Project MALES (Mentoring to Achieve Latino Educational Success) — an initiative of the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) at UT-Austin – is hosting the inaugural Project MALES Summer Academy (June 15-17, 2016). The three-day Summer Academy is open to young men from four Austin ISD middle schools… read more
Project MALES Will Kick Off Inaugural Summer Leadership Academy
Project MALES Summer Leadership Academy 6/15-6/17/2016 Project MALES will kick off our inaugural Summer Leadership Academy hosted by the Gus Garcia Young Men’s Leadership Academy. We anticipate serving approximately 25/30 young men from four AISD middle schools (Garcia, Martin, Mendez and Webb MS) for three days of activities including a… read more
San Antonio College Hosts Build Your Future: A Conference for Young Men
San Antonio College hosted Build Your Future: A Conference for Young Men on Friday, February 12 on the SAC campus. Presented in partnership with Communities In Schools San Antonio, the Diplomás project, and My Brother’s Keeper San Antonio, Build Your Future focused on providing 150 high school juniors and seniors… read more
Project MALES Receives Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation Grant
We are proud to announce that Project MALES has received $16,000 in grant money from the Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation. The purpose of the Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation is to fund organizations that operate social change programs for the benefit of constituencies that have historically been denied access… read more
Project MALES Hosts First Plática of the Fall Semester
The Project MALES Student Mentoring Program applies a mentoring model that takes a dynamic and intergenerational approach to achieve increased achievement and retention of male students of color both in secondary and postsecondary educational settings. One of the ways it has been able to do this is by hosting a monthly… read more
