Global Peace Festival USA - One Family under God

First 'Stronger Families New York' Coalition Leadership Forum Gathers Government and Community Leaders

More than a hundred New York State leaders, including human service providers from community and faith-based groups, businesses, philanthropic organizations and government, gathered on January 31, 2013 to share experience and develop an agenda to strengthen New York families.

Meeting in Poughkeepsie, the Stronger Families New York (SFNY) coalition convened on the theme of “Promoting Well-being, Success and Economic Security for New York Families.” Global Peace Foundation USA was a cosponsor of the event and is a member of the coalition since March 2012.

Strengthening Families and Communities Coalition Co-Sponsors Fatherhood Symposium in the Nation's Capital

“The absence of fathers in the lives of their children is a national epidemic and a major contributor to the inability of families, neighborhoods and communities to thrive economically,” declared Dr. Jacquelyn Henry, Executive Director of the Healthy Families Thriving Communities Collaborative Council, at a Fatherhood and Family Engagement Symposium in Washington, DC on October 4. “Men with limited education, few job skills, and other barriers to employment are not a match to the employment opportunities of the twenty-first century.”