MENTORING BLACK AND HISPANIC MALES
Mentoring Black and Hispanic males Edward Joyner Associate Professor of Education Sacred Heart University
Mentoring
• How would ld you d define fi iit?? • How must it be “customized” relative to intended b fi i i beneficiaries? • What are the unique challenges of mentoring atat-risk males of color?
Black/Hispanic maleness: swimming in shark--infested waters shark • Historical i i l and d contemporary inequities i ii • Adaptive responses • Maladaptive responses
Goals • Psycho Psychoh -emotional i l growth h • Spiritual growth • Wisdom or the “righteous” application of knowledge
Multiple roles of the mentor • Model d l • Teacher • Critic, Counselor, Cheerleader
Mentoring: a process • Establishing bli hi trust and d rapport • Clarifying expectations • Providing consultation and support
Mentoring: a process • Growth G h and d transformation f i • Recidivism • Cutting the cord
Where do we go from here? • Charity Ch i starts at home h • Build coalitions with likelike-minded people • Continue local meetings, events, and activities at all levels of the community • Bring mentees to meetings for their input
A New Beginning? Is there h no balm b l in i Gilead? Gil d? Is there h no physician h i i there h Why is there no healing for the wound of my people? Jeremiah 8:22 Then I said to them. them “You You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and the gates have been burned with fire. Come let us rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.” Nehemiah 2:17
Mentoring
• How would ld you d define fi iit?? • How must it be “customized” relative to intended b fi i i beneficiaries? • What are the unique challenges of mentoring atat-risk males of color?
Black/Hispanic maleness: swimming in shark--infested waters shark • Historical i i l and d contemporary inequities i ii • Adaptive responses • Maladaptive responses
Goals • Psycho Psychoh -emotional i l growth h • Spiritual growth • Wisdom or the “righteous” application of knowledge
Multiple roles of the mentor • Model d l • Teacher • Critic, Counselor, Cheerleader
Mentoring: a process • Establishing bli hi trust and d rapport • Clarifying expectations • Providing consultation and support
Mentoring: a process • Growth G h and d transformation f i • Recidivism • Cutting the cord
Where do we go from here? • Charity Ch i starts at home h • Build coalitions with likelike-minded people • Continue local meetings, events, and activities at all levels of the community • Bring mentees to meetings for their input
A New Beginning? Is there h no balm b l in i Gilead? Gil d? Is there h no physician h i i there h Why is there no healing for the wound of my people? Jeremiah 8:22 Then I said to them. them “You You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and the gates have been burned with fire. Come let us rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.” Nehemiah 2:17
