By Wayne Parker — 2020
Regardless of how many years you've been a dad, there is an abundant amount of opportunities to be a better father.
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In 2010, former gang leader turned community activist Big Mike Cummings asked UCLA gang expert Jorja Leap to co-lead a group of men struggling to be better fathers in Watts, South Los Angeles, a neighborhood long burdened with a legacy of racialized poverty, violence, and incarceration.
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