Available negative indices ultimately reduce the number of potential young minority working force in the society, thereby creating a leadership gap. As this gap widens, it becomes inevitable that efforts be made to combat them, to avoid leadership crisis within this group in the next decades, with specific reference to the female population.
The quest to identify, help develop and nurture a new crop of future women leaders from minority communities informed the conceptualization of the BEAM Mentoring Program.
The BEAM program is designed to enable mentors give back to marginalized communities as it seeks to produce a crop of future leaders from the minority group who could potentially become role models to others.
Our target group are females ages 13 – 18; some of whom face various challenges that could potentially prevent them from attaining their full potential. They possess immense talent but also face myriad of issues.
While our mentoring program is aimed at guiding and building the character, confidence, and leadership abilities of our target population, we also aid our young ladies in college application, career choice / plan, resume / interview preparedness, professional development, job search guide, skills acquisition, and good communication skills.
