Chronus, the leader in mentoring software, today announced non-profit Forever Kings as the 2020 recipient of the first annual Mentoring for Racial Equity grant program. Forever Kings, based out of Cincinnati, aims to challenge the social norms, explicit biases, and stigmas associated with boys and young men of color. The organization will receive a three-year pro bono contract for Chronus mentoring software and services to support their mentoring program. In addition, they will receive a one-time cash grant in the amount of $7,500 in order to assist in the facilitation of the mentoring program.
HR Technology News: Technology and Workforce Organizations Unite to Pathway More Women, Women of Color and Women Returning To The Workforce Into Tech Jobs
Founded in 2019 by Jordan Bankston, Forever Kings is working to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline and create a cradle to college, careers, and entrepreneurship for young men of color from fourth through 12th grade. Through a program of events, workshops, mentoring and tutoring, Forever Kings is pushing to ensure 100 percent of their members graduate high school prepared to enlist, enroll, employ, or become an entrepreneur.
“Over the past several years, we’ve seen the need, not just for greater focus, but increased action around racial equity in the workplace, in our academic institutions and in our society,” Seena Mortazavi, CEO of Chronus, said. “We felt the best way for Chronus to take action was to enable organizations already doing the hard work around racial equity and justice through our area of expertise — mentoring. We’re honored to partner with Forever Kings and are excited to enable mentoring to grow and scale within their organization to support young men of color.”
HR Technology News: TecHRseries Interview with Blair Young, Senior Director of Product, MindManager
Currently serving 150 participants, Forever Kings will be implementing Chronus mentoring software to automate the administration of the program, which is currently run manually through spreadsheets, while also improving the tracking of participant activities, academic performance and engagement.
“We’re excited to implement Chronus software to better track our members and give our mentors a platform to organize members’ needs and progress,” Bankston said. “This will result in us being able to reach more young men and begin to scale our organization. Overall, Chronus will allow us to be more efficient in the work we are already doing, providing us with a platform to track our members’ success and show the world that young men of color aren’t risks, but promises.”
HR Technology News: Remote Collaboration: Common Challenges and Solutions