A group of former gang members come together to help one another answer the question "How can I be a good father when I've never had one?" In 2010, former gang leader turned community activist Big Mike Cummings asked UCLA gang expert Jorja Leap to co-lead a group of men struggling to be better fathers in Watts, South Los Angeles, a neighborhood long burdened with a legacy of racialized poverty, violence, and incarceration. These men, black and brown, from late adolescence to middle age, are trying to heal themselves and their community, and above all to build their identities as fathers. Each…mehr
A group of former gang members come together to help one another answer the question "How can I be a good father when I've never had one?" In 2010, former gang leader turned community activist Big Mike Cummings asked UCLA gang expert Jorja Leap to co-lead a group of men struggling to be better fathers in Watts, South Los Angeles, a neighborhood long burdened with a legacy of racialized poverty, violence, and incarceration. These men, black and brown, from late adolescence to middle age, are trying to heal themselves and their community, and above all to build their identities as fathers. Each week, they come together to help one another answer the question "How can I be a good father when I've never had one?" Project Fatherhood follows the lives of the men as they struggle with the pain of their own losses, the chronic pressures of poverty and unemployment, and the unquenchable desire to do better and provide more for the next generation. Although the group begins as a forum for them to discuss issues relating to their roles as parents, it slowly grows to mean much more: it becomes a place where they can share jokes and traumatic experiences, joys and sorrows. As the men repair their own lives and gain confidence, the group also becomes a place for them to plan and carry out activities to help the Watts community grow as well as thrive. By immersing herself in the lived experiences of those working to overcome their circumstances, Leap not only dramatically illustrates the realities of fathers trying to do the right thing, but she also paints a larger sociological portrait of how institutional injustices become manifest in the lives of ordinary people. At a time in which racial justice seems more elusive than ever-stymied by the generational cycles of mass incarceration and the cradle-to-prison pipeline-the group's development over time demonstrates real-life movement toward solutions as the men help one another make their families and their community stronger.
Jorja Leap, MSW, PhD, is the Director of the Social Justice Research Partnership at UCLA, and a nationally recognized expert in gangs, crisis intervention and trauma response. She is the author of highly acclaimed books, including Jumped In and Project Fatherhood.
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ONE: Watts TWO: The Father Wound THREE: Neighborhood FOUR: Are You Gonna Leave Us, Too? FIVE: Brothers SIX: Abuse SEVEN: Leelee EIGHT: Fatherhood NINE: Daddy’s Girl TEN: Baby Mamas ELEVEN: Men at Work TWELVE: Job Creation THIRTEEN: Big Mama FOURTEEN: The Light Comes In FIFTEEN: Checkmated SIXTEEN: The Nation SEVENTEEN: Hero of the Neighborhood EIGHTEEN: Twins NINETEEN: We Are All Family TWENTY: Letter from Scotland TWENTY-ONE: Photo Finish TWENTY-TWO: We Are Your Daddies TWENTY-THREE: Hood Day TWENTY-FOUR: Sugarbear TWENTY-FIVE: Twelve More Days TWENTY-SIX: Walking Through the Door TWENTY-SEVEN: Jamel EPILOGUE THE MEN OF PROJECT FATHERHOOD JORDAN DOWNS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ONE: Watts TWO: The Father Wound THREE: Neighborhood FOUR: Are You Gonna Leave Us, Too? FIVE: Brothers SIX: Abuse SEVEN: Leelee EIGHT: Fatherhood NINE: Daddy’s Girl TEN: Baby Mamas ELEVEN: Men at Work TWELVE: Job Creation THIRTEEN: Big Mama FOURTEEN: The Light Comes In FIFTEEN: Checkmated SIXTEEN: The Nation SEVENTEEN: Hero of the Neighborhood EIGHTEEN: Twins NINETEEN: We Are All Family TWENTY: Letter from Scotland TWENTY-ONE: Photo Finish TWENTY-TWO: We Are Your Daddies TWENTY-THREE: Hood Day TWENTY-FOUR: Sugarbear TWENTY-FIVE: Twelve More Days TWENTY-SIX: Walking Through the Door TWENTY-SEVEN: Jamel EPILOGUE THE MEN OF PROJECT FATHERHOOD JORDAN DOWNS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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