Mentoring
In collaboration with our community partners Kallista Marie from Our Community Reads and Darryl Johnson from Mentor2Youth, this list highlights mentoring resources in Washtenaw County. Understanding that mentorship is integral to the personal and social development of our fellow community members, The Workshop is pleased to present this page of resources recommended by our community partners.
We hope that you find these resources to be useful to you in navigating mentor/mentee relationships. As always, please feel free to contact us if you have ideas for other material we could include on this site.
Mentor2Youth
Mentor2Youth is a non-profit organization serving Ypsilanti youth through mentorship, academic support, and chess directed by our community partner Darryl Johnson.
The program uses a Raising Royalty curriculum which bridges the opportunity gap by introducing students from historically underserved backgrounds to the game of chess as a strategic framework to generate healthy lives, rewarding careers, and a strong sense of community.
Pharaohs Club
Imagined by Our Community Reads, founded and directed by our community partner Kallista Marie, The Pharaohs Club is an innovative approach of cultivating brotherhood and learning skills with the guidance and mentorhship of Black men.
Click here learn more about the Pharaohs Club.
NOTE: Our Community Reads is currently fundraising for the Pharaohs Club to go on their first trip to Pittsburgh, PA to visit an art gallery and the University of Pittsburgh. Their goal is $2,000 and donations are appreciated and can be mailed to Our Community Reads at 1606 S Huron P.O Box 970791 Ypsilanti, MI 48197 and sent via Cash App $ourcommunitykm, venmo @ourcommunity-reads.
Queens Club
Queens Club is a sacred community built on teaching young Black girls about the power of their African American culture, identity, and strength. Facilitated by Our Community Reads, founded and directed by our community partner Kallista Marie, this program aims to protect Black girls and their sense of play we are strengthening the confidence that is their skin, the beauty of their hair and encouraging them to embrace their natural glow in all of their melanated shades of glory.
Click here to learn more about the Queens Club.
NOTE: Queens Club currently serves young ladies aged 8 to 13 and we would love to expand and are dreaming of launching new programming in 2025 and have begun fundraising for this important venture. Please consider supporting with a financial donation. Donations can also be made via Cash App $ourcommunitykm, venmo @ourcommunity-reads, and mailing a check or money order to Our Community Reads at 1606 S Huron P.O Box 970791 Ypsilanti, MI 48197.