Good bye son...The most important thing a father can spend with his children is TIME. Video produced by Dads Evoking Change in hopes to combat the "Dead beat dad" stereotype and start to humanize dads and the hurdles they face to be physically present in their kids lives. Dads Evoking Change is a non profit organization created to help low income dads navigate co-parenting, Child custody, and child support situations. For more info visit www.Dadsevokingchange.org

Live Performance at the Rhyme & Wine Festival in Austin, TX.

Non profit Dads Evoking Change (DEC) along with programs to help fathers navigate Child Support and Custody systems, focuses on creating media pieces focused on highlighting African American, and Latin X fathers in their day to day roles they play in their kids/families lives. Oakland poet, community activist, and father Shawn Williams delivers a powerful original piece he created for Dads Evoking Change (DEC) for our Annual Fathers Day fundraiser. For more information and on Dads Evoking Change (DEC) visit: www.Dadsevokingchange.org To Donate to the organization visit:

Award Winning Writer & Spoken Word Artist Shawn William live in Toronto @ When Brothers Speak 2019

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Poet Prentice Powell was the first person to perform spoken word on Arsenio's show. Arsenio was so blown away that he invited the rest of Prentice's collective, Fiveology, to come to the show. Here they are with "I Wanna Be A Kid Again."