Student program reaches out to youths and looks for new volunteers
Bruce Randolph Middle School will be getting some extra help this year.
The Student Outreach Retention Center for Equity started a mentor program to guide students from Bruce Randolph Middle School who are from low-income, Hispanic and black families.
The mentor program will be a cooperative effort between SORCE and the CU Environmental Center.
“We don’t really know where it’s going to take us,” said Teresa Hernandez, director of SORCE.
Created in spring of 2000, SORCE is a student-initiated and student-run center that helps provide underprivileged students the opportunity to attend college. This includes students of different ethnicities, first-generation and low-income students.
The idea started when the Environmental Center came to SORCE with 25 computers, which SORCE gave to the Bruce Randolph Middle School.
The mentor program was designed by Laneice Littleton, SORCE’s outreach mentor coordinator, who is responsible for getting the program off the ground.
Littleton said that they were excited about the program.
The application process to become a mentor is fairly simple. The program looks for people with experience in promoting multicultural relationships and working with youth.
An application and interview are required to become a mentor.
Although it is the first year of the program, Hernandez hopes that the program will reach out to the community for several years to come.
“We’ve always wanted to find a way to sustain a longer relationship with youth in the community,” Hernandez said.
Contact staff writer Aaron Musick at aaron.musick@thecampuspress.com
