BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MENTOR Virginia - ECPv6.15.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:MENTOR Virginia X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://archive.mentorva.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MENTOR Virginia REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20210101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231213T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231213T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20231017T182454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T182454Z UID:42401-1702458000-1702461600@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:December Community Coffee Hour: Incorporating Youth Voice in Program Evaluation DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, October 11th from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by John Harris of MENTOR Virginia and Manolya Tanyu of the American Institute for Research for a discussion on Incorporating Youth Voice in Program Evaluation. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speaker:\nMore info coming soon. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/december-community-coffee-hour-incorporating-youth-voice-in-program-evaluation/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/December-2023-Coffee-Hour.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231109T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231109T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20231017T182127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T182127Z UID:42397-1699520400-1699524000@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:November Community Coffee Hour: Incorporating Youth Voice in Program Operations DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, October 11th from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Bianca Myrick of Pretty Purposed and Tammie Mobley of R.E.A.L. Girlz for a discussion on Incorporating Youth Voice in Program Operations. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speaker:\nMore info coming soon. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/november-community-coffee-hour-incorporating-youth-voice-in-program-operations/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/November-2023.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231011T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231011T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20230913T164744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230913T164744Z UID:42378-1697014800-1697018400@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:October Community Coffee Hour: Leveraging Your Resources - Grant Writing DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, October 11th from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Diane Leonard a discussion on Leveraging Your Resources: Grant Writing. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speaker:\nDiane H. Leonard\, GPC\, RST is a Grant Professional Certified (GPC)\, Approved Trainer of the Grant Professionals Association\, and a Registered Scrum Trainer. \nDiane began her career as a Program Officer for a state-wide grantmaking organization and she continues to serve as a reviewer for a variety of grantmaking organizations. Since 2006\, when she formed DH Leonard Consulting\, Diane and her team have secured more than $118 million dollars in competitive grant awards and Diane has personally trained more than 80\,498 nonprofit professionals.  \nWhen not working with her team\, Diane can be found in the 1000 Islands\, out for a run\, or drinking a strong cup of coffee. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/october-community-coffee-hour-leveraging-your-resources-grant-writing/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/October-2023-Coffee-Hour.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230913T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230913T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20230810T200448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T200448Z UID:42250-1694595600-1694599200@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:September Community Coffee Hour: Helping Youths Manage Anxiety about Academics DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, August 9th from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be hosting a discussion on Back to School: Helping Youths Manage Anxiety about Academics. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nMore Info To Come URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/september-community-coffee-hour-helping-youths-manage-anxiety-about-academics/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/September-2023-Coffee-Hour.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230809T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230809T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20230726T123345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230731T145313Z UID:42194-1691571600-1691575200@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:August Community Coffee Hour: Advocacy 101 - Knowing Your Audience. DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, August 9th from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Kristin Lennox and Virginia Patterson for a discussion on Advocacy 101: Knowing Your Audience. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nKristin Lennox (she/her) is the Advocacy and Engagement Manager at Voices for Virginia’s Children. She is responsible for identifying advocacy opportunities; developing traditional\, digital\, and grassroots engagement and advocacy strategies; and mobilizing advocates to support policy priorities. Kristin has 5+ years experience providing community-based mental health services\, predominantly responding to crises or traumatic events with young people (2 – 17 years old). She has delivered global workshops and trainings on themes of trauma-informed care\, healing centered engagement\, and de-escalation. Kristin is passionate about increasing equity in community resources and mental health access for youth and families in Virginia. Kristin earned her Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a practicing Licensed Clinical Social Worker with certifications in Healing-Centered Engagement and as a Certified Trauma and Resilience Practitioner.   \nDr. Virginia Patterson is a passionate and youth centric advocate who has previously served as a teacher\, assistant principal\, principal\, and school division administrator. Throughout her years in public education\, Dr. Patterson developed mentoring programs that provided hundreds of young people with mentoring relationships that amplified their growth and potential. Before becoming MENTOR Virginia’s Executive Director in March 2022\, Dr. Patterson served as an AmeriCorps VISTA with MENTOR Virginia\, developing an inaugural Youth Advisory Council that engages youth to promote change and raise awareness about mentoring issue impacting them and their communities. Prior to coming to MENTOR Virginia\, Dr. Patterson spent 25 years with Chesterfield County Public Schools as a teacher\, assistant principal\, and principal. Additionally\, she served 7 years in Loudoun County Public Schools as a supervisor of principals\, a school improvement specialist\, and director of school administration. Dr. Patterson received a bachelor’s degree from Southern University in New Orleans\, a master’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University\, and a Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies from Virginia Tech. Through Dr. Patterson’s strategic leadership\, MENTOR Virginia will continue to expand the mentoring movement to reach all of Virginia’s communities and ensure that all young people can access a trained mentor who empowers\, elevates\, and encourages them. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/august-community-coffee-hour-advocacy-101-knowing-your-audience/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/August-2023-Coffee-Hour.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230726T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230726T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20230626T165150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230718T202933Z UID:42163-1690362000-1690365600@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:July Community Coffee Hour: Promoting Belonging: Inclusive Mentoring For Youth with Disabilities DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, July 26 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be discussing inclusive mentoring for youth with disabilities. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nStephanie Deible is a disability services and non-profit professional who has a background in student affairs\, higher education\, leadership\, and communications. For more than a decade\, Stephanie has helped people with disabilities across the country gain access to the resources needed to become stronger advocates and lead active and fulfilling lives. Throughout her professional career\, she has worked with organizations like Disability Network West Michigan and Michigan Disability Rights Coalition to provide peer mentoring support and specialized programming that helps individuals set goals as well as providing them tools to help increase inclusion and accessibility in their communities. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/july-community-coffee-hour-promoting-belonging-inclusive-mentoring-for-youth-with-disabilities/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/June-2023-Coffee-Hour.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230614T123000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230614T133000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20230511T202121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230602T200832Z UID:42113-1686745800-1686749400@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:June Community Coffee Hour: Protecting Trans Youth DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, June 14 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Tovah Denaro from Innovative Behavioral Consulting for a discussion on protecting trans youth. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nTovah Denaro (she/her) is the founder and lead consultant of Innovative Behavioral Consulting (IBC). She began this work in 2011 through her own experience in the classroom as a Special Education teacher for youth impacted with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities. Through her years in the classroom\, she began to strategically focus on supporting youth\, ages 3 to 18\, who are historically minoritized; specifically\, BIPOC\, youth in Special Education\, who are or have been incarcerated\, and those that identify within the LGTBQ2IA+ community. Tovah founded IBC to ensure that any adult who supports youth has the skill and understanding to build intergenerational relationships and recognize the power that an adult/student connection has on keeping youth engaged and in school. Tovah’s work focuses on spreading Trauma Sensitive and Culturally Responsive Mental Health practices to school districts and Community Based Organizations across the states of Washington and California\, emphasizing social emotional learning and wellness systems for all. Tovah is currently a Doctoral Student through the University of Southern California in K-12 Urban Education. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/june-community-coffee-hour-protecting-trans-youth/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Community-Coffee-Event-Images-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230510T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230510T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20230411T184911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230504T134443Z UID:42083-1683709200-1683712800@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:May Community Coffee Hour: Tackling Trauma Together Part II DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, May 10 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be having a part II to our Tackling Trauma Together session. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nDr. Temi Aregbesola was born and raised in Brooklyn\, NY. She now calls Clinton\, MD home. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Penn State University; a Masters of Public Health from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ (now known as Rutgers); and a Doctorate degree from Walden University. Her passion of servant leadership in her professional background spans over 15 years. Dr. Temi started her public health career as a health educator for underserved girls in the Bronx\, New York. This is where her love for health education and promotion blossomed and became more of a fixture in shaping her career. She carried this passion for working with the underserved\, and women specifically\, through to most of the work she did. Outside of work\, she was an avid public defender of women’s empowerment\, which filtered into Nigerian women’s empowerment. She is currently a Training and Prevention Specialist for the City of Alexandria. \nJo Hawke\, PhD. is the Lead Research and Evaluator at the Governor’s Prevention Partnership in Connecticut. She brings her expertise to The Partnership’s mentoring team assisting with the development of resources and training for mentors and mentoring providers\, including trauma-informed youth mentoring. With over 25 years of experience working in both nonprofit and university settings\, Dr. Hawke has a passion for work that improves the lives and well-being of at-risk youths and their families. She has been the Principal Investigator for several federal grants evaluating trauma-informed services and authored over 30 articles and publications on evidence-based approaches for youth and families impacted by psychological trauma and substance use in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/may-community-coffee-hour-tackling-trauma-together-part-ii/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Community-Coffee-Event-Images.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230412T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230412T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20230212T171003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T200425Z UID:41893-1681290000-1681293600@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:April Community Coffee Hour: Scaling Youth Leadership Opportunities DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, April 12 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Chloe Carter of Chesterfield County Youth Services and Amaris Ramsey from MENTOR National for a discussion Scaling Youth Leadership Opportunities. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nChloe Carter is Chesterfield County Youth Services new Youth Community Engagement Specialist! She has worked in the non-profit sector for over 10 years focused on child development initiatives and community engagement programming. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Global Affairs with a focus on Inequalities and Responses from George Mason University and her Master’s in Public Administration with a professional certificate in Non-Profit Management from VCU. \nShe previously worked with VCU’s Performance Management Group as an Associate Consultant conducting assessments\, training\, and providing DEI education for a variety of state agencies. Chloe has also served as a Site Coordinator with Communities In Schools\, Chesterfield & Petersburg where she assessed school climates to determine school-wide and individual needs for students and families\, consulted with school and community-based teams to coordinate equity-focused support systems\, and provided community development opportunities. \nAmaris Ramey is the Grassroots Organizing Manager at MENTOR. In this role\, they support MENTOR’S policy and advocacy agenda by serving as the key organizer of grassroots and grasstops outreach. They are responsible for managing outreach efforts to mayors and governors\, organizing advocacy efforts around National Mentoring Month\, and working with the Policy Manager on key advocacy campaigns. \nPrior to joining the MENTOR team\, Amaris served as the Voter Engagement Coordinator at New American Pathways and has interned in the nonprofit sector as well as for a political campaign. \nThey have been recognized by The New York Times\, The Huffington Post\, and The Columbia College of Chicago for their nonfictional writing. Additionally\, they have received recognition from Scholastic\, Agnes Scott College\, and The Blood Orange Review. They were chosen as a participant in writing programs such as The Hurston Wright Foundation\, The NorthWood Writers Conference\, and Voices of Our Nation (VONA). Amaris is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Social Innovation from Agnes Scott College. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/april-community-coffee-hour-scaling-youth-leadership-opportunities/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Community-Coffee-Event-Images-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230308T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230308T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20230212T165642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T203822Z UID:41890-1678266000-1678269600@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:March Community Coffee Hour: Tackling Trauma Together DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, March 8 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Charles Barrett of the National Association of School Psychologists\, Jo Hawke of the Governor’s Prevention Partnership\, and Ashley Williams of Well Collective for a discussion on crisis response among youth who have experienced traumatic events. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour. \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nCharles A. Barrett\, PhD\, NCSP\, a district-level administrator in Virginia\, practiced as a school psychologist for 13 years at the elementary and secondary levels. He serves as an adjunct lecturer at several universities\, where he is actively involved in the training and development of future school psychologists. Dr. Barrett was named School Psychologist of the Year by the Virginia Academy of School Psychologists and received the Rookie of the Year Award from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). His past leadership positions within NASP include co-chair of the Social Justice Task Force and African American Subcommittee\, chair of the Multicultural Affairs and Social Justice Committees\, and Virginia Delegate to the NASP Leadership Assembly. Dr. Barrett serves on the editorial boards of School Psychology Review and School Psychology. He is a frequent speaker and workshop presenter for educators\, families\, and community organizations. His website is www.charlesbarrett.org. \nJo Hawke\, PhD. is the Lead Research and Evaluator at the Governor’s Prevention Partnership in Connecticut. She brings her expertise to The Partnership’s mentoring team assisting with the development of resources and training for mentors and mentoring providers\, including trauma-informed youth mentoring. With over 25 years of experience working in both nonprofit and university settings\, Dr. Hawke has a passion for work that improves the lives and well-being of at-risk youths and their families. She has been the Principal Investigator for several federal grants evaluating trauma-informed services and authored over 30 articles and publications on evidence-based approaches for youth and families impacted by psychological trauma and substance use in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. \nAshley Williams\, MS\, C-IAYT is a Mind-Body Therapist and Wellness Educator with 12 years’ experience in the fields of education\, behavioral and mental health and community programming in Richmond\, VA.  As a builder and weaver\, she bridges mindfulness\, diversity\, wellness and inclusion on micro and macro-levels to achieve equitable\, socially stable and conscious spaces for individual and collective care. She is the Founder of BareSOUL Yoga & Wellness\, a community-based organization initially created to offer accessible yoga offerings\, and Mindful on Life\, a curriculum-based program dedicated to transforming community through the practice of mindful-based restorative education. As an advocate for diverse representation\, accessible self-care and overall well-being\, she has strategically built community-centered yoga and mindfulness programs in schools\, health systems\, government agencies\, faith-based organizations and businesses. Ashley continues to create spaces that offer mindful-based living practices to encourage self-exploration\, awareness\, authenticity and build community for the collective good. Her current venture is the Well Collective\, a community space for conscious well-being that centers intergenerational healing modalities\, contemplative practices\, wellness workshops\, and herbal apothecary located in historic Shockoe Bottom\, Richmond\, Va. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/march-community-coffee-hour-rapid-responses-how-we-respond-to-crisis/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Community-Coffee-Event-Images.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230208T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230208T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20230111T213327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T213327Z UID:41784-1675846800-1675850400@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:February Community Coffee Hour: Marketing\, Social Media\, and Branding for Mentoring Programs Part II DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, January 11 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined again by Nick Williams of VCU’s School of Business and Jacqueline Woodbridge of the Office of Communications and Public Information in the City of Alexandria for a second\, more in-depth discussion on marketing\, social media\, and branding strategies for mentoring programs. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour. \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nNick Williams is the current Assistant Director of Student Engagement at VCU’s School of Business. Through his role he also serves as the Director of the Business Mentoring Program at VCU where he connects current VCU students with faculty\, staff\, alumni and local business partners within a mentoring partnership. Nick is also a doctoral candidate in VCU’s Education Leadership Ed.D program and an adjunct professor teaching a freshman course called “Principles of Professional Development: Men of Color”. Having attended the University of Virginia (UVa) for his bachelors and masters degrees\, Nick aspires to become the president of a university. Outside of his work at VCU\, Nick is also an entrepreneur running four different businesses to include: Culinaire Creations\, Black Kings Connect Podcast\, Williams Xperience Marketing & Designs\, and Legacy Leaf Publishing. Nick also serves on the Alumni Association Board at his High School\, St. Stephens & St. Agnes School as well as serves on the Young Alumni Council for the UVa. \nJacqueline Woodbridge has worked in and around Virginia government since 2014\, getting her start in electoral campaigns. She has had the opportunity to work for members of the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate in both official and political roles\, most recently as the Communications Director for the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus. She has also advised political campaigns and elected officials across the country on communications strategies and tactics through both paid and earned media. Before attending the University of North Georgia\, Jacqueline was a professional ballerina with Columbia City Ballet in South Carolina. In her free time\, she enjoys crafting\, baking\, riding bicycles\, and spending quality time with her family. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/february-community-coffee-hour-marketing-social-media-and-branding-for-mentoring-programs-part-ii/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Community-Coffee-Event-Images-6.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230111T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230111T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20221219T185342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230104T200110Z UID:41667-1673427600-1673431200@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:January Community Coffee Hour: Marketing\, Social Media\, and Branding for Mentoring Programs DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, January 11 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Nick Williams\, Associate Director of Student Engagement at VCU School of Business\, and Jacqueline Woodbridge\, Editorial and Media Relations Manager for the Office of Communications and Public Information in the City of Alexandria\, for a discussion on marketing\, social media\, and branding strategies for mentoring programs. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour. \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nNick Williams is the current Assistant Director of Student Engagement at VCU’s School of Business. Through his role he also serves as the Director of the Business Mentoring Program at VCU where he connects current VCU students with faculty\, staff\, alumni and local business partners within a mentoring partnership. Nick is also a doctoral candidate in VCU’s Education Leadership Ed.D program and an adjunct professor teaching a freshman course called “Principles of Professional Development: Men of Color”. Having attended the University of Virginia (UVa) for his bachelors and masters degrees\, Nick aspires to become the president of a university. Outside of his work at VCU\, Nick is also an entrepreneur running four different businesses to include: Culinaire Creations\, Black Kings Connect Podcast\, Williams Xperience Marketing & Designs\, and Legacy Leaf Publishing. Nick also serves on the Alumni Association Board at his High School\, St. Stephens & St. Agnes School as well as serves on the Young Alumni Council for the UVa. \nJacqueline Woodbridge has worked in and around Virginia government since 2014\, getting her start in electoral campaigns. She has had the opportunity to work for members of the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate in both official and political roles\, most recently as the Communications Director for the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus. She has also advised political campaigns and elected officials across the country on communications strategies and tactics through both paid and earned media. Before attending the University of North Georgia\, Jacqueline was a professional ballerina with Columbia City Ballet in South Carolina. In her free time\, she enjoys crafting\, baking\, riding bicycles\, and spending quality time with her family. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/january-community-coffee-hour/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Community-Coffee-Event-Images-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221214T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221214T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20221109T171542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221109T171542Z UID:41553-1671008400-1671012000@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:December Community Coffee Hour: Protecting Children from Racism in Schools DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, December 14th from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Shariful Khan of Public Justice for a discussion on protecting children from racism in schools. \nShariful will seek to answer questions including:\n–What does racial harassment/discrimination for the purposes of a Title VI violation look like?\n–What should you do if a student encounters racial harassment or discriminatory discipline in school?\n–What can mentors/parents do to support their child in those circumstances? \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour. \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speaker:\nShariful Khan is a Skadden Fellow with the Students’ Civil Rights Project. In addition to litigating Title IX and VI cases with the SCRP team\, Shariful’s fellowship focuses on drawing out the link and overlap between racial harassment and discriminatory discipline in academic environments. \nAs a law student\, Shariful was heavily involved in the Veterans’ Legal Services Clinic. In addition to aiding individual veterans in their administrative discharge upgrade and disability benefit hearings\, he also represented a class of over a thousand U.S. veterans with less-than-Honorable discharges suing the Air Force for disability discrimination. \nShariful is the co-founder of “Access to Law School\,” now a clinical offering at Yale\, which helps low-income adults from New Haven apply for and get into law school. Before joining Public Justice\, Shariful worked at various civil rights and consumer protection organizations\, including the New York Legal Assistance Group’s Special Litigation Unit\, the Department of Justice\, and Gupta Wessler. \nShariful received his B.A. from The City College of New York and his J.D. from Yale Law School. After his fellowship\, he will clerk for Judge Robert E. Bacharach of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/december-community-coffee-hour-protecting-children-from-racism-in-schools/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Community-Coffee-Event-Images-5.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221109T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221109T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20221024T145654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T135613Z UID:41514-1667984400-1667988000@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:November Community Coffee Hour: Infusing therapeutic approaches to mentoring using strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, November 9th from 10:00 – 11:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Manyola Tanyu of the American Institute for Research and Jennifer Kriebl from YMCA San Francisco for a discussion on implementing cognitive behavioral strategies in mentoring programs. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \n*This Webinar will take place at 10am instead of the usual 9am to account for the West Coast time zone difference of our speakers. \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nManolya Tanyu\, PhD\, is a community psychologist and prevention researcher. She brings 15 years of expertise in evaluations of community and school-based initiatives\, programs\, and services to promote youth development\, social emotional well-being\, and resilience\, and reduce delinquent behavior. She recently led the implementation evaluation of the three-year randomized controlled trial of Reach and Rise. Dr. Tanyu is also committed to helping practitioners build data and evaluation capacities through training and technical assistance. She is a Research Board member at the National Mentoring Resource Center where she provides evaluation technical assistance to program administrators and conducts resource reviews for the Center. For the past 2 years she has been mentoring high school students through Fairfax County Public Schools’ MentorWork program. \n  \nJennifer Kriebl\, MSW\, is a social worker and has worked in non-profits for 30 years.  She comes to mentoring with a background in supportive housing\, community organizing and mental health.  Her passion is working with communities as a facilitator and encouraging volunteerism and social responsibility from and within the community.  In her role as the National Director of Reach & Rise\, she ensures that Y’s across the country are providing quality mentoring to at-risk youth URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/october-community-coffee-hour-implementing-cognitive-behavioral-strategies-in-mentoring/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Community-Coffee-Event-Images-4.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221026T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221026T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20220915T173402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221014T193135Z UID:41414-1666774800-1666778400@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:October Community Coffee Hour: Mentoring Latinx Youth in a Culturally Relevant Way DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, October 26 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Rebecca Singhavong from Latinas Leading Tomorrow and Lisa Zajur from the Virginia Hispanic Foundation to discuss culturally relevant mentoring practices for Latinx youth. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \n*This event has been rescheduled from Oct. 12th. \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nRebecca Singhavong serves as Vice President\, Corporate Controller of SMX\, LLC owned by Ocean Sounds Partner.  In this role\, Singhavong has overall responsibility for the controllership and financial reporting activities for SMX\, LLC. She has 15+ years of a proven track record of developing financial controls\, transforming business operations to drive growth\, system optimization and staff development. \nA Certified Public Accountant\, Singhavong holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland University College in Accounting and MBA in Executive Leadership from James Madison University. \nSinghavong believes in the power of paying it forward and supports the community. She served as a Board Member of Our Military Kids (2018-2021) and raised $20\,000+ hosting fundraisers and supported with capacity building efforts. Now\, she serves as a Board Member of Latinas Leading Tomorrow and raised $10\,000 to support the programming of underrepresented Latinas to empower them to become notable leaders. \nLisa Zajur has been an educator for 36 years holding a degree in education\, specializing in communications\, and curriculum design. Lisa Zajur\, is a certified cultural trainer on the Hispanic culture\, developed the Awaken the Spanish Within® Language and Cultural Training programs to help people understand the Hispanic culture\, while learning to speak Spanish in an easy\, fun\, and practical way. Clients such as U. S. Coast Guard\, Bank of America\, CapitalOne\, Bon Secours\, Richmond Public Schools\, and many other companies/organizations have connected with the growing Hispanic community through the energetic style of training offered in the Awaken the Spanish Within® courses.  \nLisa Zajur designed Passport to Education-Pasaporte a la Educación Bilingual Leadership Mentoring Programs offered through the Virginia Hispanic Foundation that empower Hispanic students with the educational and leadership tools necessary to complete high school\, continuing their higher education into the STEAM Education related majors -Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, Arts\, and Mathematics or skill sets certifications\, and encourages Hispanic parents to be engaged partners with their children’s schools\, while guiding them through the educational system in the U.S. Lisa received the Mentor of the Year Champion Award in 2021 for her work in implementing the Pasaporte a la Educación Bilingual Leadership Mentoring Programs with Hispanic elementary\, middle and high school students. Lisa Zajur owned and operated a successful Bilingual Child Care/Preschool for 11 years from 1991-2002. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/october-community-coffee-hour-mentoring-latinx-youth-in-a-culturally-relevant-way/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Community-Coffee-Event-Images-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220914T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220914T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20220810T152720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220830T194304Z UID:41273-1663146000-1663149600@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:September Community Coffee Hour: Strategies for Recruiting Black Men as Mentors DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, September 14th from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Ryan Bell from The Academy\, Robert Gray from The Uhuru Foundation\, and J.T. Hasty from Townebank for a discussion about strategies\, barriers\, and mindset shifts for recruiting Black men as mentors in mentoring programs. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \nMeet Our Guest Speakers:\nRyan Bell is on a mission to empower 10\,000 Black fathers that create thriving Black children\, families\, and communities. Ryan is currently the Head of School at The Academy an independent private school serving families from uniquely challenging backgrounds and is the Founder of the Black Father Family Initiative an organization dedicated to creating space for Black fathers to find meaningful connections\, support\, and resources to promote the health\, well-being\, and success of their families. Trained as an educator\, he has a unique 10-year background in nonprofit management\, family and community engagement\, education leadership\, youth development\, and family stabilization that has led to the growth and establishment of several local\, state\, and national family well-being initiatives. Ryan has dedicated his professional life to supporting individuals\, communities\, and organizations in their efforts to build collective leadership\, establish community relevance\, and increase their organizing capacity to achieve greater social and societal outcomes. Ryan counts his greatest joy in life being the father of four amazing children\, and greatest blessing of his life being the husband to Tarsha Bell. \n  \nRobert Gray is a visionary\, businessman\, brand strategist and social entrepreneur with a passion for criminal justice reform and economic empowerment. He is the Executive Director and co-founder of The Uhuru Foundation As a native of Albemarle County\, VA who was born in Charlottesville\, he was able to experience firsthand both the opportunities and gaps that existed for the communities that raised him. As a result\, he fostered a strong determination to operationalize socio-economic mobility as a means for building generational wealth and knowledge\, especially among marginalized communities. His lifelong mission is to educate and empower all people socially\, politically\, and economically. Gray is currently on United Way’s Financial Resilience Task Force\, and was recently appointed to the Commonwealth’s Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice and Prevention. He also serves on the steering committee of the Charlottesville Black Male Achievement Initiative. He has over 10 years of experience working with high risk youth and two years of experience applying nationally recognized\, evidence-based Check and Connect program with targeted community of youth and their families in the City of Charlottesville ensuring students were attending\, engaging and investing in their education. Gray\, a first generation college graduate\, holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in Public Policy from Saint Augustine’s University. For Robert’s full bio\, please click here. \nJ.T. Hasty is a graduate of Virginia State University located in Petersburg\, Virginia\, and holds an MBA from Regent University located in Virginia Beach\, Virginia. Upon graduation from college\, J.T. went on to pursue a career in the banking industry at Townebank. Since joining Towne\, J.T. has held several positions to include teller\, banking officer\, management associate graduate\, and Assistant Manager of one of their local branches. After being in retail banking for 10 years\, J.T. went on to pursue his current career as a commercial lines risk advisor for Towne Insurance. In addition to retail banking and commercial insurance\, J.T. is also a licensed Realtor with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services by Towne Realty. Holding these positions awarded J.T. an opportunity to complete the Project Inclusion training offered by the United Way of South Hampton Roads\, which teaches young professionals the importance of serving on boards in their communities. As a result of this training\, J.T. is now involved with the following organizations: Board Member\, YMCA SHR Mount Trashmore; Board Member\, Elder’s House; Board Member\, Children’s Harbor; Board Member\, Sub-Culture Inc.; Volunteer\, Tidewater Arts Outreach; Treasurer\, Urban League of Hampton Roads Young Professionals; Member\, National African American Insurance Association; Co-Chair\, Emerging Leaders DEI Townebank.  \n  URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/september-community-coffee-hour-strategies-for-recruiting-black-men-as-mentors/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Coffee-Hour-Website-Images-3.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220810T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220810T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20220608T163314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220802T155002Z UID:41118-1660122000-1660125600@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:August Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, August 10 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Xavier Vazquez of Bolder Options\, Nicki Patnaude of MENTOR\, and Jerod Petersen of Kids n’ Kinship for a conversation about how to build more inclusive mentoring programs. Some questions our speakers will be answering: \n\nWhat has your program’s inclusivity journey looked like? What progress have you made and what are you still working on?\nWhat does an inclusive mentoring program look and feel like?\nWhat advice would you give to programs that are looking to be more inclusive but don’t know where to start?\n\nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \n \n  \nRegister Here. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/july-community-coffee-hour-2/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Coffee-Hour-Website-Images-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220608T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220608T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20220511T171810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220531T173045Z UID:41076-1654678800-1654682400@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:June Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, June 8th from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Chekesha White\, Founder and Executive Director of G.I.R.L.S. Club and some members from her talented team of staff and mentors for a discussion on strategies for keeping your mentors engaged for the long haul. Some questions the G.I.R.L.S. Club crew will be answering: \n\nWhat strategies has your program used for mentor retention? What has been most successful?\nHow have you overcome barriers to mentor retention over the years?\nWhat advice do you have for programs that are struggling to retain their mentors?\n\nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \n\nMeet Our Guest Presenters!\nChekesha White is the founder and executive director of G.I.R.L.S. Club (G.C.)\, a mentoring organization that serves elementary\, middle\, and high school girls in the Hampton Roads area of VA.   Her not-for-profit organization is committed to inspiring a continuous network of girls and women to be leaders through mentorship\, academic achievement\, personal empowerment\, and spiritual enrichment. As G.I.R.L.S. Club Executive Director\, Chekesha leads all levels of the organization to develop innovative services and oversee program implementation. Now in its 17th year\, the organization partners with schools within the Hampton Roads area to provide quality after school mentoring programs.\n\nHer educational philosophy is based on the uncompromising belief that all students can learn\, given a positive learning environment\, strong and knowledgeable leadership\, a committed focused educational team\, and a supportive family and community.  As a 24-year educator\, she has honored that philosophy every step of the way; first as a middle school science teacher\, an instructional coach\, an adjunct professor at Thomas Nelson Community College\, a biology teacher for Upward Bound at Hampton University to currently as a middle school administrator with Norfolk Public Schools in Norfolk\, VA.\n\nAs an active community member\, she served on the Board of Commissions for the City of Hampton and is a minister at Calvary Community Church (C3). She is an experienced grant-writer and is currently consulting with educational leaders and non-profits to improve their practices and program effectiveness. She and her husband\, Vander White III\, reside in Hampton\, Virginia. They have two children\, 23-year-old Iyana and 15-year-old Isaiah.\n\n~\n\nLytisha Williams is a National Registered Certified Medical Assistant and works in a Family Practice in Hampton. She has been in healthcare for 20 years. Lytisha\, affectionately known as Tisha\, is a 2000 graduate of Kecoughtan High School\, Hampton\, VA. She later earned a diploma from Medical Careers Institute in Newport News\, VA. She is a warm-spirited individual that has a heart for serving and supporting people to be their best self. Lytisha enjoys being involved in the community. Currently\, she is the Administrative Assistant for G.I.R.L.S. Club\, which is a school and community-based mentorship program for elementary\, middle\, and high school girls. The focus is to empower teen girls to succeed in every area of life regardless of their family background\, educational challenges\, or socioeconomic status. Lytisha is a mother of two handsome boys Xaiver and Israel. Lytisha believes that motherhood has been her greatest gift and ultimate duty. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/june-community-coffee-hour-2/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/June-2022-Coffee-Hour-Graphic-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220511T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220511T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20220414T182759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220502T203740Z UID:40957-1652259600-1652263200@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:May Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, May 11th from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month with Marcy Thornhill from Kollege and Kareer 4 Youth\, who will join us for a conversation about helping youth stay safe while using social media\, including how mentors and programs can help buffer some of the negative impacts of social media on young people. Some questions Marcy will be answering: \n\nHow can mentors and mentoring programs support youth who may be experiencing negative effects from social media?\nHow can mentors\, mentoring programs\, and families help keep youth safe on social media?\nWhat should a mentor\, mentoring program\, or parent do if they learn that a young person is being bullied over social media?\n\nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister Here. \n\nMeet Our Guest Presenter!\n\n \nMarcy Thornhill has always been motivated to teach and inspire others to work toward their goals. She educates and mentors youth and adults by assisting them in identifying their gifts\, talents but more importantly their passions. \nMrs. Thornhill has developed several programs that have adults and youth alike for the past 15 years. From career coaching\, college prep\, mentorship and small-business startup\, Marcy understands the needs of the multi-generational workforce. Her focus has been on both individuals and families as she provides middle school workshops\, college prep\, career readiness for adults\, social media safety\, and teen dating. Mrs. Thornhill’s work has led to her receiving such awards as the: \n\n2018 Radio One Maggie L Walker Community Award\n2017 Metropolitan Business League Non-Profit Partner of the Year Award\n2015 Metropolitan Business League “Distinguished Community Service Award”\n2015 “The Do Something Education Award”\n2011 Strayer University “Alumni of the Year Award”\n\nMarcy Thornhill is the Founder and CEO of organizations: Mrs. Marcy’s Homemades\, the 1st Black woman-owned applesauce manufacturer in Richmond\, VA and Kollege and Kareer 4 Youth (KaKY)\, a 501C3 organization dedicated to serving the youth population that may not have access to educational and employment opportunities. Currently she is employed as a Customer Account Manager at the Virginia Information Technology Agency\, Adjunct Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University\, and is an accomplished author and active member of her community. She received her Bachelor of Science in Business and Finance from Virginia Commonwealth University\, Master’s in Human Resource Management and a second Master of Education Administration from Strayer University. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/may-community-coffee-hour-2/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tiara_-Website-Images-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220413T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220413T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20220310T203902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220324T183625Z UID:40781-1649840400-1649844000@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:April Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Register Here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, April 13th from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Erick King of Capital Youth Empowerment Program (CYEP) and Kelly Ryan from Empowering Our Youth (EOY) Foundation for a conversation about leveraging strategic relationships that lead to funding and partnership opportunities that ultimately empower youth. Some questions our guest speakers will be answering: \n\nHow did you identify\, approach\, and develop your strategic partnerships?\nWhat has been your approach to finding funding opportunities and cultivating relationships with funders and donors?\nHow has your program leveraged social media to identify and cultivate strategic relationships?\n\nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nMeet Our Guest Speakers \nKelly Ryan\, the Founder of EOY Foundation\, is a passionate community-builder in pursuit of effective and innovative changes in the child welfare system. Her personal experience as a foster youth in the system has cultivated a genuine desire to provide every young person with equal opportunity to succeed and thrive in life. Kelly is a graduate of North Carolina State University and has an extensive background in banking and finance. She has served on multiple nonprofit boards and as a mentor with organizations including Boys and Girls Club\, Junior Achievement\, and United Way. Kelly believes that with a carefully cultivated support system of motivators and mentors\, every youth\, regardless of background\, will soar. \nErick King is a social entrepreneur\, investor\, and advisor with a focus on inclusive community development. With over 19 years of experience in juvenile justice\, affordable housing\, and nonprofit leadership\, Mr. King is a leader in sustainable inclusive growth within the National Capital Region. Mr. King is the Co-Founder in Executive Director of the Capital Youth Empowerment Program which provides social and economic empowerment programs including fatherhood\, workforce development\, STEM\, and teen sexual health. His unique approach of using evidence-based programming and culturally competent staff was shaped by his work with Fairfax County and Arlington County Court Services Units. In addition\, Mr. King recently founded King Consulting and Development Group\, Inc. to support diversity and inclusion within university and corporate environments. Mr. King is an active Virginia Tech alumnus serving on the Apex Systems Center for Entrepreneurship Board of Advisors\, the Honors College Calhoun Discovery Program as a Distinguished Visiting Lecturer\, and as a member of the Black Alumni Association (Ut Prosim Awardee 2018). He earned degrees in Sociology and Political Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 2000. \nRegister Here. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/april-community-coffee-hour-2/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Tiara_-Website-Images-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220309T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220309T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20220301T181827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220307T165338Z UID:40692-1646816400-1646820000@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:March Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Register for this meeting here. \nJoin MENTOR Virginia and your mentoring program peers on Wednesday\, March 9th from 9:00-10:00 AM for Community Coffee Hour! In honor of Women’s History Month\, we’ll be focusing on programming that supports girls and young women.\n\nJoin us to share highlights and challenges of girl-focused programs as well as to learn from one mentoring organization that provides mentoring experiences to girls\, young women\, and professional women. Kimberly Baston from Strong Women\, Strong Girls will be joining us for a conversation about intergenerational mentoring model benefiting females in Boston\, MA\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, and potentially a town near you soon!\n\nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour!\nRegister for this meeting here. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/march-community-coffee-hour-2/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Tiara_-Website-Images-5.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220209T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220209T160000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20211209T162428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220125T163149Z UID:40347-1644418800-1644422400@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:February Mid-day Mocha Hour: From "Mentoring" to "Critical Mentoring" DESCRIPTION:Register for this conversation here. \nFebruary’s Coffee Hour has been remixed as a mid-day “pick me up!” Grab your cappuccino or latte\, and join MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, February 9 from 3:00–4:00 PM for Mid-day Mocha Hour. We’ll be discussing the mentoring field’s movement from “mentoring” to “critical mentoring.” Critical mentoring is defined as mentoring that: \n1. Fully considers race\, ethnicity\, gender\, class and sexuality when building the infrastructure for programs.\n2. Focuses on critical consciousness and transformation rather than assimilation and adaptation.\n3. Places emphasis on the whole community\, the whole protégé\, rather than just parts of the whole.\n4. Includes the needs of the community and the needs of the youth in the community (not about us without us).\n5. Promotes and supports mentor/protégé partnerships for community transformation. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister for this conversation here. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/february-community-coffee-hour-2/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tiara_-Website-Images-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220112T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220112T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20211209T161939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211223T153544Z UID:40344-1641978000-1641981600@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:January Community Coffee Hour: Compassion Fatigue & Self-Care DESCRIPTION:Register for this conversation here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, January 12 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by Dreamel Spady (LCSW) for a discussion on compassion fatigue. What is it? How do we recognize it in ourselves and others? What can we do to combat it? We look forward to kicking off the New Year with this timely conversation on promoting self-care among program staff and mentors. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nMeet the Guest Presenter! \nDreamel Spady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and owner of Renewal\, Growth\, & Healing. Most people\, including her clients\, describe her as down-to-earth\, vibrant\, energetic\, and highly personable. Dreamel earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Virginia Union University and a Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University. With almost 20 years of experience\, she has worn many hats and worked across the spectrum of the human services field. As a lifelong community leader\, she has been involved in many community and professional organizations\, currently serving on the Virginia Behavioral Health Advisory Council. When she was a Probation Officer\, she was assigned to a specialized domestic violence unit\, helping men and women identify and change abusive behavior in intimate partner relationships. Dreamel worked as Clinical Director for a few community mental health agencies\, overseeing the clinical operations of community- and school-based programs aimed to prevent out-of-school suspension and out-of-home placement for children and provide clinical support to adults to avoid inpatient hospitalization and increase self-sufficiency. Her journey in the mental health field has also included working with military families\, those battling drug and alcohol addiction\, and survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Dreamel is currently training to become certified as an Emergency Responder and Public Safety Clinical Provider (National Emergency Responder and Public Safety Center) and a Grief Recovery Method Specialist (Grief Recovery Institute). In private practice\, her areas of expertise include stress/anxiety\, depression\, grief and loss\, relationship challenges & family conflict\, and trauma. \nRegister for this conversation here. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/january-community-coffee-hour-compassion-fatigue-self-care/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Community-Coffee-Event-Images-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211208T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211208T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20211013T160353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T175121Z UID:40227-1638954000-1638957600@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:December Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Register for this meeting here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, December 8 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by two mentoring organizations who will share their experiences and best practices for partnering with school systems to provide mentoring to young people\, and there will be an opportunity for small group discussion and brainstorming. Ellie Martinez from BBBS Services\, Inc.\, and Grishma Rodrigues and Arya Pazhwak from MEGA Mentors will be answering questions including: \n\nHow did your program first establish relationships with schools?\nWhat are some lessons your program has learned from your time building and maintaining relationships with schools?\nHow has COVID impacted your relationship with schools?\nWhat advice would you offer to a mentoring program that is trying to establish relationships with schools right now?\n\nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegister for this meeting here. \nMeet our guest speakers! \n Heloisa (Ellie) Martinez is a passionate advocate for youth mentoring. After starting her career with BBBS of Central Florida\, Ellie joined BBBS Services\, Inc. in Richmond\, VA in 2016 and has served as the Director of Programs since 2019. In this role\, Ellie oversees program delivery to over 500 youth annually and identifies innovative ways to provide mentoring services to more youth across the Richmond\, Tri-Cities\, Peninsula & Hampton Roads area. Ellie has also been a Site-Based Big Sister since 2016. Ellie attended the University of Florida\, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Family\, Youth and Community Sciences and a Minor in Business Administration. When she’s not working with her BBBS team\, she is often working on house projects or spending time outside with her wife and their dogs. \nGrishma Rodrigues is the Program and Business Director at MEGA Mentors in Chesterfield\, Virginia. In this role\, she helps to expand the organization’s mentoring program to reach over 600 Chesterfield County Public School students. Her passion lies in leading youth to success. She has mentored students at Matoaca High School and is a current mentor at Hening Elementary. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has been working in IT for 10 years and initially joined MEGA Mentors to transition their mentoring program to a virtual platform. She spends her free time with her husband and active 8-year-old son. She also loves to dance\, hike\, and build video games. \nFor Arya Pazhwak\, a native of Northern Virginia and the product of immigrants\, the importance of education and public service was engrained in her at a young age. Arya is currently serving a second year of AmeriCorps VISTA service with MEGA Mentors in Chesterfield County\, Virginia. Her work with MEGA Mentors involves assisting Chesterfield County Public Schools with virtual and in-person mentoring opportunities and making sure no child gets left behind. Arya hopes to curate a successful hybrid model of mentoring for underrepresented and marginalized youths in the school district. Arya proudly graduated from the University of Richmond in 2020 with a B.A. in Biology\, Healthcare Studies\, and Anthropology. Her past education includes a semester study abroad at Queen Mary University of London\, and Pre-K to 12th grade at Fairfax County Public Schools. \n  URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/december-community-coffee-hour/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Community-Coffee-Event-Images-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211117T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211117T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20211012T150721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211103T213255Z UID:40219-1637139600-1637143200@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:November Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Register for this event here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, November 17 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be joined by four licensed mental health professionals for a panel discussion on how mentors and mentoring programs can help youth manage anxiety and depression. Here is a sneak peek of some of the questions our panelists will be answering: \n\nHow can adult mentors and volunteers support young people who are struggling with mental health?\nWhat resources can mentors and programs connect young people / their families with when they are struggling with mental health?\nWhat is the best way for mentors to check in with young people about their mental health?\n\nNote: this coffee hour will take place on the 3rd Wednesday of November due to the 2021 Virtual Conference that VPOST and MENTOR Virginia are hosting on November 9-10. Learn more about this conference here. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nMeet Our Panelists: \n \n  \nRead the bios of our panelists here. Register for this event here. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/november-community-coffee-hour/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Community-Coffee-Event-Images-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211013T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211013T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20210811T153700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T134625Z UID:40075-1634115600-1634119200@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:October Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Grab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, October 13 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be spending time in small group discussions about current mentor recruitment successes\, challenges\, and opportunities. There will be two small groups you can go between depending on your program’s needs: \nOne group will focus on recruiting mentors for e-mentoring\, which will be peer-led by Laura Leporati\, who is the Mentoring Coordinator for AMP! Metro Richmond and also a Technical Assistance Consultant with MENTOR Virginia. This school year is Laura’s second year of recruiting e-mentors for her mentoring program. \nOne group will focus on recruiting mentors for in-person mentoring\, which will be peer-led by David Crisafi\, the co-founder of L.A.U.N.C.H. for Life. David and his team recently recruited mentors for in-person mentoring activities this summer. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegistration for this meeting is required: register here. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/october-community-coffee-hour/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Community-Coffee-Event-Sept-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210915T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210915T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20210714T183059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T184426Z UID:39972-1631696400-1631700000@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:September Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Registration for this meeting is required: register here. \nGrab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, September 15 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be discussing how to build networks with families and programs. We’ll be joined by two guest speakers\, who will each discuss building networks from different perspectives. Jose Martinez from Casa Chirilagua will share information about how they build meaningful relationships with families and the broader community\, and how that enables them to provide culturally relevant mentoring to their youth. Rondell Davis from Another Level Youth & Family Services will talk about the strategy he has used to build relationships with other youth-serving programs to form stronger referral and resource networks for youth. \nPlease note that September’s coffee hour will be on the third Wednesday of the month rather than the second to accommodate the return to school. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nAbout the Presenters: \nAs a first generation Salvadorean-American\, Jose Martinez was raised in the Northern Virginia area. He has attended Northern Virginia Community College and currently attends George Mason University pursuing a bachelor’s degree in political science. Jose believes that positive influences help shape perspectives. He facilitates this by matching youth in the Chirilagua neighborhood to adult mentors while building relationships with families\, volunteers and schools. \nRondell Davis is the Chief Operating Officer at Another Level Youth & Family Services where he oversees the day-to-day administrative and operational functions. Rondell believes that the lives of young people can be impacted through counseling\, compassion\, and commitment. In addition to being COO he’s also a certified life coach that specializes in Overcoming Self-Sabotage. He’s a native of Wakefield VA and in his spare time he enjoys spending time with his wife Jennifer\, mountain views and good food. \nRegistration for this meeting is required: register here. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/september-community-coffee-hour/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Community-Coffee-Event-Sept.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210811T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210811T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20210609T190733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210726T191351Z UID:39864-1628672400-1628676000@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:August Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Grab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, August 11 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. The coffee hour will feature a panel discussion with Bianca Myrick\, the founder of Pretty Purposed and Susan Hallett\, Community Investment Consultant to the Bob and Anna Lou Schaberg Foundation. The panel will discuss the changing landscape of nonprofit fundraising and other critical topics in grant writing and resource development. There will also be time for the panelists to answer questions from the audience. \nMENTOR Virginia will virtually host Community Coffee Hour every 2nd Wednesday of the month with mentoring program staff to create space for peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing\, and to address issues you and your organization might be facing during the pandemic and beyond. We hope to see you at an upcoming Community Coffee Hour! \nRegistration for this meeting is required: register here. \nMeet Our Panelists: \nBianca Myrick is a native of Petersburg\, Virginia\, and the founder of Pretty Purposed\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering girls ages 9-14 through mentorship and activities that promote their physical\, social\, and emotional development. As a middle grades educator\, Bianca has a passion for working with adolescents and saw a need in her community for a safe space where girls could grow and glow. As the founder\, she continues to work with her team to build organizational capacity and increase opportunities for girls. Drawing upon her own life experiences\, she knows that navigating through life as a woman can be challenging\, and she believes everyone could use a mentor. She is a 2010 graduate of the Department of Teaching and Learning at Virginia State University\, where she is currently an adjunct instructor empowering her freshmen students with tools to be successful in life. She has a masters degree in public administration from Virginia Commonwealth University\, and hopes to receive her certificate in nonprofit management soon through the Duke University/Cameron Foundation Learning Series. Bianca became a Technical Assistance Consultant for MENTOR Virginia in June\, 2020. \nSusan Hallett has worked in philanthropy in the Richmond Region for over 20 years. Currently\, she serves as Community Investment Consultant to the Bob and Anna Lou Schaberg Foundation. In this role\, Susan supports the Schaberg Foundation’s charitable gifts and grants programs and initiatives\, which focus on affordable and safe housing; stabilization and workforce development for vulnerable populations; services that enable children to become successful learners; successful systems to serve vulnerable populations; and capacity building resources that strengthen nonprofits and their leadership. Prior to her role with the Schaberg Foundation\, Susan worked for the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond for 16 years\, where she oversaw their community grants\, scholarship and awards programs. Susan volunteers her time as a board member for Richmond Animal League and Avalon Recreation Association and is an instructor for the University of Richmond’s Institute on Philanthropy. She has her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from Mary Washington College and her Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Virginia Commonwealth University. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/august-community-coffee-hour/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Community-Coffee-Event-August.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210714T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210714T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20210512T184443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210621T210729Z UID:39434-1626253200-1626256800@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:July Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Grab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, July 14 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be discussing Tools & Best Practices for Measuring Program Outcomes. \nFor this coffee hour\, we will be joined by special guest Mike Garringer\, the Director of Research and Evaluation for MENTOR. Mike will provide best practices and resources for: \n\n\nUsing your program’s theory of change for evaluation\nConducting an implementation evaluation\nMeasuring relationship quality in mentoring matches\nConducting an outcome evaluation\n\n\nThis session will also feature breakout discussions around measuring program outcomes led by Mike Garringer and John Harris\, founder of Applied Research Consulting and an expert in mentoring survey development. \nRegistration for this meeting is required: register here. \nMENTOR Virginia will be hosting a Community Coffee Hour on the 2nd Wednesday of each month to create space for Virginia-based mentoring programs to share with and learn from one another. These meetings are intended for mentoring program staff or board members. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/july-community-coffee-hour/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Community-Coffee-Event-July.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210609T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210609T100000 DTSTAMP:20260520T093638 CREATED:20210407T141656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210414T145248Z UID:39237-1623229200-1623232800@archive.mentorva.org SUMMARY:June Community Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Grab your coffee or tea\, and join your mentoring program peers and MENTOR Virginia on Wednesday\, June 9 from 9:00 – 10:00 am for Community Coffee Hour. We’ll be discussing strategies for coaching mentors to have brave conversations with mentees. \nMENTOR Virginia will be hosting a Community Coffee Hour on the 2nd Wednesday of each month to create space for Virginia-based mentoring programs to share with and learn from one another. These meetings are intended for mentoring program staff or board members only. \nRegistration for this meeting is required: register here. URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/june-community-coffee-hour/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Community Coffee Hour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://archive.mentorva.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Community-Coffee-Event-June.png ORGANIZER;CN="MENTOR Virginia":MAILTO:pr@archive.mentorva.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR