BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Social Current - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.social-current.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Social Current REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T140000 DTSTAMP:20260410T133117 CREATED:20260403T165559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T165601Z UID:10000607-1777467600-1777471200@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Father Engagement: Strengthening Families Across Prevention\, Healing\, and Belonging DESCRIPTION:Register \n \n “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person—he believed in me\,” said famed NC State Basketball Coach Jim Valvano. That belief\, rooted in presence\, encouragement\, and connection\, is the heart of father engagement. This session will challenge common myths about fathers by centering current data\, lived experiences\, and the vital roles fathers play in promoting family and child well‑being. Participants will examine how intentionally investing in engaging fathers builds a powerful protective factor for children\, families\, and communities. \nApril’s designation as National Child Abuse Prevention Month highlights the importance of prevention\, protection\, and inclusion for children and families. This session will explore how meaningful father engagement serves as a powerful\, yet often overlooked\, strategy across these efforts. \nTogether\, we will explore the conditions that support meaningful father engagement and consider what it looks like to truly “be the change in the community” by designing services that actively welcome\, value\, and partner with fathers. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the systemic and relational barriers that can limit father involvement and learn practical\, strengths‑based strategies to elevate fathers as essential caregivers. \nParticipants will leave with practical\, strengths-based strategies to design services that actively engage fathers and contribute to safer\, more stable\, and thriving communities. \nThis webinar is not a devaluation of mothers\, but a purposeful uplifting of fathers\, recognizing that when all caregivers are supported and engaged\, families thrive. \nTakeaways\n\nBarriers to father engagement\nStrategies that intentionally engage and support fathers\n\nWho Should Attend\n\nHuman services supervisors and program managers\nJuvenile justice\, child welfare\, and housing professionals\nHuman services leaders\, policymakers\, and funders\nFront-line staff (caseworkers\, family support specialists\, outreach workers)\nParent partners and individuals with lived experience\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tori Brasher-Weathers (she/her)\n \n Programs and Partnerships Manager\nInstitute for Family \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tori Brasher-Weathers (she/her)\n Programs and Partnerships Manager\nInstitute for Family \n \n Tori Brasher‑Weathers serves as the program and partnerships manager at the Institute for Family\, a program of the Children’s Home Society of North Carolina. In this role\, she leads strategic partnership development\, multisector stakeholder engagement\, and community‑centered program implementation. Tori builds and sustains collaborative relationships with external partners and represents the Institute and its Mission InCommon initiative at workshops\, conferences\, and community events across the state. \nWhether building partnerships\, facilitating community storytelling\, or designing transformative learning experiences\, Tori approaches her work as a calling—reimagining systems of care\, elevating family voices\, and helping create the conditions in which children\, families\, and communities can flourish for generations to come. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Romero Davis\n \n Senior Director of Child & Family Well-Being \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Romero Davis\n Senior Director of Child & Family Well-Being \n \n Romero Davis is the senior director of child and family well-being at Social Current. A mentor for professional development and community justice champion\, Davis has worked nationally with agencies in areas such as poly-victimization; trauma in families; equity\, diversity\, and inclusion; juvenile justice; and domestic violence. He is a member of the technical assistance team for Child Safety Forward. URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/father-engagement-strengthening-families-across-prevention-healing-and-belonging/ CATEGORIES:Child and Family Well-Being ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Safety-Resilience_5.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR