Welcome!
Thank you so much for visiting our site. Your presence here tells us that you are what is most needed at this time in history-caring, committed people who know that we are in a race between compassion and catastrophe. And at the finish line lies the fate of the fathers and mothers of our tomorrows.
The National CARES Mentoring Movement has one purpose: To end the state of emergency in Black America by connecting you and other caring adults in your network to the mentoring opportunities presently in your community. We are launching the largest mentor recruitment effort in the nation to fill the pipelines of the thousands of organizations that are already serving disproportionate numbers of Black children.
With your commitment, we will change the fate of the millions of young African Americans in peril. Please make the decision today to become a mentor. You may even want to step into the vanguard of the leadership and join or form a Cares Mentor-Recruitment Circle in your community; several leaders are already piloting exciting holistic programs that will transform lives in public housing projects and failing schools.
National CARES is a bold and innovative movement working to fill the volunteer pipelines of mentoring organizations and programs dedicated to lifting to higher ground the growing number Black youngsters falling into peril. Every study available tells us that mentoring gives even the most challenged youngsters the vision and encouragement needed to lead productive and self-sustaining lives.
National CARES is not a mentoring organization, nor does it duplicate the efforts of other initiatives. Rather, it serves as a resource, linking caring adults of every race and class to mentoring opportunities right in their communities. On a national level, NCMM consists of partner organizations such as the National Urban League, the National 100 Black Men of America, Children's Defense Fund, the YWCA, the NAACP and a host of other renowned organizations whose labor and reputations bear tremendous influence on public policy and programs that affect young people.
The goal of National CARES is to recruit one mentor for every child who is at at risk and reaching for a lifeline. Given the passion, energy and commitment of the dedicated souls in our nearly 40 (and counting!) local CARES Mentor-Recruitment Circles, we will surely meet that goal. Please sign on today.