Sentences with phrase «youth mentoring practitioners»

BOSTON, Aug. 23 / CSRwire / - On January 24, mentoring takes center stage in Washington, D.C. when nearly 1,000 youth mentoring practitioners, researchers, advocates, corporate partners, philanthropists, government and civic leaders and national and local youth - serving organizations will gather for the eighth annual National Mentoring Summit.

BOSTON, Aug. 23 — On January 24, mentoring takes center stage in Washington, D.C. when nearly 1,000 youth mentoring practitioners, researchers, advocates, corporate partners, philanthropists, government and civic leaders and national and local youth - serving organizations will gather for the eighth annual National Mentoring Summit.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Convening to Explore theme of «Connection Growth Opportunity» for Youth and Communities Washington — On January 27, nearly 1,000 youth mentoring practitioners, researchers, advocates, corporate partners, government and civic leaders and national and local youth - serving organizations will gather for the sixth annual National -LSB-...]

As the only national convening of youth mentoring practitioners, researchers, philanthropic partners and leaders, the National Mentoring Summit provides attendees with an opportunity to engage in skill building, peer learning, advocacy and networking.

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Washington, D.C., June 7, 2011 — Given the urgent need to increase the success of underrepresented students in college, practitioners from college access programs and youth development organizations find mentoring to be a valuable strategy in providing students with the emotional and instrumental support they need to achieve the goal of receiving a college degree.

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The Summit is expected to draw over 1,000 participants, and the Philanthropic Partnerships Track will offer a more intimate opportunity for corporations, foundations and individual donors to connect with their peers who are investing and engaging in youth mentoring, participate in meaningful discussions with mentoring practitioners and researchers, and work collaboratively to generate solutions to help close the mentoring gap.

Comprehensive Website — this website features quality resources for the youth mentoring field, including a wealth of evidence reviews, resources, and links to additional reading that can support practitioners, researchers and policymakers in evaluating and improving practice, understanding best practices in mentoring and supporting decisions related to the development, funding, and evaluation of youth mentoring initiatives.

The goal of the Center is to advance youth mentoring research, make the findings more accessible to the field and increase practitioners» skills and knowledge in applying evidence - based practice to their work.