MANUP Programs

Are mission-based endeavors that are a part of the MANUP membership experience. Learning where you best fit can be tough, good thing you don't have to do it alone. We have built a profile on each program so that you have a great idea of where you would most benefit. Remember, you must be a member to have access to a program. 

 

The MANUP Academy is MANUP's Mentorship Education program that trains qualified mentors and connects middle & high school students with a mentor through a 6 week hybrid life-skills and character development curriculum

The Objective of the academy: 

  1. Partner each student with a mentor. 

  2. Increase positive behaviors and improve self-awareness to assist them in making ethical and informed decisions (Critical thinking). 

  3. Improve academic engagement and achievement by providing effective educational techniques and strategies.

  4. Members will focus and develop social emotional skills like problem solving, self & social-awareness and more.

  5. Creating opportunities through leadership, communication and other skills that can be applied holistically in their life. 


The MANUP Academy (Mentorship Cohort)

Serves: Middle & High School Students

The MANUP Fathers and family mentorship program to intentionally connect and support through instructive and social means by Enhancing Fathers and Evolving Families.

The objective of Evolve is: 

  1. Parent Education and Peer Support Group Sessions

  2. Fatherhood Engagement

  3. Child Bonding and Engagement

  4.  Fatherhood/Family Workshops 

Evolve: Fathers and family mentorship program

Serves: Fathers & their families, Youth (Ages 7-17) 

 

The MANUP Women's mentorship program aids in empowering women to invest in themselves and to work in partnership to add to the impact of improving the lives of black men and families. As MANUP we focus on enrolling women in the work of supporting men’s growth. Men also need to help women understand how growing and healing men—how empathizing with and understanding men—better serves the family.  A Sisterhood is defined as the state of being a sister and being involved with a strong community who are bound together by shared experiences or interests. To each person, Sisterhood may mean something different, however, as a whole it compacts an unconditional alliance between like-minded individuals who empower and lift one another. 

Objective of WSUP:

  1. Peer support groups.

  2. To create a sense of community , acceptance and growth within themselves. 

  3. To empower women to work in cohesion with male counterparts for the betterment of the family and community. 

Women's mentorship program

Serve: African American women connected to black men. (Ages 18+)

Brotherhood is The MANUP Peer mentorship program that focuses on connecting black men to a brotherhood of purposeful networking and impactful conversations surrounding men and masculinity where everyone can be included.The brothers meeting on a consistent basis. However,  Don’t let physical distance keep you from the camaraderie and support of other well-intentioned men who aspire to live a more mindful and meaningful life. Brotherhood offers confidential, facilitated, brotherhood circles. 

Brotherhood Objective:

  • Promote and advocate for peer mentorship and utilizing the resources available through MANUP.

  • Create a culture of connection that can be shared and implemented in any setting, institution, or relationship.

  • Utilize simple emotional practices to help men develop new ways of interacting that lead to greater success, meaning, and fulfillment.

  • Destigmatize men’s vulnerability and emotionality across our culture.

Brotherhood Peer Mentorship

Serve: African American Men (Ages 18+)