Changing Generations – HOPE Farm’s Mentorship Fight Against Fatherlessness: guest Sacher Dawson
By Lana Reid | December 10, 2025
As part of the Black Men Matter Series, Lana Reid sits down with Sacher Dawson, Executive Director and Board President of HOPE Farm, to discuss his organization’s mission to mentor, guide, and uplift boys growing up in single-parent households. Dawson reflects on the early vision that shaped HOPE Farm’s beginnings—including the transformation of its first facility from a former crackhouse into a place of stability and hope—and the deep commitment to providing daily, consistent mentorship. He explains how HOPE Farm’s programs, from leadership development to vocational training and parent support, work together to create pathways that lead young men toward education, careers, and long-term success. Through intentional community building and generations of mentees returning as mentors, HOPE Farm continues to break the cycle of fatherlessness and plant the seeds for stronger families and futures.
In this episode of The Male Perspective, Lana Reid sits down with Sacher Dawson, Executive Director and Board President of HOPE Farm. Dawson discusses the early motivations behind HOPE Farm, which was co-founded by law enforcement professionals, and shares the remarkable story of their first facility, a former drug house transformed into a center of hope and mentorship. He also explains how HOPE Farm has expanded to three locations, the structure of its daily mentorship model, and the expectations placed on both the boys and their parents when they enter the program. Highlighted programs include the Leadership Development Program, the Mothers’ Resource Program (MRP), and the Slone Vocational Center (SVC).
Dawson reflects on the transformative results HOPE Farm has achieved by nurturing boys from single-parent homes from early childhood through high school, and how many former attendees now return as mentors themselves. He discusses the organization’s intentional pathways toward college, military service, or trade school, and shares insights into how HOPE Farm contributes to breaking the cycle of fatherlessness for current and future generations.
Learn More About Sacher Dawson & HOPE Farm
Website: https://hopefarm.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HOPEFarmINC
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