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True Change
Starts Within
The North LA County CARES Mentoring Movement (NLACC), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization in partnership with the National CARES, began its journey in 2011 with a visit from Susan L. Taylor to the Antelope Valley community (known as the "Forgotten City"). This journey started with a community call to the Faith Based Churches of the need for mentors. The call was answered by Gwendolynne Cole to create the 36th of 58 Affiliates, the NLACC, formerly named Antelope Valley CARES Mentoring Movement, in the United States.
Our strong voice for supporting and promoting responsible mentoring initiatives throughout the Northern LA County region to recruit, train, and connect mentors by continuing to sound the alarm and raise awareness of the state of emergency of the under resourced youth in our community that is growing.
Mentoring is a low-cost, high-yield solution to a growing crisis. We can longer standby and wait. When mentoring our youth is done well...everyone benefits.
OUR REASONS WHY
MENTORS MATTER
98%
Of youth mentored stay in school.
85%
Do not become teen parents.
98%
Do not use drugs + avoid gang participation.
Mentoring is a low-cost, high-yield solution to a growing crisis. We can no longer standby and wait - when mentoring our youth is done well...everyone benefits.
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Black Youth
Suicide
Did you know? In the last ten years, suicide rates among Black youth ages five to eleven have doubled, while the rate among White youth in the same age group has declined.
Together, we can raise our voices to demand research be done, educate our parents and communities and ensure that our youth receive the love and healing they need to thrive.
-National CARES Mentoring Movement
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Why We Care
"EVERYBODY CAN BE GREAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN SERVE. YOU ONLY NEED A HEART FULL OF GRACE. A SOUL GENERATED BY LOVE."
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
