Mentors with disabilities share their professional and personal successes with children from Nesbit Elementary School in Gwinnett County, GA. The “I Have a Dream: Creating Your Life Portfolio” program is part of a new disability mentoring day and career expo pilot program created by the Southeast ADA Center — a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University — …
Getting Started: Be a Mentor
Are you interested in influencing the life direction and future success of a young person. Mentoring makes a difference. You can change the course of someone’s life by sharing your experience, insights, and talents. According to Mentoring.org, being a mentor is just as life-changing as having a mentor: “As you and your mentee begin your relationship; exploring values, interests and …
Video: Mentoring the Next Generation
Right now, in American, there is 1 high school counselor for every 500 students…which is about 38 minutes of personal time to make some of the most important decisions of your life… Featured on ABC, NBC, and Fox news affiliates Michael Benko is the co-founder of the Amazon Best Selling team the Student Success Academy. Michael’s focus is to empower the next …
Video: Pittsburgh Steeler Ike Taylor
Pittsburgh Steeler cornerback Ike Taylor celebrates National Mentoring Month by talking about an important mentor who has impacted his life. Published on Jan 27, 2015
Video: Karen Russell – Modern Mentoring: The Good, The Bad and The Better
Karen Russell’s a Harvard-trained lawyer at Davis Wright Tremaine. She is the Firm-Wide Manager of Diversity Initiatives. Karen also works as an Inclusion consultant to help clients develop “best practice” proactive strategies for managing inclusion, diversity and multi-cultural issues. Karen is the proud Daughter of NBA legend Bill Russell, who was the first African-American coach in pro sports. He won …