Social Emotional Learning - Falmouth MA
2024-01-11 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Falmouth Public Library, 300 Main Street, Falmouth, MA, 02540, United States
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Training: Join us at our Social Emotional Learning (SEL) training, where you’ll gain valuable insights into how SEL can help students develop skills essential for success in school, career, and life. At the heart of this training is the understanding that building strong, supportive relationships with students is key to promoting their social and emotional wellbeing. Our trainer will provide you with a framework for understanding SEL and share practical suggestions for implementing SEL practices in out-of-school-time (OST) settings. By focusing on our own social and emotional skills, we can model and support SEL growth in young people, helping them become thriving and engaged adults. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to deepen your relationships with students and take concrete actions to improve their social and emotional learning.
This event is in-person at the Falmouth Public Library in Falmouth, MA.

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Antiracism & Storytelling: Meaning Making in Meaningful Ways
2024-01-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Antiracism & Storytelling: Meaning Making in Meaningful Ways

In this workshop, playwright, producer, and PhD candidate Paul Michael Thomson empowers participants to share their stories and guides them in listening to others’. Led by the principle that one of the most powerful tools for community building is believing each others’ stories, Paul Michael shares the historical precedent for personal narrative’s ability to break down systemic barriers. In so doing, he creates a space where story transcends plot and hearing becomes listening. Come prepared to write, receive, and get curious about others! Everyone has a story.

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The Mentoring Institute: Navigating Relationship Closure and Transition
2024-01-30 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Youth mentoring research suggests that failing to provide resolution or a clear closure process at the end of a mentoring relationship can be damaging for mentees who’ve been let down by other relationships with adults. An appropriately timed closure process is key for effectively closing a youth mentoring relationship. Even under non-ideal or unexpected circumstances, healthy closure provides mentees with an opportunity to reflect on their experience and move forward in their life. Come prepared to learn the philosophy and management of good closure.

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Navigating Microaggressions and Implicit Bias in Helping Professions
2024-02-07 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
This workshop will define implicit bias, microaggressions, and show us how unchecked bias can lead us to commit microaggressions in our everyday lives. There will be engaging videos, scenarios and other methods of learning to help deepen the understanding of these terms as well as gain strategies on intervention methods.
Facilitated by: Wellness for the Culture
Hosted by: Mass Mentoring Partnership
Sponsored by: Youth Mental Health Coalition
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White Saviorism: Impact on Mentoring Relationships
2024-02-29 10:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Mentoring relationships and programs have the power to reproduce racial inequity. Mentors and mentoring programs have a moral obligation to do no harm to the youth and families engaged in their mentoring relationships and programs. In this workshop, participants explore what white saviorism looks like as well as the harmful impact it has on youth. Participants will develop the ability to recognize white saviorism in mentoring relationships and programs and explore concrete strategies to combat its harmful effects.

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Social Emotional Learning ASOST Training
2024-03-05 09:30 - 12:00 | Virtual
We believe that when adults have stronger SEL skills, young people will too. Building strong, supportive relationships with young people is key to building their essential life skills. We’ll review frameworks for understanding SEL, and share practical suggestions for implementing SEL practices with young people in a way that affirms their strengths and identities, and helps us avoid common “equity detours” that may cause more harm than good. By focusing on our own SEL skills, we can model and support SEL growth in young people, helping them become thriving and engaged adults. Join us to learn more!

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Peer to Peer Advocacy Training with MMP's Youth Leadership Council
2024-03-06 17:00 - 18:30 | Virtual
Join us for an empowering “Peer to Peer Advocacy Training” hosted by the Mass Mentoring Partnership Youth Leadership Council!
Get ready to enhance your advocacy skills as our junior and senior leaders guide you through the ins and outs of effective advocacy. During this workshop, you’ll dive deep into various aspects of advocacy, including:
🔹 Understanding the importance of youth activism
🔹 Exploring the role of youth voice in the legislative process
🔹 Learning how to prepare for meetings with legislators
🔹 Gaining insights into effective communication strategies
🔹 Discovering ways to advocate for mentoring relationships and other meaningful causes
Be prepared to make a difference as we gear up for Youth Mentoring Day on March 21st, 2024 taking place at the State House.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to educate, inspire, and empower each other to advocate for causes that matter to us. Let’s ignite change together!
The workshop will be led by our very own Youth Leaders who are passionate about making a difference.
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Beyond Imposter Syndrome: Dismantling Internalized Oppression with Collective Accountability
2024-03-29 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
Addressing internalized oppression is essential for generating systemic change, as it drives marginalized communities to believe and uphold the negative messages and stereotypes used to oppress them. This training aims to identify and address the manifestation of internalized oppression, particularly through imposter syndrome, which results in self-doubt, shame, and other negative emotions that hinder personal and professional growth. Viewing this issue through a collective accountability lens, participants will embrace healing and transformation by voicing the changes they wish to experience within their organization.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have
• Examined the link between internalized oppression and imposter syndrome.
• Shared their beliefs, values, or perceptions about their worth, leadership, and productivity.
• Selected the systemic changes they desire in their organizational practices.
• Brainstormed strategies to advocate for the organizational changes they desire.

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The Mentoring Institute: Matching and Supporting with Care
2024-04-04 09:30 - 11:30 | Virtual
Learn from MMP staff and each other about the most effective practices to help mentors and mentees build and sustain successful relationships with each other. This introductory training will focus on topics ranging from communication and feedback between mentors, mentees, and staff on difficult issues to cultural diversity issues that arise in mentoring relationships.

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Generative Conflict & Restorative Approaches
2024-04-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Generative Conflict & Restorative Approaches:
In this workshop, participants will be invited to..
– consider frameworks and approaches to relationship building, mentorship, youth development, and strengthening community
– reflect on ones relationship to conflict
– explore what it means to hold space for conflict and deep listening
– learn about restorative practices and restorative justice
– practice listening techniques and other restorative communication skills
– connect metaphors and inspiration from nature with transformative justice and relationships
– share ideas and experiences related to joy/laughter and generosity/vulnerability

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Facilitated by DIAL/SELF Youth & Community Services
Trainers:
Kaydance Scotto is the Restorative Relationships Corps Coordinator at DIAL/SELF Youth & Community Services. They have been an AmeriCorps Program Coordinator since 2014, after completing two years of AmeriCorps service. In their role, and in their life, Kaydance has been committed to building supportive relationships, effective communication skills, and intentional learning spaces. They appreciate learning from nature and using creative approaches to make meaningful connections.
Matt Ashby is the AmeriCorps Programs Director at DIAL/SELF Youth & Community Services. Before becoming the director in 2012, he served two terms of AmeriCorps – a VISTA member with DIAL/SELF and a Public Allies member in Connecticut. Matt aspires to be of use in some way.

Introduction to Disability & Inclusion: Building an Inclusive Volunteer Program
2024-05-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Did you know that one in four people in the U.S. has a disability at any point in time? Statistically speaking, if you serve more than four youth and/or work with more than four volunteers, you are working with people with disabilities in your program. Join Partners for Youth with Disabilities to learn about disability inclusion best practices, promising models, and available resources. Increase your confidence, knowledge and skills and be prepared to take the next step in your organization’s disability inclusion journey.

Kristin Humphrey, National Disability Mentoring Programs Director, has been involved with mentoring for over a decade, beginning with her role as a volunteer mentor. She has worked with youth with disabilities for the past fifteen years and founded a club at Connecticut College that facilitated group mentoring for siblings of youth with disabilities. She co-authored the manuscript, “Expanding Horizons: A Pilot Mentoring Program Linking College/Graduate Students and Teens with ASD,” which was published in the Journal of Clinical Pediatrics in 2015. Kristin has presented regionally, nationally and globally on the topics of mentoring and inclusion. She co-authored the Inclusive Mentoring for Youth with Disabilities Supplement to the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring, which was published in January of 2023 by MENTOR National. Kristin graduated magna cum laude from Connecticut College with a BA in Psychology and was a selected scholar for the Holleran Center’s Program in Community Action and Public Policy. She holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Clark University and a graduate certificate in Human Service Management from Clark University.

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The Essentials: Training for Youth-Serving Providers Who Mentor Black Young Men
2024-05-20 10:00 - 2024-05-21 16:00 | Northeastern Crossing, 1175 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02120, United States
Through a grant awarded by The Black Male Advancement Office, MMP welcomes the Essentials Curriculum Mentor Training:
MMP is excited to invite curriculum specialists from MENTOR affiliates, Marcus Strother and LaNelle Ramey to facilitate a 9-hour 2-day training session, which will consist of three modules requiring:
Examination of cultural competencies, including an exploration of personal views on privilege and race, providing tools for building ethnic/racial pride.
Identification of social capital and related empowerment of mentee and family, and the importance of racial identity.
Exploration of research-based strategies and approaches that can assist mentors as they embrace a critical consciousness in their work with young Black males.
Lunch will be provided*

This training will be 2 days.
10:00AM – 4:00PM on Monday, May 20th
&
10:00AM – 4:00PM on Tuesday, May 21st.

Northeastern Crossing, 1175 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02120

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Meeting the Needs of Immigrant Youth
2024-05-22 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
This workshop is designed to improve understanding of immigrant youth and their families. At MMP, we believe that every young person deserves access to caring relationships with adults that support their development.

Immigrant youth are among today’s most vulnerable people.
Research indicates that immigrant youth face increased risk of PTSD, depression and other mental health issues.

Mentoring programs can be challenged in meeting the needs of immigrant youth. This workshop is designed to provide information and guidance on how best to respond to the care needs of immigrant youth. Join Rosie McMahan in conversation with Simon Crawford Muscat. He works at Jewish Family Services. JFS resettles refugees fleeing their homelands in partnership with HIAS (formerly the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) and the State Department. In the past five years JFS resettled over 2,000 refugees and humanitarian arrivals from around the world to Western Mass– their new home.
About Simon Crawford Muscat
Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Simon works at the Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts in their New American Program, serving Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and new entrants as they navigate the complex set of cultural, economic, language, etc. barriers new arrivals experience upon their entrance into the US. Starting there as an MMP AmeriCorps Ambassador in 2022, Simon is committed to working and advocating to create a more just & kind world.
About Rosie McMahan
Rosie McMahan worked within the Boston area for over 25 years. Along with developing and implementing services for youth, she provided counseling and education to youth and you-serving adults in a variety of settings including schools, health clinics, and court systems. She has presented at conferences and facilitated workshops on the local, national, and international level and written curricula for classroom and non-classroom settings. Receiving her M.Ed. from Harvard Graduate School of Education, she directed CASPAR Youth Services for over 10 years, a program dedicated to the lives of young people struggling with alcohol and other drugs. Additionally, she has run a small private practice called Optimistic Options. She also organizes and/or participates in community- based activities attempting to address inequities and effect social change. Rosie has expertise in the area of trauma and healing and is a published other on the topic. Her book, Fortunate Daughter, A Memoir of Reconciliation has been awarded first place in the Chanticlear International Book Awards 2023. In this book, Rosie offers the reader a portrait of childhood abuse, followed by the difficult and painful task of healing — a journey that, in the end, reveals the complicated and nuanced venture of repair, reconciliation and the freedom that comes along with it. She brings both personal experience and a solid understanding of the current research and findings to support and promote healing in her work with MMP.

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Social Emotional Learning - Brockton
2024-06-04 12:00 - 15:00 | SABURA Youth Program, Inc., 20 Union Street, Brockton, MA, 02301, United States
At this training you’ll gain valuable insights into how SEL can help students develop skills essential for success in school, career, and life. At the heart of this training is the understanding that building strong, supportive relationships with students is key to promoting their social and emotional wellbeing. Our trainer will provide you with a framework for understanding SEL and share practical suggestions for implementing SEL practices in out-of-school-time (OST) settings. By focusing on our own social and emotional skills, we can model and support SEL growth in young people, helping them become thriving and engaged adults.
This training is in person at SABURA Youth Program, Inc. in Brockton MA.
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Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth
2024-06-05 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
This training provides participants with skills, knowledge, and strategies to create a supportive environment for LGBTQ+ youth. Participants will learn key terms and the difference between sexual orientation and gender, as well as the types of discrimination LGBTQ youth experience in Massachusetts. At the end of the session, participants will learn best practices and develop action plans for their organizations to best support LGBTQ youth.

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Youth Voice
2024-07-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Youth voice refers to the ideas, opinions, experiences, attitudes, knowledge, and actions of young people, yet adults often struggle to authentically incorporate youth voice into programming. This training provides participants with tools and techniques to integrate youth input at both programmatic and organizational levels. Discussion includes why we should value integrating youth voice into what we do, and sharing expertise in the room about practices across organizations.

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Day 1: Importance of Healing for Our Well-being: Trauma Informed Practices
2024-09-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Ifsi, 863 Crescent Street, Brockton, MA, 02302, United States
Day 1: Importance of Healing for Our Well-being: Trauma Informed Practices
Trauma Informed Practices:
Many youth in our communities have experienced trauma, the effects of which can be long-lasting and significant and can create barriers to forming relationships with supportive adults. This training includes a review of key terms and language and shares trauma-informed care practices and methods which can be employed to promote both resiliency and self-care. With a better understanding of trauma and its impact on youth, staff can structure programming that leverages the resilience possessed by youth and promotes healing environments.
Importance of Healing for Our Well-being: For Us & the Youth We Serve
Trauma and healing series in Brockton.

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1. Trauma Informed Care on Sept. 19 in person 10am-12pm
2. Healing on Oct. 10 virtual 10-11:30am
3. Mental Health on Nov. 14 in person 10am-12pm
4. Well-being on Dec. 12 virtual 10-11am

Day 2: Importance of Healing for Our Well-being: Healing Practices
2024-10-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
Healing Practices:
Over the past 50 years, the field of psychology and medicine has learned a lot about the causes and effects of trauma on the human mind, body and spirit. Trauma Informed Care was developed as an approach, which takes trauma into account when diagnosing and treating individuals. But what if we also respect the parts of a person that are vibrant, strong and undamaged? What if we acknowledge the role that healing plays in our lives and the lives of young people? A Healing Centered Approach, expands the vision of trauma informed care to include a more holistic understanding of ourselves, especially as it relates to caring for youth. This workshop will provide knowledge and strategies to being in relationship with young people in a way that honors them as whole people and promotes well-being.
Attend all 4 and receive a certificate of completion*
Importance of Healing for Our Well-being: For Us & the Youth We Serve
Trauma and healing series in Brockton.
1. Trauma Informed Care on Sept. 19 in person 10am-12pm
2. Healing on Oct. 10 virtual 10-11:30am
3. Mental Health on Nov. 14 in person 10am-12pm
4. Well-being on Dec. 12 virtual 10-11am

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Introduction to the Mentoring Mindset
2024-11-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
This training is intended to provide youth program staff with the capacity building needed to understand the critical components of the “Mentoring Mindset.” Each participant will leave with knowledge of the four core components and how they influence our work as mentors and mentees in our organization and communities. We will also unpack how this mentoring mindset can be shared with our volunteers and partners to provide shared understanding of our work. The goal for the “Mentoring Mindset” framework and training is to shift the way that relationships are created, sustained, and leveraged to deepen the shared responsibility of realizing each person’s full potential and their capacity to influence their communities.

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Cultural Responsiveness
2024-11-12 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
The ability to connect across cultures is key to supporting our work with youth and caregivers. This interactive training will help participants understand dimensions of identity and culture and the ways that prejudices and bias hamper opportunities for connection. This introductory training helps program staff explore personal dynamics of power and privilege and begin to develop strategies to increase both personal and organizational capacity to practice cultural responsiveness.

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Day 3: Mental Health & Dis-Ease
2024-11-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Converge Center, 1367 Main Street, Brockton, United States
Mental Health & Dis-Ease
Adolescence is a crucial period for developing and maintaining the habits important for mental health, but some adolescents are at greater risk of mental health conditions due to material disadvantages, stigma, discrimination or exclusion, and/or lack of access to quality support and services. This is why mentoring is so critical. A supportive adult presence – that allows for a shared connection and vulnerability – contributes to positive growth and adaptation. Come and learn how to promote resiliency among young people in this virtual training, targeted to both staff and mentors.
Attend all 4 and receive a certificate of completion*
Importance of Healing for Our Well-being: For Us & the Youth We Serve
Trauma and healing series in Brockton.
1. Trauma Informed Care on Sept. 19 in person 10am-12pm
2. Healing on Oct. 10 virtual 10-11:30am
3. Mental Health on Nov. 14 in person 10am-12pm
4. Well-being on Dec. 12 virtual 10-11am

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Day 4: Importance of Healing for Our Well-being: Cultivating Well-Being
2024-12-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Cultivating Well Being
Cultivating well being is critical for young people to thrive as adults. What does it mean for youth to be well? What does it mean for them to succeed? What does it take for adults to improve well being for young people? This workshop is designed to help adult caregivers identify and generate skills that enhance youth well being. Raising adolescents to improve the world, builds stronger communities where people care for and about each other. Young people, in turn, develop a more positive sense of well-being and their opportunities to make impactful change – on SO many levels – become endless.
Attend all 4 and receive a certificate of completion*
Importance of Healing for Our Well-being: For Us & the Youth We Serve
Trauma and healing series in Brockton.
1. Trauma Informed Care on Sept. 19 in person 10am-12pm
2. Healing on Oct. 10 virtual 10-11:30am
3. Mental Health on Nov. 14 in person 10am-12pm
4. Well-being on Dec. 12 virtual 10-11am

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Supporting Black and Latino Boys through Mentoring: Brockton, MA Day 1 of 2
2026-01-21 09:30 - 15:00 | Natural Resources Trust of Easton, 307 Main Street, North Easton, MA, 02356, United States
Join us for a two-day training; the first day will be an in-person workshop on Supporting Black and Latino Boys on 1/21 in Brockton, MA.
There will be a second day for attendees to join virtually on 1/27.
This training aims to provide adults with the skills and knowledge needed to be effective mentors for Black and Latino young men and boys. The training consists of three modules:

Examination of cultural competencies, including an exploration of personal views on privilege and race, providing tools for building ethnic/racial pride.
Identification of social capital and related empowerment of mentee and family, and the importance of racial identity.
Exploration of research-based strategies and approaches that can assist mentors as they embrace a critical consciousness in their work with young Black males.

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If you have questions about this training, reach out to Janeen Smith at jsmith@massmentors.org

Mentor Circle: Practicing Cultural Humility February 2026
2026-02-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual
Practicing Cultural Humility: A Chapter of Becoming a Better Mentor
Join us for a brand new offering from Mass Mentoring Partnership: Mentor Circles will run every third Thursday evening of most months (dates will be adjusted if holidays interfere.) Mentor Circles are virtual, off-hours opportunities to connect with other mentors, build knowledge, and practice skills related to being the best mentor you can be. Topics will vary. You are welcome as often as you can join us.
Cultural humility is an ongoing, lifelong process of self-reflection and learning about how social identity and experiences are shaped by systems of oppression, power, and privilege. We consider this an especially important topic in all mentoring relationships, even if mentors and mentees are similar in some important characteristics. Mentors with cultural humility continuously reflect on their own social identity and make efforts to learn about their mentee’s social identity, experiences, and background. Join us for guided reflection about the differences and similarities between mentors and mentees that are shaped by inequities in our society. Learn how cultivating this skill can help mentors overcome barriers in a relationship with a young person, especially when approached with empathy and a growth mindset.

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