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June 24, 2026

Title: WHAT FATHERHOOD MEANS FOR BLACK AMERICA
Topic: Parenting

Discussed by Terris Todd
with Project 21 (www.NationalCenter.org)

Actor Denzel Washington said it best: “If the father is not in the home, then the boy will find a father in the streets.”

Terris Todd is the Director of Coalitions & Outreach at the Project 21 Black Leadership Network, a non-profit, non-partisan educational foundation with the National Center for Public Policy Research in WDC.

Click here to read Project 21’s report on this topic.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Terris was raised by a single mother. Did he have good male role models growing up?

Where did Terris learn his hard work ethic?

Is the traditional family, defined as a mother, father, and their children, on the verge of extermination in America? Terris discusses some of the reasons, specifically the government and welfare.

Are some in the black community ostracized for speaking out on this issue?

Fathers are too often missing from the equation. What are some of the consequences?

What are some benefits of fathers being involved in their child’s life? Terris shares about the family life of elephants. Yes – elephants.

Is there still hope for men in America? Is there hope for the future of the traditional family in America?

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June 27, 2025

Title: NAACP Snubs Trump. Project 21 Invites Him to Lunch.
Topic: President Trump

Discussed by Terris Todd
with Project 21 (www.NationalCenter.org)

For the first time in its 116-year history, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) did not invite the President of the United States to speak at their annual convention. Was this a slap in President Trump’s face?

Today, new guest Terris Todd discusses this disgraceful and disrespectful attitude of the NAACP and Project 21’s “Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America”. Terris Todd is a former branch president of the NAACP, and later became an appointee in President Trump’s first administration. He is currently serving as the Director of Coalitions and Outreach for Project 21.

Click here to read Terris Todd’s op-ed on this topic.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Why didn’t the NAACP invite President Trump to their annual convention?

Did the leaders of Project 21 recently invite President Trump to meet with them at his convenience?

Is President Trump under a tremendous amount of pressure?

What is Project 21’s “Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America”?

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