Minds Matter of the Twin Cities, Inc.
Cause Area
Location
900 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55402
United States
Active Opportunities (7)
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Minneapolis, MN 55455
Are you passionate about college access for first generation college students and dismantling barriers for students? Minds Matter Twin Cities is an organization who helps first generation college students attend their college of best fit. We provide three years of academic and mentoring support to high school students. As part of our program, we send our sophomores and juniors to summer programs. As a Summer Program Team Member, you will help our sophomores and juniors choose Minds Matter approved summer program to attend. Below are your roles and responsibilities. Act as the liaison between the Minds Matter National Office and Minds Matter Twin Cities in regards to the Master Summer Program List Build relationships with high school sophomores and juniors and advise on summer programs that would best fit their needs. Partner with Sophomore and Junior program directors to ensure that summer program deadlines are met Answer student and mentor questions related to summer programs Report attended summer programs to Minds Matter National and collect post attendance data
Date Posted: 2024-03-19
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Minneapolis, MN 55455
Do you have a passion to help low income students reach the college of their dreams? This would be a great opportunity for you. Minds Matter is a non-profit organization that was created to mentor high-achieving, low-income high school students who have the potential and ambition to pursue a college education, but who lacked the resources to achieve that dream. The organization is looking for an additional member for its executive committee in the area of Junior Programming. You will have a seasoned volunteer available to train you in. Please note that this is a full year opportunity and you will be running sessions on Saturdays from 12pm -2 pm. Details on the role are as follows: Designs, organizes and facilitates the Junior Program mentoring sessions for a dozen of students and their volunteers. Topics can range from college tours, college presentations, passion projects, etc. Collaborates with the Co-Directors of Test Prep and Writing & Critical Thinking (W&CT) to coordinate curriculum. Attends monthly executive committee meetings. Works with Summer Programs Team in application and selection process.
Date Posted: 2024-03-19
Flexible Schedule
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Minneapolis, MN 55455
Minds Matter Twin Cities is looking for volunteers who are interested in working with our fundraising team. An ideal volunteer would come with some experience or passion in building connections within the local community and be comfortable in connecting with businesses about event sponsorship. Additionally, we are looking for volunteers who have ideas about fundraising opportunities that we can take advantage of and are willing to take the lead on these initiatives. Our fundraising team is small but we are excited to be moving forward in building a strong base for our organization and trying new things.
Date Posted: 2024-03-27
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Minneapolis, MN 55402
Are you someone who likes to plan the office happy hour or games for your coworkers? Do you enjoy bringing groups of people together who share a common interest? This is the opportunity for you! You will be setting up monthly engagement opportunities for our mentors/volunteers in the Minds Matter Program. This could be a virtual game night, a happy hour hangout, or a bowling outing (and anything in-between). Additionally, if you are interested, you can help plan our annual gala that fundraises for Minds Matter. Our volunteers work with high achieving high school students in their college journey.
Date Posted: 2024-03-19
Flexible Schedule
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Minneapolis, MN 55455
Do you have a passion for writing and helping high school students attend their dream college? This opportunity could be great for you! We encourage all interested to reach out. We are looking for volunteers who have similar lived experiences as our students (first generation, low income, children of immigrants) Below is what you will be doing as a critical thinking and writing instructor. Shapes and implements a curriculum designed to improve students’ writing and critical thinking skills and produce highly competitive essays for Summer Programs and college applications Workshop with high school students to brainstorm and write essays for Summer Programs and college applications Edit and revise student essays and provide meaningful feedback to build students' writing skills Connect with up to 10 students to learn their story and help them share their story within their college application essays.
Date Posted: 2024-03-19
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Organization Information
Mission Statement
Our mission is to transform the lives of accomplished high school students from low-income families by broadening their dreams and preparing them for college success.
Description
Launched in New York City in 1991, Minds Matter is a non-profit organization that was created to mentor high-achieving, low-income high school students who have the potential and ambition to pursue a college education, but who lacked the resources to achieve that dream. Since the founding year, Minds Matter has grown into a national organization with ten chapters across the United States in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; New York City, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; and San Francisco, California. Most importantly, the effectiveness of Minds Matter has been affirmed - 100 percent of its students have been accepted into a four-year college. In Fall 2012, we look forward to working with the students of Minnesota as the newest addition - Minds Matter Twin Cities.
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