Youth Mentoring Day at the State House 2024
2024-03-21 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Great Hall of Flags, Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA, 01233, United States
2024 Youth Mentoring Day at the State House
Youth Mentoring Day is a unique opportunity to convene legislators, youth-serving programs, and young people at the State House to highlight and celebrate the importance of mentoring relationships. We will learn how investing in youth can help students succeed in academics and the workplace while strengthening our communities.
Youth Mentoring Day is organized by mentoring Advocates to help constituents across the Commonwealth understand the importance of expanding Statewide investment in quality, evidence-based youth mentoring. Participants will be able to demonstrate how mentoring has improved countless lives for the better, and is an innovative strategy to engage youth that yields positive outcomes in education, mental health, workforce opportunities, and more.
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Agenda:
9:30 AM – Registration
10:30 AM – Program begins
12:00 PM – Group Picture/Lunch/Meetings with Elected Officials*
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Meetings with Elected Officials*
*We will be scheduling legislative visits after lunch. Please indicate during registration if you would like to visit your legislator as part of Youth Mentoring Day. We will be in touch with the specifics, but visits are dependent on availability and are not guaranteed.
*Please note that the deadline to register with legislative visits scheduled by MMP is March 1st. If you register after March 1st, Mass Mentoring Partnership will not be able to schedule a legislative visit on your behalf. After March 1st, you are still welcome to register to attend the morning program and/or schedule a visit with your representatives yourself!
Find your Legislators
Request Accessibility Services at the State House
Note: all Mobility Assistance Services are located at the Ashburton Park Entrance.

****REGISTRATION WITH MMP SCHEDULED LEGISLATIVE VISITS CLOSES ON MARCH 1st****
to allow time for scheduling meetings! Please plan accordingly!
If you would like to register for the program only, or if you are planning to schedule your own legislative visit, you will still be able to until March 11th!

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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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Lunch & Learn - Connected Futures
2024-04-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
April 16 – Connected Futures! Join us as we share an overview of the Connected Futures curriculum we have developed to support young people and their mentors as they explore their social networks with a focus on both those who have helped them to get to where they are now.
Lunch & Learn Sessions – meet the third Tuesday of each month. The event may take the form of networking, a time to get deeper in conversation with others who value and support mentoring relationships or they may offer short spurts of information on updated research, happenings and/or tools. We welcome you as often as you can join us.

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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.

MMP Connects Regional Meetings: Forward Together - BOSTON/GREATER BOSTON
2024-05-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Huntington Avenue YMCA, 316 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
MMP Connect Regional Meetings
Forward Together: Empowering Connections and Welcoming Our New Leadership at Mass Mentoring Partnership

The Mass Mentoring team is buzzing with anticipation as we wrap up the school season. Join us for an engaging session at the MMP Connects Regional Meeting, where we’ll meet MMP’s new CEO & President. This will be a listening tour on what is working well for MMP partner organizations as well as challenges organizations are facing in the Commonwealth and how this all profoundly impacts on our work with young people.
Beyond providing a platform for networking and fostering professional development, this event offers an exclusive sneak peek into Mass Mentoring Partnership’s upcoming calendar. Unveiling a wealth of valuable opportunities and resources tailored to advance your professional journey and enhance your services, this preview is not to be missed. Additionally, organizations will have ample chance for face-to-face networking and collaboration.
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Register for the region you wish to attend (IN PERSON)!
Wednesday, May 1st: Boston/Greater Boston – Huntington Avenue YMCA, 316 Huntington Ave, Boston MA 02115
Thursday, May 2nd: Northern Mass – YMCA of Metro North, 20 Neptune Blvd, Lynn MA 01902
Tuesday, May 7th: Southern Mass – Crossroads’ Camp Wing, 47 Myrtle Street, Duxbury MA 02332
Thursday, May 9th: Western/Central Mass – Holyoke Public Library, 250 Chestnut St, Holyoke MA 01040
Each event will be from 10:00AM – 12:00PM **

MMP Connects Regional Meetings: Forward Together – NORTHERN MA
2024-05-02 10:00 - 12:00

MMP Connects Regional Meetings: Forward Together – SOUTHERN MA
2024-05-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Crossroads’ Camp Wing, 47 Myrtle St, Duxbury, MA, 02332, United States
MMP Connect Regional Meetings
Forward Together: Empowering Connections and Welcoming Our New Leadership at Mass Mentoring Partnership

The Mass Mentoring team is buzzing with anticipation as we wrap up the school season. Join us for an engaging session at the MMP Connects Regional Meeting, where we’ll meet MMP’s new CEO & President. This will be a listening tour on what is working well for MMP partner organizations as well as challenges organizations are facing in the Commonwealth and how this all profoundly impacts on our work with young people.
Beyond providing a platform for networking and fostering professional development, this event offers an exclusive sneak peek into Mass Mentoring Partnership’s upcoming calendar. Unveiling a wealth of valuable opportunities and resources tailored to advance your professional journey and enhance your services, this preview is not to be missed. Additionally, organizations will have ample chance for face-to-face networking and collaboration.
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Register for the region you wish to attend (IN PERSON)!
Wednesday, May 1st: Boston/Greater Boston – Huntington Avenue YMCA, 316 Huntington Ave, Boston MA 02115
Thursday, May 2nd: Northern Mass – YMCA of Metro North, 20 Neptune Blvd, Lynn MA 01902
Tuesday, May 7th: Southern Mass – Crossroads’ Camp Wing, 47 Myrtle Street, Duxbury MA 02332
Thursday, May 9th: Western/Central Mass – Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, 100 Bigelow St, Holyoke, MA 01040
Each event will be from 10:00AM – 12:00PM **

MMP Connects Regional Meetings: Forward Together – WESTERN/CENTRAL MA
2024-05-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, 100 Bigelow Street, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States

Forest Bathing Walk
2024-05-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Look Memorial Park, 300 North Main Street, Northampton, MA, 01062, United States
A 2-hour spring walk with Todd Lynch!
Todd is a certified Forest and Nature Therapy guide. He received this credential through the Association of Forest and Nature Therapy training program. It is a 6-month intensive course that includes pre- requisites in Wilderness First Aid/CPR as well as native plant identification. As an artist and landscape designer, Todd has collaborated on healing gardens, native, medicinal plantings and art installations across the US. He lives in Western Massachusetts. He has received multiple Massachusetts Cultural Council grants for environmental art installation and education. Todd has also lectured at universities, garden organizations and apothecaries about medicinal plants in the landscape and has served as a design critic at the Conway School of Landscape Design, Smith College and UMass Amherst. He blogs about the intersections of landscape, wellness and art on Instagram @ecotropy.
Location in person, Hampden County area.
Look Memorial Park
300 North Main Street Northampton, MA 01062
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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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Lunch & Learn - Recruitment Outside of the Box
2024-05-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
On Tuesday, May 21, from 12-1pm, MMP is hosting a Lunch & Learn with the topic Recruitment Outside of the Box. During this Lunch & Learn we will hear from organizations across the state of Massachusetts that are using different types of strategies that support them in recruiting mentors/volunteers.

Lunch & Learn Sessions – meet the third Tuesday of each month. The event may take the form of networking, a time to get deeper in conversation with others who value and support mentoring relationships or they may offer short spurts of information on updated research, happenings and/or tools. We welcome you as often as you can join us.

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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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DEADLINE: JoyFest Wellness Station Leader Inquiry
2024-06-17 08:00 - 17:00
Wellness Station Leader Interest Form: Mentoring Black and Brown Girls & Femmes Movement

Please fill out this form if you are interested in being a wellness station leader for Mass Mentoring Partnership’s JoyFest Summit at the Stoughton YMCA (445 Central St., Stoughton MA) as part of our Mentoring Black and brown Girls & Femmes Movement on Saturday, July 20, 2024 .

Interest forms are due by 5pm, June 17, 2024.

We are looking for wellness station leaders to share their knowledge and joy in an area around wellness. We are looking for BIPOC women/femmes to share their love for wellness, including areas of fashion/style, hair care, skin care, yoga, meditation, and storytelling/poetry. We are hoping you would be willing to lead a wellness workshop.

Our JoyFest Summit is on Saturday, July 20, from 10am-4pm, at Stoughton YMCA, with wellness stations running from 11:15am-3:15pm. We will have four stations that groups of 25 women/girls/femmes ages 12 and older will participate in, rotating in their same groups, four times throughout this time, for 30 minute workshops.
What we need from you:

Create and lead one 30 minute wellness station

Lead your station four times (same workshop, for 4 different groups)

Wellness stations run for 30 minutes with 15 minute breaks in between each and lunch after the first 2 rotations (hour lunch)

Arrive by 10:30am to set up your station, in one designated room (where you would lead all four of your wellness stations)

Clean up your station after the last session (ends by 3:15pm)

Provide any materials used for your station; please let us know if you will need reimbursed for materials or if they will be in-kind

What you get:

You (and your company if applicable) shared on all of Mass Mentoring social media platforms and listed in all of our advertising materials

$250 stipend for leading four workshops

Professional photos from your wellness station for you to use in your own materials

Chance to network women/girls/femmes from all over MA, some of whom are leaders in youth serving organizations

To be a part of an amazing movement that lifts the joy of Black & brown women/girls/femmes!

We are looking for station leaders to commit to their stations by 5pm Monday June 17, 2024, so please let us know by then! Please note that if we have several folks asking to lead the same workshop, we can only choose one. You will know by the end of the day June 18, if your wellness station was chosen.
If you are interested in leading a wellness station, please fill out this interest form. Again, we will let you know by June 18 if your station was picked (or not).
If you would like to learn more about the Mentoring Black and brown Girls & Femmes Movement, you can go here for MMP’s landing page about it. We are also happy to connect and chat through any questions you may have before committing. Please reach out to Natalie at NSpriggs@MassMentors.org with questions and/or you would like to meet.
Thank you so much for all that you do! We hope to hear from you soon and that you can join our JoyFest summit team!!

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Lunch & Learn - Connection Drives Healing - LGBTQ+
2024-06-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Lunch & Learn – Connection Drives Healing – Protective Factors of Adult Support, Compassion, and Allyship for LGBTQ + Youth
Linked Mentoring, Inc. presents Connection Drives Healing: Protective Factors of Adult Support, Compassion, and Allyship for LGBTQ+ Youth. Join us for PRIDE month’s Lunch & Learn where we will have guest presenters from Linked Mentoring, Inc. Linked Mentoring, Inc. is a youth mentoring organization which seeks to connect, empower, and inspire LGBTQ+ youth; connecting youth with an LGBTQ+ adult mentor so that the two can develop a trusting, supportive, mutually positive connection.
In this training, we aim to provide a foundational understanding of LGBTQ+ youth’s unique experiences and needs including identity development, representation, and intergenerational mentoring relationships. As we explore both the contemporary and historical disenfranchisement of LGBTQ+ youth, participants will learn key resilience-building practices they can implement in their own work to be affirming and inclusive service providers.

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GSA Link, Inc. brings three facilitators to co-lead the training.
Marlee Goodman (she/her), a Board of Directors member, brings her expertise as a Trauma Specialist, focusing on intersectional identities, disenfranchised youth grief, de-escalation, and mental health advocacy. With a community-centered approach, she centralizes efforts to bring nuance to GSA Link, Inc.’s educational and programmatic offerings by crowdsourcing from the populations we serve.
Joining Marlee are Maxx LaBrie (he/they), Director of Community Engagement, and Jake Sullivan (he/they), Director of Mentorship.
Maxx, an autistic, agender, queer advocate, brings nearly a decade of experience in systems advocacy and peer support. As a Certified Peer Specialist, Maxx is deeply involved in education, public health, fat liberation, anti-capitalism, and disability justice, all aimed at amplifying marginalized voices.
Jake Sullivan, co-founder of our LGBTQ+ mentoring program, brings expertise in stewarding mentoring relationships. Passionate about leadership development, they focus on innovative and accessible knowledge-sharing systems and creating empowering environments for LGBTQ+ youth.
Lunch & Learn Sessions – meet the third Tuesday of each month. The event may take the form of networking, a time to get deeper in conversation with others who value and support mentoring relationships or they may offer short spurts of information on updated research, happenings and/or tools. We welcome you as often as you can join us.

Lunch & Learn - Mentoring Connector Info Session
2024-07-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
July 16:
This month join Mass Mentoring as we share the updated national data base for mentoring programs, The Mentoring Connector. Learn what it is, how it can help your organization find volunteer mentors, as well as how to get into the system.
Lunch & Learn Sessions – meet the third Tuesday of each month (mostly). These events are used for a time for folks to tune in, while eating lunch, to learn more about a topic: time to go deeper in subjects that value and support mentoring relationships or these sessions may offer short spurts of information on updated research, happenings and/or tools. We welcome you as often as you can join us.

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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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JoyFest Summit: Mentoring Black and Brown Girls & Femmes
2024-07-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Stoughton YMCA, 445 Central St, Stoughton, MA, 02072, United States
Join Mass Mentoring Partnership for this celebration of Black & Brown Joy for our Mentoring Black and Brown Girls & Femmes Summit where we empower Black and Brown women, girls, and femmes through wellness, self confidence and community building.
The JoyFest Summit is for any self-identified BIPOC women, girls, & femmes ages 12 years or older in mentoring relationships with each other (either formal or informal). JoyFest will include wellness stations (including areas of fashion/style, hair care, skin care, yoga, meditation, and storytelling/poetry), brunch, magic bags full of fun items to take home, a motivational speaker, and a live DJ dance party. This day will be full of jubilation and celebration!

On Saturday, July 20, from 10am-4pm, join Mass Mentoring Partnership at the Stoughton YMCA (445 Central St., Stoughton MA) for this FREE celebration of Black & brown Joy for our Mentoring Black and brown Girls & Femmes JoyFest Summit where we empower Black and brown women, girls, and femmes through wellness, self confidence and community building. The JoyFest Summit is for any self-identified BIPOC women, girls, & femmes ages 12 year or older in mentoring relationships with each other (either formal or informal). JoyFest will include wellness stations (including areas of fashion/style, hair care, skin care, yoga, meditation, and storytelling/poetry), brunch, magic bags full of fun items to take home, a motivational speaker, and a live DJ dance party. This day will be full of jubilation and celebration!

At MMP, we believe all children should have the mentoring relationships they need to become thriving adults, resulting in vibrant communities. JoyFest has three goals:

For Black and brown girls’ & femmes’ access to the tools & resources to increase their self-worth

For Black and brown women and girls’ & femmes’ to find and build community with each other, fostering mentoring relationships

For Black and brown women and girls’ & femmes’ to celebrate joy

To achieve these goals, wellness stations will lead these women and girls through exciting activities that align with the following themes:

Loving being Black and brown

Being joyful and playful

Exploring intersectionality

Setting and achieving goals

Cultivating self-expression

Connecting with family, friends, supporters, and mentors

Practicing self-care and wellness

Being aware of mental health

This event is a great match activity event for BIPOC women, girls, and femmes!! For more information on MMP’s Mentoring Black and brown Girls & Femmes Movement, please see our information page here.

This registration form is for all BIPOC women, girls, & femmes who would like to attend this event. This form contains registrations for up to five adults and five young people. If you have more than five, please start a new form. Limit to 5 adults and 5 young people per registration form.

One adult (18 or older) must attend with each group of young people (12-17 years old). Participation is for all attendees. Please email NSpriggs@MassMentors.org with any questions.

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Interested in leading a wellness station? Apply here to lead a wellness station!

Mentoring Black and brown Girls and Femmes Mentor Training
2024-07-22 10:00 - 2024-07-23 15:30 | 210 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02139, 210 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
MENTORING BLACK AND BROWN GIRLS & FEMMES
MENTOR and its Affiliates are focused on addressing the persistent opportunity gaps and structural barriers faced by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). More specifically, this work centers BIPOC girls and women and how their realities intersect with themes like wellness, community-building and mentoring. Research has shown that BIPOC girls and women experience unique challenges from childhood through adulthood including disproportionately high rates of school suspension and discipline, sexual trauma, violence and abuse, and a significant pay gap with barriers that prevent full participation in the workforce.
These challenges, perpetuated by systems rooted in racism, sexism, and structural poverty, have long-lasting effects on BIPOC communities. Although there is a high level of awareness around this, there aren’t adequate solutions that address the short- and long-term impacts of these experiences at scale.
This two day training curriculum explores questions like:

Why focus on this population of young people?
What challenges do Black and brown girls/femmes face?
How do we take special care in establishing mentoring relationships with Black and brown girls?
How do shared/disparate cultural experiences impact our mentoring relationships?

This training is for anyone who is in mentoring relationships with self-identified BIPOC girls/femmes or the staff of organizations who support these mentoring relationships (whether formal or informal). Participants also need to be in mentoring relationships for at least one year OR staff of youth serving programs in the field for one year or more. At this time, participants can be any race/ethnicity and gender, but must be 18 years or older.
**By registering for this training – You agree you are in a mentoring relationship with self-identified Black &/or brown girls/femmes OR support folks who are in these relationships (staff from your organization). You agree you are a mentor/volunteer and have been in this role for a year or longer (experience required; no new mentors) OR you are staff who has been in the field for a year or longer. You agree that you are 18 years old or older.
If you do NOT agree with any statement listed above, contact Gabrielle Paquin at gpaquin@massmentors.org
Thank you!
Registration/Check-in begins at 9:30am with training beginning promptly at 10am, both days.
Lunch and snacks are included for both days of training.
Please email NSpriggs@MassMentors.org with any training specific questions.

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ASICS Falmouth Road Race
2024-08-18 08:00 - 17:00
Running for Mentoring in the 2024 ASICS Falmouth Road Race!
Taking place on Sunday, August 18, 2024 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, MMP will have the great privilege of participating in the iconic seaside 7-mile Falmouth Road Race through their Numbers for Nonprofits charity program!

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POSTPONED to September - Lunch & Learn Series: All About Mass Mentoring Partnership: What Do We Do?
2024-08-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
POSTPONED! Will be offered in September
Aug.20th 2024: All about Mass Mentoring Partnership – What do we do?
This month join Mass Mentoring Partnership as we take a deep dive into all of what MMP has to offer organizations across the state of MA. From consultation, workshops/trainings, grants, and so much more. Learn how MMP can support your organization.

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Inaugural Mentor Fireside Chat On Effective Relationship-Centered Practices In Fostering Workforce Development
2024-09-12 18:00 - 20:30
Media Contact:
Kelsey Nelson | Director of Communications
(617) 798-4216 | knelson@mentoring.org
MENTOR and Mass Mentoring Partnership to host leadership panel conversation around effective workplace practices and investment to drive positive change for young people
For this invitation-only event, we will bring together diverse and proximate stakeholders to dive into the growing demand to integrate relationship-centered practices within workplaces, as well as elevate the need for policies and public dollars that reinforce these investments. Together, we will examine how the mentoring field bolsters systems and policy-level change through cross-sector partnerships with employers that center relationship-centered practices and coordinated advocacy efforts on the state and federal level for public investments.
BOSTON – Organizations and companies are continuing to grapple with the question of how to intentionally create an inclusive workforce reflective of society, while not falling prey to the current controversy around diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. In a search for balance, senior leadership from Boston-based public and private entities along with a Massachusetts State representative will hold open dialogue about the shifts towards skills-based hiring for young people and look at the role mentorship plays within a robust, inclusive hiring and staff retention strategy.

WHAT: MENTOR’s INAUGURAL FIRESIDE CHAT ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES TO CREATE SYSTEMS & POLICY LEVEL CHANGE
The panel conversation is hosted by MENTOR, the leading nonprofit increasing both the quality and quantity of mentoring relationships, in partnership with MENTOR Affiliate, Mass Mentoring Partnership. The fireside panel will shed light on the chronically disproportionate gaps in young peoples’ access to social capital and look at how mentoring bolsters systems and policy level change through cross-sector partnerships with employers that center relationship-centered practices and coordinated advocacy efforts on the state and federal level for public investments.
WHEN: Thursday, September 12 at 6:00 PM EST
WHERE: Bain Capital (200 Clarendon St., Boston),
WHO: Featured Speakers include:

Ernesto Anguilla, Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Bain Capital
Julie Lammers, SVP of Advocacy and Corporate Social Responsibility, American Student Assistance
Nageeb Sumar, Head of Social Impact, Fidelity Investments
Abigail Goward Hollingsworth, Senior Vice President, Workforce Development External Partner Engagement, Bank of America
Chynah Tyler, Massachusetts State Representative
Abbie Evans, Chief Policy & Advocacy Officer, MENTOR
Jermaine Myrie, CEO, MENTOR
Dr. Cynthia K. Orellana, CEO, Mass Mentoring Partnership

To Attend:
This invitation-only event, brings together diverse stakeholders to dive into the growing demand of relationship-centered practices within workplaces, which thus elevates the need for policies and public dollars to reinforce these investments.
Interviews will be granted both immediately before the event and directly following the conclusion of the panel. Interested media should RSVP to attend to Kelsey Nelson at knelson@mentoring.org

Via MENTOR National

Embrace Masso ¡Con Salsa! International Music Festival
2024-09-14 13:00 - 19:00 | The Embrace on Boston Common, Boston Common, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
Mass Mentoring Partnership is honored to be a collaborator for this event!
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The Embrace Massó “¡Con Salsa!” International Music Festival (EMCS) is an electrifying celebration of music, culture, and social justice. EMCS embodies Embrace Boston’s commitment to social change through the universal language of community, music, and placemaking. This dynamic event showcases the rich diversity of Latin and global rhythms, melodies, and traditions, uniting performers and audiences from around the world in a spirit of harmony and solidarity.
Named in honor of community activist, leader, and icon Jose Masso III, the longtime host of WBUR’s “¡Con Salsa!,” a bilingual Afro-Latin music program that’s been on the air for nearly five decades, the festival pays tribute to his unwavering dedication to promoting cultural exchange and social justice through music.

Lunch & Learn With MMP Series
2024-09-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Sept.17th 2024: All about Mass Mentoring Partnership – What do we do?
This month join Mass Mentoring Partnership as we take a deep dive into all of what MMP has to offer organizations across the state of MA. From consultation, workshops/trainings, grants, and so much more. Learn how MMP can support your organization.

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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.

REGISTER

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

Rodman Ride For Kids
2024-09-21 07:00 - 16:00 | 38 Neponset Avenue Foxboro, MA, 38 Neponset Avenue, Foxborough, MA, 02035, United States
34th Annual Rodman Ride for Kids 2024
The 2024 Rodman Ride for Kids is taking place on Saturday, September 21st! There is no limit to how many participants can sign up and fundraise on behalf of Team MMP, and there are also unlimited options to “choose your own adventure” and have fun with it!
There will be a limited number of spots available to those who want to complete the 25-mile or 50-mile bike ride in Foxboro on race day – please reach out to Olivia Taylor if you would like to be considered!
*Please note that in-person riders are required to raise a minimum of $2,000.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: ALKU Scholarship 2024
2024-09-23 - 2024-09-26
Learn More about the ALKU Scholarship
For full guidelines and eligibility criteria, please preview the application questions below.

The 2024 ALKU Scholarship Application is open from May 20, 2024 – September 26, 2024.
Preview the Application Questions
Apply for the 2024 ALKU Scholarship

Contact Olivia Taylor, Advancement Operations Manager, at otaylor@massmentors.org if you have questions or technical difficulties with the application form.
Applicants can expect to hear back by October 25th, 2024.

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