MyStand Organization

MyStand helps youth identify, build, and maintain positive and healthy relationships with others and themselves. Founded in 2013, MyStand was created to provide holistic and culturally relevant mentorship supports that are sensitive to the unique needs of vulnerable youth. MyStand recognizes and focuses its energy on providing the direct benefits of mentorship in helping youth with self-development through assessments, workshops and mentorship. MyStand believes that its impact is enhanced by combining these three elements into mentorship programming. The program focuses on employment/entrepreneurship and educational achievement outcomes. The program includes year-long one-to-one mentorship, which connects one adult mentor with a maximum of 2 youth mentees, who engage in weekly mentorship sessions and participate in larger program and partner events. Mentees also engage in regular workshop sessions.