Second Baptist Church of Los Angeles, the city’s oldest African American Baptist Church, is inviting members of the greater Los Angeles community to participate in their Commemorative Brick Patio Project. Participants will be able to sponsor one or more bricks engraved in honor of a special person, living or deceased.

The Commemorative Brick Patio project is part of Second Baptist’s restoration and renovation of the 82-year-old church building, located in the historic Central Avenue District of Los Angeles.

Ten years ago the Morehouse College Research Institute in conjunction with the National Fatherhood Leaders, hosted a conference to explore Black fatherhood.

During the meeting, “Turning the Corner of Father Absence,” topics were discussed and dissected and policy recommendations were made.

This past April, just months before the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Father’s Day, the organizers of the Morehouse confab reconvened to see what had changed and what progress had been made.