Christian Science Monitor, July 22, 2014
"'If you need to get everyone’s attention, then partner with someone who has a big bullhorn,' says David Shapiro, CEO of MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, after President Barack Obama announced the partnership between MENTOR and the NBA to help inspire more men of color to become mentors.
I’d would say that every organization that relies on mentors to help children of any race just benefited from the call to volunteer that was relayed via the biggest “bullhorn” on the planet, the US presidential podium.
On Monday, the White House announced a partnership between MENTOR and another big voice in the crowd, the National Basketball Association in support of the President’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative to connect boys and young men of color to resources to achieve success." Read more
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