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It Took the Death of My Mentor for This Good Man to Realize ‘There Is No Tomorrow’
The events of the past two months have caused me to become more introspective about time and how I use it.
There Is No Tomorrow
If you’re anything like me, then you may have the occasional, or daily, habit of putting off what you should be accomplishing today. I don’t know what it is that causes me to fall into a pattern of “I’ll do it tomorrow” or “I’ll get to it when I get to it.”
Halbert Sullivan s vision gave fathers credibility
Dominic Genetti, dominic.genetti@hearst.com
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He was a big man with an even bigger drive to change the perception of fatherhood.
Halbert Sullivan, founder of the Fathers’ and Families Support Center, a nonprofit that sets out to improve a parent’s outlook and skills in the St. Louis region, died Thursday, April 15. And with his passing, a legacy is officially cemented.
You may recall that the overall appeal of fathers was negative over the last couple of decades. You may have heard things like dads are only responsible for a paycheck, or dads do very little compared to all the various things mom does. And let’s not leave out terms like, “baby daddy,” or “deadbeat dad,” and phrases like, “Daddy’s just there.”
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.