"Fathers & Community: The Daddy Strollers Social Club" Date: April 2024

I remember pulling up to a parking lot full of black and brown fathers all llined up dapping one another up and truly excited about just connecting. From the dad jokes and the kids running around, It was joy and healing in motion. What hit me hardest was the authenticity: these weren’t performative dads. These were present, intentional, fathers just like me.

I was home…

Then I met Kalvin Bridgewater. From the first conversation, I knew this brother was about legacy work. He wasn’t trying to build a clique, he was forming a brotherhood. The vision for DSSC was clear: support fathers mentally, emotionally, and communally. And it was exactly the kind of work I had been praying to be a part of.

After that day, I told Kalvin I didn’t just want to support, I wanted to serve. I wanted to help DSSC grow, heal, and reach as many fathers as possible. That day changed something in me. It affirmed that this calling I have to blend therapy with community work has always been about building tables that look like us and serve like us.