ERIC Number: EJ1458840
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-2325-4009
EISSN: EISSN-2325-4017
Cultural Humility Training for Mentors: Lessons Learned and Implications of Youth Programs
Amy J. Anderson; April Riordan; Lavasha Smith; Bridget Hillard; Bernadette Sánchez
Journal of Youth Development, v17 n3 Article 2 p21-38 2022
The current paper presents lessons learned from a research-to-practice partnership between mentoring program practitioners and researchers that focused on the development and implementation of a cultural humility training for volunteer mentors. Using multiple data sources (e.g., training materials, field notes, mentor surveys), we present a description of the research-to-practice partnership and the Culturally Smart Relationships pilot training content. We generate practice-oriented lessons to inform future cultural humility training work with staff and volunteers in youth programs. Our lessons reflect recommendations that emerged from five project phases: (a) organizational commitment to justice, equity, diversity, inclusion; (b) training curriculum and logistical planning; (c) "To Zoom, or not to Zoom''; (d) facilitation of the training; and (e) post-training and ongoing support. The pilot training content and lessons learned have implications for youth programs by elucidating training as one component of a broader approach for equity in youth developmental program practice.
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Volunteers, Cultural Awareness, Consciousness Raising, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Social Justice, Training, Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship, In Person Learning, Videoconferencing, Organizational Objectives
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Language: English
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) (DHHS)
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