Today we shine a spotlight on Vicky Kamga. Vicky is a senior at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, who started at Spark the Journey in the fall of 2023. ☀☀ "Spark is helping me achieve my dream of financial stability by providing different career opportunities as well as resources for keeping my finances stable.” Learn more about Vicky's experience in our mentoring program: https://lnkd.in/gY83gWkj #MentoringAmplifies #MentoringMatters #SparktheJourney

In October we hosted our first ever Empower HER career panel, sponsored by the Nancy C. Tierney Fund for Girls' and Women's #Empowerment. Six experts from multiple industries shared advice on navigating their career journeys as women of color, and they touched on topics including: how to choose a college, what it means to be a leader, the pros and cons of side hustles, overcoming fear, starting a business, and the importance of self-care. We are sending a HUGE thank you to our panelists for facilitating such a powerful conversation and to our young people for their insightful questions! #SparkAJourney #SpeakerPanel #TierneyFund

Was this our largest pair event ever?? Maybe so!! 🍨🍨🍨 Over 70 people attended our first Fall pair event at Jeni's Ice Cream. There were lots of new mentor and participant pairs meeting for the first time but also many familiar faces. Pair events are just one example of the events we create to promote relationship building and a sense of #belonging, and we are in need of additional mentors! If you or someone you know is interesting in learning more about becoming a Spark Mentor, visit https://lnkd.in/ebhEJwb7 #MentoringAmplifies #DCNonprofit #SparkAJourney

We are honored each and every Fall to kick-off the school year with our match event, pairing together our mentors and participants. For three decades, we continue the work of bridging the gaps in our local community. Imagine all the nerves and excitement surrounding a room of strangers as they meet each other on this journey to spark new paths and possibilities. It's shaping up to be such a great year! ⭐ #MentoringMatters #SparkAJourney #DCNonprofit

Your Fall newsletter is here! 🗞🗞    What's in it??    ✅ 2023-24 School Year Impact Numbers  ✅  Fall Events Calendar   ✅  Community Member Highlights    And more....    Read it today: https://lnkd.in/gkHyQmKM  Subscribe today: https://lnkd.in/gx7hG25G    #SparktheJourney #DCNonprofit #MentoringMatters 

I was super excited and honored to be apart of the #EmpowerHER panel tonight hosted by Spark the Journey. Thank you for thinking of me and selecting me to speak to the next generation of minority women leaders. Being able to speak to highschool students who are interesting in navigating the career field was truly invigorating and I cant wait for more opportunities!

Spark staff visit partner high schools monthly to check in with participants and lead activities that promote college readiness and skills building. Our first round of recent school visits were a fantastic opportunity to catch up with students after a busy summer and begin level setting for the year ahead. Program Coordinators led a series of goal setting activities for academic, professional, and personal goals. Students shared a range of aspirations, including getting a good score on the SAT, increasing their GPAs, and joining new extracurricular activities. We can’t wait to work with them toward these goals! 🌟 #MentoringMatters #SparktheJourney #DCNonprofit

We are hiring! Share with your friends ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ The Development Manager we are looking for will work with our Development Team to support fundraising goals by: 💡 managing individual donor prospecting 💡 designing donor cultivation and stewardship strategies 💡 planning organizational fundraising events 💡 maintaining high-quality donor data management 💡 supervising the Development and Operations coordinator If you are experienced in these areas, apply to work with us today: https://lnkd.in/gZYWtDpM #nonprofitjob #hiringnow #developmentjob

Join us in welcoming our new board member, Meena Nankani, Vice President at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. 🤝 Welcome, Meena, to Spark's Board of Directors! 👏 👏 👏 #SparktheJourney #DCNonprofit #BoardofDirectors

Today we shine a spotlight on Maurquice Brown-Thomas. Maurquice is a Spark College Student studying Exercise Science at Norfolk State University.☀☀ "Spark the Journey has impacted my life in many ways, from my freshman year of high school, meeting my lifelong mentor, and as I went to college, just continuously blessing me in a number of ways. Like checking up on me, showing me how to look at certain experiences, program coordinators sharing perspectives from their college journeys and helping me in ways that they wished others had helped them… I want to thank them for that.” Learn more about his experience in our mentoring program: https://lnkd.in/gUe3ymS6 #MentoringAmplifies #MentoringMatters #SparktheJourney