Alpha Mentoring Academy

The Alpha Mentoring Academy, sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.,

Pi Gamma Lambda Chapter is open to young men in Clayton County and surrounding areas grades 9-12. From September-May, mentees meet two Saturday's a month. Mentors work with the mentees and provide programs and activities that develop them into productive citizens.

AMA programs center around one of the following six areas.

Support

Program will provide a caring, positive and supportive environment to participants
Participants will develop skills to help them succeed in school, their community and in life
Participants will learn techniques to effectively communicate with parents and adults

Boundaries and Expectations

Participants will learn boundaries and clear rules and consequences taking responsibility for one’s behavior and decisions

Social Compentencies

Planning ahead and making good use of time and decisions
Learning and understand people of different cultural, racial & Ethic backgrounds
Resolving conflict nonviolently

Empowerment

Participants will learn values, ethics and service to others
Participants will learn techniques to feel safe and secure at home, school and community
Participants will be given resource information to understand useful roles in the community

Life Skills

Job readiness
College Prep
Life After High School
Team Building
Public Speaking
Shark Tank & Investments
Social etiquette
Law enforcement interactions
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)
Technique of Driving & Safety
Camping & Fishing

Program Activities

Service Projects
Educational & Fun Field Trips
College Tours
Fundraisers
Cultural Events
and much more...

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...To the youths who march onward and upward toward the light...

Charles H. Wesley, Ph. D. (1929)