Mayor wants mentors – starting with city employees
Mayor Marty Walsh is looking for 1,000 good mentors — and he’s starting with his own employees.
The mayor’s My Brother’s Keeper – Recommendations for Action report, released Saturday, calls for improving graduate rates, preparing students for the workforce, and curtailing violence. It’s part of President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative to improve “the life outcomes of all young people … regardless of who they are, where they come from, or the circumstances into which they are born,’’ according to its website.
In Boston, white males graduate from public schools at a rate of 81.5 percent. It’s lower for black males (66.9 percent) and Latino males (60.4 percent), according to Boston Public Schools.
Closing that gap is one of three “non-negotiable’’ milestones in Walsh’s initiative.
“It’s about giving people an opportunity,’’ Walsh said Saturday.
The Mayor’s Mentoring Movement aims to recruit 1,000 adults to guide young people to success, with city workers accounting for at least 100 of those mentors.
Boston Latin Academy student Malachi Hernandez, a member of the Mayor’s Youth Council who met with Obama this week, spoke at the report’s release Saturday.
“Young people deserve to be loved,’’ he said.
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