iMentor Blog

Announcements – National

Meet iMentor’s Newest Board Member: Cassius Johnson

Oct 16, 2018

We are excited to welcome Cassius Johnson, Vice President of Organizational Strategy & Policy at Jobs for the Future (JFF), to iMentor's Board of Directors! Cassius’s expertise and experience in the education field will be …

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– Chicago

How Justice for Laquan Matters to iMentor

Oct 12, 2018 By by Jason Friedman

Certain dates are etched in the collective memory of a city. In Chicago, my generation of thirty- and forty-somethings remembers November 25, 1987, the day Harold Washington, the city’s first black mayor, unexpectedly died in …

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– Chicago

The Power of Being Out – National Coming Out Day 2018

Oct 11, 2018

Today is the 30th anniversary of National Coming Out Day. First observed in 1988, National Coming Out day encourages those who identify as LGBTQIA+

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– New York City

iMentor NYC Speaker Series – An Evening with Commissioner Gregg Bishop and Aaron Holiday

Oct 10, 2018

As iMentor headed back to school this past month, we kicked off the year with some words of wisdom from leaders in the NYC community. We were thrilled to host our first iMentor NYC Speaker …

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Success Stories – New York City

Rema and Sultana: A Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Spotlight

Oct 10, 2018 By The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Sultana is a first-generation college student in New York City, who was matched with her mentor Rema when she was 14. Today Sultana is a sophomore at her “dream school” at Columbia University’s Barnard College …

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– National

6 Books That Should be on Your Back to School Reading List

Oct 09, 2018

iMentor has more than 160 full-time staff members who are committed to student success, educational equity, and the pursuit of knowledge to support our mission. As our students and mentors acclimate back into the rhythms …

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Press – National

People in the News

Philanthropy News Digest

Sep 28, 2018

New York City-based iMentor has announced that co-founder RICH BUERY will be rejoining its board of directors following four years as a New York City deputy mayor. Buery, who co-founded the nonprofit organization in 1999 …

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Hispanic Heritage Month 2018 Blog Feature

– National

Hispanic Heritage Month at iMentor

Sep 27, 2018

Here at iMentor, we choose to call Hispanic Heritage Month Latinx Heritage Month. Not all Latinx-identifying Americans also identify as Hispanic, and so we make this change to be inclusive of Latinx-identifying people of all …

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