true brotherhood: male mentoring for the lifespan

TRUE BROTHERHOOD: Male Mentoring for the

LifespanKenwood Brotherhood, Inc. – Chicago, IL

Shelby T. Wyatt, Ed. DNadia Y. Jenkins

Brittany Sims

Part 2 from the presentation in 2013 The Brotherhood is a school based male

mentoring organization that was created as a supplement to promote student achievement in elementary and high school.

The scope has grown to include mentoring for young adults

NOUN: An association of men, such as a fraternity or union, united for common purposes

VERB: Action associated with maintaining the Brotherhood bond

ADJECTIVE: Genuine Concern

1. Kenwood Academy Brotherhood History2. Mental Health Checkups 3. Intimacy Research4. Cultural Comprehension5. Expanding the Scope6. Why Young Adults7. Issues Affecting Young Adult Males8. Kenwood Brotherhood, Inc.9. Community and University Partnerships10. Fun Evaluative Tools

HistoryCreated to address:

1.Low graduation rate of African American males in the Chicago Public School System

2. Low participation of males in non-athletic leadership roles at Kenwood Academy

3. Lack of knowledge of positive opportunities outside of the classroom

Counseling and Psychology Graduate School Students Provide Weekly:• Professional Adult mentoring• Assigned Mentees• Grade Checks• Assessments of home issues• Provide Coping Strategies• Conflict Resolution• Stress release activities• Weekly Lesson Planning• Leadership Skill development• Enrichment Opportunities

Discovering Intimacy: Fraternity, Responsibility,

Creativity Who What When Where Why How

Formula: Safety + Trust + Vulnerability =INTIMACY

Fraternity=Safety Responsibility=Trust Creativity=Vulnerability

‘We are the Brotherhood. A male-mentoring organization with the creed ‘Fraternity’, ‘Responsibility’ and ‘Creativity’. We are our brothers keeper in this group’. -

S. Rogers ‘14

‘It was the Brotherhood that showed me what bonding meant. Intimacy is what I was missing at home’

Corzail Nicholson ‘08

Intimacy Results

Cultural Comprehension – Culture is defined as the entity that makes you unique.Comprehension- Your ability to understand

The purpose of cultural comprehension is to assist students to understand their uniqueness. This requires a series of assessments (informal/formal) to collect personal data on self-perception, self-esteem, and self-concept.

Data collected from these assessments can be used to introduce counseling lessons or secure enrichment opportunities that can provide cultural clarification

CULTURAL COMPREHENSION

CULTURAL COMPREHENSION

1.Self-Perception

2.Self- Concept3.Self-Esteem

Three Phases of Cultural Comprehension

The perceived reality of how others view you

Analysis of your own behavior and make judgments about why you do what you do

SELF- PERCEPTION

A collection of beliefs about oneselfHow we see ourselves

Who am I? Cognitive and DescriptiveInteracts with self-perception and self-esteem

Self Concept

A judgment and attitude of oneself

Negative or positive evaluation of oneself

Self-esteem

Expanding the scopeScope expands from

Kenwood Academy to include the Brotherhood alumni

1.True Brotherhood Mentoring

2.Validation3.Information4.Resources5.Clarification6.Cyclical Effect

Why Young Adult Males?

1. College Admission & Retention

2. Unsure Long and Short Term Goals

3. Employable Skills Unemployment

4. Mental Health5. Death Statistics

Issues Affecting Young Adult Males

Began as the Alumni Foundation in 2007

2011-Began researching not for profit status

Established in February, 2012

Purpose to support high school guys

Platform for skill development for Brotherhood alumni and friends

Kenwood Brotherhood, Inc.

Community and University Partnerships

Social Media Mentoring through DePaul University

Journaling Skits Open Forum Poetry Positive Rap Graphic Design Activities Projects Field Trips

Fun Evaluative Tools

Questions and Answers

Kenwood Academy Brotherhood5015 South Blackstone

Chicago, Il 60615stwyatt@cps.edu

773-535-1372www.kenwoodbrotherhood.co

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Kenwood Brotherhood, Inc.

9412 South CalumetChicago, IL 60619

Kenwood.brotherhood.inc@gmail.com

773-550-0485Facebook:

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Brotherhood Inc.

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