El hombre noble: How to engage, embrace and heal Chicano, Latino males: Sacred fatherhood

This is part 3 of a three-part Virtual Learning Session titled: El Hombre Noble: How to Engage, Embrace and Heal Chicano, Latino Males.

How do we assist, guide and support men to be the best fathers, grandfathers, tios that they can be. The session will explore the importance of healthy positive Rites of passage and healthy extended kinship as an essential step towards Sacred Fatherhood. It will also address the importance of developing “ bienvenidos, welcome home” programs and processes for reingrating men who were formally incarcerated, recovering from addiction, absent due to deportation and wanting to rebuild their relationship with their children and family.

Session 3 Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the importance of fathers, father figures and their role in the lives of their children and their families.
• How to welcome and reintegrate fathers back into their homes and communities due to incarceration and deportation and woundedn