ABOUT REAL TALK MENTORING PROGRAM

 

• The Real Talk Mentoring Program founded by Clarence Swearengen and Roger Chapman starting in 2008 with only 4 students. 

• Presently, there are over 45 students participating in the program. 

• The purpose of Real Talk is to encourage, enrich, and empower young men to be successful by keeping it real, realistic, and relational through sharing life experiences. 

• I believe that young men need someone to reignite their ambition while increasing self-empowerment (we use the acronym RAISE for this idea). 

• This will help our students gain the confidence they need to be successful in this society. 

• Currently, Real Talk Mentoring Program serves Vine Middle Magnet School. 

• Our goal is to add three more schools for the 2017-18 school year. 

• We will extend our program to Greene Magnet School, Beaumont Magnet, and Sarah Moore Green.