FATHER-CON 2023

A proud Sponsors of Father-Con 2023

Donald Parish Jr   A Steady Hand

2023 Workshops

  • Pornography - Benji Nolot (Exodus Cry founder)

  • Self-Care for Dads so You can Give Your Best - Bobby Brown (Donuts with Dads)

  • Veterans and Fatherhood. - Jon Flores (Veteran)

  • Healing Broken Bonds Parents / Children & Forgiveness. - Dr. Kendra Tankersley

  • When Fathers Step Up, Traffickers Step Out - Steve Meyers (Saving Innocence)

  • Mentoring in a World in Need of Fathers. - Donald Parish Jr. (A Steady Hand)

  • The Lies Men Are Told About Who They Are - John Pulley

  • Childhood Exposure to Pornography - The Parent’s Talk. - John Van Arnam (The Third Talk)

  • Fentanyl & Drugs What Families Need to Know. - Perla Mendoza (Project Eli) English & Spanish

  • Foster Fathering - Bob Levy. (FosterAll)

  • Vulnerable Children: What’s Love Got to Do With It?. - Jennifer Keltner (Rescue Party Give)

  • Healthy Families (Spanish) - Juan Saldana

  • Education Systems and Fathers - Albert Bartee III (The D.A.D. Project)

  • DCFS Navigating the System and Fathers Rights - Jennifer Lopez

  • Faith and Fatherhood - John Ytreus

Donald Ray Parish Jr Presenting on Mentoring in a World in Need of Fathers

John Pulley presenting Exposing the Lies Men are Told— The Truth of Who You Are

Bobby Brown of Donuts with Dads presenting Self Care for Dads

Juan Saldana presenting in Spanish Healthy Families


HEART OF THE FATHER

Awards 2023


Jim Carson
1946 - 2022

Founder Survivor 2 Leader

Father beyond blood for many

Evan Hess

From Gangs to Incarceration to Director of Project Fatherhood at Homeboy Industries, father of a son

Nolveris Frometa

Hospital Administrator, Downey City Planning Commissioner - Father of four

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Father Greg Boyle

I never met a homie who didn’t have a father shaped hole in his heart.” Greg Boyle

Founder of Homeboy Industries
Author of 3 books: Tattoos on the Heart, Barking to the Choir, and The Whole Language