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K students (l-r) Morgan Mahdavi ’14, Chelsey Shannon ’14, Isabelle Ciaramitaro ’16, and Jordan Earnest ’14 with some of their SMART Girls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each Friday afternoon during the fall, winter, and spring quarters of the 2013-14 academic year, five Kalamazoo College female students have met with 16 Kalamazoo area preteen girls in a mentoring program focused on themes of identity, self-awareness, and self-worth.<\/p>\n

Every Friday afternoon. For two hours. No exceptions.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsistency is most important in our mentor role,\u201d said Jordan Applebaum Earnest \u201914<\/strong>. \u201cThe girls know to expect us every Friday for the school year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morgan Mahdavi \u201914, Chelsey Shannon \u201914, Isabelle Ciaramitaro \u201916, Rian Brown \u201916<\/strong>, and Jordan are mentors for the SMART Girls program, a collaboration of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo<\/a> and the Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Center for Civic Engagement<\/a> at K.<\/p>\n

The K women meet with the SMART Girls (ages 9-12) at the Boys and Girls Club to discuss themes of identity, self-awareness, and self-worth. Another team of K women also mentors a Teen SMART Girls program at the Club. Both groups of mentors meet regularly on their own to plan lessons for the girls and hold structured reflections about their own mentoring experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the course of the year, our lessons, activities, discussions, and writing exercises with the girls have placed a strong emphasis on healthy relationships, self-care, and emotional processing,\u201d said Jordan. \u201cThe girls have come to recognize their own strengths and they have developed more confidence, determination, and positive energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have, too,\u201d said Jordan.<\/p>\n

Jordan is a Civic Engagement Scholar through the \u201cMary Jane\u201d Center and serves as director of the SMART Girls program. Hers is a funded position paid through a grant to the Center by former City of Kalamazoo Mayor Caroline Ham<\/strong>. The other K students are volunteers.<\/p>\n

During the Friday May 2 downtown Kalamazoo Art Hop, K mentors and SMART Girls will host \u201cWho We Are,\u201d a photographic exhibit meant to demonstrate the inner strengths that each SMART Girl believes she possesses. Each SMART Girl served as art director for her own photo, choosing the props and poses that Georgina Graff \u201916<\/strong> captured with her camera.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe photos represent who the SMART Girls want to grow up to be,\u201d said Jordan. \u201cThey demonstrate qualities such as trustworthiness, intelligence, health, and creativity\u2014all chosen by the girls themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kalamazoo College SMART Girls mentors and mentees will host the Art Hop reception from 6-7:30 p.m. at Edison Place, 1350 Portage St., in the Washington Square\/Edison neighborhood. The exhibit was curated with the help of Jessica Mancino<\/strong> from the Boys and Girls Club, and funded through a generous grant from Linda DeRose Primavera \u201977<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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class=\"wp-caption-text\">K students (l-r) Morgan Mahdavi ’14, Chelsey Shannon ’14, Isabelle Ciaramitaro ’16, and Jordan Earnest ’14 with some of their SMART Girls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Each Friday afternoon during the fall, winter, and spring quarters of the 2013-14 academic year, five Kalamazoo College female students have met with 16 Kalamazoo area preteen girls in a mentoring program focused on themes of identity, self-awareness, and self-worth.<\/p>\n<p>Every Friday afternoon. For two hours. No exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsistency is most important in our mentor role,\u201d said <strong>Jordan Applebaum Earnest \u201914<\/strong>. \u201cThe girls know to expect us every Friday for the school year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Morgan Mahdavi \u201914, Chelsey Shannon \u201914, Isabelle Ciaramitaro \u201916, Rian Brown \u201916<\/strong>, and Jordan are mentors for the SMART Girls program, a collaboration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bgckzoo.org\/\">Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/servicelearning\/\">Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Center for Civic Engagement<\/a> at K.<\/p>\n<p>The K women meet with the SMART Girls (ages 9-12) at the Boys and Girls Club to discuss themes of identity, self-awareness, and self-worth. Another team of K women also mentors a Teen SMART Girls program at the Club. Both groups of mentors meet regularly on their own to plan lessons for the girls and hold structured reflections about their own mentoring experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the course of the year, our lessons, activities, discussions, and writing exercises with the girls have placed a strong emphasis on healthy relationships, self-care, and emotional processing,\u201d said Jordan. \u201cThe girls have come to recognize their own strengths and they have developed more confidence, determination, and positive energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have, too,\u201d said Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan is a Civic Engagement Scholar through the \u201cMary Jane\u201d Center and serves as director of the SMART Girls program. Hers is a funded position paid through a grant to the Center by former City of Kalamazoo Mayor <strong>Caroline Ham<\/strong>. The other K students are volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>During the Friday May 2 downtown Kalamazoo Art Hop, K mentors and SMART Girls will host \u201cWho We Are,\u201d a photographic exhibit meant to demonstrate the inner strengths that each SMART Girl believes she possesses. Each SMART Girl served as art director for her own photo, choosing the props and poses that <strong>Georgina Graff \u201916<\/strong> captured with her camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe photos represent who the SMART Girls want to grow up to be,\u201d said Jordan. \u201cThey demonstrate qualities such as trustworthiness, intelligence, health, and creativity\u2014all chosen by the girls themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kalamazoo College SMART Girls mentors and mentees will host the Art Hop reception from 6-7:30 p.m. at Edison Place, 1350 Portage St., in the Washington Square\/Edison neighborhood. The exhibit was curated with the help of <strong>Jessica Mancino<\/strong> from the Boys and Girls Club, and funded through a generous grant from <strong>Linda DeRose Primavera \u201977<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4236"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15558,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4236\/revisions\/15558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4236"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=4236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}