CARL ROUTE, JR. 

Fatherhood Program & Community Engagement Director and Wisdom Council member at Reaching Our Brothers Everywhere (ROBE) since 2019. Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) since 2022, Scholarship Recipient & Graduate with Morehouse School of Medicine Satcher Leadership Institute’s Community Health Leadership Program 2020. Community Activist, Criminal Justice Reformer, Responsible Fatherhood Advocate/Ally/Author (1991 – present).

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Collaborative partner (R.O.B.E.) with Morehouse School of Medicine, et al, with Fathers Matter ATL Connecting Fathers Co-Lead, Ending Mass Incarceration & Housing Committee member, 2019 to present.

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People’s Choice for FMA’s 3rd Annual Roosevelt Muhammad Fatherhood Leadership Award 2024

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Selected to attend A Call To Men Leadership Academy in Charlotte, NC, April 2024

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Presenter at National Healthy Start Association Fatherhood Summit, March 2024

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Presenter at Fathers & Families Coalition of America Annual Conferences 2021, 2022 and 2023

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Founder of Young Fathers of Metro Atlanta, Inc. (2016). Co-Founder of National Association of Previous Prisoners, Inc. (1991)

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A Certified Responsible Fatherhood & Family Life Coach with the National Partnership for Community Leadership (2010 – present)

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Featured on Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) with host Lisa Ling, on “Our America” segment titled “Incarceration Generation” (2011)

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Featured speaker at Harvard University Law School Speakers Forum (2018)

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Published Author of two books, Born Captive, Made Free (2011), and Boy, Man, Father (2018)