Mentor2Youth Inc.

05/06/2025

The Corner is hiring!

Are you a social worker interested in helping our perinatal patients and their families? We’re looking for you! We are in search of a Therapist/Maternal Health Social Worker to join our team ⏩ https://bit.ly/4gvvPfo

📍 Ypsilanti, MI
🕒 Full-time
📩 Apply now or tag someone who should! https://bit.ly/4gvvPfo

04/15/2025

Khari Arnold, a Georgia father and lifelong book lover, created Library Dads to help Black fathers build stronger bonds with their children while promoting early literacy.

The program hosts 90-minute sessions at Wolf Creek Library centered on play, shared reading, and peer support — all rooted in the pillars of bonding, books, and brotherhood.

As literacy rates among Black children decline, Library Dads is expanding across Metro-Atlanta, offering fathers a joyful and empowering way to nurture both their kids and their communities.

https://www.blackenterprise.com/atlanta-library-dads-georgia-child-literacy-georgia/

03/27/2025

The executive order attempting to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)—the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services—puts statewide services like MeL & MeLCat at risk. MeL.org: Michigan eLibrary provides all Michigan residents with free online access to full-text articles, full-text books, valuable research, and much more. MeLCat is the statewide catalog that allows patrons from participating libraries to borrow materials from libraries all over Michigan.

You can visit http://bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding to tell your representatives how the order to eliminate the IMLS could impact you and your community.

Read more from the Lakeland Library Cooperative: https://buff.ly/J2SS6zb

03/13/2025

🌱 PARENTING WITH UNDERSTANDING: A CLASS FOR GROWTH & CONNECTION

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parenting is a journey of love, learning, and listening. But too often, our children struggle in silence because we, as parents, don’t fully understand their needs.

💔 The truth is, kids are hurting. Some are even dying—because they feel unheard, unseen, and unsupported.

📢 Join us for a powerful, judgment-free parenting class designed to help us:
✅ Learn how to truly listen to our children.
✅ Build deeper, more compassionate connections.
✅ Understand the unique challenges our kids face today.
✅ Create a home where every child feels safe, loved, and valued.

This class is for parents who want to grow, who want to support their children, and who believe that love should be the foundation of every conversation.

Let’s come together, not to judge, but to learn how to be the parents our children need. Because at the end of the day, love is what saves lives. ❤️



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02/28/2025

Too many are at stake! We must speak up and speak out!

It’s no secret that nonprofits are facing many unexpected challenges in light of the recent and ongoing cuts to federal funding. One area facing major cuts is federal nutrition programs that organizations like Food Gatherers rely on to fight food insecurity in our community. Food Gatherers has just learned that much of their USDA food, known as TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) has been “paused.” The food pantries we operate here at Peace are supported by Food Gatherers and could be impacted by these ongoing funding cuts. Make your voices heard by calling your representatives and standing up for those experiencing hunger in our community!

Call Members of Congress by March 3!
Sen Slotkin (202) 224-4822
Sen Peters (202) 224-6221
Congresswoman Dingell (202) 225-4071

Sample script:
"Hi, my name is ___, and I'm a constituent. I'm calling because I'm worried about proposed funding cuts to SNAP and USDA food for food banks through TEFAP. These programs help community members have access to food, and support Michigan growers and food producers too. I urge _____ (office you're calling) to protect SNAP and TEFAP, and oppose any cuts."