The Achievement Gap Initiative harvard.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from harvard.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Good Men Project
Become a Premium Member
We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century.
Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable.
The Mentoring Circle: Supportive Relationships Across Generations
January is mentoring month.
January is Mentoring Month, January 17 International Mentoring Day with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday a day of service. (January is also Human Trafficking Awareness Month, underscoring one risk of a lack of positive mentoring and other adult presences in a young person’s life.)
Supportive, cross-generational relationships help young people to develop socially/emotionally and academically as well as adults to grow professionally and beyond.
The mentoring circle: Supportive relationships across generations
A Whitehouse photo taken for former President Barack Obama s My Brother s Keeper mentoring program.
January is Mentoring Month, January 17 International Mentoring Day with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday a day of service. (January is also Human Trafficking Awareness Month, underscoring one risk of a lack of positive mentoring and other adult presences in a young person’s life.)
Supportive, cross-generational relationships help young people to develop socially/emotionally and academically as well as adults to grow professionally and beyond.
The original mentor appeared in the
Odyssey, as the man to whom Odysseus entrusted his son’s education during the father’s epic journey. The common definition is “trusted counselor or guide.” Mentors can be formal as through Big Brothers/Big Sisters or informal, as teachers, coaches, ministers, kin or neighbors. Ideally in person, mentoring can also ev