Support and Inspire

On-Campus Support

This intensive Act Six support system carries over to the campus as well. Designated campus mentors continue to meet weekly with the Act Six cadre and regularly with each individual scholar throughout the first year of college. These mentors serve as sounding boards and advocates while working to connect scholars with the individualized support and rich resources that they need to succeed academically and to truly engage both the college campus and their communities at home.

In addition to the built-in support that comes with the cadre model, Act Six scholars on campus rely on broad institutional commitment to the initiative and on strong, focused support from designated college staff. Affiliates assist partner colleges in designing appropriate structures to facilitate this support and colleges commit to assigning appropriate staff resources as the number of Act Six scholars on campus increases.

Leadership Development

Act Six is committed to expanding scholars’ vision for transformational leadership in the city and to helping scholars build the experiences and relational networks that underserved students traditionally lack when they leave college.

Therefore, affiliates utilize their extensive network of relationships in the city and work with partner colleges to develop a program of ongoing leadership and vocational development opportunities available to scholars throughout their college years. These opportunities may include:

• internships
• summer jobs
• study tours
• retreats and workshops
• conferences and job fairs

These opportunities are designed to help scholars develop vision for their personal vocation as well as for their communities at home. While Act Six does not require of scholars any commitment to return home after graduation, these opportunities are ultimately designed to inspire them to invest their lives and resources in the communities that desperately need their leadership.

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