This month, like many a Dad in summertime, the Dads of Dads for All are hitting the road — not for a week at the beach, or camping, or to visit the grandparents, but for real connection…with other Dads. We’re bringing Dads together in Philly for games and conversation (Dadness & Mayhem, Sunday, July 13), then heading to New York City for the launch of our new live conversation series (The Dad Opportunity, Friday, July 18).
Somewhere between the dartboard and the deep dive, we’re trying to answer a simple question: What happens when dads stop going it alone — and start showing up for each other?
Also, our co-founder Justin Cohen and Moms First’s Reshma Saujani published a banger of an op-ed in the New York Daily News calling out the affordability crisis and making the case for universal child care — not someday, but right now.
It’s all connected. And it’s all happening.
Let’s go.
Dads are craving connection — and we’re starting in Philly.
If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that dads don’t need more content — we need more community.
That’s why we’re launching Dadness & Mayhem this Sunday, July 13, at Yards Brewing Co. in Philly.
We’re starting small, on purpose. One room. One afternoon. One group of dads saying: you don’t have to figure it all out alone. Just try to beat the crap out of some other guys at darts, pool, and Mario Kart. 🕑 2–5 PM 🎯 Come to play. Stay to connect.
🗓 RSVP: https://tr.ee/dadness
According to Equimundo’s just-released State of American Men report, the pressures of modern fatherhood — economic stress, loneliness, outdated expectations — are real. But so is the power of showing up for each other in person. That’s the bet we’re making with Dads for All: that a new kind of dad community is possible — joyful, useful, local — and worth building, one city at a time.
The City of Fatherly Love is up first. Where should we go next?
Then, on July 18, we’re in New York City for something different — but deeply connected.
We’re launching The Dad Opportunity, a new live conversation series about what dads can unlock when we move from isolation to action.
Our first event features two national leaders reshaping the way we think about care, gender, and public policy:
🗣 Reshma Saujani, founder of Moms First and Girls Who Code
🗣 John B. King Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Education and father of two.
We’ll talk about what this moment demands from men who want to do right by their families — and by each other. Join us at the uber-cool P&T Knitwear Bookstore, Coffee, & Podcast Studio in NYC’s Lower East Side at 6:45 PM.
🗓 RSVP: https://lu.ma/ow2eltpq
And on that note: if you haven’t read it yet, Reshma and Justin just published a must-read in the New York Daily News:
👉 Child care must be the No. 1 issue
It makes the case that child care isn’t some future priority — it’s the affordability issue facing working families right now. And cities like New York can lead the way by actually doing something about it. The politics are ripe. The economic case is clear. What’s missing is pressure from parents — especially dads — who refuse to sit this one out.
That’s what this moment is about for us. Not just being better dads at home — but being louder, clearer, more connected dads out in the world.
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