Celebrate Career Readiness Month by encouraging middle schoolers to dream about their futures and giving them tools to succeed.
How can programs and mentors support the college/career exploration and success of young men
of color?
40% of students who try a four-year college don’t go on to get their degree. What other paths are out there for young people?
Have you taken MENTOR's Workplace Equity Pledge yet? Learn more and take the pledge here, because all young people need and deserve access to opportunities that leverage their strengths and abilities while allowing them to explore pathways and grow into a career.
Upcoming Opportunities
Opportunities From MENTOR Virginia
Amplifying Career Readiness
Thurs. 7/22 @ 1 - 2:15 pm

In this session, MENTOR & American Student Assistance®️️ will share career readiness resources for initiatives serving young people in middle and high school. Access free tools to support youth in their career exploration.
EEP Workshop Series
Part 2: Recruitment
Fri. 7/30 @ 10 - 11:30 am

Learn about best practices for recruiting mentors and mentees who are a good fit with your program’s goals and values including recruitment strategies, messaging, and how to develop a targeted recruitment plan.
August Community Coffee Hour
Wed. 8/11 @ 9 - 10:00 am

Join your mentoring program peers for Community Coffee Hour! This month, we’ll be discussing critical topics around grant writing and fundraising, including using asset-based language and having difficult conversations with funders.
Opportunities From Partners
Bringing Gender and Racial Equity to SEL
Mon. 7/19 @ 6:30 pm

Girls Leadership will share more about how professionals can examine their own relationship with social-emotional skills to effectively model strategies for youth, engage in culturally responsive mindsets and practices, and understand trauma responses to create a healing-centered environment.
Strategies for Inclusive Youth Recreation Programming with the National Inclusion Project
Wed. 7/21 @ 2 - 3 pm

This webinar will unpack the Standards for Inclusive Recreation Programs to guide implementation of best practices and explore high impact, easy-to-implement strategies to help all children learn, play, and grow together.
Trauma-Informed Care & Healing Centered Community Engagement
Tue. 8/3 @ 9 - 10:30 am

Join Kristin Lennox and John Richardson-Lauve from ChildSavers for this workshop which will give an overview of trauma-informed care (TIC) and the healing centered engagement (HCE), and the inherent resilience-building approaches of each.
Announcements
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
Free New Mentor Trainings in August and September

MENTOR Virginia is excited to offer three upcoming New Mentor Trainings for our program partners! Typically $30 per person, we're offering these trainings at no cost to ensure that as many young people as possible have access to a trained mentor in the new school year.

  • These training sessions will be held virtually.
  • Each program can bring up to 5 participants to each session.
  • Spots are limited, first come first served!
Tuesday, 8/17 | 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Tuesday, 9/14 | 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Tuesday, 9/28 | 5:30 - 7:00 pm
The National Mentoring Resource Center has a New Website!

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, in partnership with MENTOR, is proud to unveil a refreshed website for its National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC). Not sure where to start? Check out the resource assessment. Using this new tool, any mentoring program at any stage of development can easily access the most relevant resources based on its own unique needs.
Resource Round-Up
Did you miss Amplifying the Voices of Black Girls last month? Take a lunch and break and watch the recording, which highlights how mentoring programs can empower the voices and leadership of Black girls. Featuring two MENTOR Virginia Consultants: Bianca Myrick and Tammie Mobley!
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