Presented by: MENTOR, Mentoring Works Washington / Costco This month’s IMPACT webinar will feature a pilot project called Opportunity Youth Thriving. With funding from the Schultz Family Foundation, MENTOR is working with the America’s Promise Alliance to create a new, national mentorship initiative that focuses on the extra support needed by Opportunity Youth, young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are not in school and who do not have a job. The goal is to create and test quality mentor relationships and both community-based and business mentorship models that help these young people prepare for, secure, and meet their potential. We will provide an overview of the project and share some early lessons learned in the pilot related to cross-sector partnership, expanding webs of support for Opportunity Youth and preparing workplace supervisors to be effective managers and mentors of youth workers.

Panelists:

• Dudney Sylla, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
• Claude Greene, Mentoring Works Washington & Costco
• Brittany Moore, America’s Promise Alliance
• Shannon Varga, Center for Promise

*Please note that there were some technical difficulties during the recording of this webinar. We apologize for any inconvenience.