Mentoring to EXCEL: Black Male Perception of Effective Mentorship in a Social Justice Intervention Program

• In Event: 81.032 - MTCC Roundtable Session 37
  In Roundtable Session: 81.032-6 - Cartographies of Black Educational Experiences: Spaces, Memories, and Mentorship

Abstract

Black boys are disproportionately “pushed” out of school (i.e. suspended and expelled) and incarcerated at higher rates compared to their male counterparts of any racial group. In 2014, Civil Rights Data Collection (CDRC) released a study finding that Black boys receive two out of every three suspensions. This research project looks to answer this injustice with mentorship.

Author

• TrVel Lyons, University of California - Los Angeles