Women of Color Navigating Mentoring Relationships explores and critically examines the opportunities and challenges presented in mentoring relationships involving women of color. While all mentoring relationships are unique to the individuals involved in them, this book highlights the roles of race, class, and gender-oriented constructions in the establishment, maintenance, and dissolution of specific mentoring relationships in which women of color are engaged. This edited collection argues that traditional notions of mentoring fail to account for intersectionality and power dynamics that can have profound effects on mentoring practices, and that institutional "best practices" for mentoring do little to address the impact of constructions of "otherness" on the success (or failure) of mentoring relationships involving women of color.. Recommended for scholars of communication studies, gender studies, race studies, and for scholars pursuing a career in academia.

This is the third adventure in The Rooftop Club series. The members of the rooftop club have lost their club. The crew is all gone. Or are they? Will the members of The Rooftop club prevail and get their club back? Or will the crew return to cause havoc in the lives of the children at school? Read this installment and find out. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to the National Voices for Equality, Education, and Enlightenment (NVEEE). Visit their website: www.nveee.org A National Voices for Equality, Education, and Enlightenment (NVEEE) is a nonprofit organization providing programs and support services to youths and families affected by bullying violence, and suicide, through mentoring, preventative education and communication. Book excerpt: This is Derek Johnson again and this time I am not reporting as a member of the rooftop club. This time I am just telling the story as myself. Principal Owens not only made the announcement to the entire school that all secret clubs were disbanded. He wrote a letter to our parents. Our parents were following the directions to the letter. I guess they figured that the secret clubs would eliminate the bullies from forming crews. I don't think that any of the kids thought this was a good idea, but we did as we were asked. I didn't call any meetings for the rooftop club by phone or on the roof of our building. It wouldn't have mattered anyway since our parents wouldn't let us go anywhere and my mom had our landlord put a lock on the door that led up to the roof. I mainly stayed at home, did crossword puzzles, and did my chores around the house. I did wonder how all the other members of the rooftop club were doing though

This is the second adventure in The Rooftop Club series. The members have to deal with the retaliation from the crew. Will the members of The Rooftop club prevail? Read this adventure to find out. Answer the questions at the end of the book to help you to understand how to deal with retalliation at your school and what you should do to work with your parents and teachers. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to the National Voices for Equality, Education, and Enlightenment (NVEEE). Visit their website: www.nveee.org. Book Excerpt: After what happened to all of us, most normal moms would set an appointment with the principal and get to the bottom of the issue. Not my mom though. First, she called everyone's mom on the phone. She made me go to bed, but I could still hear her screaming and going off. She must have been talking to Sheila or Lulu's mom. "Did you see what they did to Domanique? Oh no, that won't happen to my baby. I am calling the police and going up to that school on Monday morning. I know the rules. Those kids can't get away with doing that stuff." I thought my mom was bluffing until I heard the police knock on the door. I heard only a little, but enough to know that they filled out a report and left. I heard the front door close and lock. Then I saw the light go off in the hallway. I swallowed hard thinking about tomorrow. I know my mom was mad that she had to take off work to handle stuff like this, but I knew she was just trying to protect me. I figured that the crew would get us back after my mom came to the school, but I had to do something.

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The Rooftop Club is a book series about kids growing up in the city. This is not a happy ending series. The characters in this series help the reader to explore what it means to be a kid in the city, dealing with problems, and living from day to day. Please enjoy exploring this series through the eyes of the characters in the rooftop club. Meet the Rooftop club is the first adventure of this series. The Rooftop Club have to deal with the bullies of their school. What will happen to the members of the rooftop club? Readers can answer the questions at the end of the book to help them understand how to deal with the bullies at their school. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to the National Voices for Equality, Education, and Enlightenment (NVEEE). Visit their website: www.nveee.org A National Voices for Equality, Education, and Enlightenment (NVEEE) is a nonprofit organization providing programs and support services to youths and families affected by bullying violence, and suicide, through mentoring, preventative education and communication.