Peer mentoring is a fun way to give back to your community, gain practical life skills, and earn community service hours. High school mentors are matched one-to-one with a younger student who shares similar interests, and meet once a week. Current mentors will be matched with their current mentee, while new mentor applicants will complete an application process to find a good match. Ongoing support and training will be offered from Pam Quinn and an AmeriCorps member to help keep your mentoring time fun and rewarding.
Do you feel passionate about a specific topic facing youth today? Be the leader you needed when you were younger, and become a Twinfield Together Peer Leader. You will have the chance to research your topic of choice, practice presentation and facilitation skills, and give younger students tools for navigating adolescence and the world today. Topics could range from the importance of fitness to taking care of the environment. You can work independently, or with peers who are interested in the same topic. These will be student directed projects with support from Fiona Zahm, Pam Quinn and our newest AmeriCorps member.
Do you like to talk with others regardless of race, age, gender, and/or political opinion? Would you like to improve your communication skills and work towards being able to resolve conflicts? If you answered yes or maybe to any of these questions then Communicating the Hard Stuff is right up your alley. We will build community and a safe space to help us talk about issues that are important to us. We will use restorative approaches to create safe space for discussion. Restorative: having the ability to restore health, strength, or a feeling of well-being. Approaches: a way of dealing with something, another way leading to a place.
This learning experience will be facilitated by Melissa, Debra, Ana Lindert-Boyes and Shaunice Nunn.