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Inspire Santa Fe Mentorship Program
SEED: Source for Educational Empowerment and Community Development/

Inspire Santa Fe Mentorship Program

What do you really want to learn?

Inspire Santa Fe begins with that question. Working with teachers, counselors and families across the city, we ask young people to identify a field or skill they would like to explore—not as a job or college application booster, but as a natural, deep calling.

We’re often surprised by the longings they harbor. They tell us they want to learn oil painting, mountaineering, criminal law, architecture, and soccer. They want to know how to blow glass, code computers, and fight for environmental justice.

Once the youth “protégé” has identified a field, we find an adult volunteer who has expertise and talent in that area, and is willing to work with the young person for two hours a week for six to eight months. Together, the mentor and protégé develop a learning relationship and create project to share publicly with the community.

It’s a new approach to education, but a familiar way to learn. People have been learning through mentorships centuries before the first school bell rang, and continue learning this way in shops, homes, studios and businesses. Inspire lifts up these natural learning and teaching relationships, and formalize them so they offer a balance to the conventional classroom learning predominant in schools.

Details
Ages: Children and Youth  Teen  Adults  Seniors/elderly 
Documentation: Photo identification 
Genders: All 
Intake Process: Appointment Necessary 
Payment Options: Free 
Race: All 
Special Needs: Abused or neglected  Immigrants/refugees  Physical or cognitive disabilities 
Waiting List: Sometimes 
Minimum Age: 12
Maximum Age: None
Contact: Todd Lopez
Contact Email: toddlopez@seednm.org
Capacity: 100 students / 100 mentors
Restrictions: Background Check
Services
Educational Programs Educational Support Services Youth Development
Locations
Santa Fe
1600 Lena Street, Suite F-1, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Santa Fe,  NM 87505
Mailing:
PO Box 2246
Santa Fe,  NM 87505

Phone: (505) 231-5484
Hours: Weekdays 8-6 and weekends during the school year
Languages Spoken:  English  Spanish 
Services Limited By Geography: Santa Fe and surrounding communities
Geographic Area Served:  Santa Fe County  
Parent Organization
SEED: Source for Educational Empowerment and Community Development

Cultivating Conscious Communities

1600 Lena Street, Suite F-1, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Santa Fe,  NM 87505
Mailing:
PO Box 2246
Santa Fe,  NM 87504-2246

Phone: (505) 231-5484
Primary Contact: Todd Lopez
Contact Email: toddlopez@seednm.org
Type: Nonprofit
EIN: 85-0450153
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