Scams of elders are common during the holidays, when companies prey on people’s loneliness and longing to help their families.
Mentoring and Volunteering
A Window Without Panes or a Relationship Undiscovered
Are we seeking light to enhance our psychological and physical visions or are we seeking to minimize our psychological and physical pains?
Are we seeking light to enhance our psychological and physical visions or are we seeking to minimize our psychological and physical pains?
Poetry in Motion: A Story of Hardship and Hope in Crow Country, Montana
David Dean tells the tale of an immense struggle hidden and neglected throughout time and of a game that turned out to be so much more.
Coming to Terms with an Absence of Elders
Rick Belden reflects on the lack of male leadership in his life and what he is doing to change that for the upcoming generation.
Tattoos on the Heart: A Book by Father Gregory Boyle
“Building prisons to address crime is like building graveyards to address AIDs” — Father Gregory Boyle
New Online Publication Highlights the Altruism of Black Males
2014 Echoing Green Search Partner Techbook Online Publishes “The Black His-Story Book: A Collection of Narratives from Black Male Mentors.”
My Mentor Didn’t Just Change My Behavior, He Changed How I Think
BMe Leader Anton Moore praises his sixth grade teacher for helping him achieve in school and succeed in life.
In Mentorship, Collaborative Self-Discovery is Key
Zachary Hawkins knows that “the importance of mentorship in helping shift the future course of our most precious resources is greater than ever.”
Mentoring Begins at Home
Michael Taylor Urges: “Now is the time to begin mentoring our young.”
I Rejected The Idea of a Mentor, Now I am One
BMe Leader Lewis Colson, now 66, wasn’t thrilled about having a mentor as a young man. As his life went on, he realized mentoring was a necessity.
Mentors Needed: Super Heroes Need Not Apply
Kenneth Braswell asserts: “You don’t need to be a Superhero to mentor children.”
A Mentor on a Mission to Embrace, Impact and Encourage
Keith Brown knows the power of mentoring, so when he recognized the need for more black male mentors in his community he stepped on to center stage to play the role of a lifetime.
I Just Realized My First Boss was My First Mentor
It wasn’t until I started telling my mentee the things my boss told me, that I realized how influential my first employer was.
How My Final Suicide Attempt Attracted My First Mentor
Six years ago today Chicago native Richard Taylor was recovering from a suicide attempt, today he’s a best-selling author and a mentor to countless youth. If you ask him how he did it, he’ll tell you: Mentoring works!
A Speechless Conversation Between Mentor and Mentee
I had no words, he had no words; we just had sighs and long periods of silence when we learned of a 16 year-old black boy in Philadelphia sexually assaulted during a stop-and-frisk.
I Coach Because He Coached: Inspired by Men Who Mentor
Coach of the award-winning Chosen League, Philly Roots Fellow Isaiah Thomas says he coaches to mentor instead of coaching to win.