Mentor Gathering Film Project

How do we each mentor?

This is the question for the ages. We often don't realize what a powerful influence we already are by just being alive.

What is your definition of a mentor?
Who do you wish your ideal mentor to be? Can be anyone throughout history.
Has anyone mentored you? If so, who, why, and how?
What area in your life could you use a mentor?
What tools and skills does a great mentor need to have?
What experiences, tools, and skills can you offer become a mentor to another?

Citizens of the United States of America are being asked these sub-questions and others to formulate the best mentorship program possible for the ages.

From September through December 2005 and the year 2006, mentorship research is being conducted in the United States. By asking the six basic questions, "What is your definition of a mentor? Who do you wish your ideal mentor to be? Has anyone mentored you? - If so, who, why and how? What area in your life could you use a mentor? What tools and skills does a great mentor need to have? What area of your life can you become a mentor to another?" Serenade will have the capability to service adults in mentor/mentee relationships.

Serenade's Matching Mentorship Program will commence sometime in 2006. Having the conversation regarding adult mentors in the United States is crucial to the existance of many people acknowledging that they indeed have something to contribute, and the hope it brings to so many that want a friend by their side. No longer does anyone have to be courageous alone. No longer does one have to take on a "system"; whether it is fighting for much needed physical or mental health, to having your court date dealing with a horrid landlord, to dealing with muggings, burglaries, robberies, ransackings and the grief, anger, and sorrow it creates in a human being alone. Dealing with a sick child parent and just don't know how to deal with it on your own? Dealing with a tricky divorce? Want to start an unusual career? Want to start a hobby? All of these types of support and more will be available through Serenade's Mentorship Program. This is the time for relationships. It is time for companions.

Various methods are to be used to collect the data. In Baltimore, Maryland, Portland, Oregon, and their prospective regions people will be asked via film and audio recordings the above questions. The Serenade Mentorship Program web site is available for anyone in the world to send their answers via e-mail.

Mentorship Gatherings are available to be duplicated to other parts of the country. Serenade is embarking on creating a collective to finance a movie of the adult mentor movement it is creating. Please donate any technical equipment you have or are willing to purchase. We are in need of tape recorders (standard cassette size), digital tape recorders, all forms of cameras: still photograph, film, video, and digital. At this time, anyone who wants to contribute to the Mentorship Gathering Film Project financially, please inquire by e-mailing mentorship@goserenade.org with the subject, "Finance Mentorship Gathering Project" for details.