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Success Stories – National

Mentoring Young People of Color: Connecting Across Difference

Aug 13, 2020 By Sylvia Wong

More than 600 people tuned in on August 12 to join iMentor’s Mentoring Young People of Color fishbowl conversation, an intimate discussion about building relationships across difference. Hosted by Jeff Johnson, iMentor Baltimore advisory board …

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Success Stories – National

Roger and Roger: A Meeting of the Minds

Jul 20, 2020 By Patricia Cunningham

As students navigate learning remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, iMentor pairs are also finding ways to handle the difficult conditions in their personal lives that the pandemic brings. For Roger Lily and his mentee Roger …

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Success Stories – Baltimore

Breaking Down Barriers in Baltimore

Jul 06, 2020 By Patricia Cunningham

While iMentor fosters connections between students and mentors in their community, it’s the willing student and the enthusiastic mentor who take that important first step. Staying connected during the COVID-19 pandemic era is vital, and …

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Success Stories – National

“Our Voices and Identities Empower Us”

Jul 01, 2020

Congratulations to the Class of 2020! As iMentor seniors attend virtual graduations across the country, we want to join mentors, program managers, and everyone in the iMentor community in celebrating this important milestone, particularly in …

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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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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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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

Mentoring Young People of Color: Connecting Across Difference

Success Stories – National

Roger and Roger: A Meeting of the Minds

Success Stories – Baltimore

Breaking Down Barriers in Baltimore

Success Stories – National

“Our Voices and Identities Empower Us”

Success Stories – National

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

Success Stories – National

Dear Graduates

Success Stories – New York City

What This Mentor of Color Wants Students to Know

Success Stories – National

Power Lunches and “Friends” in Pittsburgh

Success Stories – National

The Magic of the Match