Advocating for mentoring in the US The insights of our experience
National Mentoring Summit 2019 The National Mentoring Summit is the national convening of youth mentoring professionals, researchers, MENTOR Affiliates, philanthropic investors, and government and civic leaders aimed at collectively strengthening and expanding quality mentoring relationships for young people across the United States. January is the National Mentoring Month 25 January #ThankYourMentorDay
Capitol Hill Day
The importance of « being welcome » Word of welcome of Ayanna Pressley, elected representative and the first black congresswoman for the state of Massachusetts
The image matters
The importance of being seen
The meeting that can make the difference
Time is precious and so is « story telling »
What have we learned ? Unified public voice in Washington, DC, for the youth mentoring movement One voice One message One common goal One collective success Politicians where already aware about « mentoring » and it’s importance The power of « story-telling » and community Internal and external communication
Fiona SOLER HARROCHE – Afev Thank you ! Fiona SOLER HARROCHE – Afev fiona.soler@afev.org If you want to know more about this experience: http://www.lab-afev.org/le-mentorat-une-recette-americaine/ https://www.mentoring.org/national-mentoring-summit/ https://www.mentoring.org/capitol-hill-day/
Practice : Who are you ? (as a collective group) Why are you here ? (advocating in Brussels) Why mentoring matters ? Why is this meeting important ? What are you asking for ?