The Texas Mentoring Newsletter

June 2018

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THE TEXAS MENTORING NEWSLETTER

Dear Texas Mentoring Advocates and Organizations,

Save the date for the annual Texas Mentoring Summit (TMS). This year the TMS will take place January 10-11, 2019. A call for proposals will be going out next month.

In this issue, read more about events and professional development opportunities for mentoring advocates. This newsletter serves as a way to highlight Texas mentoring programs as well as mentoring news and research from across the country.

If you would like me to include your stories or mentoring photos, please send them to me.

Enjoy your summer.

Belinda Saldana Harmon

Texas Mentoring Summit

UTSA Institute for P-20 Initiatives

We all need support in life. And supporting youth is especially important as they go through the ups and downs of growing up.

Often young people turn to their parents and peers for support, but at other times they seek help from other adults in their life. So what’s the best way to support young people?

Facebook 101 for Business

San Antonio

Date: 7/27/2018

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (CDT)

Status: Open - 24 places remaining

Registration Deadline: 7/27/2018 12:00 PM (CDT) Free- Sign Up

Sign-Up for Advocacy Text Alerts From MENTOR

ister Here

S ign-Up for Advocacy Text Alerts

MENTOR is excited to announce a new opportunity for mentoring advocates to engage with their members of Congress. You can receive text alerts on your phone when an urgent action is needed in Congress to support mentoring. It is a quick and convenient way to stand up for youth mentoring and once enrolled, you will only receive messages when urgent action is needed. If you have any questions about our new text messaging alert system, please contact Adriane Alicea.

"Volunteering knows no divides and there is equal value in sorting food at the food bank, mentoring school children, and serving on a nonprofit board." Neil Bush

"My father, George H.W. Bush, turns 94 on Tuesday — just two short months after we celebrated the amazing life of my mother, Barbara Bush. In this time of reflection, I think about the values of service my parents instilled in our family. Values that supersede partisan politics. Values that unite us and make our society stronger and kinder."

STEAM Opportunities for Mentees Across Texas

Techlab: Cave STEAM Summer Camp - Austin, TX - Grades 3 - 9

July 9-13, and July 16-20

IT Empowerment for Her - Free App Development Program - Dallas, TX - Grades 9 - 12

June 27-29 and

Summer Astronomy Classes for Kids - Austin, TX

Various dates

STARBASE Free Austin STEM Summer Camp at Camp Mabry - Austin, TX - Grade 6

July 9 - 13, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. each day

Girl Scouts STEM Programs and Day Camps - Austin, TX - All grades

Variety of dates and times

UT El Paso's 2018 STEAM Summer Camps - El Paso, TX - Grades 4 - 8

Multiple topics and dates

Find all the STEM summer camp opportunities around Texas by searching in The Connectory ! Filter by location, age, are of interest, cost, dates, and more!

Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color

The Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color is hosting its 5th Annual Leadership Summit on August 9-10, 2018 at the University of Texas at Austin. The consortium is a state-wide collaboration with a mission to implement and sustain effective policies, programs and practices focused on increasing individual success and post-secondary completion for male students of color. It seeks to align and coordinate existing programs and services that target underrepresented male students from middle school through college. The core values of the consortium are: student empowerment, collective knowledge, culture of evidence, educational achievement, and scale and sustainability.

Spotlight on Astoria Aviles- Big Brothers Big Sisters of

Central Texas

"With our signature Ice Ball Gala just a few months away, Big Brothers Big Sisters’ new Special Events Director, Astoria Aviles, has hit the ground running"

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