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General Colin L. Powell Headlines National Mentoring Month 2008, Joined by Quincy Jones and Usher
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of America's most prominent people discuss
important mentors in their lives -- family
members, teachers, coaches, friends, neighbors
-- who provided support, showed them the ropes,
and helped them become who they are today.
Listen,
watch, or read
Celebrity
Interviews.
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Introducing
The ReelPeople Project
The Harvard Mentoring Project invited real-life mentor/mentee pairs to share their stories for the chance to be featured in National Mentoring Month 2008 PSAs. The two pairs selected were nominated by: Bay Area Mentoring (San Francisco) on behalf of Friends for Youth; and, the Governor's Commission on Community Service in Denver, Colorado on behalf of Denver Kids, Inc., a member program of the Youth Mentoring Collaborative.
Watch the PSAs:
Jennifer & Iliana (Friends for Youth)
Mark & Nigel (Denver Kids, Inc.)
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FEATURED
CELEBRITIES
Colin Powell
Quincy Jones
Usher
Clint Eastwood
Sting
Ray Charles
Bill Clinton
Maya Angelou
Cal
Ripken, Jr.
Oprah
Winfrey
John
McCain
Tom
Brokaw
John Glenn
Richard Dreyfuss
Antwone Fisher
Edward James Olmos
Victoria Rowell
Mike Wallace
Brian Williams
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General Colin L. Powell
headlines
National Mentoring Month 2008
Read the press release.
Watch the PSAs.
Watch excerpts from an interview with General Colin Powell.
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Thank Your Mentor Day
set for January 24, 2008
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Mentor a Child
To
learn about programs in your community that
need volunteers, visit the website of MENTOR/National
Mentoring Partnership.
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SPOTLIGHT Book |
The Last Dropout: Stop the Epidemic! |
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The Last Droupout: Stop the Epidemic!
By Bill Milliken
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By Bill Milliken
The Last Dropout: Stop the Epidemic!, by Bill Milliken, founder and vice chairman of Communities In Schools (CIS) addresses one of the biggest social issues of our time, the American dropout crisis. One out of three students in the United States does not graduate from high school creating an epidemic that will have a lasting impact on the future of our country. The Last Dropout explains how the entire community can and must play a role in education reform, reversing this startling trend. Milliken believes that together, the business, non-profit, public policy and education sectors can fix this issue and have students graduate school prepared for life. All author proceeds are being donated to CIS, the nation's largest dropout prevention organization. To learn more, visit www.thelastdropout.com.
For more information about the book, visit the official page of The Last Dropout: Stop the Epidemic!
Click here to order the book.
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When
you were growing up, was there someone--a
family member, teacher, coach, or
neighbor--who encouraged you and guided
you?
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Thank
your mentor.
Take the time to reach
out and thank someone
who made a difference in
your life. |
Mentoring
programs in your community need more
volunteers. Turn your lifetime of
experience into the experience of
a lifetime. Share what you know...Mentor
a child.
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January
is National Mentoring Month. The White
House, the U.S. Congress, leading
media companies, and nonprofit groups
have joined together to help recruit
mentors for young people.
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| National Mentoring Month is spearheaded by the Harvard School of Public Health, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, and the Corporation for National and Community Service, and is supported by grants from MetLife Foundation and The Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation. |
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President and Fellows of Harvard College
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