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Joey Bada$$ Launches Free Mentorship Program To Empower Men Of Color

<p>Actor and rapper<strong> Joey Bada&dollar;&dollar;<&sol;strong> has announced a free mentorship program to support the &&num;8220&semi;growth&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;professional development&&num;8221&semi; of his fellow men of color&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;social-media-reacts-joey-badass-serayah-national-gf-day&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Social Media Reacts After Joey Bada&dollar;&dollar; Shows Love To Serayah For National GF Day&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He Just Cheating On Me In My Face&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Joey Bada&dollar;&dollar; Announced The Mentorship Program Earlier This Week<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday&comma; the 28-year-old rapper took to Instagram to share a photo of himself along with additional images of a flyer&period; The first flyer featured the words &&num;8220&semi;Mentor&&num;8230&semi;Joey Badass&comma;&&num;8221&semi; while the second followed up with additional headlines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;IMPACT<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>MEN<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TORSHIP&&num;8230&semi; FREE MENTORSHIP FOR MEN OF COLOR&&num;8230&semi;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The final photo in the slide featured the words&comma; &&num;8220&semi;1 HOUR&&num;8230&semi; PER MONTH&&num;8230&semi; FOR A YEAR&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the post&&num;8217&semi;s caption&comma; the rapper explained the initiative further and detailed his excitement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I’m excited to announce that I’ve been silently working on a free mentorship program for men of color in the US &amp&semi; Puerto Rico called &commat;impactmentorship &period; Inspired by my friend &commat;sophchangnyc &amp&semi; &commat;unlockherpotential I recruited an impressive network of incredible mentors in the areas of ART&comma; CULINARY&comma; FASHION&comma; FILM&sol;TV&comma; MEDIA MUSIC&comma; and SPORTS&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>As the caption continued&comma; Bada&dollar;&dollar; explained that he would partake in the program as a mentor&period; Additionally&comma; he shared that he will also &&num;8220&semi;be announcing new mentors every day until applications open&&num;8221&semi; on October 15&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Starting with myself&comma; I will be announcing new mentors everyday until applications open on the 15th&&num;8230&semi; Applications open at noon on Sunday October 15th and close noon sunday October 29th&period; You can see more about the program at impactMENtorship&period;org&&num;8230&semi;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Before the 28-year-old concluded the announcement&comma; he included additional information to help interested applicants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Due to the high profile of our mentors we anticipate significant demand for the program&period; To increase your chances of matching with your chosen mentor&comma; we strongly encourage all applicants to carefully research the program and mentors&comma; prepare your application in advance and submit early&period; Good luck&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Check out the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s Instagram post below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CyObiwfLD8w" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">More Details Regarding The Free Program<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Impact Mentorship&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;impactmentorship&period;org" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">official website<&sol;a> states the program was &&num;8220&semi;founded by Joey Bada&dollar;&dollar;&period;&&num;8221&semi; Additionally&comma; the program aims to provide &&num;8220&semi;free mentorship for men of color 18 years and older in the US&comma;&&num;8221&semi; also including Puerto Rico&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The website notes explicitly that Black men are &&num;8220&semi;under-resourced and thus underrepresented in leadership roles&period;&&num;8221&semi; Additionally&comma; the program notes that Impact Mentorship strives to provide participants &&num;8220&semi;a path to professional and financial independence&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the mentorship program aims to equip men with &&num;8220&semi;career guidance&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;confidence&&num;8230&semi; by sharing expertise&comma; experience&comma; wisdom&comma; insights&comma; guidance&comma; and constructive criticism&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Impact Mentorship will reportedly offer chosen applicants a monthly one-hour session with a mentee&&num;8217&semi;s chosen mentor for a year&period; The mentors will range from the fields of art&comma; culinary&comma; fashion&comma; media&comma; music&comma; and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to Bada&dollar;&dollar;&comma; the mentors revealed thus far include motivational speaker 19 Keys&comma; fashion designer Tremaine Emory&comma; and Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As previously mentioned&comma; applications will open on Sunday&comma; October 15&comma; and close on Sunday&comma; October 12&period; To apply and read more about Impact Mentorship&comma; visit the program&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;impactmentorship&period;org&sol;how-to-apply" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">application guide<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;mary-j-blige-pepsi-scholarship-hampton-university-sophomore-women&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Mary J&period; Blige Creates &dollar;30&comma;000 Scholarship For Sophomore Women At Hampton University<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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