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DAY 1 - FATHERHOOD SUMMIT Saturday, October 19

7:30 – 10:00 a.m. Registration | Regency Foyer Wall - Ballroom Level

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.Breakfast | Regency BC – Ballroom Level

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.Welcome & Opening Remarks | Regency BC – Ballroom Level

Deborah L. Frazier, NHSA CEO | Ken Scarborough, MDIV, MPH, Legacy Enterprise Group; NHSA Consultant, Dads Matter Initiative

8:45 – 9:00 amHistorical Over Fatherhood on the Move

Kenn Harris and Ken Scarborough (see above)

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.Evolution and Progression of Fatherhood and Fatherhood Programs

Jeffery Johnson, President/CEO, National Partnership for Community Leadership

9:45 – 11:00 a.m.Healthy Start Lifecourse Approach to Fatherhood and the CAM (Core Adaptive Model)

Kenn Harris and Ken Scarborough (see above)

11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Break

11:15 – 11:45 a.m.Resources for Fatherhood Programs

Patrick Patterson, MSW, MPH, Manager, National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Developing a Roadmap for Your Fatherhood Program

Kenn Harris and Ken Scarborough (see above)

12:15 – 1:30 p.m.Networking Luncheon | Regency BC - Ballroom Level

1:30 – 2:00 p.m.Men’s Health & Wellness | Regency BC - Ballroom Level

Roland Thorpe, PhD, Associate Professor, Health, Behavior and Society; Director, Research on Men’s Health; Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.Against All Odds: Access and Achievement of African American Adolescent Males

Darrian T. McCarter, PhD, Assistant Principal & Instructional Coach, D.C. Public Schools

2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.Expert Panel Discussion Dialogue on Fatherhood/Male Involvement Programs: Can I Get a Little Help Here?

3:45 – 4:00 p.m.Wrap-Up Deborah L. Frazier, Kenn Harris and Ken Scarborough (see above)

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9:30 – 9:45 a.m.Healthy Start Vision and Expectations for Fatherhood

Deborah L. Frazier, NHSA CEO

DAY 2 - FATHERHOOD SUMMITSunday, October 20

7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration | Regency Foyer Wall - Ballroom Level

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast | Regency BC - Ballroom Level

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome, Opening Remarks and Day One Recap

Deborah L. Frazier, NHSA CEO | Ken Scarborough, MDIV, MPH, Legacy Enterprise Group; NHSA Consultant, Dads Matter Initiative

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.Addressing Behavioral Health Issues for Boys and Men

Wizdom Powell, PhD, Director, Health Disparities Institute; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Connecticut

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.Developing and Using Communications and Communications Strategies for Fatherhood Programs

Stephanie Dukes, Associate Director, Vanguard Communications | Tomás Harmon, Account Manager, Vanguard Communications

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.Construction of an Evaluation of a Fatherhood Program

Derrick Gordon, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology Section) and Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine; Director, Research, Policy and Program on Male Development, The Consultation Center,

Division of Prevention and Community Research, Department of Psychiatry

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Effectively Using Men’s Health Data to Identify and Address Men’s Health Issues/Connecticut State

Example Wizdom Powell, PhD (see above)

12:15 – 1:30 p.m.Luncheon: NHSA Texting for Dads Program | Regency BC - Ballroom

Level Derrick Gordon, PhD (see above)

1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Break

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Round Table Session 1 with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

1. Engaging & Sustaining | SME: Ken Scarborough2. Communicating the Story | SME: Stephanie Dukes & Tomás Harmon

3. Behavioral Health | SME: Derrick Gordon4. Developing a CAN to Support Fatherhood Programs | SME: Kenn Harris

2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Break

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Round Table Session 2 with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

1. Engaging & Sustaining | SME: Ken Scarborough2. Communicating the Story | SME: Stephanie Dukes & Tomás Harmon

3. Data and Evaluation/Texting Program | SME: Derrick Gordon4. Developing a CAN to Support Fatherhood Programs | SME: Kenn Harris

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.Reassessment of Participant Roadmaps and Needs Assessment

Deborah L. Frazier, Kenn Harris and Ken Scarborough (see above)

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.Wrap-Up, Q&A Deborah L. Frazier, Kenn Harris and Ken Scarborough (see above)

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Speaker BiosKenn Harris is Project Director for the NICHQ Supporting Healthy Start Performance Project (SHSPPP), and is the former director of the New Haven Federal Healthy Start program at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven in New Haven, CT. His maternal and child health, public health and fatherhood/male involvement experience spans more than 25

years. Harris is also the past President of the National Healthy Start Association and co-creator of the Core Adaptive Model (CAM®), an evidenced-based model for fatherhood/male involvement programs. Harris is a national expert and facilitator on topics ranging from community engagement, fatherhood, racism and equity. He is a community researcher and national advisor on men’s health, and co-authored and published “The Health of Young African American Men” in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA, 2015).

Kenneth R. Scarborough, MDIV, MPH, served as the Chief Program Officer and Director of Ready4Work at Operation New Hope in Jacksonville, Florida, where he was responsible for delivering a full ranges of wrap-around life cycle services for men (and women) returning to the community from prison and/or jail. Prior to this role,

he served as the Project Manager for Central Hillsborough Healthy Start in Tampa, Florida, where he provided administrative oversight of projects and programs related to fathers and men, and before that, he served as the Male Involvement Coordinator with REACHUP, Inc. For over thirty-five years, he has worked with African American and Hispanic boys and men in mentoring relationships. He also serves as the Coordinator of the National Healthy Start Association Where Dads Matter Initiative providing support and direction for advancing best practices and advocacy around male involvement and fatherhood issues.

Dr. Jeffery M. Johnson is President and CEO of the National Partnership for Community Leadership (NPCL), a national nonprofit organization who mission is to strengthen the service capacity of nonprofit and community-based agencies to empower low-income parents and youth through innovative training techniques, effective

program management tools, and evidenced based practices. As president of NPCL, Dr. Johnson has overseen the planning and implementation of two of the nation’s largest social welfare research projects involving men and fathers.

Since 1997, Dr. Johnson and NPCL convene an annual international fatherhood conference that attracts policy makers, family practitioners, and parents from around the world. He was also the visionary and national planning committee chair for the 100-year anniversary of Father’s Day.

Patrick J. Patterson, MSW, MPH, is Manager of the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC), where he provides program and fiscal oversight, and delivers trainings nationally to help public, private, and faith-based agencies to better engage and work with fathers. During his 20-year career, Patrick has been a featured keynote,

workshop leader or trainer in 43 states, the US Virgin Islands, Canada, and five different countries.Since 1997, Patrick has been married to his high school sweetheart, Sherani, and they are parents to Peyton and Lorin, who coauthored the popular children’s book, “I Love When Daddy Reads to Me” with Patrick. Patrick earned a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Benedict College (Columbia, SC) and dual Masters degrees in Social Work and Public Health from the University of South Carolina.

Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., PhD, MS, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Founding Director of the Program for Research on Men’s Health in the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, and Deputy Director of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of

Public Health. He holds a joint appointment in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, and the Department of Neuroscience, and in the Undergraduate Program in Public Health Studies Program in the Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts & Sciences.

He is a Faculty Associate in the Johns Hopkins Center to Reduce Cancer Disparities at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Faculty Associate in the Johns Hopkins Center of Aging and Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and a Faculty Associate in the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Center for Innovative Care in Aging. Dr. Thorpe is also a Visiting Research Fellow at Duke University’s Center on Biobehavioral Research on Health Disparities. Dr. Thorpe is a social epidemiologist and gerontologist whose research agenda focuses on understanding how key social determinants of health such as race, socioeconomic status, and segregation affect health and functional outcomes among men across the life course.

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Speaker BiosDarrien T. McCarter, PhD, is a profes-sional educator and scholar who is committed to equitable access and achievement for historically marginalized student populations. Dr. McCarter earned his PhD in Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership from the University of Maryland, College Park. His dis-sertation, Against All Odds: Access and Achievement of African Amer-

ican Adolescent Males in Advanced Secondary Mathematics, sought to create powerful counter stories against the myriad of negative images on African American adolescent males and their academic abilities. Dr. McCarter also earned a master’s in School Administration from North Carolina Central University and a bachelor’s in Middle Grades Mathematics from Florida State University.

Wizdom Powell, PhD, MPH, is Director of the Health Disparities Institute and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Connecticut. Formerly, Dr. Powell spent over a decade at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health where she held a tenured appointment in the Department of Health Behavior and was Research

Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Health Equity Research in the Department of Social Medicine. In 2010, Powell gave invited testimony before the President’s Cancer Panel (PCP) on physician communication with minority patients and its impact on their mistrust and use of health care, and her testimony was used to recommend national strategies for eliminating cancer disparities to President Obama. In 2011-2012, she was appointed by President Obama to serve as a White House Fellow to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, providing subject matter expertise on Military Mental Health (e.g., PTSD, Suicide, and Military Sexual Trauma). Her community-based research focuses on of the role of modern racism and gender norms on African American male health outcomes and healthcare inequities.

Stephanie Dukes, a seasoned professional in strategic communications, training and technical assistance, is focused on engaging audiences and inspiring action. Stephanie has an extensive background, including her current role in the management of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration’s Underage Drinking Prevention Public Education Initiatives (UADPEI). Stephanie has guided communica

communications strategic development and implementation for federal clients, as well as nonprofit organizations and professional associations. During her career, Stephanie has designed and provided strategic communications and media spokesperson training to a wide variety of grassroots organizers and executive leaders in the areas of health care and public policy. Using evidence-based approaches for audience identification and persuasive storytelling, she has trained spokespersons to deliver concise, compelling messages to policy leaders, journalists, and the general public.

Tomás Harmon is a storyteller, above all else. With more than five years of experience in communicating important concepts to specific audiences, Tomás understands the critical role strategic communications planning plays in the overall success of an organization. His experience includes work with the U.S. State Department where he trained

early-stage health entrepreneurs from around the world on how to structure their communications in order to better connect with their target audiences, and communities. This included identifying goals, creating messages, understanding how to speak on camera and finding the best way to reach an audience.Currently Tomás works with a team at Vanguard Communications to provide strategic communications counsel to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, where he supports the agency’s work on underage drinking prevention in communities across the United States.

Derrick Gordon, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology Section) and Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine and the Division of Prevention and Community Research. He serves as the Director of the Research, Policy and Program on Male Development at The Consultation Center and is a scientist in the

Community Research Core of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA). Dr. Gordon’s work with men and families focuses on increasing their health and positive involvement in family and community life. His clinical work, research and consultation focuses on adolescent fatherhood, mentoring for adolescents who are gang involved, low-income fatherhood status, transitioning from prison to the community, the impact that access and use of preventive health care services have on community members, and understanding the interplay between poverty and stigma on the healthy development of individual and community life.

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Building Layout: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill

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Thank you for joining us!

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Special Thanks to the Tulsa Healthy Start Initiative, a program of the Community Service Council

in Tulsa, Oklahoma for their support in the production of this conference program.

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