Marcus Strother is the President and CEO of MENTOR California, the California affiliate of MENTOR: The National Partnership, the unifying national champion for expanding quality mentoring relationships for young people.References from this episode:Marcus Strother (https://twitter.com/MarcusLStrother)MENTOR California (https://www.mentorcaliforniayouth.org/)Tyrone Bledsoe (http://saabnational.org/about/founder)#LifeDataMatters (LINK)Erin Gruwell (LINK)Freedom Writers (http://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org/)"Critical Mentoring: A Practical Guide" by Torie Weiston-Serdan (https://bit.ly/3GpWRmu)Torie Weiston-Serdan (https://www.torieweiston.com/)Learning for Justice (https://www.learningforjustice.org)Shawn Dove (https://twitter.com/DoveSoars)Corey Scholes (https://twitter.com/AKASMOM)Christopher Emdin (https://twitter.com/chrisemdin)Christopher Chatmon (https://kingmakersofoakland.org/member/christopher-chatmon/)Michael Smith (https://twitter.com/msmithDC)"Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Success" by Christopher Emdin (https://bit.ly/3pJfZ9f)"Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World" by Vivek H. Murthy (https://bit.ly/3BrPRlg)"7 Qualities of Highly Connected People" by Jane Shore (https://bit.ly/3jNClCK)Connect:Michael Crawford, PhD (https://twitter.com/mjcraw), (https://www.mjcraw.com)Dr. Jane Shore (https://twitter.com/shorejaneshore)School of Thought (https://schoolofthought.substack.com/)Revolution School (https://revolutionschool.org/)Community of Thought Gatherings (https://www.paispa.org/community-of-thought-gatherings)Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS) (https://www.paispa.org/)Michael Lipset, PhD of PassTell Stories (http://www.michaellipset.com/)Music from Digi G'Alessio CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://bit.ly/2IyV71i)