In this next podcast episode, we sat down with Joey Jalal from the Multicultural Health Brokers who leads the Multicultural Youth Mentorship and Leadership Program. He nurtures community engagement.
If you are struggling with how to support cultural outreach in your community and how to get started with a mentoring program, this podcast is for you. For such a young man, Joey has a lot of life in his years— he himself was a refugee youth who through mentoring has flourished in life and academics, leads mentoring programs in Edmonton and has even volunteered in a Syrian Refugee camp with the United Nations.
Joey gave many tangible, tips and helpful perspectives. His front-line perspective as a leader working with Syrian youth provides many valuable reflections and considerations for your programming.
As an added benefit, the Multicultural Health Brokers in partnership with the Centre for Race and Culture are hosting workshops around Alberta. Invite them to your community today!
Multi Cultural Health Brokers Website: http://mchb.org/programs/youth-initiatives/
Joey covers a ton of important subjects:
0:00 – Introducing Joey from the Multi Cultural Health Brokers00:43 – Travelling to a refugee camp01:46 – Some of the greatest areas of need for refugee youth when they get to Canada03:10 – How are refugee youth similar to the youth in Canada4:28 – The difference between inter-cultural mentoring as opposed to general cultural mentoring5:36 – Where to find mentors for your refugee mentoring programs6:47 – Who are the Multicultural Health Brokers7:32 – Advice for organizations who want to support refugee youth8:35 – Tips for someone starting a cultural mentoring program10:36 – Examples of finding key partners11:56 – Advice for dealing the parents of immigrant or refugee children when setting up a program14:01 – Working with individuals from different backgrounds15:41 – Programming targeted specifically at boys or girls or mixed groups16:44 – Should cultural communities start something through a group approach18:53 – How to start your own group program…where to begin recruiting volunteers and support20:26 – Finding support for funding your program21:24 – What does the word assimilate or ideas of integration mean for Joey24:37 – Helping parents through helping the kids25:50 – Being proactive to more Syrian refugees coming to Canada and our Province28:59 – What are some successful program ideas31:57 – What’s the future of mentoring31:48 – Joey’s additional thoughts on mentoring refugee youth36:09 – Some misconceptions Canadians have about Syrian newcomers39:28 – What does trauma informed practice mean42:32 – Dealing with cultural distrust of formal authorityOther R