The Fathering Circle

07/26/2026

The Fathering Circle's Executive Director Eric Marsh was invited to join their podcast to talk about the role fathers play in reducing community violence. Listen on YouTube and where ever you get your podcasts.

06/28/2026

One of the core practices for The Fathering Circle over the years has become journaling. Journaling is a tool to help us slow down our thinking, process our life and the things that are impacting us, and put on paper an action plan that can help us navigate the present, process our past, and create a blueprint for our future.

Stop letting daily distractions derail your focus and learn how targeted writing can help you get what you want out of life.

06/22/2026

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY INDEED! 👑💖💯

The Fathering Circle partnered with the Masculinity Action Project aka MAP for a Father's Day MAPpy Hour and family gathering at Clark Park in West Philly. We had a great time with the fathers, father figures, caregivers, and mentors all afternoon. Creating connection, conversation, and community building.

Thank you to the Masculinity Action Project aka M.A.P. for reaching out to partner with us for such a beautiful day.

To learn more about both of these programs contact us for more details.

05/31/2026

The show has ended but ... THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
Join The Fathering Circle crew as we cap off the incredible run of The America Play with poems inspired by the amazing production design, acting, and directing. Thanks to host and the team at for making space in the evening for our reflections on one of Suzan Lori Parks earliest works.
It's a packed night with headliner .
Register to attend or sign the list to get on the mic.
It's going to be a fun night. 🎤🔥

05/28/2026

The Fathering Circle is proud to serve as Community Partner with as part of their Accessible Productions Initiative made possible by the William Penn Foundation.
Join us on June 1st for their quarterly Open Mic Night hosted by featuring poet Isaiah Prince.
Fathering Circle poets include Tiffany Dean, Gary The Storyteller, Brisa Luzzi Castro, Derrick Dean and Bobbi Booker.

05/22/2026

GRADUATION DAY! 🧑‍🎓📚 Sulzberger 2026. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program Fellowship.

05/14/2026

As part of this year's Accessible Productions Initiative
The Wilma Theater welcomes The Fathering Circle
as Community Partner for The America Play.

As part of the interactive art display, we've created this questionnaire to help us unearth some of the buried parts of our collective history.

Please take a few minutes and help us dig into The America Story.

https://form.typeform.com/to/In9l1s56?typeform-source=www.google.com

Visit wilmatheater.org for tickets and more information.

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05/10/2026

We wouldn't be fathers without the mothers in our lives.
Thank you to all the moms and mother figures.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! 💖🌹