“[My mentor] gave me moral support and was always there when I needed someone to talk to.  She helped me to believe in myself.”
— Doreen
IMAGINE participant

Mentoring Program

Our Mentoring Program, IMAGINE (Inspiration, Motivation, and Growth in Networks that Empower), empowers survivors of domestic violence to make progress toward their goals by providing individual peer support and creating community.  Women recovering from abuse have often been socially isolated.  Through this program, they are paired with trained volunteers in long-term supportive relationships.

The Mentoring Program:
  • Recruits and trains volunteer mentors from the community and pairs them with domestic-violence survivors at The Second Step who may still be struggling to rebuild their futures
  • Helps survivors set goals and explore their “next steps” in positive and empowering ways, through relationships with women who have successfully negotiated their own lives
  • Expands the reach of staff to provide consistent support to survivors over an extended period of time
  • Provides opportunities for peer relationships and bonding, both within mentoring relationships and through a monthly Women’s Nurturing Group (childcare provided)

Could you be a volunteer mentor?  Are you ready to be changed by an amazing relationship?  Are you available to meet weekly with another woman to offer support without judgment or advice?  Would you enjoy being in a group with other women who support each other and learn from each other?  Maybe IMAGINE is for you! 

To learn more about volunteering in our Mentoring Program, call Carole Thompson at 617-965-2538 or email cthompson@thesecondstep.org.
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