Generations of Change

Fatherhood Workshops

This workshop series is open to all who identify as fathers in all constellations of families. The workshop will engage and connect fathers through an interactive and informative experience, promising to help them strengthen bonds with their children (of all genders) while supporting their ability to raise socially aware young people.

Fatherhood presents a unique opportunity to revisit social and generational norms and to define the role the father wants to play in his child’s life. As a teacher and role model, a father can, through his actions and behaviors, positively impact his family and community. Fathers hold influence that can be transformative in the lives both of their children and of those with whom they interact.

Fathers will discover the critical role they can play throughout their children’s social and emotional development; develop new strategies and skills to care for themselves as fathers; build connections with other fathers; and learn to communicate effectively, particularly on topics related to gender and sexuality.

We will explore healthy masculinities, boundaries, consent, communication, upstander intervention, and the connection between these and the reduction of male self-harm and violence towards others. Overall, we hope to create a stronger sense of empathy, connection, and belonging with our children and in our relationships.

Please let us know if you’d like us to present this workshop in your community—perhaps to a parenting group or parents’ night. New and expecting fathers may be interested in our regularly scheduled Boot Camp for New Dads. If you would like to be notified when our next Generations of Change is scheduled, please sign up here.

This project is supported by Grant No. 2015-CY-AX-0013 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this program are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.