October 2022: Join The ConVersation

We live in a world in which terms like “throwaway kids,” “aged out” and “trash” are used to describe human beings. 

I believe we are each irreplaceable and priceless. 

As one young former gang member told Fr. Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries, “I’m the me I always wanted to be. Without Homeboy, I wouldn’t have known this guy exists.” 

We are, or are not, “that guy we always wanted to be,” and we are that guy not for ourselves alone.  We are each part of the other and part of the “Whole Language” of life. 

At Father-Con we see you.  Battling demons or blessed, we are each critically significant and worth the effort to be “that guy” we sense is within.  

Please don’t miss our  next film screening and discussion on the theme of foster care which has become a pipeline for the 400,000 displaced children to be targeted for exploitation and abuse. 

"Foster Boy" is about a young man who refuses to fall through the cracks of a system, overwhelmed and targeted for abuse. He rises and takes a stand so others will not have to endure what he has been forced to. 

You will be inspired, challenged, and made hopeful in this powerful film. 

In addition, you will see a short film "Don’t Get Comfortable" created by foster youth here, in Los Angeles, under the guidance of Kids in the Spotlight.

You will laugh and be moved.

Patrick Erlandson

Founder of Father-Con, and "See it. End it." Film & Arts Festival