Local non-profit hosts first graduation for ‘AFIRM’ fatherhood program
Posted July 7, 2023
That’s how organizers describe a new program in Memphis that teaches young men how to be better fathers. It’s called AFIRM, which stands for “A Father’s Involvement Really Matters.”
A non-profit called Families Matter received a grant from Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s administration to create the AFIRM program, and the six participants who enrolled in the spring session graduated on Thursday, July 6, surrounded by family and friends.
At the Families Matter headquarters in Midtown, Xavier McClain is one of the first graduates of AFIRM, an eight-week course that taught him how to be a better father to his four-year-old son Jayden.