Tags: mentoring

An original story written by the creator of Year Up, Gerald Chertavian. It relates his experience as a long-time Big Brother and his progression to create the Year Up organization. This story is an excellent example of the potential of how the story of the origin of a non-profit can be used as a tool for organizing, outreach, and fundraising.

Jayme, an active member of her community and staff at the Mandela Residents Cooperative Association, came to the workshop with the intent to create a story about the benefits of mentoring with young women. Through the story circle experience, she realized that she could convey her message more dramatically with her own story as a teenage mother and how mentoring has affected her life in positive way.