The Frator Heru Institute (FHI) was founded in the Spring 1986 in Brooklyn, NY as a community-based educational consortium offering mobile education workshops, expert consulting, tutoring and referrals.
In the Summer of 1988, after relocating to Philadelphia, PA, the FHI instituted official Rites-of-Passage Training Workshops (ROP-TWS) for men and boys based on the Founder’s own home-based / household Rites established in 1980. Subsequently, after much research, these Rites evolved into the FHI ROP Facilitators Intensive Training (ROP FIT) and the FHI ROP for Young Men (FHI ROP- YM).
In the Spring 1990, the FHI partnered with the Temple University Pan-African Studies Community Education Program (PASCEP) (1990 – 2008) to co-sponsor the FHI Rites-of-Passage initiatives in N. Philadelphia and at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford (SCI-Graterford) in Graterford, PA. These initiatives pro- actively address concerns of personal (intellectual, spiritual and physical) family development, and promote realistic strategies and practical models to address those concerns.
In the Spring 2004, the FHI and TU PASCEP partnered with the newly-formed Black Male Development Symposium (BMDS) at Arcadia University and Village Builders, LLC (2004 – 2008).
Presently (2008 – 2010), the FHI and the BMDS are partnered and geared up for the 6th Annual Black Male Development Symposium scheduled for Saturday, May 15, 2010 at Arcadia University.
The BMDS Reception, to be held at the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) on Friday, May 7, 2010, will include a public presentation of the young men who have completed the Fall 2009 – Spring 2010 ROP Cycle.
Registration ($25.00) for the upcoming Spring 2010 FHI ROP will begin on Monday, February 1, 2010 / 6p.m. – 8:30p.m. at 1046 W. Jefferson St. – LL / Philadelphia, PA 19122.
Sessions begin the week of February 15, 2010...
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