International Resources Directory for Fathers
(Courtesy of In Search of Fatherhood ®)
AUSTRALIA
Australian Information and Support Services for Men Pty Ltd. - Unit 5a, 21 Stud Rd., Bayswater Vic 3153 Australia. Telephone: 011 03 9738 2478. Facsimile: 011 03 9878 4725. Its website address is www.aissm.com.au. E-mail messages can be sent to info@aissm.com.au.
Men's Rights Agency - Post Office Box 28, Waterford, Queensland, 4183, Australia. Telephone: 011 07 3805 5611. Facsimile: 011 07 3200 8769. Visit the organization's website at www.mensrights.com.au. E-mail messages can be sent to mra@ecn.net.au.
Michael Green, Q.C. - Mediator and counselor and author of Fathers After Divorce - Building A New Life And Becoming A Successful Separated Parent. A strong advocate of "shared parenting," Green can be reached by telephone or facsimile at 011 02 9519 7988 or by e-mail at magnews@bigpond.com.
Stepfamily Australia, Inc. - P.O. Box 1162, Gawler, South Australia 5118. Telephone: 011 08 8822 7007. Its website address is www.stepfamily.asn.au. E-mail messages can be sent to sasa@stepfamily.asn.au.
CANADA
Ex-Fathers - Contact - Contact Lloyd Gorling. Telephone: 705-313-1492. The
website address for Ex-fathers is http://www.ex-fathers.org
www.ex-fathers.org.
Fathers Battling Injustice -- Contact Dave Foster at 1500 Royal Fork Rd., Box 57507, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9P 3B6. Mr. Foster can be reached at dave@canadian.net.
The Children's Voice - Contact Bill Flores, President of The Children's Voice, Post Office Box 61027, Maple Grove Post Office, Oakville, Ontario L6J 7P5 Canada. Telephone and Facsimile: 905-829-3639. E-mail: kidshelp@ican.net.
Victoria Men's Centre - Contact Ken Wiebe at 1967 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia V82 1E3 Canada.
FRANCE
L'Enfant Et Son Droit (A Child and His Right) - 12 rue Alphand, 75013 Paris, FRANCE. Telephone: 01 33 0 1 45 81 19 84. Visit their website address at http://www.magic.fr/enfant-pap/welcome.htm
SWITZERLAND
Health in Prisons Project - World Health Organization - Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Telephone: 011 41 22 791 2111. Facsimile: 011 41 22 79 1311.
UNITED KINGDOM
Families Need Fathers - 134 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3AR England. Telephone: 011 44 0207 613 5060). Visit their website address at http://www.fnf.org.
MK Family Rights Initiative - Visit its website at www.MKfamilyhuman-rights.org. Its e-mail address is MK.familyrights@ntlword.com
The Cheltenham Group - Acts as an advocate of men's rights issues through publishing, research and lobbying. Visit its website at . Its e-mail address is
bpw@c-g.org.uk.
UK Men's Movement - This organization campaigns and lobbies for the protection of equitable rights for men and publishes a quarterly publication that explores men's rights issues. Visit its website at www.ukmm.org.uk.
UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
The National Men's Resource CenterTM. Visit their website at www.menstuff.org or send an e-mail to menstuff@aol.com.
National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute - 5252 East Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90022. Contact Jerry Tello, Executive Director of National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute at 323-728-7770 or via e-mail at nlffi@nlffi.org.
COLORADO
Focus on the Family - 8605 Explorer Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80995. Its website address is www.family.org.
La Pa's - Contact Randy Mergler, M.S. and Roger Coughlan, LCSW at La Pa's at Transformation of Fatherhood, . Telephone: 970-495-4624. La Pa's e-mail address is dads@lapas.org and its website address is www.lapas.org.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Health In Prisons Project - Regional Offices for the Americas/Pan American Health Organizations - 525 23rd Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037. Telephone: 202-974-3000. Facsimile: 202-974-3663.
Men's Health Network - Post Office Box 75792, Washington, D.C. 20013. Telephone:
202-543-6461. Facsimile: 202-543-2727. The organization's website address is
www.menshealthnetwork.org. Its e-mail address is info@menshealthnetwork.org.
FLORIDA
Commission on Marriage & Family Support -- Contact Anne Carpenter, Administrative Assistant at the Commission on Marriage & Family Support (formerly, Florida's Commission on Responsible Fatherhood) at 111 North Gadsden Street, Suite 200, Tallahassee, Florida 32301. Telephone: 850 488-4952 x135. Facsimile: 850-921-9070. Send e-mail messages to acarpenter @ounce.org.
GEORGIA
100 Black Men of America, Inc. - 141 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303. Telephone: 404-688-5100. Toll Free Telephone: 800-593-3411. Facsimile: 404-688-1024. 100 Black Men of America, Inc.'s web site address is www.100BlackMen.com.
HAWAII
Akamai University - Located in Hawaii, Akamai University offers a comprehensive Men's Studies and Fatherhood curriculum. Inquiries concerning admission requirements can be obtained by contacting Douglass Capogrossi, Ph.D., President of Akamai University at 193 Kinoole Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 USA. Akamai University's United States and Canadian telephone numbers are 1-877-934-8793 while its international telephone number is 1-808-934-8793. Visit Akamai University's website at www.akamaiuniversity.us.
KANSAS
Million Dads March - Thomas Lessman serves as Chairman of the Million Dads March. Its web site address is www.milliondads.org. The Million Dads March's mailing address is 4121 N.E. Brier Road, Topeka, KS 66616. Telephone: 785-230-4546. Facsimile: 775-665-9230. The e-mail address for the Million Dads March is chairman@milliondadsmarch.org.
The National Center for Fathering - 10200 West 75th Street, Suite 367, Shawnee Mission, KS 66213. Telephone: 913-384-4661 or 800-593-3237. Its website address is www.fathers.com
MARYLAND
African American Male Leadership Institute - Richard A. Rowe serves as the Executive Director of the African American Male Leadership Institute ("AAMLI"). Correspondence can be sent to AAMLI at its mailing address of P.O. Box 32025, Baltimore, MD 21208 or via e-mail at AAMLI51@aol.com. AAMLI's telephone number is (410) 637-5564 and its facsimile number is (410) 602-8067.
American Prostrate Society - 7188 Ridge Road, Hanover, MD 21807. Telephone: 410-859-3735. Facsimile: 410-850-0818. Its e-mail address is info@ameripros.org.
Gary's Homework Help Page - An award-winning homework help web site created by entrepreneur and certified management trainer Gary Johnson which provides resources for teachers and educators and thousands of pages containing information for math, geography, language, art and literature homework assignment. The address for Gary's Home Help Page website is www.homeworkhelppage.com.
National Diabetes Information Clearing House - 1 Information Way, Bethesda, MD 20982-3560. Telephone: 1-800-860-8747 or 301-654-3327. Facsimile: 301-907-8906. Its website address is www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov and its e-mail address is ndic@info.mddk.nih.gov.
National Fatherhood Initiative - 101 Lake Forest Boulevard, Suite 360, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. For general information, Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, call 1-800-790-DADS. Its office telephone number is 301-948-0599. Its facsimile number is 301-948-4325.
MASSACHUSETTS
Joslin Diabetes Center - One Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215. Telephone: 617-732-2400. Its website address is www.joslin.harvard.edu.
Judge Baker Children's Center - Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D. serves as the Director of the organization's Media Center. Mailing address: 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115. Telephone: 1-800-779-8390 - extension 2109. Facsimile: 617-232-8399. Visit its website at www.jbcc.harvard.edu. Its e-mail address is info@jbcc.harvard.edu.
NEW JERSEY
African American Male Empowerment SummitSM - 614 Central Avenue, Suite 3, East Orange, NJ 07018. Telephone: 973-414-8644. Facsimile: 973-414-8684. The website address is www.aames.org and its e-mail address is: info@aames.org.
NEW MEXICO
The National Hispanic/Latino Community Network - Post Office Box 2215, Espanola, NM 87532. Telephone: 505-747-1889. Facsimile: 505-747-1623.
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa Area Fathers Rights Association - The organization is headed up by Gregory Romeo Visit the organization's web site at www.tulsafathers.org and its online discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tulsa_Area_Fathers-Rights_Association. The organization can be reached by telephone at 918-447-3094; by facsimile at 419-710-1976; or by e-mail at TulsaFathers@aol.com
PENNSYLVANIA
BSI International, Inc. - Exclusive publisher and distributor of IN SEARCH OF FATHERHOOD® FORUM FOR AND ABOUT THE FATHERS OF THE WORLD, a quarterly international male parenting journal. Visit its website at www.bsi-international.com or its Fatherhood discussion group at http://InSearchOfFatherhood®@msngroups.com. Contact BSI International, Inc. at Post Office Box 3885, Philadelphia, PA 19146-0185. E-mail messages can be sent to bsi-international@earthlink.net.
Diabetes and Educational Research Center - Franklin Medical Building, 829 Spruce Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Telephone: 215-829-3426. Facsimile: 215-829-5807. Its website address is www.diabeteseducationalandresearchcenter.org and its e-mail address is
webmaster@diabeteseducationalandresearchcenter.org.
National Center on Fathers and Families - Dr. Vivian Gadsden is the Executive Director of the National Center on Fathers and Families which is located at the University of Pennsylvania, 3440 Market Street, Suite 450, Philadelphia, PA 19104. The organization can be reached by telephone at 215-573-5500. Visit its website at www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu.
PurEquality Entertainment, LLC- Philadelphia-based parent company of Pure Quality Film Works, which is the producer and distributor of a documentary on African American Fathers. Another division, Pure Quality Publishing has published two books on African American Fathers. Purequality can be contacted via e-mail at Purequality@hotmail.com. Visit its website at www.purequality.com.
Single and Custodial Fathers' Network - Contact: John R. Sims, Jr., Executive Director of The Single and Custodial Fathers' Network at One Parks Bend, Suite 213, Box 31, Vandergrift, PA 15690. Telephone: 724-845-9767 or 724-388-3237.
TEXAS
Center for Successful Fathering, Inc. - 13740 Research Boulevard, Austin, TX 78750. Telephone: 512-335-0761. Its web site address is www.fathering.org.
Faithful Fathering Initiative In Texas - Post Office Box 1702, Sugarland, TX 77487. Telephone: 281-491-DADS. E-mail messages can be sent to peprw@worldnet.att.
Fathers for Equal Rights, Inc. -1525 Elm Street, 1600 Pacific Building, Suite 870, Dallas, TX 75201. Telephone: 214-953-2233.
VIRGINIA
Diabetes Education Programs/American Diabetes Association - 1701 North Beauregard treet, Alexandria, VA 22311. Telephone: 1-800-DIABETES; 1-800-342-2383. E-mail messages can be sent to customerservice@diabetes.org.
Great Dads - Contact Dr. Robert Hamrin, Founder and President of Great Dads at Post Office Box 7537, Fairfax Station, VA 22039. Telephone: 703-830-7500. Visit Great Dads' website at www.greatdads.org. E-mail messages can be sent to grtdads@aol.com.
WASHINGTON
The National Fathers Network - 16120 N.E. Eighth Street, Bellevue, WA 98008-3937. Telephone: 425-747-4004 - Extension 218. Facsimile: 425-747-1069. E-mail messages can be sent to the organization's Executive Director at jmay@fathersnetwork.org
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Fathers for Children and Families - P.O. Box 1742, Madison, WI 53701. Telephone: 1-608-255-3237. Visit its website at www.wisconsinfathers.org. Its e-mail address is wfcf@wi.rr.com.
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