The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota's mission is to lead the state in building and sustaining quality mentoring for every child.

October 19, 2009-Save The Date!  10th Annual Minnesota Mentoring Conference, Partnership for Quality: Mentoring's Next Ten Years featuring Keynote Speaker Michael Karcher.  Michael Karcher, Ph.D., Ed.D., is Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at University of Texas-San Antonio.  Dr. Karcher is the author of numerous articles on mentoring in school settings and co-editor of the landmark Handbook of Youth Mentoring.  Get a preview of Dr. Karcher, our exciting, dynamic keynote speaker who makes research come to life.  Dr. Karcher will be participating in MPM's July 8th Research In Action webinar about School-Based Mentoring. Register here. 

Conference registration, full workshop descriptions and a downloadable brochure are available online.

Qwest and Minnesota Twins Catcher Joe Mauer Team Up to Support MPM.  For every Mauer RBI during the regular season, Qwest has pledged to donate $200 – up to $10,000 – to the MPM. The donation will help MPM support and increase quality mentoring in Minnesota.  Read more.

Visit the Training Institute to register for popular workshops and to learn about new professional development opportunities offered by MPM. 

Congratulations to MPM Executive Director Joellen Gonder-Spacek!  Joellen was recently chosen for a Bush Foundation Leadership Fellowship which allows her to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute in public affairs and non-profit leadership, and conduct a research project on leadership in state mentoring partnership.  Read more.

Wired for 2020-Visit our event microsite, www.wiredfor2020.com to access valuable tools and resources to engage youth in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and help them explore future career opportunities.   

Bridging Mentoring and Afterschool Programs- Mentoring is commonly integrated as a component of afterschool programming.  Learn more about quality afterschool programming, benefits of quality afterschool programming and how to integrate mentoring into afterschool programming.

Become a Mentoring Program Partner Fill out the Program Information Form to receive mentor referrals, e-newsletters, trainings and event information, advocacy alerts, and other great benefits!