The Douglas Lomax Legacy Award

Mr. Douglas Lomax has played a key role in Charles Daniels’ life. Prior to starting Fathers’ Uplift, Charles worked under the leadership of Mr. Lomax for over three years. Over twenty years ago, Mr. Lomax suffered from the disease of addiction. Still this day, people question how he managed to change a dark and dreary situation into a life of serving thousands of men. Mr. Lomax unapologetically attributes his change to a higher power that “removed the taste of drugs from his tongue.” The pain he experienced from his past was used to inspire men in jails across the country and ensure that they would have adequate resources reintegrating back into their communities. Not only did he become a servant to his community he also became a servant to his children. Mr. Lomax himself was the first recipient of the Douglas Lomax Legacy award during the first POWER gala in 2016. Fathers’ Uplift plans to celebrate the legacy of Mr. Lomax by awarding a father who’s managed to overcome an obstacle and be the fathers they’ve always dreamed of each year.

Sean Pinnick

Past Coach, Father, Past Board Member

Mr. Sean Pinnick was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a committed and proud father of three sons and a grandfather to nine children. Sean was Fathers’ Uplift’s first Uplifting Coach and continues to contribute to the mission of uplifting fathers and strengthening families. Uplifting Coaches are experienced mentors, and father figures that assist fathers in overcoming significant barriers in their lives. Sean has assisted men in obtaining permanent housing, understanding the disease of addiction, and developing positive support networks. Sean is a certified recovery coach and experienced carpenter with over 30 years of services. In his words, “children need their fathers and I will make sure that happens.”

Garrick Thames

Coach

I grew up right here in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Growing up, I watched my mother jump from job to job just to make enough money to keep the family afloat. I finally got fed up watching my mother struggle so I turned to the street life for help. I found plenty of things on the streets: a drug habit, time in prison and loads of pain but not help. I reached a turning point when I had to fight for my twins. As I went through that process, my life finally became meaningful. With God’s grace, I stopped using drugs, got married, gained custody of my twins, became a father to my older daughter, obtained my GED and earned my diploma in Urban Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. After I graduated I published my first book, Why I Hated Oprah Lives Are Meant to Be Changed which is about my mother and I. I am proud of the work that I do for the men in our communities and live by these words: “Lives are meant to be changed so let’s do our job and change some”.