11TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FATHERHOOD CONFERENCE
Dear IFC Family and Future Friends,
It is with great pleasure that I personally announce our 2009 Fatherhood Conference theme. “Maximizing Father Engagement, Celebrating 100 Years of Father’s Day in America.” Our 2009 celebration recognizes that next Father’s Day will be the 100 Year Anniversary of Father’s Day in America!
Join us in 2009 for this awesome experience in Baltimore, MD. I look forward to seeing you in June 2009.
Dr. Jeffery M. Johnson, President & CEO
THE HISTORY OF FATHER’S DAY IN AMERICA
Courtesy of: C. Murchison, ©1996.
The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909.
Having been raised by her father, William Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.
In 1926, a National Father’s Day Committee was formed in New York City. Father’s Day was recognized by a Joint Resolution of Congress in 1956. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father’s Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. So Father’s Day was born in memory and gratitude by a daughter who thought that her father and all good fathers should be honored with a special day just like we honor our Mother’s Day.
“CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF FATHER’S DAY IN AMERICA”
June 21st, 2009
FATHERHOOD IS WITNESSED
*Fatherhood Can Be Seen & Heard*
Happy F aithful Day
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WORKSHOP PRESENTER APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!
Submission Instructions:
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Thank you in advance for all of your ideas!
WORKSHOP TRACKS
TRACK I. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD
TRACK II. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS/MARRIAGE
TRACK III. RE-ENTRY
TRACK IV. HEALTH
TRACK V. EDUCATION
TRACK VI. EMPLOYMENT
TRACK VII. POLICY DEVELOPMENT
TRACK VIII. FAITH-BASED INITITIATIVES
TRACK IX. FUNDRAISING AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
TRACK X. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT