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Founder and CEO Susan L. Taylor, and Honorary Co-Chair Courtney B. Vance, underscored the crucial work our organization does to ensure our young people whose lives are being shredded by poverty have access to the support needed to thrive. “Our work centers on healing traumas born of poverty and social marginalization. Our leaders and mentors that guide our young along pathways to emotional, social and financial well-being.”

We are proud to announce a new partnership with the Columbia University School of Social Work, one of the world’s leading research universities; and Columbia University’s Black Alumni Council (BAC), the association for current and future Black alumni from all schools, affiliates and generations of Columbia.

The National CARES Mentoring Movement is pioneering new paths forward that enhance the education of students in marginalized Black communities and under-resourced schools.