About Much More Than Mentorship

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A collaborative match made in heaven, Melanin Youth

Foundation spearheaded by Krystal Singh and Much More

Than Mentorship, Head Cheerleader, Jacqui Dobens joined

forces to broaden a wider reach than either of them would

have been able to achieve alone. The heart of MYF is to offer

pertinent essential skills to often overlooked youth. While

MMTM saw a vacancy in the marketplace that desperately

needed to be filled. While the mentorship space is crowded

with services and programs that provide a corrective

approach, few, if any, provide a practical, organized, and

systematic approach. While group and individual ‘rap’

sessions, have their place, MMTM takes an aspirationally

inspired approach to disseminate durable life skills in a

gamification environment. Initially inspired by the very

successful program, The Amazing Shake, the brainchild of

the Ron Clark Academy in Georgia, we’ve plussed it and

made it our own by offering The Amazing Shake prep

sessions. We’ve now expanded under Our Brothers Keepers,

Roots to Wings, where we offer FNL program. Which stands

for Friday Nights Lights. It is designed as a inter and intra

district program where durable life skills competitions are

held cross town and across school district lines with

neighboring participating cities. Taking the sports rivalries to

the supplemental curriculum genre in the expression of

disseminating durable life skills. Students will be prepped in

6-10 week sessions leading up to community competitions.

This way, families and friends will be on hand to root for their

students. Also, community leaders will be on hand to judge,

participate, support and root (no pun intended) for their

school of choice. For intra-district competitions,

superintendents are encouraged to crown the winner. Thewinner of the intra-district competition will compete in the

cross town competition for bragging community rights.