iMentor Blog

Reflections – National

What I've Learned Leading Organizational Learning & Impact

Apr 02, 2020 By Shannon Romines Hames

During his 7-year tenure at iMentor, Jim Lauckhardt, PhD, has led the charge to develop iMentor’s robust Research & Evaluation and Organizational Learning functions, which inform every aspect of iMentor’s work. We asked him to take a moment to share what he’s learned along the way.

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Success Stories – Bay Area

Darin and Jesus: Dreams Taking Flight

Mar 30, 2020 By Miguel de la Fuente-Lau

While they were still getting to know each other, Jesus made it clear to his mentor, Darin, that his dream was to become a pilot. Darin recalls: “As soon as I understood how passionately he wanted to become a pilot, my brain immediately clicked to, ‘Well, I've got a good friend who's a pilot. Let's get the two of them together.’”

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Reflections – Bay Area

Navigating My Blackness in Non-Black Spaces

Mar 25, 2020 By Carol Ashley

Recently, iMentor Bay Area hosted an event called ‘Cultivate to Educate: A Celebration of Black Leadership.’ During the evening, panelist Leniece Brissett touched on a topic that prompted iMentor Program Manager (and Oakland native) Carol Ashley to continue reflecting after the evening concluded.

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Spotlights – Bay Area

Postcards from PSP: Yvette

Mar 20, 2020 By Ejolee Mitchell

Our “postcards” series from students in iMentor’s Post-Secondary Program (PSP) continues!⠀ This week, meet Yvette: ⠀“I went to Lionel Wilson College Prep for high school which had a lot of people of color but most …

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Announcements – National

iMentor's Response to COVID-19

Mar 19, 2020 By Mike O'Brien

Around the globe, across the nation, and within iMentor communities, Coronavirus (COVID-19) is presenting us with a crisis of unprecedented scale, whose impact is yet to be fully understood. The health, safety and wellbeing of the iMentor community—our students, mentors, staff, and partners—is our first priority.

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Announcements – New York City

iMentor Kicks Off Mentor Pledge 2020

Mar 11, 2020

As a culminating celebration of National Mentoring Month, iMentor unveiled plans to recruit 1,000 new mentors to its program and boost the diversity of its mentor pool by 10 percent over the next year. The …

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Release – New York City

iMentor NYC Issues Challenge to Corporate Community to Recruit 1,000 Volunteer Mentors

Mar 11, 2020

iMentor announced plans to recruit 1,000 new mentors to its program and boost the diversity of its mentor pool by 10 percent over the next year through the Mentor Pledge 2020.

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Spotlights – New York City

Postcards from PSP: Shakira

Mar 09, 2020 By Ejolee Mitchell

Our “postcards” series from students in iMentor’s Post-Secondary Program (PSP) continues!⠀ This week, meet Shakira: ⠀ “When I first got to George Washington University, I was super shy and socially awkward. It was a lot …

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