National Mentoring Month: Expand Your Universe. Mentor a Child.

General Colin L. Powell will head National Mentoring Month 2010. Since 2002, January has been a time to celebrate mentors and acknowledge the vital role that they play in the development of young people.

National Mentoring Month is spearheaded by the Harvard Mentoring Project of the Harvard School of Public Health, MENTOR and the Corporation for National and Community Service. Click here to read more about this year’s campaign, including the Thank Your Mentor Day™ (January 21st).

NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH

President Enacts Federal Funding for Mentoring

President Obama recently signed a measure into law that will provide nearly $50 million in funding for The Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program.

Read the press release here.

U.S. Senate Passes National Mentoring Month Resolution!

Yeah!! The Senate has FINALLY officially recognized January as National Mentoring Month. Thank you Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and John Jerry (D-MA) for introducing the resolution.

Read the full resolution:
U.S. Senate Passes National Mentoring Month Resolution

Duncan Nugget® #52: Time to Do Something Different?

Self-motivation is crucial to achievement. But it will only last if you believe that there is a beneficial relationship between your behavior and your desired outcome.

Million-Dollar Question:
How does what you do in life help you to get what you want out of life?

If your answer is “it doesn’t” or “I don’t know” then why in the world are you doing it?! It’s your life, right? Maybe it’s time to do something different.

MTV: A Thin Line – Campaign to Fight Digital Abuse

Thanks @MTV. I have personally heard from dozens of young people who have been digitally abused. It sucks. Seriously.

In order to help deal with the problem MTV has a new multi-year initiative called A Thin Line to empower America’s youth to identify, respond to and stop the spread of digital abuse. Digital abuse is an emerging issue that includes behaviors like sexting, cyberbullying, and digital dating abuse.

A Thin Line

Expect Problems and You’ll Probably Get Them

Recently, I read an article in Science Daily titled “Stereotypes Can Fuel Teen Misbehavior“. According to the article researchers interviewed a group of teens and their mothers about teen behavior. A year later, the researchers interviewed the group again. The teens whose mothers expected them to be rebellious reported higher levels of risk-taking behaviors than their peers.

I am not surprised by that at all.

C-SPAN’s StudentCam – $50,000 in Prizes

C-SPAN’s StudentCam is an annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think seriously about issues that affect our communities and our nation. Hurry! Deadline is Jan. 20th, 2010.

C-SPAN’s StudentCam