MENTOR & The MBK Alliance Webinar 2: Mentoring Boys and Men of Color and Pathways to the Mentoring Effect
https://vimeo.com/151819944 The webinar is designed to bring the best practices for building strong relationships and designing effective programs for boys and young men of color. Feel free to use the presentation slides to follow along with the webinar. https://www.mentoring.org/new-site/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Final-Draft-1-11.pdf
MENTOR & The MBK Alliance Presents: Cultural and Class Conflicts in Mentor-Mentee Matches
https://vimeo.com/148276085 The My Brothers Keeper Alliance and MENTOR has created a virtual webinar that explored the cultural and class conflicts that mentors and mentees often face. Emphasizing culturally competent material and ideas has proven to assist in strong relationship building and mentee retention. Through this webinar, you will explore the barriers mentors face when building relationships with young men of color.
Stephen Curry Joins President Barack Obama to Encourage Black Boys: ‘You Matter’
Source: Atlanta Black Star Feb 20, 2019 Former President Barack Obama and Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry told a roomful of minority boys on Tuesday that they matter and urged them to make the world a better place. Obama was in Oakland, California, to mark the fifth anniversary of My Brother’s Keeper, an initiative he launched after the 2012 shooting death
If college didn’t prepare you for life, you need to meet this woman
Source: News & Observer July 1, 2017 Looking back as a graduate student, Tolulope Omokaiye was amazed by all that she didn’t know when she first graduated from college. Even with a business degree, for instance, she knew how to manage her money, but not how to build wealth through investing. She wouldn’t be the first person to decry the lack
My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) of Wake County Community Day 2019
Join us for the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) of Wake County Community Day on Saturday, April 27, 2019. MBK Community Day is a day of panels, interactive workshops and engaging discussion about the state of our community and need to support youth and young adults especially boys and young men of color. This event is for parents, guardians, youth, young adults, mentoring organizations and