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helping to bring Fathers closer to their children.

has been a youth intervention specialist for 18 years. He has worked with adjudicated and non-adjudicated youth through the Nationally Acclaimed Project Aware Program. He has also worked with several Re-entry initiatives including Strength through Struggle, a released offenders support group. Coley Harris is the co-founder of Out of the Ashes: where a seed finds life, which is an artistic healing experience presented in the form of a dramatization of the reconciliation process between his son Ahmarr Melton and he. Coley has co-founded the My Brother’s Keeper Mentoring program, which connects young offenders with mentors and positive role models while incarcerated. This program, which began as a support group developed into a residential program at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. Coley was the Chief Operations Officer at a local adolescent substance abuse program and has assisted in the strengthening and expansion of this program from one location to 3 sites within 18 months. Coley Harris is currently the Director of Community and Special Programs for an International Human Services program.
Coley has thousands of hours of volunteer service to his credit with local programs such as the Delaware Center for Justice Gun Prevention Program, the Delaware Center for Justice Intensive supervision program, Ferris School, One on one mentoring of young men at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution and many more. Coley is a regular speaker at the University of Delaware’s Black American Studies program. He has been a panelist on several panels surrounding re-entry including Delaware State University 5th Annual People of Color Conference on Re-Entry. Coley facilitated the Victim’s Voices Heard YCOP Victim’s Sensitivity program. Coley is currently the Facilitator for the Stand Down: Courage to Change street cultural modification program at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution. Coley is currently a student at Delaware Technical and Community College, studying Management Information Systems.
Most importantly Coley Harris has a commitment to assisting young people to navigate the pitfalls and the challenges of the street. He uses his life experience to show young people how to manage their feelings of hopelessness, anxiety and apathy. He is currently doing outreach work in the community with the 5 to Live By principles of conflict resolution.

is a Wilmington, Delaware born entrepreneur and social reformer. He is married with two children. He spent his early years in Wilmington, Delaware and was educated in the public school system. Ahmarr was active in the Boy Scouts of America and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 2009. He later attended Delaware Technical and Community College where he studied Marketing. In 2012 Ahmarr launched GotBeatsGotBars.com, a music entertainment website. Ahmarr is currently a manager in for Discover Card.
Ahmarr Melton spent 14 years, between the ages of 2-16 without his father present in his life. He has attributed his resiliency throughout these formidable years to the support of his mother, grandparents and extended family. In 2008 Ahmarr met his father and their healing process began. Today they have a strong relationship. In 2014 Ahmarr partnered with his father to share their remarkable journey of healing and forgive through a dramatic production “Out of the Ashes: Where a seed finds life.”Ahmarr has dedicated his life to helping parents and children to heal fragmented relationships.
Ahmarr Melton was raised by his mother and grandparents in Wilmington and Claymont, Delaware