Mentoring Program
The My Brother's Keeper Mentoring Program is a career-focused mentoring program designed to help low-income, first-generation college students begin successful careers aligned with their major.
There are too many talented kids coming from challenging backgrounds who work hard, graduate from college, struggle to find a job afterwards, and end up significantly underemployed.
My Brother's Keeper can close the opportunity gap faced by low-income, first-gen college students by acting as a bridge connecting talented mentees with accomplished mentors.
The community of My Brother's Keeper is one of our greatest resources— our thousands of supporters who possess tremendous talent, experience, and professional networks across a wide spectrum of industries. If a young person can dream it, My Brother's Keeper has a volunteer who’s excelled in it.
Are you interested in becoming a mentor?
Here's an overview of our Mentoring Program:
- The program runs 10 months from October - July under the guidance and supervision of a 4-person Program Support Team.
- Typical mentees will be low-income, first-generation college students attending Boston-area schools. Participating students will be juniors or seniors in college referred to us by a select group of local community partners.
- Mentors will be members of the My Brother's Keeper community who have excelled in careers parallel to the student’s field of study.
- In keeping with our mission, our mentoring program will be firmly rooted in relationship. Mentors and mentees will meet twice a month— once in person and once virtually, for example— a cadence which will be mutually fulfilling without being burdensome.
- An important expectation of our mentors is a willingness to try to open doors and create opportunities for mentees. Mentors should be willing to share their social capital and leverage the broader My Brother's Keeper community with the help of the Program Support Team.
- As a result, the program will have three key goals:
1. Mentors and mentees will enter into an authentic, respectful, professional relationship
2. Mentees will improve their self-confidence, career readiness, and soft skills
3. Mentors, in partnership with the My Brother's Keeper community, will help mentees secure a job or internship aligned with their major.