June 17, 1994

8:30-8:55 a.m. Welcoming Ceremony
Dr. Martha Farrell Erickson, Director, University of Minnesota Children, Youth and Family Consortium The Select Singers, W.O. SMITH Nashville Community Music School Commissioner Bob Grunow, Department of Human Services, Tennessee The Honorable Ned McWherter, Governor, Tennessee, Vice President Al Gore

8:55-9:05 a.m. Film Collage
Images of men in children's lives seen through the lens of American film and television

9:05-9:20 a.m. Opening Remarks
Vice President Al Gore The Vice President's comments are unavailable for FATHERNET at this time.

9:25-10:45 a.m. Men's Forum
Vice President Gore lead 28 men who have made a commitment to children, their own and others, in a discussion of the issues surrounding their involvement. Participant list can be found at end of proceedings.

10:45-11:15 a.m. Voices of Children and Youth
Vice President and Tipper Gore introduced a series of interviews with children of different ages and backgrounds about their fathers and the men in their lives.

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Program Response
This session featured invited responses from people actively engaged in programs working with men and children. Comments from the participants centered around some general needs which include changes in language and policy, educational programs, community commitment to fathering, and a whole-systems view of fathering.

12:00-2:30 p.m. Luncheon
Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, 623 Union Street Entertainment by "Free Spirit" Address by the Reverend Jesse Jackson

2:30-3:15 p.m. Women's Forum
Tipper Gore moderated this session, which featured a panel of six women who spoke of their own experiences as daughters, mothers, and sisters. The session was designed to provide a women's perspective on the role of men in their lives and in the lives of their children. All of the women on the panel were mothers, one was also a grandmother, and two of the women were single parents.

3:15-4:00 p.m. AND 4:00 - 4:55 p.m Strategies and Town Hall Forum
This session began by addressing policy issues and other strategies with which to respond to the problems and opportunities which had been brought forth in previous sessions. Respondents were representatives of agencies at the local, state, and federal levels. Later in the session, audience members participated in the discussion. The session was facilitated by Vice President Gore and Carol Rasco, who is Domestic Policy Assistant to President Clinton. Gore and Rasco encouraged participants to speak not only from their agency perspective, but also from their personal parenting and grandparenting experience, to the general issue of barriers and opportunities that currently exist in the system.

4:55-5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Vice President Al Gore