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March 10, 2010

100 Black Men to hold mentor and mentee workshop

Daniel McDonald The Union-Recorder

MILLEDGEVILLE — This weekend, the 100 Black Men of Milledgeville encourage the community to join them for an opportunity to learn more about how adults can come together to be better examples for local young people.

100 Black Men Milledgeville Oconee Area Chapter is sponsoring its first Mentor and Mentee Workshop at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Walter B. Williams Recreation Center. 100 Black Men Mentor Program Chair Quentin T. Howell told The Union-Recorder that the group is sponsoring the event to keep program members thinking creatively about how they can help bring the next generation along.

“We’re trying to have a nice event where we can relearn and retrain in order to better affect kids in a positive way,” Howell said. “We go to the schools weekly to meet with the kids and talk about things like the economy, behavior and success. And one of the main things I like to talk about is thinking outside of the box and thinking creatively about where we go from here. This workshop is one way we can do that.”

100 Black Men Milledgeville Oconee Area Chapter President James Lunsford said the workshop experience provides the opportunity for different groups that have mentor programs to come together and share best practices in order for all groups to increase their ability to have a meaningful impact on the lives of young people.

“I think that one thing young people have a problem with is getting along together; when young people can see adults working together, it helps show them that people in different groups can work together,” Lunsford said. “When it comes to the older guys, we should be trying to find [mentor] programs that other groups use so we can improve our own program.”

Lunsford said he’s excited about this chance for different mentor groups to come together and share ideas that can benefit the community’s youth.

The workshop will focus on discussion about the three different types of mentoring — individual mentoring, group mentoring and tag team mentoring — to generate conversation about the best ways to reach young people, Howell said. The workshop also will provide an opportunity for both adults and young people to come together and network with groups and individuals from across the Middle Georgia area.

Following the workshop, the groups will convene for a small basketball tournament at the recreation center. Lunsford said the basketball portion of the workshop will be a simple pick-up tournament to get attendees working together and thinking about team work. It won’t be too competitive, he said.

To find out more about the 100 Black Men Mentor and Mentee Workshop, call Quentin T. Howell at (478) 414-1120.

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