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Press – New York City

Chalkbeat Features iMentorNYC in Discussion about Education Access for Students during COVID-19 Pandemic

May 29, 2020 By Reema Amin

While students continue online education during the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns grow as internet deals begin to expire and students are left without resources and access to tools needed for the successful educational experience they are …

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Press – National

Univision Features iMentor x KIPP scholar

Univision

May 28, 2020

iMentor and KIPP partnered to match fifteen first-generation college students with a mentor through the Amplify Scholarship Program. These students were selected to be part of the inaugural 2019 cohort of Amplify Scholars from among …

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Success Story – New York City

What This Mentor of Color Wants Students to Know

May 18, 2020

Each year, we recruit thousands of mentors to work with students, and we make a special effort to seek out mentors of color. This is because the vast majority of students we serve—93 percent this year—are people of color. Currently 44 percent of iMentor volunteers are people of color.

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Press – New York City

Mentor Program Helps Bronx Students during COVID-19 Pandemic

Bronx Times

May 13, 2020 By Jason Cohen

A national nonprofit that serves high school students by matching them with college-educated mentors, is making sure the needs of its students get met during the pandemic.

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Success Story – National

Power Lunches and “Friends” in Pittsburgh

May 13, 2020 By Kim Katilius

Today we talk to Kendra Reith, a mentor through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh, an iMentor Partner Program, about how she got to know her mentee, Iris, and how they have been navigating the COVID-19 crisis together.

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Success Story – National

The Magic of the Match

May 04, 2020

Laura Tichler, a supervising program manager, has served students at Lyons Community School in Brooklyn, NY for the past five years. She explains how she has paired hundreds of students with mentors in this time.

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Announcement – National

15 KIPP Students Receive the Amplify Scholarship in Partnership with iMentor

May 01, 2020

iMentor and KIPP are announcing the 2020 winners of the Amplify Scholarship Program, which provides KIPP students and alumni with support in the transition to college. The winners will receive about $14,000 each to cover additional expenses during college.

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Success Story – National

iMentor Seniors are Celebrating College Signing Day!

May 01, 2020

Today, on College Signing Day, we congratulate the seniors in our program as they commit to schools and prepare to step into the experiences of college.

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Announcement – National

Recruit a Mentor and #ChooseConnection

May 01, 2020 By Michelle Tsai

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the students we serve were already among the individuals who were most vulnerable and least supported by our country’s systems. As they now face more difficult challenges due to the …

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Press – New York City

Chalkbeat Features iMentorNYC in Discussion about Education Access for Students during COVID-19 Pandemic

Press – National

Univision Features iMentor x KIPP scholar

Success Story – New York City

What This Mentor of Color Wants Students to Know

Press – New York City

Mentor Program Helps Bronx Students during COVID-19 Pandemic

Success Story – National

Power Lunches and “Friends” in Pittsburgh

Success Story – National

The Magic of the Match

Announcement – National

15 KIPP Students Receive the Amplify Scholarship in Partnership with iMentor

Success Story – National

iMentor Seniors are Celebrating College Signing Day!

Announcement – National

Recruit a Mentor and #ChooseConnection