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Success Stories – National

iMentor Student Voices Welcome Pride Month: What does Pride Mean to You?

Jun 24, 2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the #BlackLivesMatter protests taking place across the country, we underscore the need for social change and share a desire to celebrate diverse identities.

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Success Stories – National

Dear Graduates

Jun 17, 2020

Check out this moving video of mentors reading letters of congratulations to their #Classof2020 mentees.

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Announcements – National

iMentor CEO, Mike O'Brien, Reflects on National Protests for Racial Justice

Jun 03, 2020 By Mike O'Brien

iMentor Community, I am reaching out during a time of deep pain and outrage, for myself and for the iMentor community. As we mourn the deaths of George Floyd, of Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery.

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Press – New York City

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

Chalkbeat

May 29, 2020 By Reema Amin

Chalkbeat explores the impact of the pandemic on the digital divide, and how iMentor NYC is helping to bridge the gap for students without internet access. See iMentor's feature.

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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.

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Success Stories – 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 Stories – 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 Stories – 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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Success Stories – National

iMentor Student Voices Welcome Pride Month: What does Pride Mean to You?

Success Stories – National

Dear Graduates

Announcements – National

iMentor CEO, Mike O'Brien, Reflects on National Protests for Racial Justice

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 Stories – 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 Stories – National

Power Lunches and “Friends” in Pittsburgh

Success Stories – National

The Magic of the Match