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Upcoming and Incoming - College Aug/Sep 2022 | Issue No. 33

This Issue Advocacy · Mentors · Opportunities · Applause

From the Editor Federal advocacy for mentoring and youth-related funding is a primary focus of MENTOR, but we can use MENTOR's training to ask local and state governments to support or reject policies. Legislators work for all Americans, but they cannot read minds. Advocacy and voting are democracy's superpowers! Use those powers or lose them.

Government and Advocacy Training

Sign up for MENTOR's Advocacy Academy training in a 3-session series. MENTOR's August Advocacy doesn't end with August. Our personal session choices are Sep 13, Government 101; Oct 11, Advocacy 101; and Nov 15, Policy and Advocacy Communications 101. MENTOR's Advocate Academy is for all adults, including professors, mentoring directors, and young people. You must take one of each course. Everyone can lobby effectively for or against issues. Register!

Our Mentors

Donald "Don" Stacey My Mentor by David Stacey Deputy Director STARBASE Oklahoma Department of Defense Encouraging Youth to Explore STEM Based in Tulsa My Mentor by David Stacey Scott Smith, John Gilstrap, Ted Wilson, Rolly Richert, and Lynne Roller My Mentors by Alex Roller Program Director Youth Leadership Exchange (YLX) Leadership Oklahoma City My Mentors by Alex Roller

Who Mentored You?

Opportunities and Resources

Virtual Film Screening and More In Partnership with the Potts Family Foundation Flyer

Linda Manaugh, Potts Family Foundation, is partnering with Mentor4OK to offer the virtual film screening and guided discussion via Zoom. See flyer for information, registration, and dates. Audience: Mentoring staff, mentors, board members, teachers, community, and friends. The hour-long film focuses upon ACEs and how to prevent toxic stress from them. Three dates: registration, screening, and panel discussion.

CALENDAR Conferences · Symposia · Free Trainings · Mic Up Mentoring Roundtable

Carol Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation Grants (through the Oklahoma City Community Foundation) Classroom Enhancement Grants (open now) Community Enhancement Grants Network Grants Mentioned because many of you work with or within rural communities.

A COLLEGE MENTORING CERTIFICATE Idea for Oklahoma College Mentoring Programs? This is actually a Graduate College Mentoring Certificate from Illinois Graduate College. Adaptable model. Think about it for peer and adult mentors.

Peer Mentoring at the University of Oklahoma National Center for Disability Education and Training (NCDET) and the Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) have launched a peer mentoring program, adapted from Peer Mentoring Works, for mentees (high-school students) aged 16-21 and mentors aged 18-26. The university began implementing the mentoring program in January and is receiving technical assistance from Peer Mentoring Works, Steven Allen, president & CEO of the company. Judi Goldston suggests reaching out to Allen for any specifics regarding a mentoring program for the disabled. Also see Disability Policy Works.   Judi Goldston is the project director of DRS Training and Project Search at OU's NCDET.

iNaturalist Record your observations, share with fellow naturalists, discuss your findings, ID what you have found. A joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society.

Goodgoodgood.co "Real good news, not just feel good news." Website and social media with diverse, informative topics appealing to young and older adults. Site shared by a young Oklahoma professional.

impact Website and Instagram "...digestible and socially-impactful content" (Geared toward socially conscious younger adults but filled with information)

Richard Bean highlights the Garden Oaks Project. Beta Eta Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Alpha Community Foundation of Oklahoma redesign the future. Garden Oaks, a former OKCPS elementary school, will become a community center with dynamic learning and activities for K-12 northeast Oklahoma City youth.

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