The MAD DADS Organization...
MAD
DADS is an acronym for Men Against Destruction-Defending Against Drugs
and Social-Disorder. MAD DADS, INC. was founded in May of 1989 by a
group of concerned Omaha, Nebraska parents who were fed up with gang
violence and the unmolested flow of illegal drugs in our community.
We present ourselves as positive role models and concerned loving
parents who are a visible presence in our neighborhoods against the
negative forces destroying our children, our families and cities. We
started out of pain -- the pain of our children dying in the streets of
their own communities. We were -- and still are -- tired of looking
into the eyes of hollow youth who lacked hope, and who had ceased to
dream. We realized that we could hold no one responsible for this but
ourselves: we allowed it to happen. So we united as a handful of community fathers who now know that WE MUST BE THE FORCE BEHIND THE CHANGE.
From a genesis of only 18 men in Omaha, MAD DADS has grown to over
75,000 men, women and children nationally, with 60 plus Chapters in 17
states. Chapters have been started in the following states: Nebraska,
Maryland, Iowa, Ohio, Texas, Colorado, Florida, Mississippi, New York,
Tennessee, Illinois, California, Michigan, New Jersey, Minnesota,
Pennsylvania, and Georgia. Some Chapters also have divisions of MOMS
and KIDS.
More at the link provided.