Name: 【TED】Angela Patton: A father-daughter dance ... in prison (Angela Patton: A father-daughter dance ... in prison)
Uploaded: 2014-07-13T10:29:43.000Z
Duration: 8 min 49 s
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"Lucky for you he calls at all," said Jasmine.

At this moment, I knew the girls needed a way

At Camp Diva, my non-profit organization,

we have these types of conversations all the time

as a way to help girls of African descent

prepare for their passage into womanhood.

a way to invite their fathers into their lives

develop healthy relationships with their fathers?"

They started dreaming about the decorations,

invitations, the dresses they were going to wear,

and what their fathers could and could not wear. (Laughter)

It was off and running before I could even blink my eyes,

but even if I could have slowed down those girls,

is that they already know what they need.

and girls and their fathers came in multitudes.

They really enjoyed each other's company.

And the girls decided to make it an annual event.

"Because he's in jail," she bravely admitted.

"Well, can he just get out for a day?" one of the girls asked. (Laughter)

That's worse than not having him here at all."

So I asked, "What do you think we should do about this?

We want every girl to experience the dance, right?"

"Why don't we just take the dance in the jail?"

Most of the girls doubted the possibility of that,

Who is going to allow a bunch of little girls,

" — to come inside a jail and dance with their daddies in Spongebob suits?"

So a letter was written to the Richmond City Sheriff,

and I would have to say, he is a very special sheriff.

whenever there is an opportunity to bring families inside,

that when fathers are connected to their children,

The girls were dressed in their Sunday best,

and the fathers traded in their yellow and blue jumpsuits

They shared a full catered meal of chicken and fish.

The fathers and daughters even experienced

an opportunity to have a physical connection,

something that a lot of them didn't even have

Fathers were in a space where they were able to

and pull out her chair and extend his hand for a dance.

we all realized that Dad still would be in jail.

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【TED】Angela Patton: A father-daughter dance ... in prison (Angela Patton: A father-daughter dance ... in prison)

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