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7 Mar 2012
Diaspora Diaries: The List

In this week’s Diaspora Diaries, writer Abena A. Green muses about what she’s learned about herself (and parenting) via The List

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23 Jan 2012
Black Daddies Club: The Best Thing in My Life

Biracial father Lawrence Fraser shares his experiences and lessons learned in raising a daughter solo.

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16 Jan 2012
Black Daddies Club: The Lesson

There is a lesson to be learned in every act of Wickedness…

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9 Jan 2012
Black Daddies Club: Us Three

There is a simple lesson, a universal truth, that we so often forget or ignore. If we watch children, we will learn that lesson and be inspired to pursue whatever we desire.

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12 Dec 2011
Black Daddies Club: The (Invisible) Prison

The shackles that keep us languishing in this invisible prison are too often passed down to our sons in the form of a verbal roadmap that lays bare exactly what is understood to be acceptable male behaviour.

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5 Dec 2011
Black Daddies Club: Fathers MATTER

BBC documentary ‘Biology of Dads’ lays out the case for why some of the most damaging stereotypes associated with fatherhood must be thrown out.

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28 Nov 2011
Black Daddies Club: The Father In Me

They say that when you have a baby girl, the biggest worry is dealing with all the boys who are dealing with your daughter in much the same way that you dealt with girls when you were young. For me, I hope that is the case.

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27 Sep 2011
Why do you need a Black Daddies Club?

Brandon Hay founded the Black Daddies Club with the express intent of providing safe spaces where Black men could perform the soul surgery that is so desperately needed among Black men in the GTA and beyond.

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11 Jul 2011
Black Daddies Club: A Tribute To The Greatest Man I Know

My Dad is better than your Dad!” is the taunt I remember kids singing on the schoolyard. I was never one to sing this annoying little ditty, but if I knew then what I know now about my Father, I would have been the singing it the loudest during recess.

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4 Jul 2011
Black Daddies Club: Lessons from my Dad

The Black Daddies Club has dedicated the month of July to the voices of their daughters and wives. Each week, a different woman will reveal what she has learned from the special man in her life.