Our Vision
Every young person in Colorado will have the supportive relationships they need to grow, connect, and thrive.
Make a Difference in a Child's Life
July is Disability Pride Month and offers the opportunity to center our efforts on continuing to make the mentoring movement an inclusive space for everyone. This month, we invite you to commit to highlighting the importance of disability inclusion and the supports, practices, and policies that go with it, as well as elevate the resources designed to help mentors and mentoring programs support youth with disabilities.
There are many actionable ways to support the mentoring movement this July:
Please join us as we spotlight the impacts of mentoring and elevate awareness around the critical need to keep empowering young people through supportive relationships.
Check out the Calls to Action below for more information on how you can get involved in advancing the mentoring movement.
1. Becoming A Better Mentor • Want to learn how you can provide emotional support and empathy to effectively meet the needs of young people? MENTOR resource ‘Becoming a Better Mentor’, is a great place to start!
2. Who Mentored You? • The 'Who Mentored You?' study highlights a significant opportunity for us as a community to fill this gap and ensure every young person has a positive mentoring relationship with an adult in their life.
3. Disability Pride Month How do you plan to support and celebrate Disability Pride Month this year? Why not start by incorporating inclusive practices in your mentoring relationships and programs? This is a way to thoughtfully create environments that celebrate the unique strengths and skills of youth with disabilities, and create a culture of empathy, understanding, and support. By adapting to the needs of young people we work with, we ensure that they all have an opportunity to thrive
4. Advocate for increased funding for the mentoring movement.
3. Make a gift to support the mentoring movement.
4. Become or find a mentor.
Mentoring and Mental Health
We're thrilled to share the insightful video below featuring MENTOR Colorado Executive Director Lindsey Cali, SCD Enrichment Program Founder/CEO Shalelia Dillard, and STAR Girlz Empowerment Founder/Executive Director Shalonda Palmer. Premiered before an audience of over 1,300 at the 2024 MENTOR National Mentoring Summit, this video highlights the vital connection between mentoring and mental health.
Mentoring Black and Brown Girls
Another inspiring video highlighting Colorado mentoring that premiered before an audience of over 1,300 at the 2024 MENTOR National Mentoring Summit! Witness how mentoring amplifies the connection that develops by knowing and overcoming shared struggles, and the transformative influence of representation. Special thanks to SCD Enrichment Program and STAR Girlz Empowerment for joining us in this important project.
Custom Training and Consulting
Mentoring is good but quality mentoring is better! MENTOR Colorado exists to strengthen the quality of mentoring throughout Colorado by providing capacity building support to mentoring and youth serving programs.
Invest in Colorado's Youth
Your gift helps increase our capacity to close the mentoring gap and drive equity through quality mentoring relationships for young people.
Program Resources
Raise your voice, share your knowledge, and affect positive change through engagement with Congress and other influencers in your communities by calling on them to prioritize relationships for young people.
Our Work
At MENTOR Colorado, our goal is clear: to ensure every young person in Colorado will have a quality mentoring relationship. We're on a mission to transform the quality and significantly increase the quantity of mentoring relationships for Colorado's young people.