Stockton Summer Success and Leadership (SSLA) Mentor Application
Stockton, CA is home to about 300,000 people, making it the 63rd largest city in our nation. For the past 3 years, Forbes has rated it the most miserable place to live in America. This can partly be attributed to the 63 homicides last year, more than half Latino and African American Youth, or the low rates of educational attainment in the city.
As community members are going back to the drawing board and figuring out ways to make our image better, we at the Summer Success and Leadership Academy have been strongly inspired to bring Stockton’s college youth leaders together this summer. By virtue of the reading of this letter, it is apparent that you are not content with the amount of murders taking place in the city. Collectively, we must organize and mobilize ourselves to create positive solutions and evoke change in the Stockton community.
What the Summer Success and Leadership Academy is trying to do with youth capacity building and empowerment is not new. It is what our social justice predecessors have taught us. We must take immediate action. We must use what our Universities have equipped us to do and be; responsible leaders and mentors to our younger leaders in the Stockton community.
If you decide to apply to Summer Success and Leadership Academy you will have the opportunity to combine theory of what is learned in class with practice; hands on experience in facilitation, communication, and interpersonal group dynamics-skills needed for success in the business world; intensive leadership training and development before, during, and after the program; and the opportunity to reflect and act on your responsibility as members of the collegiate world.
SSLA will take place the 3rd week in July. You can apply now by clicking here to complete a mentor application* and turning it in by March 31, 2011. We will select mentors based on: 1) completed application with thoughtful answers; 2) Your letter of recommendation; 3) An interview (applicants will be notified by phone call or mail); and 4) Passing University of the Pacific’s background check.
*You can only apply online for this position; if you require assistance to access the application, please do not hesitate to contact us.
For the Future of Stockton,
Ty-Licia Hooker and Michael Tubbs
Executive Directors
Summer Success and Leadership Academy
Tel 209.845.SSLA (7752)
Fax 209.946.2278
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: What will I be doing?
A: You will be assigned to mentor 8 to 10 students throughout and after the academy. Over the summer we ask that you become familiar with the issues facing teens in Stockton and urban inner cities all across America.
Q: How will I benefit from the program?
A: The opportunity to combine theory of what is learned in class with practice; Hands on experience in facilitation, communication, and interpersonal group dynamics-skills needed for success in the business world; Intensive Leadership Training and Development before, during, and after the program; and the opportunity to reflect and act on their responsibility as members of the collegiate world
Q: As a mentor how will I be trained?
A: All mentors will be trained before, during, and after the programin Leadership YOU Sessions by Pacific Associate Vice President of Student Life Dr. Daniel Shipp and on the curriculum of the Academy
Q: I cannot committo a week in the summer, but I still want to help- How Can I Get Involved?
A: We can always use a helping hand! Please don’t hesitate to get involved.
You may contact us or call us 209-845-SSLA (7752)