Step Up Women’s History Month Mentoring Opportunities
Write a Letter to a Step Up Girl!
This year's Women’s History Month theme is "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion." Step Up invites you and/or your team to write messages to our young women ages 14-29 answering one of the prompts below. Think about highlighting the qualities that teens and young adults can use to be successful in their journeys to success! If you are interested in this opportunity, contact us at mentor@suwn.org to receive your mentee details.
Prompts
- Who is a woman that inspires you? What qualities do they posses? How can they be inspiring to a teen girl?
- Do you have a women role model who has helped to guide you on your path? What tips did they share that would be helpful to a teen girl?
- Share a tool/resource/ practice you use that helps you to feel confident!
- Share a mantra that guides you when making decisions or facing a challenge.
Sample Letter:
Hi [MENTEE NAME]!
My name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a mentor at Step Up which connected me with you through their outreach initiative. In honor of Women’s History Month, I wanted to share a woman who is a role model in my life.
[share role model’s name, why they are a role model to you, how they are leading the way in their field and speaking up, how they achieved success]
One main lesson I’ve taken away from [role model] is [share a quality that teens can use to be successful in their journeys to success].
Tips
Before you start to write your letter, we encourage you to review our words matter guide to ensure your message is focused on asset-based language that is encouraging and inspiring!
Next Steps
Once we have sent you the name(s) to address your letter, print out your choice of Step Up letterhead to write your message(s):
Record a Video for Step Up Teens!
This year's Women’s History Month theme is "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion." Step Up invites you and/or your team to record a video message to our high school teens sharing a woman who is a role model to you who is leading the way in their field and speaking up. Think about highlighting the qualities that teens can use to be successful in their journeys to success! Send your submission to mentor@suwn.org.
Suggested Talking Points:
My name is [your name] and I am a mentor at Step Up. In honor of Women’s History Month, I wanted to share a woman who is a role model to me.
[share role model’s name, why they are a role model to you, how they are leading the way in their field and speaking up, how they achieved success]
One main lesson I’ve taken away from [role model] is [share a quality that teens can use to be successful in their journeys to success]
Suggested Length: no more than 3-minutes
Tips
Before you start to record your video, we encourage you to review our words matter guide to ensure your message is focused on asset-based language that is encouraging and inspiring!
If you’re unsure of best practices for how to record your mentoring video, check out New York University’s tips for recording yourself including choosing the ideal shooting location, setting up your phone/camera, lighting, camera presence, and answering questions.
Next Steps
By submitting your video via email to Step Up, you are granting Step Up permission to use it as part of our Step Up programming. The team will review, edit, and share your video with our school partner educators who will select the video(s) they choose to integrate into Step Up programming.
Submit a resource for Step Up’s Digital Community!
In addition to being a space to engage in flash mentorship and make new connections, Step Up's digital community also offers self-guided lessons and resources. In honor of this year's Women’s History Month theme of "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion" Step Up invites you and/or your team to submit related resources that would support mentees in their journeys to success. Examples may include recommended books to read, podcasts to listen to, and women to follow online! Contact Anne-Margaux at anne-margaux@suwn.org with your submission.
Create a Women’s History Month Care Package for Step Up teens!
Does your team have fun swag/products for high school teens? Create a care package to be shared at one of our partner high schools! Contact Morgan at morgan@suwn.org for next steps. Please note, these packages must be created at your office and shipped to our school partner, or hand delivered directly to them.