Diversity Mentoring Workshop

You may be familiar with the wise African proverb that says: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

Everyone entering a mentorship relationship intuitively understands this universal truth. Mentors have wisdom that can help mentees go further than they thought. Mentees have the will to succeed and need direction. The question becomes, how do I best give and receive in a mentoring relationship when the two people can be worlds and experiences apart?

For mentors, this workshop will lift the veil on what is required to be an emotionally intelligent mentor to mentees of diverse backgrounds and underrepresented identities. There are interpersonal dynamics that, once you are aware of them, can allow you to increase your ability to attend to and understand your mentee.

For mentees, this workshop will provide you with the encouragement and empowerment to own the constellation of who you are and where you come from. To be confident, wholehearted, and assertive in the kinds of supportive relationships you need to foster your unique growth.

Themes include:

• How to attend to a student’s narrative, and foster resilience that does not continue to tie their self-worth to achievement and success?
• How to not stereotype your mentee as the one that “made it” or force them to carve a path that looks like yours?
• How to talk about marginalized identities and hardships in your life in authentic ways that do not induce hiding or shame?
• How to access your own needs for guidance and articulate your needs with interpersonal effectiveness?

As a psychologist and masterful facilitator of group spaces, Dr. Meag-gan will provide an exploratory, engaging and healing space. Mentors and mentees will be guided in hearing from each other in new and enlightening ways. Each will leave inspired to be their full selves in a deeply transformative relationship with one another.