With the spotlight being shone on the many instances of police brutality, community unrest, college going statistics, and more, it is critical that young men—our emerging “family” leaders—have enhanced opportunities to engage with and be supported by other men and peers with the goal to create an atmosphere of success, a community that goes beyond emphasizing survival, and provides the space that thriving—reaching one’s full potential—is not a wish but a reality.

The ETL Education Foundation embraces that potential reality and its Mentoring and Literacy Program is designed to help make it so.

Over the course of 8-10 virtual sessions, participants (young men grades 8 through 12) will read a selected text (young adult or adult).

Every other week participants meet to discuss approximately 20-30 pages of the text. Discussion themes are determined in advance. ​

The themes are broad enough for diverse application to the challenges, aspirations, and issues that influence our daily lives. Each session, we anticipate lively discussions led by participants and facilitated by mentors. At the end, we will reset with a new text and a new set of themes.

We have already read several books and are looking forward to more!

So join us for our next session! Our Fall-Winter 2026 session is scheduled to start on December 3, 2026. If you are interested (and we hope you are!) please sign-up now! You can fill out the very short registration form and click/tap submit.

Our next text is titled The Perilous Fight by Colin Kaepernick. We will meet on every other Thursday evening, via Zoom, from 8PM to 9PM