Sustainability| More...
 

Mentoring

The Tao Of Mister Rogers

Andrew Shapter | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Pbs, Mister-Rogers-Neighborhood, Mister-Rogers, Andrew-Shapter, Kids, Mentoring, Mentor, Parenting, Living News
Andrew Shapter

Fred Rogers was not only a television mentor, he was also a minister, a Navy Seal, an accomplished musician, songwriter and a teacher who earned more than 40 honorary degrees.

Read Post

L.A. Homeboys Help Troubled Alabama Youth

Posted 12.17.2009 | Impact

Read More: Job Programs, Homeboy Industries, Alabama, Gang Rehabilitiation, Gang Intervention, Gangs, Mentoring, Impact News

L.A.'s Homeboy Industries has been nationally recognized for its successful gang intervention programs. Now, a recent multimedia project by the Los A...

Read Whole Story

Recession Hits Kids Hard Too

Posted 12.14.2009 | Impact

Read More: Chidren, Hunger, Youth, Homelessness, Crime, Mentoring, Economic Stress, Flagstaff, Arizona, Recession, Impact News

Children aren't immune to the myriad effects of economic stress due to the recession an Arizona Daily Sun article reported Sunday. Kids naturally ado...

Read Whole Story

I Found A Mentor: Now What? 7 Steps To Building A Quality Mentoring Partnership

Shannon Cutts | Posted 12.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Mentors, Education, Key to Life, Mentorconnect, Mentoring, Shannon Cutts, The Balanced Life, Living News
Shannon Cutts

The success of any relationship boils down to one thing - good relationship-building skills. Here, we will discuss seven key steps you can take to make the most of your opportunity to work with a mentor.

Read Post

Former Heavyweight Champion Gives Back With Mentoring Program

Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: The Wire, National Mentoring Month, Youth Mentoring, Pinklon Thomas, Mentoring, Project p.i.n.k., Impact News

During his days as a professional boxer, Pinklon Thomas shared ring time with the who's who of 80s boxing: Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, Tommy Morris...

Read Whole Story

Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week

Eli Davidson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Energy, Nobel Prize, Mentoring, Problem Solving, Inventions, Careers, Global Entrepreneurship Week, Eli Davidson, Business, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Muhammad Yunus, Ideas, Living News
Eli Davidson

Having an idea and taking a small action has the power to change your life. You have the power to take an action that can make a huge difference. What is a problem that you see a solution for?

Read Post

Obama Talks About the Rights of Children

Alexia Parks | Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact

Read More: Mentoring, U.N., U.S. Congress, United Nations, President Obama, Parenting, Town Hall Meetings, China, Shanghai, U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, Impact News
Alexia Parks

Of the 193 countries who have signed the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, only two countries in the world, the United States and Somalia, have refused to ratify it.

Read Post

Black Cowboys Teach Inner City Kids Horsemanship, History

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact

Read More: Inner City, Horses, At-Risk Youth, Queens, Federation of Black Cowboys, African Americans, Mentoring, New York City, Impact News

Kids from rough areas in New York City have found a home away from home on a 25-acre ranch in Queens, CNN reported Tuesday. Since 1994, the Federati...

Read Whole Story

The New New New Thing: How Will We Inspire the Next Generation?

Steve Larosiliere | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact

Read More: Stoked, Education, Mentors, Jim Clark, Mentoring, Nonprofits, Snowboarding, Education Reform, Mentees, Impact News
Steve Larosiliere

I've seen firsthand that we need alternative forms of teaching, inspiring and collaborating with youth. If we do not give them skills to compete on a global level, our society will diminish.

Read Post

Advice for the "Nothing I Do Really Helps!" Blues

Carine Fabius | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, At-Risk Youth, Nicholas Kristof, Haiti, Amazon, Healthcare, Mentoring, Living News
Carine Fabius

In the end, life is not made up of days and weeks and months and years but by each moment. And if only one moment can be made sweeter by just one of our acts, then we will have fulfilled our purpose.

Read Post

Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Afrika Bambaataa, Tommy Boy Records, Rapper's Delight, Spray Paint, Urban Culture, South Bronx, Salt -N- Pepa, Female Rappers, Music, Mc's, 1970's, Spinderella, Angie Stone, Planet Rock, Aerosol Paint, Africa, Graffiti, Soul Music, Martial Arts, African-American, Women, Sugar Hill Gang, Rap, Brazil, Sugar Hill Records, Hip-Hop, Mc Lyte, Jazzy Joyce, Dancing, 1981, Microphone, Breakdancing, Soul Sonic Force, Capoiera, Dj, The Sequence, 1979, Monica Lynch, Sylvia Robinson, Turntables, Costumes, Black Women, Clothing, Harris Publications, Whitney Museum of Art, Business, Vh1, Stylist, Hip Hop Records, The Oscars, Photographers, Spotlight, Image Makers, Editors, DJ Beverly Bond, Publicist, Behind the Scenes, Magazines, Music Careers, Queen Latifah, Bet, Hip-Hop Films, Fox Network, Denise Dee Barnes, Wendy Williams, Female Graffiti Artists, Fetish, Art, Mtv, Choreographers, Subways, Living Single, Pump It Up!, Hot 97, Multi-Tasking, The Source Magazine, The Wendy Williams Show, Photography, Guidence, Murals, Mentoring, 1990's, Cover Girl, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Flip Mode Squad, Images, Apparel, Wild Style, Lady Pink, Sarah A. Friedman, Eve, New York City, Music Videos, Dancers, Black Girls Rock Inc!, XXL Magazine, Costume Design, Entrepreneurers, Vibe Magazine, Art Museums, Viacom, June Ambrose, Leadership, Alumni, Jennifer Lopez, Elements, Michelle Spaise, Minneapolis, TV Shows, Curator, J-Lo, Exhibitions, Rosie Perez, Making the Band, Future, Past, B-Girl Be, Living Color, Festivals, B-Girl, Painting, Tv, Fly Girls, Unleash, Theresa Sweetland, Politics, Video, Political Activism, Female Artists, Art Festival, Laurie Ann Gibson, Education, Tv Sitcoms, Spike Lee, Midwest, Deanna Cummings, Minnesota, Expression, Mama, Television, Activism, Mama Said Knock U Out, Brewing, Do the Right Thing, Concerts, Lauri Lyons, Social Activism, Visual Art, Women in Hip-Hop, Mother, Communication, Intermedia Arts, Sculpture, Commissions, faith47, Sound, Cinema, Music Downloads, Arts Education, Installations, Mixed Media, Art Commistions, Roxanne Shante, Martha Cooper, Marketplace, Fashion, Museums, Art World, Block Parties, Albums, Textiles, October, Youth, Film, Streets, Records, September, Girls, Youth Programs, Cd's, Recording Technology, History, Technology, College, Balls, Music History, Belle, Music School, Universities, Money, Comeback, Scholarship, Undergraduate, School, Diploma, Language, Hip-Hop Studies, Fellowship, Mcnally Smith School of Music, Recording, Music Business, Author, Fab Five Freddie, Flag International, Video Music Box, Yo! Mtv Raps, Flag an American Story, The Bridge, Ralph Mcdaniels, Vinyl Records, Prince, Juxtaposition Arts, Stefskills, Sarah White, Jennifer Rasinski, Corinne Santiago, C-Rocka, Keegan Xavi, Jessica Kitzman, Janelle Olson, Toofly, Tiffany Smith, Niz, Lichiban, Katrina Knutson, Jamel Shabbaz, Tamiko Mitchel, Erotica 67, Motel 7, Ladykfever, Monica Kelly, Amanda Lopez, Abeni Garrett, Desdamona, Catiesha Pierson, B-Fresh, Wendy Williams Show, Alice Mizrachi, Niz Graphics, Kanye West, Chanel Kennebrew, Shannon Joyce, Manifesto Festival, VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors, MTV VMA, Michaela Angela Davis, Essence Magazine, Dream Hampton, Amsterdam, London, South Africa, Charlie Ahearn, Henry Chalfant, Japan, Jamaica, Walker Art Center, Toronto, France, Cuba, In the Frame, Harvard, Rhode Island School of Design, Zimbabwe, Barcelona, Argentina, San Francisco, Represent Inc., International Center of Photography, Berlin, Germany, Belgium, Spraycan Art, James Prigoff, Puerto Rico, Powerhouse, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mexico, Sao Paulo, Norway, Paris, Star Tribune, Kulture Klub, Tokyo, Mexico City, Bronx, Zulu Nation, Hip-Hop Degree, Kimora Lee Simmon, Baby Phat, U.K., Russell Simmons, Phat Farm, Getty Images, Icp, Somalia, Somalis, Bling a Planet Rock, Raquel Cepeda, Entertainment News
Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

Read Post

Exit Laughing

Jonathan Tolins | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Larry Gelbart, Writing, Twister, Mentors, Mentoring, Entertainment News
Jonathan Tolins

Larry Gelbart was a terrific and generous teacher. I didn't know him well, but he made a tremendous difference in my life. He knew how to do that because he understood writers. And he loved them.

Read Post

I'll Take You There: Mentoring As A Roadmap for 2009 and Beyond

Shannon Cutts | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Career, Mentoring, Learn, Teach, Mentor, Living News
Shannon Cutts

We all need someone older and wiser to show us the ropes. We all need firsthand confirmation that life always looks easier when we are the one who is on the outside looking in.

Read Post

Leaders Lead By Serving: Do You?

Ron Mirenda | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Inspiration, Volunteering, Selflessnes, Non-Profit Boards, Mentoring, Service, Business News
Ron Mirenda

What does it mean for a leader to serve colleagues, peers and others? Let's look at six ways one can do that.

Read Post

Yes, America Has AIDS Orphans -- Lots

Chris Norwood | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homeless Kids, Gates, Clinton, HIV Mothers, Madonna, AIDS Orphans, Mentoring, Youth Depression, Bono, America, New York City, Politics News
Chris Norwood

As Madonna and Angelina Jolie comb the world for orphans, American children who have lost parents to AIDS seem to have no celebrity champions.

Read Post

Ecole Boulud: On the Job Training for James Beard's Rising Star

Flora Lazar | Posted 03.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Daniel Boulud, Restaurant Daniel, Mentoring, Gastronomy, New York Restaurants, Paul Bocuse, Cafe Boulud, Gavin Kaysen, French Chefs, French Cuisine, Food, Style News
Flora Lazar

Kaysen was able to boil down his chef's bon mots to five big lessons. They must be working. Less that a year into the job, Kaysen won the James Beard award for most promising young chef.

Read Post

Yes, You Can!

Jay Winsten | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Malaria, Obama, Global Warming, Mentoring, Service, Mentor, Volunteer, Community Service, Living News
Jay Winsten

For millions of Americans who are looking for meaningful ways to donate their time or money, it's not necessarily obvious what choices to make.

Read Post

Obama Supports Mentoring Campaign

Jay Winsten | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Service, Obama Transition, Mentors, Obama, The Harvard Mentoring Project, Mentoring, Volunteer, Politics News
Jay Winsten

Don't forget: January is National Mentoring Month. Be the change: Mentor a Child!

Read Post

The Marvelous Mentor Mentality and How it Can Help You Succeed

Hillary Rettig | Posted 10.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Success, Self Help, Growth, Lifelong Activist, Hillary Rettig, Mentoring, Happiness, Living News
Hillary Rettig

Mentors are particularly useful for life and career planning, and for guiding you through complex projects that would be hard to learn solely through books.

Read Post

Miss Mentor

Bobby Rivers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Mentoring, The Giving Life, Living News
Bobby Rivers

In the first fifty years of Today on NBC, there were only two African-American on-air talents -- Bryant Gumbel and Al Roker. Two in half a century. That's changed.

Read Post