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Lorraine Blackman
Associate Professor
lblackma@iupui.edu
African American Family Life Education
I am the author of two family life education curricula: The African American Marriage Enrichment Program: How to Make Your Good Thing Better© and The African American Parent Training Program: Pulling Together to Rear Our Children – They Grow Up Only Once©. Both began as her doctoral research at Florida State University (1992), then culminated through her teaching, research, and service project at Indiana University. Project Dates: 1997 – 2000. The Indiana University phase was a collaborative partnership among the IU School of Social Work, the Father Resource Program at Wishard Health Services, the M.L. King Center, and Robinson Community AME Church. Funding sources: The Lily Endowment, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, the Moriah Fund, and the Indianapolis Foundation.
