OUR HISTORY
In 2012, LaDonte’ Lee, Ron Leeper, Visionary and Victor Earl, Executive Director of Men Who Care Global envisioned a ten-week “mentouring huddle” program for high school male students who were involved in the justice system at West Charlotte High. The next year, Lee met George Metz while the two of them were working with Communities In Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg, serving adjudicated youth at the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Jail North, West Charlotte High School, and Turning Point Academy. Through their partnership, they observed several gaps in the services provided to youthful offenders. To address these needs, Lee and Metz founded MenTouring Our Brothers, Inc. in January 2015, designed both Prevention and Reentry programs to close many of the youthful offender service gaps.
OUR BOARD MEMBERS
Brett Few
LaDonte K. Lee, MPA
LaShawn B. Thorpe
George Metz
Joseph Johnson
WHY MENTOURING?
/Men-Tour-ing / Wiser men advising and/or training while traveling alongside younger men and boys on the path of life; to their definition and destination of success.
- Involvement in extracurricular activities, like life skills small groups reduces the use of drugs, smoking, and drinking.
- Enhanced critical thinking skills improve the ability to make good decisions and recognize opportunities.
- Strong soft skills enable young men to repair their reputations and improve their personal brands.
- Young men need to be empowered and taught how to change their thinking and behavior patterns.
- Young fathers are underserved and require guidance to break the cycle of absentee fathers and single parent homes.
- Effective reentry, higher level education, and aggressive job/vocation placement programs help reduce the likelihood of reoffending and lower recidivism of youthful offenders.
- Job opportunities that align with gifts and interests and show promise of advancement encourage diligence.
