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Virtual Mentor Recruitment Fair
ORGANIZATION: DC Tutoring & Mentoring Initiative
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Join 15 nonprofit mentoring and tutoring organizations on Jan. 6 from 5-6:30 pm looking for volunteers to help mentor and tutor kids in the DMV. Nearly 2 out of 3 DC students (60,000 kids) needed were reading below grade level BEFORE Covid. The needs are much greater now, and even more so among Black and Brown students. Choose an opportunity that works for you: Organizations work in elementary, middle, and high school students. You can choose to help virtually or in person, and choose a time and day of the week that fits your schedule.
The free Zoom event is co-hosted by Mentor MD|DC and the DC Tutoring & Mentoring Initiative, which support more than 50 nonprofit organizations around the DMV and Maryland.
ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpcOGspzwrEtDyPEyKNyQGj9Wtqv1HljK7
Put your empathy into action in 2022 and let's work together to make a better world! No special skills required but for a caring heart!
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About DC Tutoring & Mentoring Initiative
Location:
2437 15th Street Northwest, Josephine Butler Parks Center, Washington, DC, DC 20009, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide a tutor or mentor for the 60,000+ students reading below grade level or in need of additional academic or non-academic support in the District of Columbia and, in the process, create a stronger civic culture where we all take more responsibility for one another and for the community as a whole.
Description
We work with 50 partner tutoring and mentoring organizations and schools to help recruit volunteers for them. The foundation for our work is one-on-one canvassing and "civic conversations" with people at farmers markets and other public events and spaces: Only 31% of students in DC are reading at grade level. Teachers, schools and volunteer organizations can't fix education by themselves. Any time of day or day of the week, we are likely to have partner organizations that need help in neighborhoods that are readily accessible to potential volunteers. If we all take a little more responsibility -- typically 2 hours a week -- we can begin to transform educational outcomes and create a model for other communities trying to find shared purposes to bridge the divisions of class, race, and ideology.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
December 29, 2021
SKILLS
- Tutoring
- Mentoring
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Typically an hour or two a week, but many of our partner organizations are flexible.