Youth mentoring

In my role as the Bilingual Outreach Coordinator for San Benito County, I’m tasked with the responsibility to recruit, train, and retain an active high school poll worker database (over 150). The database is used to employ poll workers, surveyors, interpreters, and outreach volunteers. Unfortunately, there is not enough known about best practices in this area, and there is no uniformity throughout the programs. Often outreach work consists of trial and error. I’ve found over the past years that…

students and forging relations with the world fellow alumni. Since I’ve been working with my communication venture name NewsfeedPR alongside lso a freelance journalist reflects on youth entrepreneurship and social media issues, I believe the fellowship…

When I was a child, I received unflinching support from mentors in my community, who made my childhood special. It only makes sense for me to provide back by mentoring children. Thus, my most important activity is my role in my school’s peer tutoring and mentorship program, because it allows me to not only make youth overjoyed, but also learn about my passion. Delighting others is important to me, and thus, five years ago, I applied to be a peer tutor, hoping to inspire others and provide…

solace and comfort to a patient lays credence to the incredible healing power a physician possesses. Of greater relevance, I also observed the relationship that physicians came to develop with their patients which paralleled my own involvement as a youth mentor. When patients entered our clinic, it often seemed like they entered with their entire lives – many of them were compelled to share concerns about a range of other life issues. While performing blood pressure checks, I routinely found…

Eloise Anderson is at risk of becoming socially isolated. Eloise has no siblings and dislikes interacting with other children. She’s having difficulties playing and socializing with the children at her school. Ms. Katie, Eloise’s teacher has reported Eloise playing alone during recess for the past 3weeks.Due to the fact that Eloise has recently lost her grandmother, her behaviors may worsen. Eloise has reported that the students in her class teases her about her skin color and big hair. Girls…

18 positions from 862 applications to Channel 4. She has also been involved in a number of altruistic causes from being an elected Youth Board Representative for The Challenge, a government backed programme to encourage multicultural social integration that helps young people develop community projects in teams with corporate partners; a National Ambassador for Youth Employment UK and a councillor for the charity Ambition.…

In 1831, the Government of Canada made it a practice to remove Aboriginal children from their culture and families in order to assimilate them into the dominant Canadian culture. Many of their fundamental freedoms were lost including the right to life, liberty, and security of person, the protection from discrimination, and the right of religion. This historical event is impossible to forget, which causes the bad ties between the First Nations and dominant Canada to remain after the last…

In Dammer & Albanese (2010), youth are tried in juvenile courts (unless the crime is severe and violent) as long as they are under the age of 18. What is interesting about this chapter is the argument of maintaining the age distinction because of the slow cognitive development of minors. The argument explains that due to a slow cognitive development, minors are unable to understand the gravity of their delinquent acts; thus, permitting the intervention of juvenile courts to utilize…

The most gratifying experience I have had in college is my involvement in the Youth Media Advocacy Project (YMAP). YMAP is a multifaceted course and service learning project offered through the School for Social Change at Carlow University. YMAP prepares Carlow students as advocates and facilitates research about the condition of Pittsburgh Public schools. As a participant, I was deployed into a high school to serve as a mentor to students and assist them in uncovering an issue within their…

is designed to provide high risk youth with the tools needed to become a successful contributor into their community. The program combines cognitive behavioral therapy, workforce development, and intensive case management, addressing the many needs of high risk youth in Chicago including life and problem-solving skills, employment, educational attainment, exposure to violence and trauma. The purpose of the Workforce Bridges Program is to train justice-involved youth so that they are qualified…