Celebrity Fatherhood Panel at Greater Mount Calvary Church To Be Hosted by Former Washington Wizard Etan Thomas

Former Washington Wizards player Etan Thomas is teaming up with some other big names to stress the importance of fatherhood. Thomas played 11 successful seasons in the NBA, including 8 with the Washington Wizards, but he says the career he’s most proud of is his role as a father to three young children. Thomas is the product of a single-parent home, but he says he never used that as a negative. Rather, he says it’s a story he shares in his new book, Fatherhood. “Everybody has a choice, and that’s the main thing that I want to stress. No matter what situation you come from you still always have a choice,” he said. Thomas is holding a panel discussion Thursday night in Northeast, and he’s enlisted some of the biggest names in the community, including Washington Wizards Players Trevor Ariza & Aj Price; TV/Radio Personality Russ Parr; Mega Pastor John Jenkins of First Baptist Church of Glenarden; TV One's Roland Martin; Chick Hernandez of Comcast Sports, Radio/TV Personality "Big Tigger", Pastor Johnny Parker, Poets - Quadir Lateef, 13 of Nazereth, & Pages d Matam. “The absence of a father in the life of a child has an impact far beyond what we can explain,” said Pastor John K. Jenkins. As a father of six, Pastor Jenkins says it’s good, both for culture and society, for all fathers to participate in the lives of their children. He says it’s a message he shares with his own congregation and one he hopes to share with the D.C. community as well. “Important just to be there,” Pastor Jenkins said. “Be there, be involved, be seen, be present.” For more information, visit http://heypapipromotions.com/profiles/blogs/fatherhood-panel-at-gmchc-hosted-by-etan-thomas RE: WJLA-ABC7 Reporter Jummy Olabanji -Hey Papi Promotions Media-

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Celebrity Fatherhood Panel at Greater Mount Calvary Church To Be Hosted by Former Washington Wizard Etan Thomas

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