Former Essence Editor Susan L. Taylor and founder of the National Cares Mentoring Movement challenged students and adults alike to serve as "shining examples" to help fight against failing schools and overincarceration in our society. She called mentoring "the low-cost, high results way of saving the next generation." Taylor spoke about the importance of mentoring and gave life tips during the Youth Mentoring Workshop at the Holiday Inn in Port Arthur. The program was sponsored by the city of Port Arthur's legal department. More than 200 people attended including students from Thomas Edison Middle School, Stephen F. Austin Middle School, Woodrow Wilson School of Technology and Engineering and Memorial High School. The best-selling author also signed copies of her book,"All about Love". She empowered the youth telling them "you are more than enough" and encouraged them to stop comparing themselves to others. Instead, she says compare yourself to "your former self. Ask yourself 'am I better? Am I growing?'
I was the emcee for the program and I really enjoyed it. I had a chance to spend some time with Ms. Taylor afterwards and it was really nice. I think she's fabulous!I took her to run some errands. I've never been so excited to take someone to Walgreens! Special thanks to City Attorney Val Tizeno and her staff for putting on a wonderful event!
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