1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,120 Hey y'all, whether it's morning, evening, or afternoon, I'm just glad that you guys 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:09,920 have decided to vibe with E. Yes, the one and only E. Hey y'all, I hope y'all guys 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,840 are doing amazing, feeling amazing, and doing amazing things. 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,040 And if not, don't worry, it's your time is coming soon. 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:21,720 It's just a little, you know, a little minor setback for a major comeback because the bad 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,600 times don't last forever. 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,680 Every day the sun won't shine, but that's why you should love tomorrow. 8 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:32,240 So without further ado, I want you guys to sit back, relax, and enjoy hearing my voice 9 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:37,120 because today, welcome to the first Wednesday of July, one of my favorite months of the 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,600 year because it's my birthday. 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:44,240 But nevertheless, y'all, I just want y'all guys to sit back, relax, enjoy hearing my 12 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:49,040 voice and if you want to go or on the move, get real comfortable, you know, have your 13 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:54,560 AirPods, Blast and Beats, whatever the case may be, your speakers, radio, car radios, 14 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:55,560 whatever. 15 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,800 So just be real and swing with me and get real comfortable because today's Vibra Today 16 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,120 is always something special. 17 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:03,120 Okay. 18 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:11,840 So to start off, the first Wednesday of July, today's Vibra Today is youth empowerment and 19 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,560 mentorship. 20 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:19,240 The reason why I wanted to do youth empowerment and mentorship because when it comes to the 21 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,520 children being out of school, it's summertime. 22 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:27,120 You know, the children, they're out of school or whatever the case may be. 23 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:31,800 Some children are working, some children, you know, are going summer camp, whatever the 24 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:38,760 case may be, which you never really hear much about mentorship programs and those programs 25 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,200 that are helping to empower the children. 26 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:48,400 And as a person that wants to work with children and has a platform that is created for all 27 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:56,720 children, I just wanted to expand more on the youth empowerment side, youth empowerment 28 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:02,920 and mentorship because as a person that was a mentor and a mentee, I know how it is from 29 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:09,080 both angles on how to be a mentor and how to be a mentee and then how important it is 30 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:15,720 for a mentee to be impacted by the mentor and how their mentor can also be impacted by 31 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,480 the mentee as well. 32 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:18,560 So let's get into it. 33 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:24,560 So I'm going to just start off by like just going deep into like why is it important for 34 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,560 it? 35 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,080 Because I'm not really going to say what's about it because I feel like we should all 36 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:32,360 know about what's youth empowerment and mentors. 37 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,480 But like why is it important? 38 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,560 I feel like it's important because every child needs that role model in their life. 39 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:44,080 Yes, they have their parents a guardian, but getting to be with somebody probably like 40 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,040 an hour or two out of their day and just talking about things and you know, feeling comfortable 41 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:49,600 and stuff about it. 42 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:55,320 That right there is very, very, very, very, very priceless and I feel as though every child 43 00:02:55,320 --> 00:03:03,040 should have a mentee or have a mentor and become a mentee because you never know how 44 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,880 big the relationship can get for the two. 45 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:12,840 Like I mentioned, I see both lens on how to be a mentor and a mentee and I've always 46 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:18,200 experienced that your mentors are the people that is your backbone. 47 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,920 They are the people that you know when you say you need somebody to call if you cannot 48 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:26,560 reach your parents or guardians or other friends or family, you can always run to them because 49 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,760 they're part of your life as well and they want to be a big part of your life. 50 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,840 And that's why I've always like when it came time to anything dealing with mentors and 51 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:40,800 mentees, I always put myself to the challenge because I know how it is from both lens and 52 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,600 I feel as though it's very important for the youth at that to have that special person 53 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:50,320 in their life to be able to talk to whenever they have any problems or whatever the case 54 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:56,080 may be just to be there with them, to build a trust, help them with their personal, professional 55 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,080 life, whatever it is, as long as they are a helping hand for them because you know what 56 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,320 sounds like I mentioned, we all have those problems where like, you know, we don't want 57 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:09,080 to tell our parents or guardians or friends or family, but telling your mentee, I mean 58 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:14,280 your mentor because you are the mentee, the children are the mentee, you feel more comfortable 59 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:19,560 and it'll help you figure out so many ways on what to do, why not doing it, how to do 60 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,840 it, etc, etc. 61 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:25,760 So pull up the notes. 62 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:35,000 What Sigma batteries do you face and accessing quality education and mentorship? 63 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:41,520 So this is basically saying like what is the Sigma barrier between the two and why is it 64 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,920 so hard for the youth to get? 65 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:52,040 Well, youth often encounter symptomatic barriers such as unfounding schools, disciplinary punishment 66 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:56,520 measures and limited access to advanced coursework. 67 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:04,920 These batteries contribute to academic disparities and hittering opportunities for mentors, for 68 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,600 mentorship and guidance. 69 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:12,800 Additionally, the lack of responsibilities in cultural awareness and education materials 70 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:18,920 and mentorship programs further buries these challenges and makes it difficult for youth 71 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,000 to access the support they need to thrive. 72 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:28,160 So with that being said, when it comes to education and mentorship within like public, 73 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:34,040 private, Catholic schools and things like that, it's hard to access because funding 74 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:35,320 is a big deal. 75 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,840 Within any and everything you do, no matter how big or small your business is, funding 76 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:41,400 is the number one thing. 77 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,040 And at times a lot of people don't want to work for free. 78 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:49,000 Nobody want to work for free, especially if they at a certain point in their life, I can't 79 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:54,240 just work, I can't spend all my time here if I'm not getting paid, which is understandable. 80 00:05:54,240 --> 00:06:00,040 However, sometimes we got to dig a little deeper and look between the lens a little 81 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:05,560 bit deeper because don't get me wrong, everybody deserves to have their opinions. 82 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:10,840 However, when it's involving children, not getting the help and resources that they 83 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:15,720 need, because you know, like I said, in the school system already is enough going on with 84 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:21,160 funding because a lot of schools and the state board within education stuff cannot afford 85 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:22,160 it. 86 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,960 And those are one of the things that I feel as though that they should put in their budget 87 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:32,720 because mentors can help the teachers, substitutes or whatever help, they can help the staff 88 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:38,040 because they're able to relate to the children, they're able to get them to a certain place 89 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,760 and so on and so on. 90 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:44,720 It is crazy, you know that certain schools cannot afford it because of the funding funding 91 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:50,120 is not one thing period where I'm from for Baltimore City funding is very, very, it's 92 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:55,960 hard to get, especially within certain schools because they don't have it or they don't want 93 00:06:55,960 --> 00:07:02,440 to give it because you know, it's going to take so much out of allegedly a lot of out 94 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:03,440 of the budget. 95 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:08,560 But I feel as though something like this mentorship is needed because that helps the 96 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:13,600 children as well as not just helping them on the mental level, but physical as well 97 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:18,320 and also on the educational standpoint because that's how tutors are involved. 98 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,480 Tutors can be tutors, everything in the book. 99 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:25,000 So I feel as though that it's very hard and disappointing that children don't have certain 100 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:32,160 resources because of the signal batteries that's going on. 101 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,680 And it's kind of crazy, but this is the life that we live. 102 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:41,960 And that's why in order for us to make our voice known, we have to put ourself out there. 103 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,320 We have to like get it done. 104 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,520 We got to do it because this is an echo generation coming up. 105 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,400 We want them to be sharp. 106 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,360 We want them to be sharp. 107 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,600 We don't want them to be trying to find their way. 108 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,320 Like some of us are trying to find our way. 109 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:05,240 We want them to have plan B, plan A, plan B, plan C. We want them to have plans and don't 110 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,880 just figure it out and looking for answers and places that they should not be looking 111 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:10,880 for. 112 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:16,600 And that's why mentorship is important when it comes to youth empowerment because as mentors, 113 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:21,400 they help the mentees with things that they never thought that they could achieve in life. 114 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,800 And it also puts a big impact on to who they are. 115 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:31,800 So hopefully they'll find a way to get this done. 116 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:36,400 I hope so because when I was in school, we had mentors, mentees, counselors, stuff like 117 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:37,400 that. 118 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,120 So it's needed. 119 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,760 The children need it. 120 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:49,240 How can we enhance mentorships programs to address the unique challenges and aspirations 121 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:50,920 of youth? 122 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:55,400 Well, enhancing mentorship programs for the youth involves incorporating cultural meaning 123 00:08:55,400 --> 00:09:01,120 content, recruiting mentors with similar backgrounds and experiences and providing opportunities 124 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:08,120 for open dialogue about race identification, sigma challenges, tolerating mentorships opportunities 125 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:14,760 to address these needs and aspirations of youth can foster trust, understanding and 126 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:20,480 empowerment, unlimited leading to more meaningful and effective mentorship relationships. 127 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:27,760 Like I mentioned, by us just putting ourselves out there, you know, and maybe even axing 128 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:35,760 and maybe even axing local schools, programs, whatever, can you be a mentor for them or 129 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,440 can you create a mentorship program for them? 130 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:39,960 This is what the children need. 131 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:44,440 They need somebody that can help them outside the classroom. 132 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:49,240 Inside the classroom, you have your teachers and their subject to teachers or assistant 133 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:50,240 teachers. 134 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,200 However, outside the classroom, say, if you know, things are going on at home and stuff 135 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:59,720 like that and they need somebody to help them if they can't get it from home or for their 136 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:05,320 parent, guardians or other families and friends, why not have the mentor right there with the 137 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:09,080 local community centers or at the school after school programs to help them when it comes 138 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,600 to the stuff that they need to help with. 139 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,920 So I feel as though being a mentor is very important and being a mentor is something 140 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:22,160 that will help the kids enhance them more within addressing the challenges that they 141 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,920 go through from all different races. 142 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:30,000 Like I mentioned from all different race identities, backgrounds, challenges, because having a 143 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:39,040 mentor that is similar to you but older can also help you too because it's like, hey, 144 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:43,800 they went through the same thing I went through at this age and now they're older than me. 145 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:52,200 They can teach me how to get it together and be able to have these plans and what to do 146 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:59,800 and what not to do when it's my time, as well as just being there personally, professionally, 147 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:03,160 whatever the case may be, just them being there for them. 148 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:07,760 Because like I mentioned, it builds a trust for them and it builds a type of relationship 149 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,520 that they didn't know that they needed. 150 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:14,440 Mentorships are very, having mentorships are very important that I feel as though especially 151 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,880 within the youth community because they need someone. 152 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:24,480 We all need somebody and people be like, you know, sometimes it's even good or bad outcome 153 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,200 but this is the thing too. 154 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,120 I always seem the good of it. 155 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:34,960 I really haven't heard anything crazy when it came to mentorship. 156 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:43,320 I really haven't heard anything crazy but I will say like it's important for the kids 157 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,320 to have somebody in their corner. 158 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:47,400 It is important. 159 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,840 It's important. 160 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:54,080 I feel as though it's important for the kids to have somebody in their corner because it's 161 00:11:54,080 --> 00:12:00,000 hard being a child and it's hard to navigate life without any type of guidance. 162 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,680 Your parents can do what so much. 163 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:05,080 Parents and guardians can do so much. 164 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:11,920 Also having somebody, the teachers also helping the parents as well because when your child 165 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,760 leaves your business, they're going straight to school. 166 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:18,600 The teachers are like, okay, they're going to make sure that you're protected and getting 167 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,360 the education you need to. 168 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,000 It's every so much that they can do. 169 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,840 That's why mentorships, coaches and stuff are important because they help build trust. 170 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:32,600 They help build a lot of things that children need as well as they want as well as when 171 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,160 it comes to understanding things of that nature. 172 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:42,320 Just by us being there for children and being there every step of the way from them can really 173 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,040 put an impact on to them. 174 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:49,680 I always say the reason why I want to work with children because also, how people don't 175 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:53,400 think about it, mentors are role models in their own little shape and form. 176 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:58,920 Yes, you hold yourself as a mentor to your mentee, but you never know how much of a role 177 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:04,760 model that you can be to your mentee because of the things you do, you say and stuff. 178 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,800 You know at times everything's not going to be peaches and cream because sometimes you 179 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,640 have to put your foot down. 180 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:13,240 Once you put your foot down, it's even going to be a good or bad outcome. 181 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,360 Once they understand and see why you did what you did, they're going to be like, okay, I 182 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,360 understand that. 183 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:27,160 Once they get it through their head, okay, I can't play or the strategies that we're 184 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:31,200 teaching them and then put it into their hands and stuff, it will hopefully that we hope 185 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:37,480 will help them when they get home as well as put all the frustrations into their education 186 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:38,480 like that. 187 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:45,800 Because I just always, when I always got frustrated, I always say I got to put this 188 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:52,080 frustration into my schoolwork because you don't want to put that out on anybody. 189 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:53,640 That's the number one thing you don't want to do. 190 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,920 Don't put your frustrations out on somebody that don't deserve it. 191 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:03,320 Don't even try it because you don't know how people are. 192 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,560 You can't just do certain stuff like that. 193 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:08,640 That can hurt somebody's feelings and then you don't want to make it even worse because 194 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,480 at times being a kid, things happen. 195 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:18,000 When we were kids, we said some things, did some things we was not supposed to do. 196 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:23,400 That's why when it comes to the youth empowerment and being in mentorship, if you want to be 197 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:27,240 involved with children, I feel like everybody should be involved with children. 198 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:28,800 We got to put our foot down. 199 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,600 We got to help them in ways like you're being so frustrated. 200 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,160 Put that frustration in something that needs to be useful. 201 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,960 Education, if you're not doing so good at school, why don't you put all your frustrations 202 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:43,240 in, staying at the school with the teachers, whatever to get that done. 203 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,320 Sports, if you feel like you're not so good, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, 204 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:48,320 practice. 205 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,320 Sports, hobbies, whatever the case may be, education. 206 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:50,320 Put your foot down. 207 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:55,560 Do what you got to do because in the end, we don't want to keep losing our kids. 208 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:56,560 You don't want to keep sorry. 209 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,080 You don't want to keep losing your children. 210 00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,280 They say kids are what? 211 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:00,280 Baby sheeps. 212 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:04,280 I don't know if they're baby sheeps. 213 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,760 We don't want to keep looking on the news every day. 214 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:08,080 Oh, child missing. 215 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:09,520 This child is this child is that. 216 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:10,720 It sickens me. 217 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:18,040 It makes me so upset because it's like children, they didn't ask to be here. 218 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:24,240 It's hard enough to navigate the world in so many different ways as they can. 219 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:29,240 That's why I don't have any children right now, but I have my sisters and brothers. 220 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:34,000 I display myself as a role model to them because I'm the oldest. 221 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,800 They have to look after me. 222 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,440 There's so much that a child can pick up on like, you know how babies, you know, pick 223 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:45,960 up on stuff, do stuff as well as toddlers, preschoolers and teen. 224 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,240 It goes on and on and on and on until they become 18. 225 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:53,840 You have to be careful what you display and how you display it because children are like 226 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,920 sponges. 227 00:15:55,920 --> 00:16:01,880 They absorb everything around them from the music, the language, the style, everything 228 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:08,440 like that, we have to empower our children in ways that they don't think is empowerment. 229 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:09,640 You know, they say that's lame. 230 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:10,640 That's weird. 231 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:11,640 That's born. 232 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:12,640 But in reality, it's not lame. 233 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,360 It's born is needed because your safety matters. 234 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:16,360 You matter. 235 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:17,360 You don't. 236 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,160 You might think you don't matter, but you matter. 237 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:26,000 So is, you know, if there's mentors out there that's really putting in work, shout out to 238 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,280 you because your mental your mentee needs you. 239 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,600 If you're working in a program or starting a program, whatever the case may be, shout 240 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,480 out to y'all because it's hard. 241 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:36,480 It's so hard. 242 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:42,760 And then, you know, children are very, very like people like children are very difficult 243 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:44,440 to work with. 244 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:45,440 That's true. 245 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,160 But once you get down, you know, put your foot down, let them know what's going on. 246 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:53,880 And sometimes you even got to buckle down their level to see how I feel to get them, 247 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:54,880 give them a dose. 248 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:55,880 They own medicine. 249 00:16:55,880 --> 00:17:00,400 And they see how bad like they be treating people and doing so they're like, really, 250 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,760 this how I act. 251 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:03,920 Yeah. 252 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:10,680 So our job as mentors or whatever role models, whatever, how you identify yourself to your 253 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:17,960 mentee or however, however you identify them to you, you got to put your foot down. 254 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:23,240 You got to do what you have to do everything you power to make sure that they understand 255 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,760 that they matter, they're important, their love, their care, their amazing and things 256 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,080 like that because they need that. 257 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:35,000 And if they're not hearing that at home or school and stuff, this is where we, the people 258 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:42,520 outside of all that make them understand and let them know that, hey, we care for you. 259 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:47,040 You're your chosen one, et cetera, et cetera, your love because at times it is hard, you 260 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:52,280 know, and like I said to children, you know, then acts to be here and the children cannot 261 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:53,280 consent to things. 262 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,840 Children can't, you know, just walk up one can't wake up one day and just leave. 263 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:57,920 They can't. 264 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:03,120 So we have to make sure, you know, if they're not getting it at one place, long as they're 265 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:08,760 getting it somewhere else and hopefully it can help them when they get older to understand 266 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:12,520 like, you know, even though I was in this situation, that situation is not going to 267 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:18,640 affect me up until I get older because that's, that's, that's, that's, that was in the past. 268 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,640 This is not present. 269 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:21,640 You know. 270 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,480 So we got to keep that in mind. 271 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:28,720 We got to do, we got to do for our children because they're the future. 272 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,680 Oh, this one just brought so much. 273 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:38,480 It brings so much to me because as a person that's from Baltimore city and see all the 274 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:46,200 stuff that be going on in my city, it makes me so upset. 275 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:47,880 It hurts me. 276 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:54,240 Like it hurts me because it's like, it shouldn't be no way that children from three and up 277 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,600 infants and up the stuff or getting hurt over little things. 278 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,520 Don't like it's insane. 279 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:04,400 You know, children are very innocent. 280 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,640 They're precious. 281 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:11,600 So we got to protect the children at all costs. 282 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:16,720 And it starts from us because we know, we know what's best for them. 283 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:21,640 And we want to display to them things that we may not have received as children that 284 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:26,280 they need to, that they need to receive while there are children, you know, certain tender 285 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,960 love and care and resources and stuff. 286 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:34,160 Whatever we know, basically point blank period, we need to put out there for them because 287 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:35,160 they're the future. 288 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:42,680 They are the ones that we need to, you know, get them prepared, get them ready for this. 289 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:48,120 Because you know, this world is tough and it's cruel and we got to create a strategy 290 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:53,360 for our children to have this empowerment and mentorship for us, you know, we got to 291 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:59,120 help them build tough skin, even though we don't want to, but we have to because this 292 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:03,000 is just the world that we live in. 293 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:10,400 So what role do community organizations play in fostering empowerment and mentorship amongst 294 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:11,560 communities? 295 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:18,360 Community organizations serve as key hubs for empowering and mentorship among youth 296 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:28,360 by providing safe spaces for personal and professional development, offering mentorships 297 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:33,440 programs and advancing for Sigma changes. 298 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:39,200 These organizations offers have deep roots within the community, allowing them to understand 299 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:44,400 and address the unique challenges faced by youth while fostering a sense of belonging 300 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:45,880 and support. 301 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:50,800 Community organizations can collaborate with schools, businesses and other stakeholders 302 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:57,040 to create comprehensive and high school support networks that empowers youth to reach their 303 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:58,040 full potential. 304 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:05,800 Now, like I mentioned, with a mentorship, it's important that us mentors get together 305 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:11,720 with if they work in a community or not, well, I feel like it needs a community period, working 306 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:18,000 in a community needs to get in touch with these businesses such as getting in touch 307 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:25,800 with these faculties when they come to school, businesses, school businesses and other stakeholders 308 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,520 when involving children because they need it. 309 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,720 They need this. 310 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,480 They need us. 311 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:39,680 Children need to know and understand why empowerment is important and how can they be empowering 312 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:46,800 as well as how can the mentorship among the youth be useful and be a reason why they need 313 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:47,800 it. 314 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:53,600 By having this mentorship among youth, it's to provide for one safe space. 315 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:58,840 Like I mentioned, at times, children don't have a safe space, even if it's from home, 316 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,240 school, whatever the case may be. 317 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,680 They have to have a safe place in general. 318 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:08,160 You never know what children are going to until you sit down, talk to them, have a conversation, 319 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:12,760 even though it's going to take time because certain children are not going to talk to 320 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:13,760 you right off the back. 321 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,320 They ain't going to say, oh, boom, this will happen. 322 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:17,320 This is going on. 323 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:18,320 This is not. 324 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,360 It takes time for a child to warm up to you. 325 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:28,560 You know the saying to children and pets absorb to people easily if they sense the type of 326 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,400 nurturing loving care. 327 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,600 At times, even for people like me and other people out there that are nurturing, loving, 328 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:40,920 caring, it takes the child a little, you know, a moment or two or more time for them to adjust 329 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:45,600 to open up because, you know, some, you know, it takes time for a child to just open up, 330 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:46,600 period. 331 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:51,160 You know, certain children, you know, they open up so fast, like, oh, don't you can't 332 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:52,760 judge a child like that. 333 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,760 It's just, you know, that's who they are. 334 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:59,320 And in this case too, dealing with children, especially if it's dealing with school levels 335 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:03,840 such as elementary through high school, it's going to take time. 336 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:08,840 But within everything, a child need to have a safe space, especially when it comes to 337 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,560 dealing within the mental health world. 338 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:15,000 The first thing that you mentioned within counseling, therapy and anything like that, 339 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,600 this is your safe space. 340 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,880 Whatever you or not discussed stays between us and it stays in this place. 341 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:25,000 Nobody from the outside is going to know what nobody inside is building, even if they in 342 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,680 another room is going to know what we're talking about because this is between me and you. 343 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,440 And this is something that I, I'm not just going to say something. 344 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:37,720 This is an oath, this is a verse that I'm taking because number one, children, like 345 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,560 I said, are innocent. 346 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,480 They're innocent, point blank period. 347 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,880 You know, it's not so much that they can do for their self until they become a certain 348 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:53,960 age, as well as everything that you know, that you say with a child stays confidential. 349 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:58,480 Unless if it's something involving harming them and stuff, then yes, I'm going to have 350 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:06,240 to address it with whoever is in charge of this space because, hey, that's a, you know, 351 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,640 heads up light bulb moment. 352 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:13,720 Like, whoa, we got to really keep an eye on this child because, you know, anything involving 353 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:18,960 with harm, you really got to be on law because you like I said, it's where I'm from for 354 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:26,320 Baltimore city is either, I know suicide or rate is up. 355 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,040 Bullying is a big issue. 356 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:36,320 Children getting killed just for the craziest reasons. 357 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:43,160 And it's just like sometimes people don't think before they do stuff. 358 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:47,360 And you would think people, you know, would have a soft spot for children. 359 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:50,400 No, not a lot. 360 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,840 Allegedly not a lot. 361 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,040 Have a soft spot. 362 00:24:55,040 --> 00:25:02,560 And that's why we, the people that want to fight for our children do so much for our children 363 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,680 need to come in and create a safe space for them. 364 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,480 Let them know that they're here. 365 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,000 Give them the words and encouragement. 366 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,600 Let them know, you know, hey, I'm going to help you with this. 367 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,000 I'm going to get you with that. 368 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,000 That's why I feel as though mentors are important. 369 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,080 Mentorship is very important. 370 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,080 It creates a safe space. 371 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,960 You know, if your child is going through something, you know, shelter and stuff, we provide that. 372 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:23,960 You need shelter. 373 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,040 You need nurturing, nutrients, everything. 374 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:32,920 Because like I said, you know, at times, you know, there's a lot of people out here that 375 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,480 have family, but they don't deal with their family for many reasons. 376 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:37,680 That's okay. 377 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,560 As well as they have friends that are their family, you know, the same blood is thicker 378 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:47,960 than water, I believe it because sometimes, you know, your friends turn into your family 379 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:54,920 and they're the closest things that are closest people that can make things so easy for you. 380 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:55,920 They help you with that. 381 00:25:55,920 --> 00:26:01,080 Anything that's going on, all the obstacles and stuff like that because they're willing 382 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,280 to help you with any cause as well as when it comes to mentors. 383 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,160 Yeah, they can be there. 384 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:10,920 Consider strangers up until you build a relationship and build a foundation with them. 385 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:17,000 No matter how long it takes to get to a place where okay, this person cares about me as 386 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,920 well as they're helping you with performance within the personal level of your life. 387 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,960 You know, if you're going through the ups and downs, they're going to be there to help 388 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:30,200 you get a help you work through those work through those obstacles as well as professional 389 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,120 when it comes to you with school help you with school academics as well as preparing 390 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:38,440 you for college trade career, whatever the case may be, as well as helping you prepare 391 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,000 for an adult. 392 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:45,160 You know how they say most mentorship programs, they have like a limit on the age difference. 393 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:49,800 I feel as though it shouldn't be no age limit because everybody needs somebody. 394 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:54,480 I feel like it should go all the way up until the child progress. 395 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:55,720 It's completely there. 396 00:26:55,720 --> 00:27:00,320 However, they can still keep in touch with their mentor if they're not in the program. 397 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:01,600 It then makes sense. 398 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:08,760 You know how certain programs they have, okay, four to 18, five to 19, stuff like that. 399 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,640 You know, if I was to create a program, they could start from elementary school all the 400 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:18,280 way up to college career base, whatever, because even when college gets involved, you know, 401 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,280 they leave high school. 402 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:29,680 Is either college career, trade or the service or you're on your own. 403 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:34,200 Like, okay, you get a nine to five job working wherever that's okay. 404 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:42,520 However, even as an adult, we still need mentorship because you know, I say it all the time if 405 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,880 you're new here, it's not the wrong going to therapy. 406 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,960 It's not seeing somebody talking to somebody. 407 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:48,960 I did it. 408 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,280 And I'm slowly going back. 409 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:58,040 However, I feel like mentorship is a little bit more deeper as well as counseling because 410 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,680 mentorship, some of them seeing you from elementary school all the way up. 411 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:05,160 So now some of you, some of them seeing you from middle school all the way up to now or 412 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,240 something seen you from high school up to now. 413 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:13,400 And they know you and they know what you don't, you know, you don't like you do like they 414 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,120 know what you need to improve in. 415 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:16,720 They know what you have improved. 416 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:21,760 And you know, so you see the difference, especially when it comes to the youth empowerment, mentorship 417 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:26,320 plays a key role because they help the children with empowerment. 418 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:31,880 They help the children develop those strategies, develop the aspirations and affirmations and 419 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,160 things like that when it comes to their life. 420 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:41,480 And I feel as though certain programs have that cutoff limit because of funding. 421 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,000 Like I mentioned, funding is a big deal. 422 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:48,680 Certain stuff you can get and certain stuff you can't get is all within what's the message 423 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,640 and why you're doing this. 424 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,120 That's what draws people's attention. 425 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,280 You know, like even for us within clothing brands, I know this off topic, but it's going 426 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,120 to make sense. 427 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:03,320 Certain clothing brands, you're not going to buy from if the design, the message behind 428 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,160 the design and the business is not going to draw to you. 429 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:11,840 You know, you're not going to spend your hard-earned money on something that just don't impact 430 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:16,760 with what you believe in as well as what you eat as well. 431 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:26,240 You know, most of us people in America spend money on daily food, clothing, um, bill, 432 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:30,840 bills, uh, and things dealing with our cars. 433 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,680 You don't want to put your money in a ranking, ranking business. 434 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,640 You don't want to put your money in a ranking day. 435 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,000 Thank you business. 436 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:43,280 And that's how it is when it comes to these funders, fundering, fundering businesses that 437 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:48,000 are trying to get involved with the community. 438 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:55,720 It's hard as hell to get businesses, to get people to have money, to help them give businesses 439 00:29:55,720 --> 00:30:01,960 that are wanting the money, you know, to do something for kids or adults because you got 440 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:02,960 it. 441 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,440 This is, this is, this is the whole chariot on top. 442 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:12,240 Your message, the way you persuade, the way you carry it, the way you point blank period, 443 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:18,480 promote yourself is a big deal as well as promoting yourself within the children. 444 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:25,440 You have to be able to persuade people in ways that'll get their attention as well as 445 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:26,600 for children. 446 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:32,840 We have to be able to, um, persuade our children in the most possible way, other. 447 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,240 And when I say persuade, you have to be yourself. 448 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:40,880 Don't fake it because if you fake in your attitude, you know, I get it. 449 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,840 Sometimes children get on our nerves, but you got to think on the, the, the brighter side 450 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:45,840 of things. 451 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:47,600 They need us. 452 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,880 So even though at times they get on our nerves, you know, it'd be like, hang on one. 453 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:54,000 Oh, I want to, you gotta think. 454 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,040 They need me more than I need to be fussing them out because, you know, another thing 455 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,600 to children have feelings and their feelings matter. 456 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:01,600 Okay. 457 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,000 Their feelings matter just as much as yours. 458 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,320 However, but they're a little bit, their feelings are a little bit more important to 459 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,800 us because we're grown. 460 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,840 We know how to navigate through our feelings. 461 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:12,840 They're young. 462 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,680 They under 18, they can't. 463 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,240 That's why we're here to help. 464 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:26,000 And that's why when it comes to the, the community organizations playing a foster role in empowering 465 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:32,040 mentorship among the youth is a very important thing because if they're not getting it at 466 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:36,320 home, school or whatever the case may be, where they're at from their parents, guardians 467 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:41,040 or wherever they're at, that's when their community plays a very key role in making 468 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:45,960 sure to let them know, Hey, I know you're going through this X, Y and Z, but I'm here 469 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:46,960 to help you. 470 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:47,960 I'm here to help you navigate. 471 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,840 I'm here to help you find solutions. 472 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:51,840 Know what to do. 473 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:56,080 Know what not to do when it comes to certain stuff going on in your life because trust 474 00:31:56,080 --> 00:32:00,560 me, I understand how it is to be a kid and at that time you're afraid to talk to your 475 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:07,200 parent and guardian, but that's why it's always somebody in the community such as mentorships. 476 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:11,240 If you can't get in touch with your teachers, counselors or whatever, that's where your mentor 477 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:15,080 steps in and help you every step of the way. 478 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,120 So don't take them for granted. 479 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:22,480 Even if they do not do their job, it's okay to ask for another one. 480 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,000 It's okay because I lied to y'all not y'all mentors. 481 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:30,080 Being a person, like I said, that's seen the lens of both being a mentor and a mentee. 482 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:35,440 It helped me even more understand that this is why I have a purpose of wanting to work 483 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:43,320 for the children because they need me and I need them to understand that I'm here to 484 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:51,320 help them, guide them, motivate them in ways that they need to be guided, motivated, X, 485 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:52,320 Y, and Z. 486 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:56,120 And also, I'm here to let them know that they're human. 487 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,920 They're entitled to be whoever they want to be. 488 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,960 They're entitled to do whatever they want to do. 489 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:00,960 They're entitled to everything. 490 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,840 However, I'm going to show you the respectful way on how to address things. 491 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,840 I'm going to show you what to do and what not to do when it comes to certain stuff in 492 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:08,840 your life. 493 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,200 And like I said, I'm going to come to that frustration and put it into things that you 494 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:12,200 love. 495 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:16,960 And I'm going to put it on somebody and don't do nothing stupid because it only takes one 496 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:21,680 time for you to do anything and everything in your life and it could be taken away like 497 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,160 this. 498 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:33,120 So we have to be very careful and very cautious on what we do, what we say because the children 499 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:36,080 need us and we need them. 500 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:37,560 Okay? 501 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:49,560 So, in what ways can technology be a way to expand mentorship networks and support systematics 502 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:50,560 for the youth? 503 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:56,640 Well, technology can be used to expand mentorship networks and support systems for the youth 504 00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:03,720 by providing virtual mentorship platforms on our researching and networking opportunities. 505 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:08,320 Virtual membership programs can connect youth with mentors from diversity backgrounds regarding 506 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:13,720 of their graphical location, overcoming barriers to address. 507 00:34:13,720 --> 00:34:19,720 Additionally, technology enables community tools such as video conferences and messaging 508 00:34:19,720 --> 00:34:25,480 apps can support ongoing mentorships, relationships and providing real-time support and guidance. 509 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:31,480 So if your child, if a child, your child or whatever, cannot be able to sit face to face 510 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:36,520 with their mentor and say like, I see their mentor probably three or two times out the 511 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:40,400 week, you know, is something going on with the mentor or with the mentee. 512 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,560 Hey, that's where technology plays a big role. 513 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:47,440 Even though technology is like good and bad, but in this case, when it comes to a child, 514 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,760 if a child feels comfortable, you know, at first they want to meet their mentor in person 515 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:51,760 or online. 516 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:55,880 I prefer in person because I want to get a vibe and feel your body language, but this 517 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:56,880 ain't about me. 518 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:57,880 This about the children. 519 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:02,040 Certain children prefer to do technology because it's better for them and you know, if they 520 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:07,400 don't have the transportation, who's giving me transportation, things like that to see 521 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:08,760 them. 522 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:16,720 That's where technology plays a good key role in having the children still in tune and 523 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:22,680 building a relationship with their mentor to help them understand and navigate what's 524 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:24,080 going on. 525 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:28,320 Technology also helps them, you know, with the video chat such as zoom, teams, that's 526 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:32,320 the professional, the professional platforms to use. 527 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,720 Some mentors are comfortable with giving their mentee their number. 528 00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:38,160 If that's the case, hey, why not? 529 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:45,560 But a professional level, they require zoom or teams to do so. 530 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:53,760 As well as the mentorships, the mentorships platforms, you know, they have, I like the 531 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:57,720 waivers and stuff, you know, check off the set appointments and stuff like that also 532 00:35:57,720 --> 00:35:58,720 for the children. 533 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:03,520 So they could be, you know, still connects their mentor within the program, you know, 534 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:08,120 have the children, have their sessions and things like that. 535 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:14,120 But I like the fact that also with virtual, they can have, they can meet with their mentors 536 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,800 that are impacted with their, they have similarities. 537 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:22,040 Like I mentioned earlier, similarities such as like the diverse background, you know, 538 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:27,240 I mean a similarity, I feel like meeting someone that is a stranger, but have certain similarities 539 00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:32,480 as you can make your process a little bit more smoother because they are somewhat like 540 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:36,440 you, even though like they have, they have certain factors like you and they're older 541 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:40,240 than you, they can help you in various ways because even though they're older, they're 542 00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:44,760 able to tell you, look, when I was your age, this will happen to me, blah, blah, blah, 543 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:45,760 and this is how I handle it. 544 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,800 It buy me being an adult now, I know what to do and what not to do. 545 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:49,800 That makes sense. 546 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:55,720 So being there and like, you know, most mentors, like when I have my mentees, it's like I'm 547 00:36:55,720 --> 00:37:01,360 looking through them and my younger, I'm looking through them as an older person in my older 548 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:06,680 lens, but looking at them within a younger type of lens because I understand how it is 549 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:12,080 and I know what it feels like, et cetera, et cetera. 550 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:17,520 So just being able to, you know, at times, you know, the child not comfortable with being 551 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:22,000 face to face with their mentor, that's where technology plays a big part and children know 552 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:27,800 a lot about technology from TikTok and everything because Jesus Christ. 553 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:32,560 Technology is one of the good resources as well because it helps the child to have, you 554 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:37,520 know, the opportunity to use their resources, you know, to connect with their mentor if 555 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:41,120 they can't connect to them right away in person. 556 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:45,040 That's when, you know, having the text apps are able to like group me. 557 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:46,800 I feel like it's a good professional app. 558 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:51,480 I use it within school and when I play soccer and stuff, we use it. 559 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:58,280 Whatever professional app is helpful for them or whatever the mentor and mentee agree on, 560 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:02,040 their parents and guardians agree on, like, hey, I'm going to give you my number, whatever 561 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:06,120 the case may be, even if it's iMessage or messages, whatever the case may be, whatever 562 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:11,240 they agree on, technology wise, long as it's easier for them to get in contact with them 563 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:13,480 or whatever, whatever is best for them. 564 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:17,400 They want to see their counseling face to face in person three, two times out the week. 565 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:18,400 Hey, cool. 566 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:22,640 If they want to get on zoom three, two times out the three, two to three times out the week, 567 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:23,640 cool. 568 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:28,560 Whatever is operated best for the counts, whatever is best for the mentor and the mentee, that's 569 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:29,560 all that matters. 570 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:35,360 And long as is they're getting the support and help they need in real time that provides 571 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,720 them support and guidance as well. 572 00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:52,680 So lastly, how can we ensure that mentorship programs youth are culturally being enabled 573 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:59,760 to diversity and helping with the experience in the community. 574 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:07,320 So for us, meaning like older people, us grown folks, we can ensure that mentorship programs 575 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:16,920 for youth are culturally being enhanced by having activities, having the activities that 576 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:23,760 we need with the mentorship, being able to reflect on diversity, experience within the 577 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:30,040 community and providing training on cultural sensitivity and awareness. 578 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,080 So we have to be trained in this. 579 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:37,280 If we got to get licensed, you got to get certification, background checks is very 580 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,880 important because you just, you know, certain people cannot be around children and you don't 581 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,880 want nothing to happen to your child. 582 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:44,400 We got to do some background checks. 583 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,560 She got to do some certifications, things like that. 584 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:52,560 We have to do all that it takes for us to make sure that we are providing a program that 585 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:57,760 impacts a mentorship for the youth to have and they feel comfortable and they're able 586 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:03,960 to say, Hey, my mentor such as such as such, they are blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, you 587 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,320 know, have a good background in display. 588 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:11,440 Okay, we ain't doing no rinky dinky business. 589 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:15,120 You know, with the diverse of experience within the community and providing training 590 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,560 on cultural sensitivity and awareness. 591 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:23,200 It also requires incorporating cultural, adapt content and activities into the program such 592 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:29,320 as planning, acknowledging and volunteering the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of 593 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:35,840 mentees, regular feedback loops and engagement with the community leaders can help mentorship 594 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:41,760 programs continuing adapting and improving their cultural competence to better serve 595 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:42,760 the youth. 596 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:51,040 So with that being said that how can we mentor mentorship a program for the youth? 597 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:52,640 We have to do all that we can. 598 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:57,960 First the background checks, you know, got to get background checks, do the certifications 599 00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:01,600 of required get involved as much as we can with the community. 600 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,480 So we can learn the diversity, you know, not just learn from one side need to learn all 601 00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:10,400 different sides because you never know how many kids that you will get at a time and 602 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:11,680 what's their background and stuff. 603 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:17,200 So we have to learn as much backgrounds as we can, but also have them give us feedback. 604 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:23,160 We give them feedback just being engaged is staying in the loop mainly of what's going 605 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:28,720 on with our mentee because it's very important that we do so because they need us as much 606 00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:33,760 as we need them in ways that they may not even know that we need them. 607 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,280 Okay. 608 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:45,640 So just to summarize this whole Bible today, improving youth empowerment and mentorships 609 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:51,480 involve addressing sigma batteries such as enhancing access to quality education and 610 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:58,360 mentorship opportunities and fostering cultural competence and enhancing support systems by 611 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:07,360 achieving engaging community organizations, technology and providing responsibility and 612 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,480 diversity and membership programs. 613 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:14,160 We can create an environment that empowers the youth to overcome challenges, fulfill 614 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:19,760 their potential and contribute to positivity to their community and society at a large. 615 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:27,160 Through these effects, we can work towards a future where every youth has an equal ability 616 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:35,920 access to the support and resources that they need to thrive and that will be from a mentor's 617 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:40,480 point of view to impact with their mentees. 618 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:44,240 Mentor the adult, mentee the child. 619 00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:45,320 Okay. 620 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:50,760 So before we close off, I just want to ask, we always have the questions, how can we ensure 621 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:58,000 that mentorship programs for the youth incorporates intersecting perspectives to address the diversity 622 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:07,840 identifications and experiences within a community, I'm sorry, and what strategies can be in place 623 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:17,240 to increase the representation of mentors and leadership programs with the mentorship 624 00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:25,360 program, thereby providing relatable role models and enhancing their effects of mentorship 625 00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:27,360 relationships. 626 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:28,880 Okay. 627 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,560 So it was a lot. 628 00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:40,000 But I hope you guys have learned a few things and also it has some thought like, okay, hey, 629 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,320 I might, I want to get back to the community. 630 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:47,800 And if it had put a certain light on you, I hope it does put a little bit of buzz on 631 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:54,600 you, you know, be like, hey, okay, this make me one of you know, get out there, start a 632 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:59,640 foundation or even join a community or foundation to help children because like I said, children 633 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,040 need us as much as we need them. 634 00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,040 Okay. 635 00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,400 So I hope you guys have learned to think of two from this. 636 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:09,760 If it had not impact a lot of you, long as it impacts someone as well as for the youth, 637 00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,880 I hope this impact you as well to give people a chance. 638 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:16,680 Also, I know it sounds it's hard for you to give people a chance, but you never know who 639 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:21,240 is who is able to help you within anything you're going through, no matter how big or 640 00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:23,400 small it is, as well as if you're older. 641 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,920 And if you always thought you couldn't help children couldn't be around children, you 642 00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:29,480 never know until you put yourself out there. 643 00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:30,980 Okay. 644 00:44:30,980 --> 00:44:33,680 So I hope you all have an amazing day. 645 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:38,520 And if not amazing days are to come, you know, every day the sun won't shine, but that's 646 00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:42,520 why you love tomorrow or to go roller. 647 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:46,480 And as always, I wish you guys nothing but the best piece and blessings. 648 00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:47,480 Please be safe out here. 649 00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,920 It is summer time and it is getting hard. 650 00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:57,720 So please stay hydrated and please, please, please make sure that when you're outside, 651 00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:00,920 keep your eyes all around, you know, it's hot, you know, you still want to be there. 652 00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:03,160 You want to have fun, but also be safe while having fun. 653 00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:08,560 If you have any questions or concerns, you can DM me on the Instagram page, vibingwithe 654 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:14,680 V I D I N G W I T H dot E. 655 00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:15,680 Okay. 656 00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:16,960 I love to hear from you guys. 657 00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:18,560 I love your feedback. 658 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:22,480 As always, you guys will hear from me next Wednesday. 659 00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:23,480 Bye. 660 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:32,800 You beautiful people.