On Our Shoulders is a youth empowerment and violence prevention program providing education, technical skills and on-the-job training to Baltimore's youth and young adults. Ray Cook, founder and CEO of On Our Shoulders developed this successful program because he felt a high need to change things around for young people after he witnessed countless numbers of them die and become victims of violence on the streets of Baltimore. On Our Shoulders provides counseling, education and skills training to help young people develop career potential and to improve their connections to advanced education. Program components include specialized group sessions in health and hygiene, drug counseling and referral; young mothers/father support groups and support groups for young victims of violence. The program also includes on the job training; skill enhancement and criminal assessment sessions that educate young people about court procedures and showing them brighter alternatives to incarceration.
Website: www.onourshoulders.org Contact Information:
Ray Cook- CEO/President
2846 West Lafayette Street - Baltimore, Maryland 21216
Phone: 410.947.3700 - Fax: 410.947.3200
onourshoulders@verizon.net
My Sister's Circle was created as a direct response to a request from Ms. Irma Johnson, principal of Dallas Nicholas Elementary School, a Title One school where most of its students come from economically disadvantaged families. In the fall of 2000, Ms. Johnson expressed concern that some of her most promising fifth grade girls were struggling through their transition to middle school. She found that because these young girls were lacking guidance, they were often dropping out of school; using and abusing drugs; engaging in unsafe sex and becoming pregnant and also became victims of violence and incarceration. My Sister’s Circle is a comprehensive relationship-based program designed to mentor girls from disadvantaged Baltimore neighborhoods during their challenging transition to middle school, throughout high school, and into college. This comprehensive program develops ongoing, intense mentoring relationships between girls residing in Baltimore’s inner city and highly qualified volunteer mentors; focuses on enhancing participant’s academic curriculum by regular exposure to, and participation in, Baltimore’s cultural, educational, recreational and community offerings; obtains scholarships for day and overnight summer camps and programs as well as summer jobs and also acts as a vehicle of change by developing partnerships to create a measurable increase in the number of economically disadvantaged, minority girls accepted into public school honor programs and independent middle and high schools and most importantly creates a support system that advocates for and helps girls in this demographic to achieve high school graduation, college attendance, and eventually productive citizenship that allow them to live up to their potential.
Website: www.mysisterscircle.org
Each year, a team of approximately 35 upper-class students mentor approximately 200 freshmen throughout their entire first year. Students are selected via a rigorous application process and go through extensive training during the summer to help prepare them as mentors. In addition to organizing planned events for their individual mentees, mentors meet bi-monthly to organize social, academic, diversity and community service programs to complement the 200 mentees' Hopkins experience. Because of the success of the Hopkins Mentoring Assistance Peer Program, several colleges and universities have designed similar programs on their campuses. Website: http://webhost5.nts.jhu.edu/mapp/ Contact Information
Mentoring Assistance Peer Program
Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
3505 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 516-5435
Staff members of the School of Medicine and of the health system are being offered the opportunity to mentor a high school student through the Johns Hopkins Youth Mentoring B.O.N.D. to B.O.N.D. Program. The program which allows participants to give back to the community, mentor a future leader and increase their volunteer activity is supported by Pamela Paulk, vice president for human resources, Johns Hopkins Health System; Ron Peterson, president of Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Health System; and Edward Miller, dean of the medical faculty and CEO of JHM. Staff may participate in the program as part of a workforce development initiative and will not be required to use personal time off during a workday.
Contact Information
Andrea Norris at anorris@hcdi.com or 301-552-8803
Deborah Knight-Kerr at dkkerr@jhmi.edu or 410-955-1488
The goal of the Non-Traditional Sports Program is to give middle school students at Margaret Brent Elementary the opportunity to play sports after school that challenge them both physically and mentally. As most of the after-school programs have been eliminated from the public schools because of budget and funding cuts, the students at Johns Hopkins have discovered a need to provide the children in Baltimore a positive outlet to grow and to develop. Our sports program is designed to introduce students to sports in which they might not otherwise participate, while building confidence and teamwork skills. Sports taught in the past include Ultimate Frisbee, table tennis, golf, bowling, tennis, and lacrosse. We have a group of willing and excited Hopkins Students who are looking forward to coaching the students. The program is co-ed for instructors and Margaret Brent Elementary students. Contact Information: President: Casey Branchini, cbranch6@jhu.edu
Teacher: Matthew Croson, mrcroson@hotmail.com
A national non-profit, youth-serving organization (serving youth between the ages of 8 and 12 years of age) based on the concept of a one-to-one relationship between an adult volunteer and an at-risk child, usually from a one-parent family. Made up of more than 495 agencies located across the country BBBS within Maryland serves Baltimore City, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Howard, Harford and Carroll Counties.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America provides children and youth with adult role models and mentors who help enrich the children's lives, as well as their own, through weekly interaction. Volunteers go through a screening process before acceptance. Professional case workers provide assistance, support, and on-going supervision of all matches. Website: www.biglittle.org Contact Information:
3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 250
Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 243-4000
A nationwide, structured mentoring program in language arts that combines community mentors, a computerized database, and a management system to improve student achievement. The program can be purchased and administered by school districts for use in grades K- 12. It is now being utilized in over 500 schools in the country and has won numerous awards. Almost 40,000 students are involved.
Established in 1963, is a nonprofit organization of men in business, industry, public affairs, government, and the professions throughout New York State and other areas who share a common goal: to improve the quality of life for blacks and other minorities. One component of the organization is the mentoring program that provides a support network and positive role models for young black males, elementary through high school. It is principally an internal mentoring program in which members are paired one-to-one with students. Website: http://www.100blackmenofmd.org/ Contact Information:
4413 Liberty Heights Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21207
Phone: 410-664-6726
Email Address: net100md@aol.com
Formed in 1989 between business and the volunteer sector, is a mentoring initiative involving dual strategies. It brings together leaders of diverse sectors and encourages them to mobilize people within their networks to recruit mentors, support existing mentoring programs, and begin new mentoring initiatives. Local Leadership Councils then engage leaders, community by community, with support from the local United Way, in a coordinated effort to develop local strategies to increase and support mentoring initiatives. Website: http://www.mentoring.org/
The Mentoring Program was developed to reach out to students and provide them with mentoring and tutoring opportunities to help improve their various skills. The goals of the program are to foster care and supportive relationships, encourage individuals to develop to their fullest potential, and to help individuals realize and acknowledge their vision for the future. The Baltimore Branch NAACP Mentoring Program began with the students of Dunbar Middle School, who needed adult supervision and stability in their lives. This program matches and keeps track of progress with youth and their mentors. With over 12 active committee members that meet monthly, and an Annual Matching Reception, this program continues to be one of the branches most gratifying and growing. The Maryland Mentoring Partnership, a full-service youth mentoring organization, is a 501(C)(3) state agency whose vision is that through mentoring, all children in Maryland will be able to reach his/her greatest potential. MMP’s five-year goal is to increase the number of mentoring relationships in Maryland from 32,000 to 84,000 (10% of Maryland’s public school population) by 2007. For more information call: 410-685-8316. Website: www.marylandmentors.org
The Mayor's Campaign Against Youth Crime and Violence (BALTIMORE RISING) emerges from a clear recognition that there exist in the city of Baltimore a group of youth that have decided to engage in criminal and violent behavior and many of these youth live in an environment that puts them at a greater level of risk of being the victim or perpetrator of such behavior. The focus of BALTIMORE RISING is to bring together members of the Religious Community, Social Service Providers, Governmental Agencies, Volunteers, Parents and Other Citizens under the direction of the Mayor's Office for Children, Youth and Families to wage a very strong and aggressive campaign to significantly reduce youth crime and violence in the City of Baltimore. This campaign is a multifaceted approach at providing services, incentives, and guidance to children who display appropriate behavior and consequences and intervention to youth that engage in unacceptable behavior. Programs offered through the MOCYF include school based programs, faith based programs, career training and community based programs. BALTIMORE RISING's targeted population is youth who are between the ages of 12-17; live in the City of Baltimore; have displayed behavior that models negative indicators that lead to high risk and consistently engaged in socially unacceptable behavior For more information on specific programs go to the following: Website: http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/mocyf/index.html
The mission of the Youth Opportunity (YO!) Baltimore is to help City youth receive the education and career skills training needed to become successful adults. YO! Serves out-of-school youth between the ages of 16 to 22 who live in Baltimore City. There are two YO! Centers that provide support services including: GED and Pre-GED classes on-site at each Center ; screenings to identify careers that suits your skills and interests; classes and on-line courses to help youth earn a diploma; life skills, clubs and fun social events; job readiness classes and job placement services; career training in high growth industries; computer Labs with Internet access; youth lead community service projects and civic engagement ; college fairs and tours; health suite providing basic health services and education (Westside only) ; recording Studio (Westside only) and a fitness Center (Westside only). Website: www.yobaltimore.org Contact Information:
Youth Opportunity Community Center (Westside)
1510 W. Lafayette St. (Gilmore Street entrance)
Baltimore, MD 21217
410-545-6953 Opportunity Center/HEBCAC (Eastside)
1212 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21213
410-732-2661
Maryland's largest, full-service youth mentoring organization. Through its comprehensive programs - Maryland State Mentoring Resource Center, the Community-Wide Recruitment Campaign, Project RAISE, and special initiatives, MMP serves as a resource, advocate, expert and provider of quality mentoring. For more information on mentoring go to the following website for specifics on programs and contact information.
Website: http://www.marylandmentors.org/
Morgan State University offers a wide array of child and youth support and mentoring programs. Office of Community Service provides the students at Morgan State University with the channeling Community Service programs that are effective and address the social, cultural, education, and recreational needs of the residents in the Baltimore Metropolitan area. Each of the community service programs vary in size, structure, and focus and are each uniquely named. All programs share the same goal of improving the educational challenges of Baltimore's urban population. For example, JAHOD is a unique program for adolescent females who attend Baltimore City High Schools. Educational, cultural, social and recreational activities are designed to enable female youth to overcome the negative challenges they encounter in their neighborhoods, schools and daily lives. The goal is not only to expose the females to everyday societal problems but also to strengthen their minds through mentoring and academic tutoring. The coordinators and tutors are all young women striving to reach scholastic excellence as well as trying to create a positive environment for young females. Through the program, the mentors try to instill in each female the fact that personal success is tangible. KUUMBA is a tutoring and mentoring program for adolescents between the ages of 12-18. Academic enrichment, knowledge about drug abuse and AIDS, peer resistance skills, leadership development activities along with discussions on the importance of positive social attitudes and behaviors are addressed. For information on additional programs and services log on to the following: Website: http://www.morgan.edu/communityservice/community.asp
A Maryland based organization which provides teaching, tutoring and mentoring in all school subjects and for all grade levels throughout Maryland, D.C. and Virginia. Enrichment Center staff also serves as role models and mentors. The personal support and rapport provided by this unique connection enhances each student's motivation and makes learning more enjoyable. Students will move to new levels of success as their tutors impart the study habits and skills that they themselves possess. The Enrichment Centers assesses each student’s specific interests and talents to develop just the right tutoring curriculum for his or her individual needs. This customized method is geared toward providing a fun and enriching learning experience, no matter what the student's interests or capabilities. For more information on "mentoring" call Enrichment Centers at (703) 879-7924. Also, for additional information on tutoring and mentoring log onto the following.
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