mentor
Fueling the quantity and quality of mentoring relationships for America’s young
people and to close the mentoring gap. Become or find a mentor.Why Us? Potential
is equally distributed; opportunity is not. A major driver of healthy
development and opportunity is who you know and who’s in your corner. MENTOR was
created more than 30 years ago to expand that opportunity for young people by
building a youth mentoring field and movement, serving as the expert and go-to
resource on quality mentoring. The result — a more than 10x increase in young
people in structured mentoring relationships, from hundreds of thousands to
millions. Today, we activate a movement across sectors that is diverse and broad
and seeps into every aspect of daily life. We are connecting and fueling
opportunity for young people everywhere they are from schools to workplaces and
beyond. Why Now? Systemic and growing inequity manifests as gaps in opportunity,
networks, and access to adult relationships outside of families. Mentoring
unites us. It is a key response to these issues. At a time when research shows
that loneliness and isolation are trending upwards, we know that relationships
are powerful tools. They bring us together, navigate us to greater connection
and opportunity.
