MAN 2 MAN-Urban Youth Advocate

10/12/2026

Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day 🧡🌎

Long before the United States existed, Indigenous nations thrived across this land, each with their own cultures, languages, traditions, and systems of governance. Through colonization, forced removals, broken treaties, and the seizure of ancestral lands, countless Indigenous communities experienced profound loss. Promises of compensation and protection were often broken or inadequately fulfilled, and the effects of these injustices continue to impact Indigenous families and communities today.

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the resilience, strength, and enduring contributions of Indigenous peoples while recognizing that acknowledgment must be accompanied by action.

At Man 2 Man – Urban Youth Advocate, we believe every community deserves access to support, opportunity, and resources. Our programs offer fatherhood education, family reunification support, emotional wellness, conflict resolution, life skills development, and reentry assistance for eligible individuals working toward a stronger future.

Our mission is to serve and uplift communities, including Indigenous individuals and families. If you or someone you know could benefit from our resources, visit the Linktree in our bio and complete the "Mission Possible Resource Request".

Today and every day, we stand for stronger families, empowered communities, and a future where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

10/09/2026

A city is stronger when its people show up for one another.

On Sunday, October 4, Dr. Stewart Perrilliat attended This Is Our City in Santa Rosa, a community gathering centered on unity, generosity, and supporting organizations serving people in need.

The heart of this event reflects what we stand for at Man 2 Man Urban Youth Advocate: building stronger communities by investing in people, strengthening families, empowering men and fathers, and creating pathways toward lasting change.

Real transformation happens when we come together, extend support beyond our own circles, and recognize that every person deserves the opportunity to grow, rebuild, and thrive.

Because when we uplift individuals, we help strengthen families. And when we strengthen families, we build stronger communities.

One community. One purpose. A future built together.

10/02/2026

What if preventing domestic violence begins long before the first act of violence?

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

We often respond after harm has occurred. But prevention asks us to look earlier.

Are we teaching boys and men how to manage emotions, communicate through conflict, respect boundaries, support their partners, and understand what healthy relationships actually look like?

Domestic violence doesn't affect only two people. Its impact can reach children, families, and entire communities.

At Man 2 Man, we believe engaging men must be part of the prevention conversation.

If we want healthier families, we have to help build healthier men.

09/29/2026

Truth sets both of you free. Transparency helps kids dodge past mistakes. What life lesson are you ready to share?

09/28/2026

🎙️ THE CONVERSATION IS BACK.
After a year-long break, Can We Have A Conversation? is returning.
Hosted by Rev. Dr. Stewart Perrilliat Sr., we’re bringing back real people, real stories, and real conversations about the issues affecting our families and communities—and the solutions that can move us forward.
We’re ready to have the conversation again. Are you?
Follow along as we begin this next chapter.

09/27/2026

09/27/2026

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A moment like this can change a life.

Being spit on is humiliating, disrespectful, and deeply provoking. But what happens in the seconds that follow can determine whether someone keeps their job, loses their freedom, damages their family, or lives with consequences they never anticipated.

This is why the work we do at Man 2 Man – Urban Youth Advocate goes beyond simply telling men to “control their anger.”

We give men tools to recognize what is happening emotionally, slow down the reaction, think through the consequences, and make a different decision—even when they have every reason to be angry.

Prevention is not just stopping something before it happens.

Sometimes prevention is giving a man the tools to manage the few seconds between what happens to him and what he chooses to do next.

That space can change everything.

09/21/2026

Co-parenting isn’t about the relationship between two adults, it’s really about the relationship both parents have with their children. When parents choose to communicate, cooperate, and put their children’s needs first, they create something every child deserves: stability, support, and the freedom to love both parents.

At Man 2 Man – Urban Youth Advocate’s Family Foundation Gala: Fostering Fatherly Love & Leadership, Wayne Boatwright shared an important reminder: our children are watching, learning, and carrying what we model for them.

Sometimes fostering fatherhood means choosing the child over the conflict.

08/06/2026

OUR JOURNEY. OUR PURPOSE. OUR IMPACT.

For decades, Man 2 Man – Urban Youth Advocate has been committed to one mission: strengthening families, one father at a time.

From reentry and fatherhood support to healthy relationships, parenting, trauma healing, life skills, financial empowerment, and we continue to create pathways for men and fathers to grow, heal, reconnect, and thrive.

Our journey has evolved, but our purpose remains the same: restore families by strengthening men and fathers through education, empowerment, and support.

Our programs are here to help. Our families are worth fighting for. Our communities deserve stronger futures. Read through our journey and learn more about what Man 2 Man has to offer.

08/05/2026