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So to start off, the first Wednesday of July, today's Vibra Today is youth empowerment and
mentorship.
The reason why I wanted to do youth empowerment and mentorship because when it comes to the
children being out of school, it's summertime.
You know, the children, they're out of school or whatever the case may be.
Some children are working, some children, you know, are going summer camp, whatever the
case may be, which you never really hear much about mentorship programs and those programs
that are helping to empower the children.
And as a person that wants to work with children and has a platform that is created for all
children, I just wanted to expand more on the youth empowerment side, youth empowerment
and mentorship because as a person that was a mentor and a mentee, I know how it is from
both angles on how to be a mentor and how to be a mentee and then how important it is
for a mentee to be impacted by the mentor and how their mentor can also be impacted by
the mentee as well.
So let's get into it.
So I'm going to just start off by like just going deep into like why is it important for
it?
Because I'm not really going to say what's about it because I feel like we should all
know about what's youth empowerment and mentors.
But like why is it important?
I feel like it's important because every child needs that role model in their life.
Yes, they have their parents a guardian, but getting to be with somebody probably like
an hour or two out of their day and just talking about things and you know, feeling comfortable
and stuff about it.
That right there is very, very, very, very, very priceless and I feel as though every child
should have a mentee or have a mentor and become a mentee because you never know how
big the relationship can get for the two.
Like I mentioned, I see both lens on how to be a mentor and a mentee and I've always
experienced that your mentors are the people that is your backbone.
They are the people that you know when you say you need somebody to call if you cannot
reach your parents or guardians or other friends or family, you can always run to them because
they're part of your life as well and they want to be a big part of your life.
And that's why I've always like when it came time to anything dealing with mentors and
mentees, I always put myself to the challenge because I know how it is from both lens and
I feel as though it's very important for the youth at that to have that special person
in their life to be able to talk to whenever they have any problems or whatever the case
may be just to be there with them, to build a trust, help them with their personal, professional
life, whatever it is, as long as they are a helping hand for them because you know what
sounds like I mentioned, we all have those problems where like, you know, we don't want
to tell our parents or guardians or friends or family, but telling your mentee, I mean
your mentor because you are the mentee, the children are the mentee, you feel more comfortable
and it'll help you figure out so many ways on what to do, why not doing it, how to do
it, etc, etc.
So pull up the notes.
What Sigma batteries do you face and accessing quality education and mentorship?
So this is basically saying like what is the Sigma barrier between the two and why is it
so hard for the youth to get?
Well, youth often encounter symptomatic barriers such as unfounding schools, disciplinary punishment
measures and limited access to advanced coursework.
These batteries contribute to academic disparities and hittering opportunities for mentors, for
mentorship and guidance.
Additionally, the lack of responsibilities in cultural awareness and education materials
and mentorship programs further buries these challenges and makes it difficult for youth
to access the support they need to thrive.
So with that being said, when it comes to education and mentorship within like public,
private, Catholic schools and things like that, it's hard to access because funding
is a big deal.
Within any and everything you do, no matter how big or small your business is, funding
is the number one thing.
And at times a lot of people don't want to work for free.
Nobody want to work for free, especially if they at a certain point in their life, I can't
just work, I can't spend all my time here if I'm not getting paid, which is understandable.
However, sometimes we got to dig a little deeper and look between the lens a little
bit deeper because don't get me wrong, everybody deserves to have their opinions.
However, when it's involving children, not getting the help and resources that they
need, because you know, like I said, in the school system already is enough going on with
funding because a lot of schools and the state board within education stuff cannot afford
it.
And those are one of the things that I feel as though that they should put in their budget
because mentors can help the teachers, substitutes or whatever help, they can help the staff
because they're able to relate to the children, they're able to get them to a certain place
and so on and so on.
It is crazy, you know that certain schools cannot afford it because of the funding funding
is not one thing period where I'm from for Baltimore City funding is very, very, it's
hard to get, especially within certain schools because they don't have it or they don't want
to give it because you know, it's going to take so much out of allegedly a lot of out
of the budget.
But I feel as though something like this mentorship is needed because that helps the
children as well as not just helping them on the mental level, but physical as well
and also on the educational standpoint because that's how tutors are involved.
Tutors can be tutors, everything in the book.
So I feel as though that it's very hard and disappointing that children don't have certain
resources because of the signal batteries that's going on.
And it's kind of crazy, but this is the life that we live.
And that's why in order for us to make our voice known, we have to put ourself out there.
We have to like get it done.
We got to do it because this is an echo generation coming up.
We want them to be sharp.
We don't want them to be trying to find their way.
Like some of us are trying to find our way.
We want them to have plan B, plan A, plan B, plan C. We want them to have plans and don't
just figure it out and looking for answers and places that they should not be looking
for.
And that's why mentorship is important when it comes to youth empowerment because as mentors,
they help the mentees with things that they never thought that they could achieve in life.
And it also puts a big impact on to who they are.
So hopefully they'll find a way to get this done.
I hope so because when I was in school, we had mentors, mentees, counselors, stuff like
that.
So it's needed.
The children need it.
How can we enhance mentorships programs to address the unique challenges and aspirations
of youth?
Well, enhancing mentorship programs for the youth involves incorporating cultural meaning
content, recruiting mentors with similar backgrounds and experiences and providing opportunities
for open dialogue about race identification, sigma challenges, tolerating mentorships opportunities
to address these needs and aspirations of youth can foster trust, understanding and
empowerment, unlimited leading to more meaningful and effective mentorship relationships.
Like I mentioned, by us just putting ourselves out there, you know, and maybe even axing
and maybe even axing local schools, programs, whatever, can you be a mentor for them or
can you create a mentorship program for them?
This is what the children need.
They need somebody that can help them outside the classroom.
Inside the classroom, you have your teachers and their subject to teachers or assistant
teachers.
However, outside the classroom, say, if you know, things are going on at home and stuff
like that and they need somebody to help them if they can't get it from home or for their
parent, guardians or other families and friends, why not have the mentor right there with the
local community centers or at the school after school programs to help them when it comes
to the stuff that they need to help with.
So I feel as though being a mentor is very important and being a mentor is something
that will help the kids enhance them more within addressing the challenges that they
go through from all different races.
Like I mentioned from all different race identities, backgrounds, challenges, because having a
mentor that is similar to you but older can also help you too because it's like, hey,
they went through the same thing I went through at this age and now they're older than me.
They can teach me how to get it together and be able to have these plans and what to do
and what not to do when it's my time, as well as just being there personally, professionally,
whatever the case may be, just them being there for them.
Because like I mentioned, it builds a trust for them and it builds a type of relationship
that they didn't know that they needed.
Mentorships are very, having mentorships are very important that I feel as though especially
within the youth community because they need someone.
We all need somebody and people be like, you know, sometimes it's even good or bad outcome
but this is the thing too.
I always seem the good of it.
I really haven't heard anything crazy when it came to mentorship.
I really haven't heard anything crazy but I will say like it's important for the kids
to have somebody in their corner.
It is important.
It's important.
I feel as though it's important for the kids to have somebody in their corner because it's
hard being a child and it's hard to navigate life without any type of guidance.
Your parents can do what so much.
Parents and guardians can do so much.
Also having somebody, the teachers also helping the parents as well because when your child
leaves your business, they're going straight to school.
The teachers are like, okay, they're going to make sure that you're protected and getting
the education you need to.
It's every so much that they can do.
That's why mentorships, coaches and stuff are important because they help build trust.
They help build a lot of things that children need as well as they want as well as when
it comes to understanding things of that nature.
Just by us being there for children and being there every step of the way from them can really
put an impact on to them.
I always say the reason why I want to work with children because also, how people don't
think about it, mentors are role models in their own little shape and form.
Yes, you hold yourself as a mentor to your mentee, but you never know how much of a role
model that you can be to your mentee because of the things you do, you say and stuff.
You know at times everything's not going to be peaches and cream because sometimes you
have to put your foot down.
Once you put your foot down, it's even going to be a good or bad outcome.
Once they understand and see why you did what you did, they're going to be like, okay, I
understand that.
Once they get it through their head, okay, I can't play or the strategies that we're
teaching them and then put it into their hands and stuff, it will hopefully that we hope
will help them when they get home as well as put all the frustrations into their education
like that.
Because I just always, when I always got frustrated, I always say I got to put this
frustration into my schoolwork because you don't want to put that out on anybody.
That's the number one thing you don't want to do.
Don't put your frustrations out on somebody that don't deserve it.
Don't even try it because you don't know how people are.
You can't just do certain stuff like that.
That can hurt somebody's feelings and then you don't want to make it even worse because
at times being a kid, things happen.
When we were kids, we said some things, did some things we was not supposed to do.
That's why when it comes to the youth empowerment and being in mentorship, if you want to be
involved with children, I feel like everybody should be involved with children.
We got to put our foot down.
We got to help them in ways like you're being so frustrated.
Put that frustration in something that needs to be useful.
Education, if you're not doing so good at school, why don't you put all your frustrations
in, staying at the school with the teachers, whatever to get that done.
Sports, if you feel like you're not so good, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice,
practice.
Sports, hobbies, whatever the case may be, education.
Put your foot down.
Do what you got to do because in the end, we don't want to keep losing our kids.
You don't want to keep sorry.
You don't want to keep losing your children.
They say kids are what?
Baby sheeps.
I don't know if they're baby sheeps.
We don't want to keep looking on the news every day.
Oh, child missing.
This child is this child is that.
It sickens me.
It makes me so upset because it's like children, they didn't ask to be here.
It's hard enough to navigate the world in so many different ways as they can.
That's why I don't have any children right now, but I have my sisters and brothers.
I display myself as a role model to them because I'm the oldest.
They have to look after me.
There's so much that a child can pick up on like, you know how babies, you know, pick
up on stuff, do stuff as well as toddlers, preschoolers and teen.
It goes on and on and on and on until they become 18.
You have to be careful what you display and how you display it because children are like
sponges.
They absorb everything around them from the music, the language, the style, everything
like that, we have to empower our children in ways that they don't think is empowerment.
You know, they say that's lame.
That's weird.
That's born.
But in reality, it's not lame.
It's born is needed because your safety matters.
You matter.
You don't.
You might think you don't matter, but you matter.
So is, you know, if there's mentors out there that's really putting in work, shout out to
you because your mental your mentee needs you.
If you're working in a program or starting a program, whatever the case may be, shout
out to y'all because it's hard.
It's so hard.
And then, you know, children are very, very like people like children are very difficult
to work with.
That's true.
But once you get down, you know, put your foot down, let them know what's going on.
And sometimes you even got to buckle down their level to see how I feel to get them,
give them a dose.
They own medicine.
And they see how bad like they be treating people and doing so they're like, really,
this how I act.
Yeah.
So our job as mentors or whatever role models, whatever, how you identify yourself to your
mentee or however, however you identify them to you, you got to put your foot down.
You got to do what you have to do everything you power to make sure that they understand
that they matter, they're important, their love, their care, their amazing and things
like that because they need that.
And if they're not hearing that at home or school and stuff, this is where we, the people
outside of all that make them understand and let them know that, hey, we care for you.
You're your chosen one, et cetera, et cetera, your love because at times it is hard, you
know, and like I said to children, you know, then acts to be here and the children cannot
consent to things.
Children can't, you know, just walk up one can't wake up one day and just leave.
They can't.
So we have to make sure, you know, if they're not getting it at one place, long as they're
getting it somewhere else and hopefully it can help them when they get older to understand
like, you know, even though I was in this situation, that situation is not going to
affect me up until I get older because that's, that's, that's, that's, that was in the past.
This is not present.
You know.
So we got to keep that in mind.
We got to do, we got to do for our children because they're the future.
Oh, this one just brought so much.
It brings so much to me because as a person that's from Baltimore city and see all the
stuff that be going on in my city, it makes me so upset.
It hurts me.
Like it hurts me because it's like, it shouldn't be no way that children from three and up
infants and up the stuff or getting hurt over little things.
Don't like it's insane.
You know, children are very innocent.
They're precious.
So we got to protect the children at all costs.
And it starts from us because we know, we know what's best for them.
And we want to display to them things that we may not have received as children that
they need to, that they need to receive while there are children, you know, certain tender
love and care and resources and stuff.
Whatever we know, basically point blank period, we need to put out there for them because
they're the future.
They are the ones that we need to, you know, get them prepared, get them ready for this.
Because you know, this world is tough and it's cruel and we got to create a strategy
for our children to have this empowerment and mentorship for us, you know, we got to
help them build tough skin, even though we don't want to, but we have to because this
is just the world that we live in.
So what role do community organizations play in fostering empowerment and mentorship amongst
communities?
Community organizations serve as key hubs for empowering and mentorship among youth
by providing safe spaces for personal and professional development, offering mentorships
programs and advancing for Sigma changes.
These organizations offers have deep roots within the community, allowing them to understand
and address the unique challenges faced by youth while fostering a sense of belonging
and support.
Community organizations can collaborate with schools, businesses and other stakeholders
to create comprehensive and high school support networks that empowers youth to reach their
full potential.
Now, like I mentioned, with a mentorship, it's important that us mentors get together
with if they work in a community or not, well, I feel like it needs a community period, working
in a community needs to get in touch with these businesses such as getting in touch
with these faculties when they come to school, businesses, school businesses and other stakeholders
when involving children because they need it.
They need this.
They need us.
Children need to know and understand why empowerment is important and how can they be empowering
as well as how can the mentorship among the youth be useful and be a reason why they need
it.
By having this mentorship among youth, it's to provide for one safe space.
Like I mentioned, at times, children don't have a safe space, even if it's from home,
school, whatever the case may be.
They have to have a safe place in general.
You never know what children are going to until you sit down, talk to them, have a conversation,
even though it's going to take time because certain children are not going to talk to
you right off the back.
They ain't going to say, oh, boom, this will happen.
This is going on.
This is not.
It takes time for a child to warm up to you.
You know the saying to children and pets absorb to people easily if they sense the type of
nurturing loving care.
At times, even for people like me and other people out there that are nurturing, loving,
caring, it takes the child a little, you know, a moment or two or more time for them to adjust
to open up because, you know, some, you know, it takes time for a child to just open up,
period.
You know, certain children, you know, they open up so fast, like, oh, don't you can't
judge a child like that.
It's just, you know, that's who they are.
And in this case too, dealing with children, especially if it's dealing with school levels
such as elementary through high school, it's going to take time.
But within everything, a child need to have a safe space, especially when it comes to
dealing within the mental health world.
The first thing that you mentioned within counseling, therapy and anything like that,
this is your safe space.
Whatever you or not discussed stays between us and it stays in this place.
Nobody from the outside is going to know what nobody inside is building, even if they in
another room is going to know what we're talking about because this is between me and you.
And this is something that I, I'm not just going to say something.
This is an oath, this is a verse that I'm taking because number one, children, like
I said, are innocent.
They're innocent, point blank period.
You know, it's not so much that they can do for their self until they become a certain
age, as well as everything that you know, that you say with a child stays confidential.
Unless if it's something involving harming them and stuff, then yes, I'm going to have
to address it with whoever is in charge of this space because, hey, that's a, you know,
heads up light bulb moment.
Like, whoa, we got to really keep an eye on this child because, you know, anything involving
with harm, you really got to be on law because you like I said, it's where I'm from for
Baltimore city is either, I know suicide or rate is up.
Bullying is a big issue.
Children getting killed just for the craziest reasons.
And it's just like sometimes people don't think before they do stuff.
And you would think people, you know, would have a soft spot for children.
No, not a lot.
Allegedly not a lot.
Have a soft spot.
And that's why we, the people that want to fight for our children do so much for our children
need to come in and create a safe space for them.
Let them know that they're here.
Give them the words and encouragement.
Let them know, you know, hey, I'm going to help you with this.
I'm going to get you with that.
That's why I feel as though mentors are important.
Mentorship is very important.
It creates a safe space.
You know, if your child is going through something, you know, shelter and stuff, we provide that.
You need shelter.
You need nurturing, nutrients, everything.
Because like I said, you know, at times, you know, there's a lot of people out here that
have family, but they don't deal with their family for many reasons.
That's okay.
As well as they have friends that are their family, you know, the same blood is thicker
than water, I believe it because sometimes, you know, your friends turn into your family
and they're the closest things that are closest people that can make things so easy for you.
They help you with that.
Anything that's going on, all the obstacles and stuff like that because they're willing
to help you with any cause as well as when it comes to mentors.
Yeah, they can be there.
Consider strangers up until you build a relationship and build a foundation with them.
No matter how long it takes to get to a place where okay, this person cares about me as
well as they're helping you with performance within the personal level of your life.
You know, if you're going through the ups and downs, they're going to be there to help
you get a help you work through those work through those obstacles as well as professional
when it comes to you with school help you with school academics as well as preparing
you for college trade career, whatever the case may be, as well as helping you prepare
for an adult.
You know how they say most mentorship programs, they have like a limit on the age difference.
I feel as though it shouldn't be no age limit because everybody needs somebody.
I feel like it should go all the way up until the child progress.
It's completely there.
However, they can still keep in touch with their mentor if they're not in the program.
It then makes sense.
You know how certain programs they have, okay, four to 18, five to 19, stuff like that.
You know, if I was to create a program, they could start from elementary school all the
way up to college career base, whatever, because even when college gets involved, you know,
they leave high school.
Is either college career, trade or the service or you're on your own.
Like, okay, you get a nine to five job working wherever that's okay.
However, even as an adult, we still need mentorship because you know, I say it all the time if
you're new here, it's not the wrong going to therapy.
It's not seeing somebody talking to somebody.
I did it.
And I'm slowly going back.
However, I feel like mentorship is a little bit more deeper as well as counseling because
mentorship, some of them seeing you from elementary school all the way up.
So now some of you, some of them seeing you from middle school all the way up to now or
something seen you from high school up to now.
And they know you and they know what you don't, you know, you don't like you do like they
know what you need to improve in.
They know what you have improved.
And you know, so you see the difference, especially when it comes to the youth empowerment, mentorship
plays a key role because they help the children with empowerment.
They help the children develop those strategies, develop the aspirations and affirmations and
things like that when it comes to their life.
And I feel as though certain programs have that cutoff limit because of funding.
Like I mentioned, funding is a big deal.
Certain stuff you can get and certain stuff you can't get is all within what's the message
and why you're doing this.
That's what draws people's attention.
You know, like even for us within clothing brands, I know this off topic, but it's going
to make sense.
Certain clothing brands, you're not going to buy from if the design, the message behind
the design and the business is not going to draw to you.
You know, you're not going to spend your hard-earned money on something that just don't impact
with what you believe in as well as what you eat as well.
You know, most of us people in America spend money on daily food, clothing, um, bill,
bills, uh, and things dealing with our cars.
You don't want to put your money in a ranking, ranking business.
You don't want to put your money in a ranking day.
Thank you business.
And that's how it is when it comes to these funders, fundering, fundering businesses that
are trying to get involved with the community.
It's hard as hell to get businesses, to get people to have money, to help them give businesses
that are wanting the money, you know, to do something for kids or adults because you got
it.
This is, this is, this is the whole chariot on top.
Your message, the way you persuade, the way you carry it, the way you point blank period,
promote yourself is a big deal as well as promoting yourself within the children.
You have to be able to persuade people in ways that'll get their attention as well as
for children.
We have to be able to, um, persuade our children in the most possible way, other.
And when I say persuade, you have to be yourself.
Don't fake it because if you fake in your attitude, you know, I get it.
Sometimes children get on our nerves, but you got to think on the, the, the brighter side
of things.
They need us.
So even though at times they get on our nerves, you know, it'd be like, hang on one.
Oh, I want to, you gotta think.
They need me more than I need to be fussing them out because, you know, another thing
to children have feelings and their feelings matter.
Okay.
Their feelings matter just as much as yours.
However, but they're a little bit, their feelings are a little bit more important to
us because we're grown.
We know how to navigate through our feelings.
They're young.
They under 18, they can't.
That's why we're here to help.
And that's why when it comes to the, the community organizations playing a foster role in empowering
mentorship among the youth is a very important thing because if they're not getting it at
home, school or whatever the case may be, where they're at from their parents, guardians
or wherever they're at, that's when their community plays a very key role in making
sure to let them know, Hey, I know you're going through this X, Y and Z, but I'm here
to help you.
I'm here to help you navigate.
I'm here to help you find solutions.
Know what to do.
Know what not to do when it comes to certain stuff going on in your life because trust
me, I understand how it is to be a kid and at that time you're afraid to talk to your
parent and guardian, but that's why it's always somebody in the community such as mentorships.
If you can't get in touch with your teachers, counselors or whatever, that's where your mentor
steps in and help you every step of the way.
So don't take them for granted.
Even if they do not do their job, it's okay to ask for another one.
It's okay because I lied to y'all not y'all mentors.
Being a person, like I said, that's seen the lens of both being a mentor and a mentee.
It helped me even more understand that this is why I have a purpose of wanting to work
for the children because they need me and I need them to understand that I'm here to
help them, guide them, motivate them in ways that they need to be guided, motivated, X,
Y, and Z.
And also, I'm here to let them know that they're human.
They're entitled to be whoever they want to be.
They're entitled to do whatever they want to do.
They're entitled to everything.
However, I'm going to show you the respectful way on how to address things.
I'm going to show you what to do and what not to do when it comes to certain stuff in
your life.
And like I said, I'm going to come to that frustration and put it into things that you
love.
And I'm going to put it on somebody and don't do nothing stupid because it only takes one
time for you to do anything and everything in your life and it could be taken away like
this.
So we have to be very careful and very cautious on what we do, what we say because the children
need us and we need them.
Okay?
So, in what ways can technology be a way to expand mentorship networks and support systematics
for the youth?
Well, technology can be used to expand mentorship networks and support systems for the youth
by providing virtual mentorship platforms on our researching and networking opportunities.
Virtual membership programs can connect youth with mentors from diversity backgrounds regarding
of their graphical location, overcoming barriers to address.
Additionally, technology enables community tools such as video conferences and messaging
apps can support ongoing mentorships, relationships and providing real-time support and guidance.
So if your child, if a child, your child or whatever, cannot be able to sit face to face
with their mentor and say like, I see their mentor probably three or two times out the
week, you know, is something going on with the mentor or with the mentee.
Hey, that's where technology plays a big role.
Even though technology is like good and bad, but in this case, when it comes to a child,
if a child feels comfortable, you know, at first they want to meet their mentor in person
or online.
I prefer in person because I want to get a vibe and feel your body language, but this
ain't about me.
This about the children.
Certain children prefer to do technology because it's better for them and you know, if they
don't have the transportation, who's giving me transportation, things like that to see
them.
That's where technology plays a good key role in having the children still in tune and
building a relationship with their mentor to help them understand and navigate what's
going on.
Technology also helps them, you know, with the video chat such as zoom, teams, that's
the professional, the professional platforms to use.
Some mentors are comfortable with giving their mentee their number.
If that's the case, hey, why not?
But a professional level, they require zoom or teams to do so.
As well as the mentorships, the mentorships platforms, you know, they have, I like the
waivers and stuff, you know, check off the set appointments and stuff like that also
for the children.
So they could be, you know, still connects their mentor within the program, you know,
have the children, have their sessions and things like that.
But I like the fact that also with virtual, they can have, they can meet with their mentors
that are impacted with their, they have similarities.
Like I mentioned earlier, similarities such as like the diverse background, you know,
I mean a similarity, I feel like meeting someone that is a stranger, but have certain similarities
as you can make your process a little bit more smoother because they are somewhat like
you, even though like they have, they have certain factors like you and they're older
than you, they can help you in various ways because even though they're older, they're
able to tell you, look, when I was your age, this will happen to me, blah, blah, blah,
and this is how I handle it.
It buy me being an adult now, I know what to do and what not to do.
That makes sense.
So being there and like, you know, most mentors, like when I have my mentees, it's like I'm
looking through them and my younger, I'm looking through them as an older person in my older
lens, but looking at them within a younger type of lens because I understand how it is
and I know what it feels like, et cetera, et cetera.
So just being able to, you know, at times, you know, the child not comfortable with being
face to face with their mentor, that's where technology plays a big part and children know
a lot about technology from TikTok and everything because Jesus Christ.
Technology is one of the good resources as well because it helps the child to have, you
know, the opportunity to use their resources, you know, to connect with their mentor if
they can't connect to them right away in person.
That's when, you know, having the text apps are able to like group me.
I feel like it's a good professional app.
I use it within school and when I play soccer and stuff, we use it.
Whatever professional app is helpful for them or whatever the mentor and mentee agree on,
their parents and guardians agree on, like, hey, I'm going to give you my number, whatever
the case may be, even if it's iMessage or messages, whatever the case may be, whatever
they agree on, technology wise, long as it's easier for them to get in contact with them
or whatever, whatever is best for them.
They want to see their counseling face to face in person three, two times out the week.
Hey, cool.
If they want to get on zoom three, two times out the three, two to three times out the week,
cool.
Whatever is operated best for the counts, whatever is best for the mentor and the mentee, that's
all that matters.
And long as is they're getting the support and help they need in real time that provides
them support and guidance as well.
So lastly, how can we ensure that mentorship programs youth are culturally being enabled
to diversity and helping with the experience in the community.
So for us, meaning like older people, us grown folks, we can ensure that mentorship programs
for youth are culturally being enhanced by having activities, having the activities that
we need with the mentorship, being able to reflect on diversity, experience within the
community and providing training on cultural sensitivity and awareness.
So we have to be trained in this.
If we got to get licensed, you got to get certification, background checks is very
important because you just, you know, certain people cannot be around children and you don't
want nothing to happen to your child.
We got to do some background checks.
She got to do some certifications, things like that.
We have to do all that it takes for us to make sure that we are providing a program that
impacts a mentorship for the youth to have and they feel comfortable and they're able
to say, Hey, my mentor such as such as such, they are blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, you
know, have a good background in display.
Okay, we ain't doing no rinky dinky business.
You know, with the diverse of experience within the community and providing training
on cultural sensitivity and awareness.
It also requires incorporating cultural, adapt content and activities into the program such
as planning, acknowledging and volunteering the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of
mentees, regular feedback loops and engagement with the community leaders can help mentorship
programs continuing adapting and improving their cultural competence to better serve
the youth.
So with that being said that how can we mentor mentorship a program for the youth?
We have to do all that we can.
First the background checks, you know, got to get background checks, do the certifications
of required get involved as much as we can with the community.
So we can learn the diversity, you know, not just learn from one side need to learn all
different sides because you never know how many kids that you will get at a time and
what's their background and stuff.
So we have to learn as much backgrounds as we can, but also have them give us feedback.
We give them feedback just being engaged is staying in the loop mainly of what's going
on with our mentee because it's very important that we do so because they need us as much
as we need them in ways that they may not even know that we need them.
Okay.
So just to summarize this whole Bible today, improving youth empowerment and mentorships
involve addressing sigma batteries such as enhancing access to quality education and
mentorship opportunities and fostering cultural competence and enhancing support systems by
achieving engaging community organizations, technology and providing responsibility and
diversity and membership programs.
We can create an environment that empowers the youth to overcome challenges, fulfill
their potential and contribute to positivity to their community and society at a large.
Through these effects, we can work towards a future where every youth has an equal ability
access to the support and resources that they need to thrive and that will be from a mentor's
point of view to impact with their mentees.
Mentor the adult, mentee the child.
Okay.
So before we close off, I just want to ask, we always have the questions, how can we ensure
that mentorship programs for the youth incorporates intersecting perspectives to address the diversity
identifications and experiences within a community, I'm sorry, and what strategies can be in place
to increase the representation of mentors and leadership programs with the mentorship
program, thereby providing relatable role models and enhancing their effects of mentorship
relationships.
Okay.
So it was a lot.
But I hope you guys have learned a few things and also it has some thought like, okay, hey,
I might, I want to get back to the community.
And if it had put a certain light on you, I hope it does put a little bit of buzz on
you, you know, be like, hey, okay, this make me one of you know, get out there, start a
foundation or even join a community or foundation to help children because like I said, children
need us as much as we need them.
Okay.
So I hope you guys have learned to think of two from this.
If it had not impact a lot of you, long as it impacts someone as well as for the youth,
I hope this impact you as well to give people a chance.
Also, I know it sounds it's hard for you to give people a chance, but you never know who
is who is able to help you within anything you're going through, no matter how big or
small it is, as well as if you're older.
And if you always thought you couldn't help children couldn't be around children, you
never know until you put yourself out there.
Okay.
So I hope you all have an amazing day.
And if not amazing days are to come, you know, every day the sun won't shine, but that's
why you love tomorrow or to go roller.
And as always, I wish you guys nothing but the best piece and blessings.
Please be safe out here.
It is summer time and it is getting hard.
So please stay hydrated and please, please, please make sure that when you're outside,
keep your eyes all around, you know, it's hot, you know, you still want to be there.
You want to have fun, but also be safe while having fun.
If you have any questions or concerns, you can DM me on the Instagram page, vibingwithe
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Okay.
I love to hear from you guys.
I love your feedback.
As always, you guys will hear from me next Wednesday.
Bye.
You beautiful people.