positively transforming the lives of approximately 3,000 male adolescents and  reducing gang violence, moved universities and institutions to seek the House of Umoja, Inc.’s expertise.   The Office of Juvenile Justice and Prevention and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov)  were among the institutions that sought the House of Umoja, Inc.’s expertise on gang violence reduction, youth programming, and community development.   Former United States Presidents The Honorable James Earl Carter, Jr. and the late Honorable Ronald Wilson Reagan recognized the House of Umoja, Inc. for its pioneering work that has been documented in published articles such as “A Summons To Life,” by Robert Woodson of the American Enterprise Institute (www.aei.org)  in 1981 and “The Violent Juvenile Offender,” by Paul DeMuro and Richard Allison of the National Council On Crime and Delinquency (www.nccdglobal.org), in 1984.

          For further information about the UMOJA Intentional Community, the UMOJA Youth Peace Corps, the Fattah Peace Academy, and the House of Umoja, Inc., visit the organization’s website at www.houseofumoja.net or call (215) 473-5893 or send an e-mail to:  falakafattah@aol.com.

21 November, 2022

JIMMY DeLEON FOR MAYOR CAMPAIGN LAUNCH SET FOR TUESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2022 AT 12:00 P.M. (E.D.T.) AT CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER


P R E S S    A D V I S O R Y
For Immediate Release 
 

CONTACT:

Xavier Devereaux

 Campaign Manager

DeLeon for Mayor Campaign

Website:  www.deleonformayor.info

(215) 892-8481

E-Mail:  jimmy@deleonformayor.info

 


        PHILADELPHIA, PA (USA) --  --   A diverse group of community stakeholders will gather at the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice at 1301 Filbert Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  on Tuesday, 22 November 2022 from   12;00 P.M., (E.D.T.) through 1:30 P.M. (E.D.T.) for the launch of the Jimmy DeLeon For Mayor Campaign.  Surrounded by community leaders and supporters, Jimmy DeLeon, former judge, public policy thought leader, and author will first address citizens throughout Philadelphia who have lost family members, loved ones, co-workers, neighbors, and friends to gun violence.   DeLeon will then unveil the multi-tiered and solutions-based blueprint he crafted that will help move the traumatized City of Philadelphia and its citizens to embrace hope, peace, and prosperity.  The multi-tiered and solutions-based blueprint crafted by DeLeon focuses on many of the key challenges that confront Philadelphians on a daily basis which include, but are not limited, to:

·         Gun Violence

·         Public Safety

·         Expedient  delivery of municipal services to Philadelphians

·         Access to affordable housing and healthcare

·         Employment

·         Technical assistance to small businesses city-wide

·         Massive physical plant improvements on expedited basis at schools throughout the Philadelphia School District

          To learn more about the Jimmy DeLeon For Mayor Campaign and its multi-tiered and solutions based blueprint for moving the City of Philadelphia and its citizens to embrace hope, peace, and prosperity visit the campaign’s website at www.deleonformayor.info or send an electronic mail communication to:  jimmy@deleonformayor.info.

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16 November, 2022

MOVING A TRAUMATIZED CITY TO EMBRACE HOPE, PEACE, AND PROSPERITY: JIMMY DELEON, FORMER JUDGE, PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCATE, AND AUTHOR LAUNCHES MAYORAL CAMPAIGN



 


CONTACT:

Xavier Devereaux

 Campaign Manager

DeLeon for Mayor Campaign

Website:  www.deleonformayor.info

(215) 892-8481

E-Mail:  jimmy@deleonformayor.info



 

MOVING A TRAUMATIZED CITY TO EMBRACE HOPE, PEACE, AND  PROSPERITY:  JIMMY DELEON, FORMER JUDGE, PUBLIC POLICY THOUGHT LEADER, AND AUTHOR LAUNCHES MAYORAL CAMPAIGN



        PHILADELPHIA, PA (USA) -- Nestled between New York and Washington, D.C., Philadelphia -- the sixth largest metropolitan area in the United States -- will elect a new Mayor in Calendar Year 2023.   The next Mayor of Philadelphia will be tasked with the unenviable responsibility of moving a city traumatized by, among other things, poverty, an out-of-control gun violence emergency, skyrocketing housing prices, and a dysfunctional public education system to embrace hope, peace, and prosperity.  A diverse group of key community stakeholders in the nation’s sixth largest metropolitan area have persuaded Jimmy DeLeon, former judge, public policy thought leader, and author, to take on the daunting task of moving Philadelphia and its traumatized citizens to embrace hope, peace, and prosperity. 



           The former judge will unveil his multi-tiered solutions-based plan for moving a traumatized city and its citizens to embrace hope, peace, and prosperity at a press conference  scheduled for Tuesday, 22 November 2022 at 12:00 P.M. (E.D.T.) at the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice at 1301 Filbert Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  During the press conference, DeLeon will officially announce his candidacy  for Philadelphia’s 2023 Mayoral Election. Numerous key community stakeholders have expressed the sentiment that bringing the highly respected former judge’s “no-shenanigans-let’s-follow-the-law-there-will-be-order-in-the-courtroom” style to City Hall will help restore order in Philadelphia and move a traumatized city and its citizens to embrace hope, peace, and prosperity.



        “In spite of the challenges that plague Philadelphia, it is a great city.  Some of the world’s most brilliant and talented souls live and work here.   The challenges that plague our City have traumatized each of us. Many of us have lost family members, loved ones, neighbors, acquaintances, and co-workers to gun violence. To my fellow Philadelphians who are mourning the loss of a loved one, family member, neighbor, co-worker, or acquaintance whose life was snuffed out by gun violence, I extend my condolences to each of you.   Our city is in dire need of healing, hope, peace, and prosperity.     As the next leader of this great city, my mission will be to move our city and families, neighbors, co-workers, loved ones, and acquaintances to embrace hope, peace, and prosperity.  The first step to healing and to moving our city and each of our citizens to embrace hope, peace, and prosperity involves listening to one another.  Leading by example, I will. convene city-wide solutions-based listening sessions with families and communities impacted by gun violence; department heads, front-line managers, and staff throughout City government to assess resources and training needs to ensure that every Philadelphian has timely access to resources and services; youth and young adults, particularly those in the 18-35 age demographics which has the highest gun by homicide mortality rate in the City;  the Interfaith Community; educators, school administrators, and parents;   health care professionals and providers; social services professionals and providers; and business owners.  As Philadelphia’s next Mayor, I will establish a Local Incident Management System to help address our current gun violence emergency.  The Local Incident Management System is a  uniform system of processes and procedures in City Government  that would be used to combat gun violence by enabling the necessary responders to work together and efficiently to manage root causes of gun violence.  The initiative is fully explained in my guest editorial article published by the Philadelphia Sunday Sun on 28 January 2022, ‘A Path To Reducing Gun Violence’, which can be viewed at the following link: https://www.philasun.com/commentary/guest-editorial-a-path-to-reducing-gun-violence.  My administration will also address the shortage of police officers in the Philadelphia Police Department and staffing shortages in municipal government by hiring approximately 1,500 police officers and up to approximately 4,000  new workers to address staffing shortages that currently exist in every office of City government.     Many Philadelphians have informed me that our City needs more police officers and that they are not receiving services from the City in a timely manner.   We will be looking at instituting and supporting vocational skills and entrepreneurial skills training initiatives to address poverty and massive unemployment which is fueling the crime economy which in turn is helping to fuel the current gun violence crisis. Our public school system currently has a ‘school-to-prison’ curriculum which must be replaced post haste with  a ‘school-to-work’ curriculum.  Creating business incubators in economically underserved neighborhoods and establishing technical assistance for small business owners, particularly in neighborhood commercial corridors in an effort to boost employment there is also a critical path item for my administration.  This is how a traumatized city and its citizens can begin to move to embrace hope, peace, and prosperity,” DeLeon explained.

22 August, 2022

HOUSE OF UMOJA INC. MARKS FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF LEADERSHIP FOR NATIONAL MILLION FATHERS MARCH IN PHILADELPHIA WITH FOCUS ON ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS LITERACY

CONTACT:

 Anthony Bannister-Fattah, Philadelphia Coordinator -  2022 National Million Father March

Queen Mother Falaka Fattah, Advisor – 2022 Philadelphia National Million Father March

House of Umoja, Inc.

(215) 473-5893

E-Mail:  falakafattah@aol.com


                       

“We desire to bequeath two things to Our Children – the first one is roots, the other one is wings”.

-Sudanese Proverb-

          PHILADELPHIA, PA (USA) –  Fifteen years ago, in 2007, the House Of Umoja, Inc. (https://houseofumoja.net), an internationally acclaimed institution that has a 54-year successful track record in addressing and reducing violence and positively transforming the trajectory of the lives of over 3,000 adolescent males, became the City of Philadelphia’s organizer and leader for the National Million Father March an initiative created by the late  Mr. Philip Jackson and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois (www.blackstarproject.org; www.fathersincorporated.com) that   encourages Fathers to take a proactive role in the education of their children and continues to redefine and reshape Fatherhood in the United States.  It is estimated that approximately 198,645 students enrolled in the School District Of Philadelphia will return to the classroom on Monday, 29 August 2022 – the first day of the 2022-2023 academic year.

 

         On Wednesday, 24 August 2022 at 2:00 P.M. (E.S.T.), the House Of Umoja, Inc. will host a press conference at the Tustin Recreation Center which is located at  5901 Columbia Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to launch the City of Philadelphia’s observance of the 2022 National Million Fathers March.  The press conference is a call to Fathers and Father Figures throughout the City of Philadelphia to register for the Philadelphia 2022 National Million March; receive instructions to prepare for the observance of the Philadelphia 2022 National Million Fathers March; and pick up their registration kits.  Registration kits include a free Million Fathers March “I Come In Peace” t-shirt for the first 100 participants.  Philadelphia City Councilmember The Honorable Curtis Jones, Jr. will be among the slated speakers at the press conference scheduled for Wednesday, 24 March 2022 at 2:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) which is being hosted by the House Of Umoja, Inc. at the Tustin Recreation Center at 5901 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 Fathers in neighborhoods throughout the City of Philadelphia are being encouraged to:

 ·         Escort their child to school on Monday, 29 August 2022 

·         Meet their child’s teachers and the principal of their child’s school

 ·         Foster a parent-teacher-school administrator partnership that positively enhances their child’s learning environment, creates and supports a “school-to-work” curriculum, disrupts the current “school-to-prison pipeline” curriculum, and exponentially improve proficiency levels in English and Mathematics

 ·         Conduct “listening sessions” with their child that provide their child with an opportunity to talk about  their daily experiences at school – e.g., their interactions with their classmates and teachers, their favorite subjects, their least favorite subjects, the physical condition of the school building – e.g., leaking ceilings, dysfunctional bathrooms, lack of heating, lack of supplies – textbooks, computers, etc.

 ·         Obtain a copy of their child’s roster and the academic calendar for their child’s school, and the school’s budget for the 2022-2023 academic year

 ·         Read to their child and have their child read to them

 ·          Review their child’s homework assignments on a daily basis

 ·         Review their child’s English and Mathematics literacy test scores

 ·         Move their child to embrace nonviolence and peace by encouraging their children to sign the Imani Pledge™ (https://houseofumoja.net/imani-pledge.html).

 

             Leading by example, the House of Umoja, Inc. (www.houseofumoja.net), the City of Philadelphia’s Coordinator for the 2022 National Million Father March, on Monday, 29 August 2022 to ring in the 2022-2023 academic year will lead Fathers in escorting their child(ren) to school. Fathers are being asked to assemble at the House of Umoja, Inc.’s office located at 5625 West Master Street (David Fattah Way) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 7:00  A.M. (E.S.T) ) in preparation for the march to Overbrook High School which is located at 5898 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and convening at the Tustin Recreation Center at 5901 Columbia Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

            “As we prepare to usher in the 2022-2023 academic year with the National Million Father March in the City of Philadelphia, a Sudanese proverb comes to mind that epitomizes what Fathers want for their child  and what every village wants for its children -- : ‘We desire to bequeath two things to Our Children – the first one is roots, the other one is wings’.  Roots is about being grounded – intellectually, spiritually, and historically.   Wings is about exceeding rising expectations, becoming one’s ‘best self’, and moving yourself, your family, and your village forward.  When Our Children do well, the village does well.   Education critically impacts our ability to ‘bequeath’ Our Children  with ‘roots and wings and the ability of the village to do well.  We can begin to bequeath Our Children with roots and wings, by focusing on their English and Mathematics  literacy skills which will be the focus of the 2022 Philadelphia National Million Father March.   Recently, the House Of Umoja, Inc. performed cursory research on the aggregate English and Mathematics Literacy skills level of students enrolled in the Philadelphia School District for the 2020-2021 academic year.    We learned that, as a whole, Our Children are not doing well academically.  As an example, students at Overbrook High School had a Mathematics Proficient/Advanced Literacy Rate of 0.0%, while the statewide average Proficient/Advanced Literacy Rate for Mathematics was 37.3%. The regular student attendance rate at Overbrook High School was 40%, while the statewide average attendance rate for students was 85.8%  Third grade students at the Add B Anderson School had an English Proficient/Advanced Literacy Rate of 9.3%, while the statewide English Proficient/Advanced Literacy Rate was 55.0%.     The Mathematics Proficient/Advanced Literacy Rate for third grade students at the Add B. Anderson School was 1.4%, and the statewide average Mathematics Advanced/Proficient Literacy Rate for third grade students was 37%.  Students at the William Cullen Bryant School in Grades K through 8 had an English Proficient/Advanced Literacy Rate of 18.5%, while the statewide average English Proficient/Advanced Literacy Rate for students in Grades K through 8 was 57.3%.  The Mathematics Proficient/Advanced Literacy Rate for students in Grades K through 8 at William Cullen Bryant was 0.0%, while the statewide Mathematics Proficient/Advanced Literacy Rate for students in Grades K through 8 was 57.3%.   Clearly, Our Children are not doing well and clearly, our village is not doing well.  The observance in Philadelphia of the 2022 National Million Father March gives us an opportunity to address and resolve this unacceptable academic crisis,” remarked Queen Mother Falaka Fattah, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the House Of Umoja, Inc.

           Established in 1968, the House of Umoja, Inc.’s successful track record of transforming the lives of and working with over 3,000 youths has moved universities and institutions that include, but are not limited to, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Prevention and the Center for Disease Control, to seek the expertise of Queen Mother Falaka Fattah and her late husband Mr. David Fattah in the areas of gang reduction, youth programming, and community organizing.  Former United States Presidents The Honorable James Earl Carter and the late Honorable Ronald Wilson Reagan have recognized the House Of Umoja, Inc. for its pioneering work which has been documented in published articles such as A Summons To Life, by Robert Woodson of the American Enterprise Institute in 1981 and The Violent Juvenile Offender by Paul DeMuro and Richard Allison of the National Council On Crime And Delinquency in 1984. 

              For further information about Philadelphia’s observance of the 2022 National Million Father March, contact the House of Umoja, Inc. at (215) 473-5893 or send an e-mail to falakafattah@aol.com, or visit the organization’s website at https://houseofumoja.net.

         For further information concerning the National Million Father March and Fathers Incorporated, visit its website at www.fathersincorporated.com or send an e-mail to:  info@fathersincorporated.com.

HOUSE OF UMOJA, INC. TO BE FETED FOR FIVE DECADES OF BROKERING PEACE ON 24 FEBRUARY 2023 IN OBSERVANCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH

CONTACT: Queen Mother Falaka Fattah President and Chief Executive Officer House of Umoja, Inc. (215) 473-5893 E-Mail:   falakafattah@aol.com...