What People Say About Father-Con

Tera Hilliard   CEO Forgotten Children, Inc.

“I love Father-Con! In a world that says men aren't needed, Father-Con dispels that myth and encourages father's to step up in the lives of their children, and community . I totally support Patrick and the entire Father-Con team!”

Juan Solis    Father Engagement Coordinator San Bernardino County

Father-con is a gathering that should be duplicated in every County, state and Country. This conversation does not happen enough, or at all. We hear why father involvement is important in a child’s education, the social, emotional and physiological healthy outcomes. However, rarely hear how the connection with one’s father can prevent a child from falling into the human trafficking dark world. In fact, men are seen as the bad guy in most occasions when discussed in the human trafficking world. Father-con touches on so many aspects of how the connection between father and child contributes to decreasing negative outcomes. Father-con has definitely open the eyes of many and improved my perspective on the importance of father engagement.  

Lora Dene King, daughter of Rodney King, Jr   CEO Rodney King Foundation

This is one of the most important conferences I have ever been to.  

Dr. Jeff Brodsky     President/Founder JOY International

As one who travels and speaks about the tragedy and horror of child trafficking across America and throughout the world, I have seen the best in parenting and the worst. It’s easy to see the best when we see a child who grows into the man or woman of God He created them to be, with a full understanding of their identity in Christ and their destiny with Christ. This, to me, is the greatest quality we can teach our children. 
The worst in parenting, is when I have seen fathers who have no understanding of their role and responsibility in the protection of their children and seeing many of those children trafficked into the sordid world of child slavery. The very man who should be protecting that child… becomes their abuser. This is almost always due to the lack of understanding, education, training and teaching those very fathers what their role and responsibility is. 
This is why I love the ministry of Father-Con. They go above and beyond in searching for and reaching the hearts of fathers and turning their lives around by giving them a deeper and sincere understanding of how their lives affect the lives and especially the future of their children. When we can reach the hearts of the fathers, we can have a positive affect on their lives, their relationship with God and especially the future of their children. This is what I see as the vision, passion, and heart of Patrick Erlandson and the powerful mission of Father-Con. 

Harold D’Souza - Labor Trafficking survivor, former United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, Founder of Eyes Open International

Father-Con is a divine blessing in our community. I Harold D’Souza a ‘Survivor’ of labor trafficking and debt bondage in the Untied States of America is a Pure Reflection of Father-Con initiative to change the outcome in a MAN’s life, be it a  Father, Son, Husband, or just a common man. At one point in my life, I failed on 4 P’s : I failed as a Parent, Provider, Protecter and as a Person. Today with Father-Con’s empowerment, education, enlightenment, and encouragement  I flipped the 4 P’s into: Passion, Purpose, Power, and Prayers. Friends please join Father-Con on February 11th, 2023, Saturday to support the 7 P’s - (Rainbows of our life) : Passion, Perseverance, Purpose, Peace, Priceless, Parent, Patrick Erlandson - mission, vision, and dream to STOP Human Trafficking!