"ERIS Mentoring Development Center"
Focusing on Brooklyn, the ERIS Mentoring Center seeks to develop
individual, organizational and institutional mentoring capacity through
training, networking and technology. The Mentoring Center provides the tools necessary for mentors and organizations to reach their full potential for public service. This program intends to model best practices to help local mentoring efforts, learn new ways to improve student performance and develop practical techniques to solve problems and overcome academic barriers. This program will help managers, staff members, leaders, and volunteers to create a more dynamic, successful, and nurturing organization.

Mentoring Organizations in Brooklyn

Mentoring Program: Student Mentor Program (Long Island University)
Program Description: The overall aim of the Student Mentor Program is to aid in the academic and social development of the students here at Long Island University, Brooklyn. It is our goal to help students make a successful adjustment to college, and to have a positive experience during their first year and beyond.
Contact Information:
Long Island University – Pratt 510 1 University Plaza -Brooklyn, NY 11201
Telephone: (718) 488-1435
Fax: (718) 780-4059 Email: vanessa.gonzalez@liu.edu

Mentoring Program: The New York City College of Technology Mentor Program for Children of Promise
Program Description:The program aims to help children of incarcerated parents in Brooklyn achieve better outcomes: to progress scholastically and develop emotionally.
Contact Information:
Michelle Forsten, Phone: 718-260-5979
Email: mforsten@citytech.cuny.edu

Mentoring Program:Girl Quest Mentor Program
Program Description: Our Mentor Program provides positive female role models and strong support structures to motivatedteenage girls who are ready to explore who they are and discovertheir community at large. Girls attending SEED in 2007,
ages 12 and older, are eligible to participate in our Mentor Program.
The program launched in 2000 as a means of providing teenage girls with year-round support networks during the challenging teenage years.
Contact Information:
Girls Quest 150 West 30th Street, Suite 901 New York, NY 10001
Telephone: 212-532-7050 Fax: 212-532-7061 sthomas@girlsquest.org

Mentoring Program: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City-
Traditional Mentoring Program
Program Description: The foundation of our program for a century, this program matches low-income youth, often from single-parent homes, between the ages of 7 and 17, with a carefully screened adult role model 21 years or older. "Bigs", who have completed "Skills to Mentor Youth" volunteer training, meet with youngsters
at least every other week, for four hours and maintain regular phone contact.
Each one-to-one relationship is also supported by a social worker responsible for supervision.
Contact Information:
Main Office: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
223 East 30th Street New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-686-2042, Fax 212-779-1221 help@bigsnyc.org

Mentoring Program: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City- New American Partnership
Program Description: This mentoring program, serving all five boroughs, helps immigrant youth (ages 7-17) overcome the unique obstacles they may face while adjusting to a new culture, language and customs. These youngsters often experience feelings of loneliness, isolation and prejudice as well as the stress of negotiating between their cultural traditions and the urban American environment. To date,
participants in the program represent over 55 different nations and speak 34 languages.
Contact Information:
Main Office: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
223 East 30th Street New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-686-2042 Fax 212-779-1221 help@bigsnyc.org

Mentoring Program: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City- Youth Mothers Program
Program Description: This mentoring program, which began in the Bronx, is now serving pregnant and parenting teenage girls city-wide. We match female mentors with pregnant teens or teenage mothers who could benefit from an additional source of support and are open to a new friendship. Mentors have the opportunity to spend time with the teen moms and their children on outings focused on bonding and positive parenting. They also spend one-on- one time with the teen moms, providing an important recreational outlet and an opportunity for relationship-building.
Contact Information:
Main Office: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
223 East 30th Street New York, NY 10016
Phone 212-686-2042 Fax 212-779-1221 help@bigsnyc.org


Mentoring Program: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City-
Incredible Kids
Program Description: Launched in the spring of 2005, this mentoring program uses the proven one-to-one mentoring model to help low-income youth who have disabilities overcome the effects of social and educational exclusion, which they face from an early age. Mentors must show a commitment to working with this particularly vulnerable young population, and they receive specialized training on disabilities and how to provide empowering support. The program also includes special group activities that provide fun and positive challenges.
Contact Information:
Main Office: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
223 East 30th Street New York, NY 10016
Phone 212-686-2042 Fax 212-779-1221 help@bigsnyc.org

Mentoring program: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City- East New York Program
Program Description: The program is operated as a one-to-one mentoring program. However, youth participating in the program are transported on a bi-monthly basis to Manhattan to meet with their matches. Youth participating in this program receive additional counseling and support services from BBBS of NYC staff, and their
families receive a wide array of support services through the East New York office, providing family counseling, drug/alcohol abuse services, career counseling and more. By working with both families and youth, the program aims to stabilize the entire
family so they can stay together.
Contact Information:
East New York Family Care and Mentoring Center
280 Shepherd Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11208
Tel: 718-235-9166 Fax: 718-235-9086 eny@bigsnyc.org

Mentoring Program: Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens-
Community Based Mentoring Program
Program Description: “BIGS” are 18 years of age or over, come from a wide range of ethnic and religious backgrounds, have a stable life, care about children and are able to make a one-year commitment to a Little Brother or Little Sister. “LITTLES” are between the ages of 8 to 14, and usually have little or no contact with the absent parent. Big Brothers Big Sisters tries to match the “BIG” with a “LITTLE” who lives nearby and has a compatible personality and similar interests. “BIGS” usually get together with their “LITTLES” 2-3 times a month to ride bikes, go for walks, cook a meal together, play basketball or read whatever both the “BIG” and “LITTLE” would like to do.
Contact Information:
Kaydian Reid, Interim Director, 
Telephone: 718-722-6015 Email:kreid@ccbq.org
Address: 191 Joralemon Street, 7th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Mentoring Program: Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens-
New York’s Mentoring Children of Promise
Program Description: Children of Promise is a collaborative across New York State to serve children of prisoners. The project aims to provide support for the “LITTLES” with one or more parent or parental figure who is currently incarcerated, as well as providing support to the“BIGS” who are matched with them. “BIG” are expected to meet with the children in the same way as a regular community-based match;
however, “LITTLES” between the ages of 6-16 years old are eligible.
Contact Information:
Bonnie Rubenstein, Match Specialist Telephone: 718-722-6128
Email:Brubenstein@ccbq.org


Mentoring Program: Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens-
School-Based Mentoring Program
Program Description: BIGS get together with their “LITTLES” at the school during the school day or after school time period. The BIG meets with the “LITTLE” for an hour a week throughout the school year. While “BIGS” and “LITTLES” might spend some time on schoolwork, they also engage in other activities such as sports and games, exploring the internet, doing homework, doing artwork, writing a
story, eating lunch together, talking all things that help to build a strong relationship.
Contact Information:
Kaydian Reid, Interim Director,  Telephone: 718-722-6015 Email:kreid@ccbq.org Address: 191 Joralemon Street, 7th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201


Mentoring Program: Mentoring for Supervisors in Brooklyn
Program Description: The Mentoring Program provides the tools necessary for new employees to reach their full potential. This program should help you reconstruct your efforts and learn new ways to approach employee performance and develop practical ways to solve some of your most pressing problems and reach win-win decisions. This program will help managers create a more dynamic, loyal, and energized workplace.

Mentoring Program: Brooklyn Law School Legal Outreach - Constitutional Law Debate Program
Program Description: Through Brooklyn Law School Legal Outreach, 1L students supplement their constitutional law and legal writing courses by coaching local high school students. In the process of helping the students, coaches read and analyze
important cases that are covered in the Constitutional Law course and become familiar with briefs by editing and revising those of their students. Brooklyn Law School Legal Outreach is dedicated to helping youth from underserved communities to compete in debates, develop academic and presentation skills, and pursue a legal education.
Contact Information:
Rachel Levy & Laura Dillon, Co-Presidents
Email: blslegaloutreach@brooklaw.edu; rachel.levy@brooklaw.edu; laura.dillon@brooklaw.edu

Mentoring Program: Personal Coach (Mentor) Program
Program Description: My Personal Coach/Mentor Program will help you to clarify your goals and focus on your objectives. You will discover the difference between being a great professional or tradesman and operating a profitable and successful practice or business. You cannot learn that by reading a textbook or searching for solutions on the Internet. You have to learn that from a seasoned veteran.
Contact Information:
Clemson Barry 1852 Flatbush Avenue - 2nd Floor Brooklyn,
New York 11210 (718) 677-4006 E-mail: clembarry@aol.com

Mentoring Program:Study With the Masters (Brooklyn Philharmonic)
Program Description: Brooklyn Philharmonic’s instrumental mentoring program which brings New York City’s finest professional musicians into Brooklyn middle and
high schools. The program provides musicians throughout the school year as instrumental coaches and mentors, supporting the ongoing work of Brooklyn instrumental music teachers.
Contact Information:
Brooklyn Philharmonic 189 Montague St., Suite 200A, Brooklyn, NY 11201 BrooklynPhilharmonic.org Adam Teeter, Senior Publicist 718.488.5909
Email: ateeter@brooklynphilharmonic.org