This Advocacy August, learn more about what mayors are doing nationwide to elevate youth mentoring in their community. You can even nominate your mayor to be part of Mayors for Mentoring!
By helping young people identify and develop their skills as a leader and develop their advocacy plan, we can empower young people to get involved in changes they want to see!
Take two minutes to write to & Tweet at your representatives in Congress, urging them to support policies that will expand and enhance mentoring opportunities for youth across the country!
Upcoming Opportunities
Requests for Proposals
Now Accepting RFPs for MENTOR Virginia's Power of Mentoring Summit!

MENTOR Virginia is pleased to present the 2021 Power of Mentoring Summit, a virtual event that will offer opportunities to network with and learn from youth development and mentoring program professionals. You are invited to join us as attendees and speakers to focus on ways we can strengthen relationships and give young people the opportunity to succeed on their terms.

Workshop Tracks:
  • Youth Voice and Leadership
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 
  • Social-Emotional Learning and Trauma-Informed Care 
  • Post-Pandemic Mentoring Practices and Applications
Deadline Extended: 2022 National Mentoring Summit Workshop Call for Proposals

MENTOR has extended the deadline to submit a workshop proposal for the 2022 National Mentoring Summit, which will take place on January 26–28, 2022 at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown. Workshop proposals are encouraged to explore topics that highlight the role of effective mentoring relationships and provide attendees with practical tools and knowledge that they can bring to their own work.
The submission deadline is:
Friday, August 20, 2021 
at 11:59 PM EST
MENTOR Virginia is Hiring!
Full-Time: Training Manager

The Training Program Manager will provide high-quality trainings based on mentoring best practices to mentors, mentor program coordinators, young people, and members of the community. These trainings will encompass a wide variety of topics to include becoming a new mentor; e-mentoring; workplace mentoring for young adults; diversity, equity, and inclusion in mentoring; becoming a natural mentor; youth-initiated mentoring; and social emotional learning. The key responsibilities of this position are to implement training programs that align with MENTOR Virginia’s strategic goals and satisfy client needs, manage contracted trainers, and foster partnerships with mentoring programs.
Part-Time: AmeriCorps VISTA Program Manager

The AmeriCorps VISTA Program Manager will manage, oversee compliance, and grow the AmeriCorps VISTA Program through agency partnerships and VISTA Member development. It is anticipated that the outcome of these activities will result in growth and increased awareness of the value of quality mentoring programs throughout Virginia.
Take this E-Mentoring Survey for a $10 Amazon Gift Card
complete the survey for a chance to win $500
Odds of winning a $500 prize: 1:150
Estimated time to complete survey: 20 min.
Mentoring programs: please fill out a survey about your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic to support a research project being led by MENTOR’s national office in partnership with Johns Hopkins University!

Everyone who completes the survey will receive a $10 Amazon gift card.

This study will expand our understanding of the capacity of mentoring organizations to offer virtual mentoring experiences and the successes and challenges of doing so. We encourage you to share your e-mentoring experiences, regardless of how successful they were, and help our field understand how we can support good e-mentoring in the future.
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