Past Conferences

Father-Con 2019

Speakers:

• Donald Ray Parish Jr. (A Steady Hand) Youth mentoring

• Robert Clark (FBI ret)

• Mayor Rick Rodriguez (Downey mayor)

• Scott Galbraith (Former NBA player)  Why Dad’s Matter

• Zach Tenenbaum (Cyber Safety)

• Kendra Tankersley-Davis - Safe Homes

• Ken Henry (founder King Konnector Show)

• Jeremy Greening (Porn and the Family)

• Armand King (founder Paving Great Futures and author of Pimp City) The Road not to Take

• Alan Smyth (Executive Director Saving Innocence, author of Prized Possession, and Men Fight For Me) Fathers and Daughters

• Dr. Claudia Garcia – Fathers and Foster Care Long Beach City College

• Stacy Jewell (Survivor, artist)

Hosted at Warren High School in Downey, California

Father-Con 2018

Dr. Timothy Rarick: Keynote 2018 Father-Con

Professor in Family Studies & Child Development at BYU-Idaho and serves on the Board of Health & Welfare for the state of Idaho. He has spoken on family-related topics in Asia, Central America, Europe, all over the U.S., and several times on the topic of father-daughter relationships at the United Nations in New York City. Dr. Rarick and his wife have been married for 19 years and have one son and three daughters.

Speakers and Workshop Presenters:

• Tika Thornton (survivor Journey Out)

• Donald Ray Parish Jr. (A Steady Hand) Mentorship

• Donald P. Williams III (D.A.D. Project) Father engagement

• Bento Leal (Author Four Essential Keys to Effective Communication)

• Peter Watts (Mentoring)

• Sam Herod (CASA LA Court Appointed Special Advocates),

• Richard Dana (Grandfathers as fathers)

• Adan Escobar (Repairing the Fatherless Hole)

• Herschell Dennis, Terrence Austin, Michael Gray (Athletes the ultimate win - fatherhood)

• Guillermo Hernandez (Native People’s rites of passage)

• Lynne Gipson (Dating and Relationships)

• Cherise Charleswell (Journey Out – Trafficking in LA)

• Dr. Claudia Garcia - Long Beach City College - Educating Foster Families

Hosted at Long Beach City College, YWCA Harbor City