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Haji is a professional speaker, writer, trainer
and group facilitator. He frequently presents at family support conferences
around the state and nationally. Haji is also Director of the Fatherhood
Initiative at the Massachusetts Children’s Trust Fund.
In this role, he leads the
campaign to increase father involvement in 26 Healthy Families programs and
to strengthen the statewide Fathers and Families Network that supports
practitioners working with fathers. He is a lead parent educator for
Families First Parenting Programs and trains many school teachers and
administrators in this capacity.
Haji founded the fathers program at the Family
Nurturing Center in Dorchester that continues to serves men in Boston's
urban communities. He is a Licensed Social Worker who spent many years
doing crisis intervention with families involved with the Department of
Social Services. He frequently writes for Voice Male magazine on father
involvement, male intimacy and co-parenting and serves on its National
Advisory Board.
Haji promotes gender awareness through facilitation of
Men's Healing Circles, Boys to Men Rites of Passages and Couples Workshops.
He is especially interested in seeing African-American and Latino men heal
the twin traumas of racism and patriarchy. Haji practices his vocation
primarily with his wife of 18 years and two teenaged children. He is a
long-time student of personal development and believes in the power of
love.
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