UW Football Players Volunteer in Group Mentoring Program
By Hazel Cameron,
Executive Director,
The 4C Coalition
We are huge fans of the nationally ranked University of Washington football team. We celebrate their excellence on and off the football field. Several of the players mentor youth in our 4C Coalition group mentoring program that serves youth ages 12-17.
The University of Washington Athletic Department and American Ethnic Studies Department have been in this partnership with the 4C Coalition for the past seven years.
The program is designed to inspires critical thinking, skills development, and activism. The players complete our mentor training program and participate weekly.
The student mentors facilitate discussions that vary from using social media to financial planning to making good decisions, and to think about their actions before they act or speak.
Student mentors get college credit for mentoring. Previous mentors have included NFL players John Ross, Myles Gaskin, and Vita Vea. The current UW football mentors are: Demario King, Michael Penix Jr., Cameron Davis, Devin Culp, Edefuan Ulofoshio, ZiaonTupuola-Fetui, and Sam Adams.
The University of Washington student-athletes leave a big impression on our kids. Our 12 to 17-year-old mentees are inspired. Feedback from parents is positive.
Big hats off to the Huskies football players for their success this year. We can see their excellence on the football field… and we have first-hand knowledge of their excellence off the field.
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Read a NY Times profile of Vita Vea here.
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