Aug 16, 2018 | Blog
Boston Partners was joined by three incredibly bright and talented Boston Public Schools students this summer through the John Hancock MLK Scholars Program. For two months, Kledion, Sitnour, and Steeven led an outreach project to help recruit more academic mentors for...
Aug 14, 2018 | Blog
My Summer as an MLK Scholar with Boston Partners in Education By Kledion Naksi “Come to work on time, wearing business casual clothing.” This is what I was told when I was hired at Boston Partners in Education as an MLK Scholar this summer. So, on the morning of July...
Aug 10, 2018 | Blog
An Eventful Summer Experience By Sitnour Elamin On my first day of work as an MLK Scholar, a combination of me entering a new environment, it being my first job, and not knowing my co-workers left me as a nervous wreck. But the people I’ve gotten to know over the last...
Aug 2, 2018 | Blog
A Year Full of Encouragement, Authenticity, and Commitment to Equality By Ahna Kielar As an Americorps Ambassador of Mentoring through the Highland Street Foundation, my role was to build capacity at a youth-serving, mentoring organization this year. Apart from that,...
Jun 20, 2018 | Blog
On Tuesday, June 19th, Boston Partners in Education was honored to recognize this year’s class of volunteer mentors and school partners at AMP!, our annual celebration of the community members who make our work a reality in Boston Public Schools (BPS) classrooms. This...
Apr 12, 2018 | Blog
On April 5th, members of the Roxbury community joined us for our first ever open mic night, “Mentoring Matters: We Mic It Like That.” Hosted by Roxbury Community College, the mentoring-themed event served as an open space for guests to perform poetry and...
