MAD dads
MADDADShttp://www.mplsmaddads.org/index.htm is an organization with its own Minneapolis chapter. The acronym "MADDADS" stands for Men Against Destruction Defending Against Drugs and Social Disorder. The group was started with a group of dads who were sick over the thought of a generation of children without positive role models that was continually succumbing to gang violence and drugs. Teenagers living in inner-city neighborhoods need to know that they don't have to stand for the life that they've been given; they don't need to participate in gangs and violence because they can choose to not give in to the oppressing lifestyle around them. Just because this is a group of guys out fighting to change the ways of the world for the better by being positive role models for children, I thought this source pertained to our class.
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my husband steve is a maddad! he goes out in the community and does street patrol, hands out information about resources, and works the summer event to get guns off the streets. this organization rocks!
Posted by: Rachel | February 10, 2007 12:00 PM