<div dir="ltr">Hello All, yes, I strongly believe in mentoring , one on one. Some of us have been fortunate enough to have had a mentor. Older and successful people enjoy being valuable to younger professionals just starting out. Young professionals have someone to help them to understand how the system works, how to get things done, workplace values and how to navigate an ever more complicated work world. This journey is challenging enough without blindness or visual impairment. Mary <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Richard McGaffin via Ct-nfb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div>Good morning all,</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Although I agree Mentoring would be a great idea. I'm not sure if we have enough people to run such a program. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Because my life style is based on marching to my own drum. I would have to decline from such an event. I do like the idea though, and I wish you luck with it. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Perhaps if you can dig up some old members are ar no longer part of our affiliate and ask them to come out of retirement you might get some good mentor's.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">That's my opinion I do wish you luck.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Rich</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">P.S. I have come to the conclusion that although I am an activist I can no longer count my self as a true Federationist. It doesn't mean I don't want to help, it means I'm not a follower I'm a free spirited freak Be cool <br></div><div><span></span></div> <br><div><br><br></div><div style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div class="h5"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, May 3, 2015 11:56 PM, Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> </div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div>
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<div>Some affiliates run mentoring programs. We talked about doing one in Connecticut a while back, but we didn’t hold the discussion in a forum as broad as this one. I’m curious about the possibilities, but I only want to go down the road of
exploring details if people in our affiliate are actually interested.</div>
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<div>I know I am where I am today because of the great mentors I’ve had in the National Federation of the Blind, some of whom are on this email list. Most of those experiences happened organically for me, but I wonder about how powerful it could
be to run a mentoring program like the NFB affiliates in Illinois, Utah, Georgia, Texas, etc.
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<div>Here are a few details of other programs so far as I understand them. Certainly, we could take consultation from other programs, but I wouldn’t want to guide the program to the point of bypassing the ingenuity that I’m proud to consider
a characteristic of Connecticut citizens. </div>
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<div>Programs divide participants into two groups: one with more experience (mentors) and the other with less experience (mentees). Then, pairs are made with one person from each group. Activities are held a few times per year, usually at existing
NFB events, where mentors and mentees get together and help each other be stronger. Sometimes, trips and other events are planned just for people in the programs. Of course, mentors and mentees communicate outside of events, too.</div>
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<div>What does everyone think? Is this something we’d like to investigate? Would anyone here want to be a part of something like that?</div>
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<div>Take care,</div>
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<div>Justin</div>
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