Wiley Price / St. Louis American
Originally published on January 22, 2021 3:28 pm
It’s obvious that Halbert Sullivan, 69, founder and CEO of Fathers & Families Support Center, is proud of his nonprofit’s growth.
Just beyond the foyer, Sullivan points to the suite of classrooms where fathers learn to address relationship violence, improve their parenting skills, communicate better with their children’s mothers and much more.
The agency moved last year into its $4.5 million, refurbished headquarters at 1601 Olive St, in downtown St. Louis.
Behind a spiral staircase, affirming quotes are attached to the oval-shaped “Wall of Wisdom.” There, quotes like, “A family that prays together stays together,” complement Sullivan’s oratory about the agency’s evolution from the Father’s Support Center to its current incarnation.
Pandemic has huge impact on Black fathers, support center founder says Our demographic, for the most part, are employed in lower-economic jobs. They don’t have jobs where you can use technology and work from home.
Credit: St. Louis American Author: Sylvester Brown Jr. – The St. Louis American Published: 8:03 AM CST January 22, 2021 Updated: 8:03 AM CST January 22, 2021
ST. LOUIS It’s obvious that Halbert Sullivan, 69, founder and CEO of Fathers & Families Support Center, is proud of his nonprofit’s growth.
Just beyond the foyer, Sullivan points to the suite of classrooms where fathers learn to address relationship violence, improve their parenting skills, communicate better with their children’s mothers and much more.
Two Greene County first responders have been nominated to receive the Sullivan Brothers’ Award of Valor following their heroic efforts to pull a woman from the waters of Buttrick Creek just over a year ago. On Oct. 19, 2019, multiple agencies responded to a report of a vehicle that had left the roadway and entered the waterway. Greene County Deputy, Shane Allen, and Churdan Volunteer Firefighter, Nate Byerly, leapt into the creek without regard for their own safety to pull 55-year-old Ouida Wiggins to shore. The Sullivan Brothers’ Award of Valor was created to recognize outstanding acts of heroism, and Greene County Sheriff, Jack Williams, says their life-saving efforts certainly met this description.