OUR MISSION

The mission of MENTOR NEWARK (formerly Newark Mentoring Movement) is to amplify and accelerate the work of local youth mentoring organizations. The focus is on building the capacity of local mentoring organizations and partnering with Newark Board of Education to create quality mentoring opportunities for the youth of Newark.

MENTOR NEWARK is the New Jersey affiliate of MENTOR the National Mentoring Partnership.

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A way Forward during the COVID-19 Pandemic

"Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.

We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it. "

-Arundhati Roy

Westside High School holds the 1st MENTOR AWARDS

Westside High School Mentoring Coordinator Ana Olivera launched the 1st Westside High School Mentor Awards on Zoom. The event celebrated the mentees, mentors and community partners that are participating in the mentoring program at Westside High School. Take a look at our social media (MentorVerse on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) for highlights.

Click here if you are interested in becoming a mentor at Westside High School!

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MENTOR Newark mentees launch project with Director X

“Professionally Known As (PKA) Director X is one of the most iconic music video directors of our time, known for his work with Drake, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, and Kanye West, among many others. He’s also a filmmaker, an artist, and now a mindfulness advocate, drawing on his own experience with gun violence to head up a movement called Operation Prefrontal Cortex.” We were lucky enough to have @jay_pesso and @mo_mon33y gain valuable insight from @directorx on finding success through passion, bettering the world, and much more. Mentoring happens in all forms in the MENTORVERSE. Check out this interview

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"Meditation Mentors" Launch

(above) In collaboration with Lotus Yoga and the Hanini Group MENTOR Newark welcomed well know video/movie director and the founder of Operation PreFrontal Cortex in Toronto, Canada to Newark to celebrate the launch with the participating high school students, their guests, Newark Board of Education Superintendent Roger Leon and many guests, partners, donors and other stakeholders from the city of Newark.

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The team at MENTOR NEWARK that made it all come together

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Thank you to our fantastic board member Rose Cali.

David Shapiro, CEO of MENTOR with Alan Tiburcio and Thomas Owens ED of MENTOR NEWARK

Amer Hanini of the Hanini Group and Jeniffer Kohl, City of Newark

Tamara Fleming - creator of the #NewarkisMentorCity portraits

Altariq Best of The H.U.B.B. takes apicture besides his portrait

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Thomas Owens MENTOR NEWARK with Michlle Bork event coordinator

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Newark Board of Education Superinendent Roger Leon addresses the crowd

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Thomas Owens introduces Tamara Fleming of Tamara Fleming Photography

Daryll Scipio, Newark Chess Club with Joellen Spacek of MENTOR

Eagle Academy for Young Men of Newark scholars

David Shapiro CEO of MENTOR address the crowd

Newark Board of Education Superintendent Roger Leon

MENTOR NEWARK Executive Director Thomas Owens

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Superintendent Leon in a special moment with a mentees grandmother.

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The #NewarkisMentorCity Launch event at Walker House in Newark was a great night. We were able to celebrate the many youth mentoring organizations, leaders and mentees. Highlight of the evening was the unveiling of the stunning portraits created by Newark photographerTamara Fleming. Thank you all for your support. We are looking forward to a great year of mentoring in 2020.

COLLABORATIVE MENTORING WORK HAPPENING AT LAUNCHPAD NEWARK

Thank you to everyone that participated in the first MENTOR NEWARK Mentor Collab at Launchpad Newark. Great conversation, great people and a very productive afternoon. And thank you Congressman Donald Payne for your participation. Thank you Stephanie Parry (The Newark Trust for Education), Steve Hernandez (Newark Alliance) and Jhamar Youngblood (BlastApp) for joining us.

MENTORVERSE PHOTO GALLERY

Take a look at some of the inspiring work that Newark mentoring organizations are doing around the city.