Mentor Colorado

🌟 Join us on as we head into 2024 and celebrate a decade of service to Colorado! 🎉 Help us continue supporting young hearts and minds for the next ten years. Your donation, big or small, can make a lasting impact.

🤝 Why Mentorship Matters: Research shows mentorship is a game-changer, opening doors for a successful future.

🎁 How You Can Help: Support MENTOR Colorado on Colorado Gives Day. https://www.coloradogives.org/donate/MENTORColorado 🔗

💙 Matching Donations: Set up a NEW monthly donation on Coloradogives.org from Nov. 20, and your second donation (up to $100) will be matched, creating a double impact!

📣 Spread the Word: Share this post to create a ripple effect of support and mentorship. Let's make a difference together!

🙌 Thank You: MENTOR Colorado appreciates your generosity. Make this Colorado Gives Day a success for every young person in need.

Visit our new - a newly redesigned platform that helps our community understand how we support organizations throughout the state!

comentoring.org

Becoming an Affiliate with MENTOR Colorado is FREE and allows organizations to become active members of a collective mentoring movement in Colorado. Join over 60 organizations in collaboration and connection, as we positively inform the future of mentoring in our state!

For more information, message us here!

Today, to honor the in Colorado, we are highlighting the amazing Shalonda Palmer from Girlz Empowerment, Inc.

STAR Girlz Empowerment, founded by Shalonda Palmer, creates a platform for where female youth and young adult women can address trauma in a healthy supportive environment. This program has impacted over 500 young people and their families since 2014 - in a variety of intentional and impactful programs. Their three part program, led by thoughtful staff, enables a culture where their STARZ begin to S.H.I.N.E (Self-Esteem, Healing, Inspire, Navigate, Elevate).

To learn more about Shalonda and the entire team, check them out at www.stargirlzempower.org

is a time for people across the globe to come together andconsider how we can build a more equitable future. To learn how you can drive equityand inclusion by helping close the mentoring gap, visit: www.mentoring.org/diversity-equity-inclusion/

Expert Guidance at NO COST?

Mentoring programs across the United States can apply for no-cost training and technical assistance to support them in more deeply incorporating evidence-based practices, ultimately leading to greater positive outcomes for young people.

Technical Assistance (TA) is customized, no-cost resource support that the National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) offers to mentoring programs. Since 2017, the NMRC has provided TA to over 1,800 youth mentoring programs across the nation, helping address the programs’ individual needs and improve their implementation of specific mentoring practices!

Send us a message here to learn more! (Even if you have never worked with us before 😊)

As part of our Series, we are excited to feature Shalelia J. Dillard, from SCD Enrichment Program.

From Shalelia:

The SCD Enrichment Program was created as a result of my lived and professional experiences. As a child, I was ostracized and bullied for much of my schooling because of the misconception that “Black kids that are in AP classes think they are better, wanting to fit in with White students”.

Attending college at Hampton University, confirmed that my story was not as rare as I thought. Many of my peers experienced the same tragic experiences with no guidance to navigate the world of accelerated classes where they were one of few Black students in advanced coursework. Due to the lack of Black representation in my classes and little to no education available to dispute such misguided comments, I educated myself enough to reach out to mentors in the community to build my confidence.

I have always had a deep interest in social issues. As a student excelling in academics, while being homeless through middle school and high school, I know my success was short of a miracle. At the age of 19, I had the vision to create a program for students from similar backgrounds to succeed despite their circumstances. The mere fact that I was able to receive skills to graduate from college was enough motivation for me to launch my program to help other students become successful.

We at MENTOR Colorado are sending our love and support to our partners at Mountain Mentors Colorado who are celebrating the life of Program Coordinator Tyler Updegraff. It is an honor to share the moving tribute from Mountain Mentors Colorado to such a pillar in their community.

The mentoring community celebrates the life of Tyler Updegraff, who was a program coordinator for Summit County Mountain Mentors. Tyler passed away on January 26, 2023 as the result of a skiing accident. He was a vibrant role model who was dedicated to making a difference in the lives of youth and families throughout Summit County not only through his role with Mountain Mentors, but also in Summit County School District where he was an assistant football coach. Tyler was dearly loved by his coworkers and the youth of Summit County, who remember his smiling face, eternal optimism, and zest for life.

To learn more about his life and impact, click here: https://obits.pennlive.com/us/obituaries/pennlive/name/tyler-updegraff-obituary?id=43444985

This , we are celebrating and honoring the leadership of our Black-led statewide partners.

The Sims-Fayola Foundation afoundation, founded by Dr. , is changing the trajectories of the lives of young men and boys of color - by addressing barriers through direct programming AND creating space for those who work with the young men to engage in equity work to increase their capacity to engage authentically.

To date, SFF has impacted over 10,000 young men and boys of color, delivered equity workshops to over 3,500 educators, mentors, non-profit leaders, law enforcement and school resource officers, and parents.

Check out their amazing work Sims-Fayola Foundation

This February, join us in celebrating and elevating the voices of past,current, and future Black leaders. Learn how inclusion, belonging, and racial equity a http://bit.ly/3a7R45Z•

Black History Month - MENTOR Raise your voice, share your knowledge, and affect positive change through engagement with Congress and other elected officials in your communities.

Just a few images to capture the amazing week in Washington, D.C. at the National , hosted by . Team Colorado showed UP with an incredible group of advocates who are working to continue to enhance the mentoring movement!

If you are a youth-serving organization in Colorado and want to learn more about being a statewide affiliate - message us!

Here in Colorado, we know that support systems that uplift youth & strengthen communities.

Today, on , MENTOR Colorado wants to hear from you! Share your mentoring story & let us know why you joined the movement: https://bit.ly/3m75Duq

This Colorado Gives Day, we hope you will consider supporting the mentoring movement by making a gift to MENTOR Colorado or a mentoring program in honor of a young person or mentor who has impacted your own life.

MENTOR Colorado works towards a future where every young person in Colorado will have the supportive relationships they need to grow, connect and thrive.

Your gift will help close the mentoring gap for the 1 in 3 young people in Colorado growing up without the critical support of a mentor.

Thanks to a generous donor, your gift will be matched up to $6,000, and it will also be boosted by the Colorado Gives Day Incentive Fund!

https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/MENTORColorado

Support MENTOR Colorado on Colorado Gives 365 MENTOR Colorado works to advance the quality and extend the reach of youth mentoring organizations in Colorado. We envision a future where every young person in Colorado will have the supportive relationships they need to grow, connect and thrive.

We are heartbroken by the senseless act of violence at ClubQ in Colorado Springs. MENTOR Colorado is sending our support and love to the LGBTQ+ community, Colorado Springs First responders, and all those impacted by this horrific shooting.

Resources to support LGBTQ+ youth❤️

LGBTQ Supplement to the Elements of Effective Practice of Mentoring: https://www.mentoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/MENTOR_LGBTQ-Supplement-to-EEP-for-Mentoring.pdf

UCLA’s Williams Institute’s Ensuring Access to Mentoring Programs for LGBTQ Youth:
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/access-mentor-prog-lgbtq-youth/

The Trevor Project’s Support Center and Crisis Helpline:
1-800-850-8078 https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/ .0001kfzmgr9qrfhaxxi1v4dj9wduq

Human Rights Campaign’s Youth Report:
https://www.hrc.org/resources/youth-report

National Association of School Psychologists’ Gender Inclusive Schools FAQ:
https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/diversity-and-social-justice/lgbtq-youth/gender-inclusive-schools-faqs

ATTENTION MENTORS: This November is Month! Tag your mentee and share how they have positively impacted your life.

Final Opportunity to purchase one of the few remaining tickets is today!
We are excited to connect with the Colorado Mentoring Community next week!
Join us:
https://comentoring.org/our-work/events/colorado-mentoring-summit/

Limited tickets remain!!
Do not miss your opportunity to attend the 2022 Colorado Mentoring Summit!

REGISTER TODAY:
https://comentoring.org/our-work/events/colorado-mentoring-summit/

We are quickly approaching capacity for the 2022 Colorado Mentoring Summit! Registration will close next Friday, October 28th.

The 2022 Colorado Mentoring Summit presented by MENTOR Colorado is a 1.5 day in-person event consisting of powerful plenary sessions and interactive workshop sessions specifically curated for the expressed needs of Colorado Mentoring professionals. You will not want to miss this event!

Register today:
https://comentoring.org/our-work/events/colorado-mentoring-summit/

MENTOR Colorado is grateful to our Platinum Presenting Sponsor for the 2022 Colorado Mentoring Summit: EY !
Ernest and Young not only generously donates to support our mission to ensure every young person in Colorado will have a quality mentoring relationship.. their team members also actively engage at in person MENTOR Colorado events!
Thank you EY for your incredible local and national partnership!

Check out the exciting workshop schedule for The 2022 Colorado Mentoring Summit!
Don't miss this opportunity to connect and learn with mentoring professionals in our state!
Register today-spaces are limited:
https://comentoring.org/our-work/events/colorado-mentoring-summit/

*DEADLINE EXTENDED to this Sunday 9/17/22*

MENTOR Colorado is seeking proposals for workshop presentations at the 2022 Colorado Mentoring Summit scheduled to take place November 3 and 4 at the Table Mountain Meetings and Events Center in Golden, Colorado.

Click the link below for more details and to submit your proposal.
NEW Submission Deadline: Sunday, September 17, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Standard Time

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2veUJhkr_tjnj6M5p_5QgNZQG0nkqAiJjLjKzvsEBc_2TBw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Join us this Friday!
Register today for this fun, networking event to benefit MENTOR Colorado :
https://bit.ly/MCWineLeagueEvent

Competitive Wine Tasting to Support MENTOR Colorado!! 🍷

Register today to join us for this fun, networking event for a great cause:
https://bit.ly/MCWineLeagueEvent

The 2022 Colorado Mentoring Summit presented by MENTOR Colorado is a 1.5 day in-person event consisting of powerful plenary sessions and interactive workshop sessions specifically curated for the expressed needs of Colorado Mentoring professionals. It is a fantastic way to connect and network with the mentoring community! Please join us!

There are limited spaces available..
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN:
https://bit.ly/2022COMentoringSummit

Competitive Wine Tasting to Support MENTOR Colorado!! 🍷

Register today to join us for this fun, networking event for a great cause:
https://bit.ly/MCWineLeagueEvent

Home - 2021 Program Report Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21), Oct 20-Sept 21, featured the entrenchment of the COVID pandemic, a racial justice reckoning and a wholesale shift in the field of mentoring to hybrid and virtual operations. The staff and the consultants of MENTOR Colorado rose to the occasion in response...

Are you interested in being a part of the MENTOR Colorado team? We are searching for an Operations Coordinator!
Please see the link below for more information about the position and apply today:
https://comentoring.org/job/operations-coordinator/

Grateful for the opportunity to spend the day providing Mentor Training to the Denver Public Safety Youth Leadership Team!
These young, engaged, reflective, powerful, change makers are ready to begin peer mentoring!
We leave this group feeling inspired…the future is bright!☀️

This July, join us in centering the stories of youth & adults with disabilities! For resources that mentors and mentoring programs can use to make the movement more accessible, visit: bit.ly/3lQcQSV

Calling all the mentoring practitioners, advocates, & researchers ... are you interested in sharing your passion & expertise with the movement? Then be sure to submit a workshop proposal for the 2023 National by July 1! Check out the link below for more details

https://www.mentoring.org/national-mentoring-summit/

Interested in joining the MENTOR Colorado team!
We are hiring a Program and Communications Coordinator.

Please see link to job posting for details:
https://comentoring.org/job/program-and-communications-coordinator/