This webinar discusses best practices for designing effective mentoring services for boys and young men of color. Bernadette Sanchez, PhD, a thought leader on mentoring as it intersects with race and ethnicity, and Torie Weiston, PhD, a mentoring researcher whose Critical Mentoring work emphasizes on the value of mentoring as a consciousness-raising social justice intervention, will discuss their contributions to MENTOR’s recently released Guide to Mentoring Boys and Young Men of Color, and will answer participants’ questions about the application of their research to real-world mentoring challenges.

Two mentoring practitioners will also serve as panelists to discuss and answer questions about their efforts to serve boys and young men of color effectively in the field. Tommy McClam, seasoned mentoring practitioner and Deputy Director of Open Buffalo, will discuss lessons learned about delivering high-quality mentoring programming for boys and young men of color throughout his career. Diego Romero of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City will discuss grassroots efforts to mobilize support for mentoring in New York City’s African American, Latino, and Asian American communities.