The challenge for minority children to get
accepted to college just got tougher
Solution: Community Service is more important and valuable than ever before
Community Services is color blind and cannot be taken away from a child who is being considered for college application acceptance. Community service hours earned can therefore stand in the gap now left by the supreme court decision to reverse affirmative action and speak for our children where their race / color can no longer be a consideration. Therefore, Community service can be a distinguishing factor for a child for consideration to college along side their academic accomplishments.
Program:
Focus Community Service on community advocacy – teach the next generation of community advocates how to advocate for positive change, attention, and resources for their local communities.
Community Advocacy is a combination of a variety of complex skills:
Business Intelligence gathering, community relations, high level networking and solving complex business problems, corporate selling in a complex environment with multiple decision makers, professional selling in a complex org structure, relationship building, public speaking, coalition building, just to name a few…
Curriculum:
14 week intensive program where participants will work in a group environment to identify a community problem and work to solve that problem over the course of the 14 week program. Participants will get real-life experience working with city government leaders to bring attention and resources to help solve their identified community problem. Participants will learn how to build friendly coalitions made up of city government, non-profit departments and organizations to help them solve their identified community problem. Participants will be interviewed up front by members of the 100 Black Men and 100 Black Women organizations for acceptance to the program. Participants will present their problem statement and plan as a group to the local Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) at a monthly NPU meeting as a requirement for successful completion of the program and write a scholarly essay at the completion of the program describing their experience in the program and how it will help them in their lives and in their communities.
Goals of the Program:
- Program Participants – First year – Five (5) Rising 11th Graders will be selected to participate in January 2024
- Target Program Participants: Rising 11th Graders
- Summer Youth Employment via Parks & Recreation Department – Standard application process required for each participant
- 200 Hours of Community Services the student can add to their college application
- SCAD Summer Program for kids interested in Art and Design
- Provide college tours to program participants during summer of 2024
- Provide college scholarships for program participants
For a full list of the application questions and the information you’ll need to complete the application, download and review our Application Preview.
Target School for Program Participants:
Frederick Douglass High School
225 Hamilton E Holmes Dr., NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
Meet our Inaugural Class of Mentorship Program Participants for 2024
Jaylen Small
Fredrick Douglass HS, Atlanta GA
Graduation Date: May, 2025
Why you wanted to be a part of the Mentorship Program?
“Wanting to fix problems in my community, learn better communication skills and have lots of community service hours for my resume.”
Goals after HS: Vocational / Trade Training, Two-Year College
Nikeria Prather
Fredrick Douglass HS, Atlanta GA
Graduation Date: May, 2025
Why you wanted to be a part of the Mentorship Program?
“I am applying for the Turner Foundations Mentorship program to experience all aspects from a person’s view.”
Goals after HS:
Four-Year College
La’Dasha Washington
Fredrick Douglass HS, Atlanta GA
Graduation Date: May, 2025
Why you wanted to be a part of the Mentorship Program?
“My reason for applying to the Turner Foundations Mentorship Program is being that I am a junior in High School, I don’t have much volunteering experience or experience in being involved with the community and I believe this would be a great opportunity to start.”
Goals after HS:
Full-Time Employment
Jerrod Sumlin
Fredrick Douglass HS, Atlanta GA
Graduation Date: May, 2025
Why you wanted to be a part of the Mentorship Program?
“Because I feel like my community can be benefited the most from this program because where I come from I look around and it seems like everyone needs help and I think this program can do that.”
Goals after HS:
Four-Year College
Bruce Smith
Fredrick Douglass HS, Atlanta GA
Graduation Date: May, 2025
Why you wanted to be a part of the Mentorship Program?
“I want to make a change in my community.”
Goals after HS:
Four-Year College, Vocational/Trade Training
