Glover Empower Mentoring (GEM) is a community-based nonprofit organization that offers mentoring and case management services to youth and young adults throughout King and Pierce Counties, by working together with state and local governments and municipalities, and other various community-based organizations.
GEM is a leader in restorative justice practices that foster youth empowerment and divert them from criminal justice involvement into positive pathways of education, employment, and healthy relationships.
Our Impact
Since 2014, Glover Empower Mentoring has engaged over 7000 youth and 312 adults in formal mentoring relationships, for a total of over 16,583 hours of mentoring time. For nearly two years, we have successfully grown our youth engagement and volunteer commitment—taking on an average of one new mentee per month and one new mentor per quarter.
Our Programs
GEM is committed to providing mentoring and case management services and supporting individuals as they pursue goals throughout their lifetime. Our programs focus on building essential skills needed to become productive, contributing citizens. Workshops for youth and young adults include positive self-identity and personal vision, life skills, social and emotional skills, moral character, work ethic, and lifelong learning. All programming techniques are developed using S.M.A.R.T. Goals and utilize multiple mentoring/healthy relationship models.
Community Mentoring
GEM hosts and facilitates weekly community mentoring session to young adults within the community. These weekly group sessions focus on: local & national topics, poll topics through mentors and mentees, mental health, and education.
After School Mentoring
GEM provides after-school mentoring for K-12 school levels. Similar to our community mentoring model, gem mentors dialogue and engage youth in a wide range of topics that are relevant to participant’s life and liberty.
Leadership Academy
Through this unique intense form of mentoring, participants engage in self-identity, self-awareness, and self-respect. This eight week program is designed to meet young adults where they are at and build self-esteem to elevate them to a different mindset.
In-School Mentoring
GEM provides in-school mentoring in the form of weekly group sessions held during student’s advisor or home-room period. This model of mentoring allows mentors to be present at the youth’s school to offer support and provide educational advocacy for student and family.
CONTACT US
827 N Central Avenue, Suite B109 Kent, WA 98032
