Male Mentorship
The Project CHESS Brotherhood is open to historically minoritized men who identify as men of color and are current students at Cal Lutheran.
The Project CHESS Brotherhood is open to historically minoritized men who identify as men of color and are current students at Cal Lutheran.
Contact Ruben Alcala: ralcala@callutheran.edu
TBD Summer 2024
Thursdays 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Location: Overton Hall
Cal Lutheran support men of color pursuing higher education degrees while also enriching their personal, academic, and professional development. We build a supportive community that helps students connect with peers of similar backgrounds, while also helping students build academic confidence, explore careers, and increase graduation rates of historically minoritized men of color.
Participants of Project CHESS are welcomed into a community of students who communally mentor one another as they navigate their university career. Through this program, Cal Lutheran students become academic, career, and life mentors for first- and second-year students at Cal Lutheran.
Some college support resources end after your first year in college.
Project CHESS extends that support through our peer mentorship program that connects minoritzed men entering their sophomore year with rising juniors and seniors at Cal Lutheran.
The program begins with a 3-day residential Leadership Retreat that includes workshops on leadership, resilience, academic mindset, social and cultural capital, and career development.
Career planning activities continue throughout the year while mentors and mentees
keep in touch through monthly in person meetings, discord, and other communication
platforms.
Provide mentorship to first and second year students who identify as minoritized men of color. Share your experieces, offer support, and be a role model.
This program is open to historically marginalized men who are students at Cal Lutheran.
Please contact:
Dr. Silvia Neves, Project Director at (805) 493-3090 or sneves@callutheran.edu
Ruben Alcala, CHESS Program Counselor at (805) 493-3612 or ralcala@callutheran.edu