Happy New Year from all of us at the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota! First, we’d like to take a moment to thank everyone for all of your the continued support throughout our 20+ years of serving Minnesota! 2015 was a year of change here at MPM and our entire...
3M announced on November 10th, 2015 that Kimberly F. Price, vice-president, 3Mgives, was appointed to the position of senior vice president, Corporate Communications and Enterprise Services, effective January 1, 2016. She replaces Ian F. Hardgrove who will retire. “Kim is a highly accomplished and respected leader with a proven...
Anthony Harris is currently a senior majoring in Biology at Carleton College. Upon transferring to Carlton as a sophomore, he decided to get involved on campus by pursuing a position as an OIIL Peer Leader. Anthony did not have a mentor to guide him while he was in boarding...
The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota (MPM) is joining with GiveMN to participate in Give to the Max Day on November 12th, 2015! You may scheduled you tax-deductible donations between now and November 12th. Your generous contributions will go towards The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota’s mission of working to ensure...
Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis is a junior at Carleton College, and has been OIIL Peer Leader for the past two years. Even though he initially didn’t consider taking the position, someone noticed how naturally mentoring came to Jeff and decided his outgoing personality and compassion for others was a natural fit...
Gloria Lewis is the President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities and also serves on the board of the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota (MPM). She has been in her current position for the last ten years, but has been supporting community and healthy...
I am Wendy Raymond and I wanted to introduce myself as the new Communications and Project’s Associate for the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota (MPM). One of my new projects at the organization is reinvigorating MPM’s LinkedIn page. This comes as a result both from a conference I attended last...
“Some of the most important factors in promoting youth development are clear boundaries and expectations, constant optimism and showing up and being consistent. I think everything else builds on those three.” Christina Saunders is the recently named Executive Director of Athletes Committed to Educating Students (ACES). ACES (a Mentoring...
“So…what do you do?” It’s a question we’re asked almost daily. I know I can’t escape the question, even from my own family. Now imagine your job description is: Development and Program Support Coordinator. Huh? Where do I even begin? I usually see eyes glaze over when I start...
“Mentoring is a two-way relationship, it’s not this all knowing person descending on this other less knowing person. It is a mutuality and a valuing of diverse experiences and amount of experience, but never condescension.” Sondra Samuels is the President and CEO of Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) and a...