5625 W. Master Street
Philadelphia, PA 19131
(215) 473-5893
Facsimile: (215) 879-5340
P R E S S R E
L E A S E
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Queen Mother Falaka Fattah
House of Umoja, Inc.
Coordinator for City of Philadelphia – 2019 National
Million Father March
(215) 473-5893
E-Mail: falakafattah@aol.com
Mr. Bilal Qayyum, President
Fathers Day Rally Committee(215) 696-5362
HOUSE OF UMOJA INC. LEADING PHILADELPHIA’S 2019 NATIONAL MILLION
FATHER MARCH BY EXAMPLE: WALKING WITH
FATHERS AND CHILDREN TO UNIVERSAL DAROFF CHARTER SCHOOL ON TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2019
PHILADELPHIA, PA (USA) – 30 August 2019 – On
Tuesday, 3 September 2019, the first day of the academic year for children,
Fathers throughout the City of Philadelphia will participate along with Fathers
across the United States in the 2019 National Million Father March. The City of Philadelphia’s Coordinator
for the 2019 National Million Father March, the House of Umoja, Inc. (www.houseofumoja.net), will lead by example when it walks with
Fathers and their children to the Universal Daroff Charter School at 5630 Vine
Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to ring in the 2019-2010 academic year. Fathers
are being asked to assemble at the House of Umoja, Inc.’s office located at
5625 West Master Street In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 7:00 A.M. (E.D.T.) on
Wednesday, 3 September 2019. Philadelphia’s observance of the 2019
National Million Father March will honor the legacy of the late Mr. David
Fattah, Sr. who served as the City of Philadelphia’s Coordinator for the
National Million Father March beginning in 2007 and passed away on 5 December
2019 and move all children in the School District of Philadelphia to commit to
nonviolence by signing the Imani Peace Pledge.
In advance of the 2019 National Million
Father March’s observance, the House of Umoja, Inc. has issued a “Call To
Prayer”. On Sunday, 1 September 2019, leaders
and members of Philadelphia’s Interfaith Community are being asked to engage in
prayer for the city’s children.
“We are asking the leaders and members of the Interfaith
Community to devote a portion of their service on Sunday, 1 September 2019 in
prayer for our children’s safety and academic success throughout the
2019-2020 academic year. Thus far, we
have reached out to two hundred religious institutions in the City of
Philadelphia,” explained Queen Mother Falaka Fattah.
Philadelphia’s observance of the 2019
National Million Father March is supported by Philadelphia City Councilman The
Honorable Curtis Jones, Jr. The Fathers Day Rally Committee (https://fathersrally.com), headed up by Mr. Bilal Qayyum, along with
People for People, Inc., Daddy University, Inc.; The Strong Families Commission,
Frontline Dads, Jarell Seay Love and Laughter Foundation, Black Male Community
Council of Philadelphia, Black Men Uniting Black Men, Fathering Circle, and Different Kind of Democrat represent a sample of the organizations
collaborating with the House of Umoja, Inc. in orchestrating the 2019 National
Million Fathers March in the City of Philadelphia. Fathers in Philadelphia are being asked to
escort their child to school; meet their child’s teachers and the school’s
principal; obtain a copy of their child’s roster and the school’s academic
calendar; and encourage their child to commit to nonviolence by signing the
Imani Peace Pledge ™.
The brainchild of the late Mr.
Phillip Jackson, Founder and Executive Director of the Chicago, Illinois-based
Black Star Project (www.blackstarproject.org) which offers academic and mentoring
programs for children, workforce development projects, and school services, the
National Million Father March was created in 2003. Observed in over 600 cities throughout the
United States, the National Million Father March encourages Fathers to take a
proactive role in the education of their child. The national leadership mantle
for the National Million Father March has been donned by Fathers Incorporated
which is based in Atlanta, Georgia. In
its debut national leadership role for the National Million Father March,
Fathers Incorporated (www.fathersincorporated.com) will honor the legacy of Mr. Phillip
Jackson by orchestrating a nationwide Million Father March on Friday, 27
September 2019.
Established in 1968, the House of
Umoja, Inc., an internationally acclaimed organization,
was selected by the Black Star Project to lead and organize the National
Million Father March in Philadelphia due to its successful track record of
transforming the lives of and working with over 3,000 youths. The House of Umoja, Inc’s successful track
record og positively transforming the lives of at least approximately 3,000 adolescent male youths in the City of Philadephia, 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 Jimmy Carter and the late Honorable Ronald 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 2019 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 www.houseofumoja.net.
For further information about Philadelphia’s observance of the 2019 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 www.houseofumoja.net.
For further information about the
Fathers Day Rally Committee, visit its website at https://fathersrally.com.
For further information concerning
the National Million Father March and Fathers Incorporated, visit its website
at www.fathersincorporated.com.
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