5625 W. Master Street * Philadelphia, PA
19139 * (215) 473-5893 * Facsimile: (215) 879-5340 *
Website: www.houseofumoja.net * E-Mail: falakafattah@aol.com
CONTACT:
Mr. Anthony Bannister-Fattah
Coordinator,
2024 Philadelphia Million Fathers March
House
Of Umoja, Inc.
(215)
473-5893
E-Mail: falakafattah@aol.com
Queen
Mother Falaka Fattah
President
and Chief Executive Officer
House
Of Umoja, Inc.
Advisor,
2024 National Million Father March
(215) 473-5893
E-Mail: falakafattah@aol.com
PHILADELPHIA, PA (USA) -- For the 17th consecutive year, the City Of Philadelphia will ring in the academic year for school children throughout the School District of Philadelphia, which commences on Monday, 26 August 2024, with the observance of the National Million Father March which the House Of Umoja, Inc. (https://houseofumoja.net) is leading and organizing. The House Of Umoja, Inc. will mark its 17th consecutive year as the leader and organizer of Philadelphia’s observance of the National Million Father March by convening a press conference on Thursday, 22 August 2024 at 10:00 A.M. at 5625 West Master Street (David Fattah Way) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fathers, Father Figures, educators, school administrators, community stakeholders, City and State legislators, Fatherhood Practitioners and Advocates, members of the Interfaith Community, business leaders, social services professionals and providers, health care professionals and providers, public policy professional, and members of the electronic and print media are encouraged to attend the press conference scheduled for Thursday, 22 August 2024 at 10:00 A.M. at the House Of Umoja, Inc.’s office at 5625 West Master Street (David Fattah Way) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On Monday, 26 August 2024 -- the first day of the 2024-2025 academic year
for the School District Of Philadelphia, the House Of Umoja, Inc. will lead by
example with a march from the institution’s office at 5625 West Master Street
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Overbrook High School which is located at 5898
Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Fathers and Father Figures are asked to arrive at the House Of Umoja,
Inc.’s office at 5625 West Master Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 7:00
A.M. on Monday, 26 August 2024. Participants
will also carpool to support those participants who are elderly or have health
issues which may make it difficult for them to walk to Overbrook High
School. The cars will form a motorcade
that will be a component of the march from the House Of Umoja, Inc. to
Overbrook High School on Monday, 26 August 2024. The 2024 National Million Father March in
Philadelphia is supported in part by the Philadelphia Activities Fund (https://phlactivitiesfund.org); the Father’s Day Rally Committee (https://fathersrally.com); and City Of Philadelphia Councilmember The
Honorable Curtis Jones, Jr.
Established in 1968, the House Of Umoja, Inc., an internationally
acclaimed institution that has a successful track record in addressing and
reducing violence and positively transforming the trajectory of the lives of
over 3,000 male adolescents in Philadelphia that spans 56 years, is encouraging
all Fathers throughout the City of Philadelphia to participate in the 2024
National Million Father March by taking a proactive role in the education of
their child by, among other things:
· Escorting their child to school on Monday, 26 August 2024 – the first day of the 2024- 2025 academic year for the School District of Philadelphia
· Meeting their child’s teachers and the principal of their child’s school
· Obtaining a copy of their child’s roster and a copy of the academic calendar of their child’s school
· Checking their child’s homework every day
· Reviewing their child’s test scores in English Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, etc.
· Enhancing their child’s literacy skills level by reading to their child and having their child read to them
“Improving exponentially the literacy skills of school age children
throughout the School District of Philadelphia is a primary focus of the 2024
National Million Fathers March. This year the Philadelphia theme is
#ReadingIsResistance. Each year, through
the administration of tests in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science statewide,
the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment measures the skill level of school
children in English Language Arts – reading and writing – and mathematics and
science. I had an opportunity to review
the 2022-2023 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test result for English
Language Arts – reading and writing.
Only 34% of all of the school children enrolled in Grades 3 through 8
throughout the entire School District Of Philadelphia are proficient in English
Language Arts – reading and writing. Low
reading levels of 4th grade students are one of the determinants of
the school to prison pipeline. Our READING Is RESISTANCE Initiative, which was
launched earlier this year will continue to address the abysmal lack of
proficiency in literacy skills of students enrolled in the Philadelphia School
District. Through Reading Is Resistance,
we will also continue to push back against the banning of African American
literature and history,” remarked Queen Mother Falaka Fattah.
The National Million Father March is an initiative created by the late Mr. Philip Jackson which was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois under the auspices of the Black Star Project (www.blackstarproject.com). For further information about the National Million Father March which is now orchestrated by Fathers Incorporated, visit the website of Fathers Incorporated at www.fathersincorporated.com or send an electronic mail communication to: info@fathersincorporated.com.
- To register for the 2024 Philadelphia
National Father March, visit the House Of Umoja, Inc.’s website and access the
following link: https://www.houseofumoja.net/mfm to
receive free t-shirts for you or your organization. Registrants for the 2024 Philadelphia
National Million Father March will receive a free t-shirt.
For further information about the House Of Umoja, Inc., visit the institution’s website at https://www.houseofumoja.net; call (215) 473-5893; or send an electronic mail communication to: falakafattah@aol.com.
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