Changemakers are people who work both behind the scenes and on the front lines of a social issue to bring about positive change—teachers, administrators, counselors, youth workers and mentors among them. They can work along a spectrum from part-time to full time as volunteers or for pay, within their communities and/or on-line. The most powerful changemakers function in the words of Malcolm Gladwell as “contagious agents.”
The Mentor Changemaker is a diagnostician, a designer, an advocate and an investor all rolled into one.
Mentor-Changemakers are skilled at both groupwork and teamwork -- in bringing people and resources together.
The Mentor Changemaker is a diagnostician, a designer, an advocate and an investor all rolled into one.
- The diagnostician "makes a map” to locate hidden potential in a youth's life and "minds the gaps" that emerge.
- The designer “builds the app” -- it's a lever, a platform and a plan designed to release pent-up potential that hold back youth.
- The advocate carries out the plan and when needed appeals to those in the community who can mobilize resources for youth.
- And the investor equips our youth to become changemakers themselves.
Mentor-Changemakers are skilled at both groupwork and teamwork -- in bringing people and resources together.