Combatting White Saviorism in Mentors and Mentoring Programs

This free training is made possible by generous funding from The Wawa Foundation.

Mentoring relationships and programs have the power to reproduce racial inequity. Mentors and mentoring programs have a moral obligation to do no harm to the youth and families engaged in their mentoring relationships and programs. In this virtual training, participants explore what white saviorism looks like as well as the harmful impact it has on youth. Participants will develop the ability to recognize white saviorism in mentoring relationships and programs and explore concrete strategies to combat its harmful effects.

This free virtual training will be facilitated by MENTOR Independence Region, an affiliate of MENTOR National.

In this interactive virtual training participants will:

• Be able to recognize white saviorism in mentoring relationships and programs
• Be motivated to take action to dismantle white saviorism
• Develop a strengths-based approach to their mentoring relationships and programs that centers youth of color

Participation in this training will require a high level of interaction, and the session will not be recorded.

To ensure this free training opportunity is available to as many organizations as possible, we kindly request that registrations are limited to 10 registrants per organization. Thank you for your consideration!