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MENTOR Newark Heritage Hall Fellows

JOY.
PURPOSE.
OPPORTUNITY. 

Enabling high-quality mentoring experiences for students continues to be our core focus.

The team at MENTOR Newark is excited about ushering in a new era of mentoring for students in the city of Newark. The strength of which is the unique collaboration between Newark Public Schools, local mentoring organizations, MENTOR National, local universities, and an incredible group of donors, corporate, and community partners. We are grateful for everyone who makes Newark, mentor city!”
-Thomas Owens, MENTOR Newark

Building a culture of mentoring through joy...

Primary partner for all 17 Newark

Public High Schools reaching

500+ 

students

From

10 to 40

Mentoring organizations in 3 years

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Read our op-ed on mentoring in NJ.COM 

  • Published: Sep. 21, 2024

Creating a mentoring culture in Newark schools

This past September Newark Board of Education Superintendent Roger Leon and MENTOR Newark Executive Director Thomas Owens co-authored an editorial in NJ.COM about the creation of the "Director of Mentoring Services" position. This is a first for school districts in our region and will accelerate the growth of mentoring in Newark Board of Education Schools.

Event Spotlight

September 26, 2024

MENTOR Newark and our partners had a one of a kind celebration of Mentoring and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) at the historic Hahne Building located in downtown Newark, New Jersey. Thank you to our signature sponsor Trillium Cares and all that joined us on the Yard. See you next year!

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Never want to miss a beat?

Our universe of everything mentoring is waiting for you to discover...

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In Memoriam

Remembering a Newark Legend.

Congressman Donald Payne Jr.

D-New Jersey, 10th District

1958 - 2024

Congressman Payne was a champion of mentoring and a friend of MENTOR Newark. Rest well sir.

MENTOR Newark featured in NJ Devils 2024 Youth Foundation Impact Report.

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Mentoring 101:
 

Training

This is essential training for any new or prospective mentor. Learn the mentoring basics from the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring. The nationally accepted research based standard for mentoring.

Telling the MENTOR Newark story through video.

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