GET INVOLVED
Make a difference in a high school student's life. Become a mentor today!
If so you are ready to be a mentor! Our mentors are there to help guide the students in creating their lives. They meet with their student 3 times a month, once to attend a workshops where the student learns how to deal with the hardships of middle school, and the 2 other times the mentor and student just hang out and have fun.
VOLUNTEERING
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Recognize that Black boys are likely to vary in their individual needs and, thus, in the specific types of mentoring supports that might be most effective.
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Take care to ensure that mentors of Black boys receive appropriate training about issues of race, culture, and gender.
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Recruit mentors with appropriate skills (e.g., teaching or advocacy experience) and cultural competency to mentor Black boys effectively.
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Consider activities and strategies that help Black boys to identify, and increase support from, the existing mentoring and resources they have in their lives.
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Consider how efforts to provide mentoring for Black boys can be linked to the fight for larger social justice goals for these youth and their communities.
STUDENTS
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EDUCATORS