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    Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at a daddy-daughter dance in Sundance documentary

    by Lindsey Bahr Jan 23, 2024 3 minutes
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    Angela Patton has devoted her career to listening to the needs of young girls. Over a decade ago, the CEO of the nonprofit Girls For a Change and founder of Camp Diva Leadership Academy helped start a program in Richmond, Virginia, that created a daddy daughter dance for girls whose fathers are in prison. The “Date With Dad” idea wasn’t hers, however. It came from a 12-year-old Black girl.

    The popularity of a 2012 TEDWomen talk about the initiative, which has been

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