iMentor Blog

– National

Meet a few of our mentor 2.0 partners: Part 1

Nov 12, 2018

iMentor partners with other non-profits to run our college success mentoring model in their local communities. Our partners have access to our proprietary platform, our curriculum, and our best practices that support students as they …

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– New York City

Make College a Reality Today

Nov 06, 2018

Throughout the 4 years of their relationship, Rema and Sultana spent countless hours exploring NYC together, working on college applications, and discussing potential careers. Because of iMentor, Sultana and Rema were able to visit her …

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– National

The Power of the iMentor Community

Nov 01, 2018 By by Mike O'Brien

All of us at iMentor have been reflecting on the role of our work in our current climate. And while there are no easy answers for the challenges we face, we believe it is important …

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Release – National

Champions Dinner Celebrates iMentor's 19th Year

Oct 24, 2018

Celebrities, government officials and community leaders raise over $1 million to support education access and equity.

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Success Stories – New York City

Daniel & Munim: The First Year of College

Oct 23, 2018

Daniel met his mentor Munim when he was a freshman in high school in NYC. Five years later, they reflect on the most challenging moment in Daniel's college journey—and it wasn't getting in.

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Press – New York City

Students surprised with $40K scholarships on Good Morning America

ABC News

Oct 18, 2018

Three students were surprised with $40,000 college scholarships live on "Good Morning America" Thursday, after speaking out about how rising tuition costs have cast their dreams of higher education into question.

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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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