VWMP: Mentor Training: Winter/Spring 2024

Date: Wednesdays, February 21 - March 20

Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm*

Where: In-person at Mercy Connections*

Instructor: Joanne Nelson

Registration: Sign up by clicking the button below or contact Joanne Nelson at 802-846-7164 or jnelson@mercyconnections.org

Description: The Vermont Women's Mentoring Program has a proven track record of pairing volunteer mentors with justice-involved women (mentees) in order to successfully reestablish their lives post-incarceration.

Volunteer mentors support, coach and function as new, healthy companions to trauma-affected women facing many challenges. Pairs are carefully matched and training will provide everyone with the tools they need to be a successful mentor. Mentoring is a year-long commitment. 

We welcome all people who identify as women regardless of assignment at birth, who are transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming and gender-expansive folks who are comfortable in a woman-centered space to join the training. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

*All trainings are held at Mercy Connections in-person, unless the weather dictates otherwise. In those rare circumstances, trainings will be held remotely. The last session will be held at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility (CRCF) from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm.