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Mary Anne Flanagan
Project DirectorVoluntary Initiatives/Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
212.614.5555
mflanagan@cssny.org
Mary Anne Flanagan designs, develops, and implements the citywide RSVP Intergenerational Mentoring Program.
She is currently collaborating with six nonprofit organizations on intergenerational mentoring to children with an incarcerated parent and youth with pending, prior, or possible conflict with the law.
CSS/RSVP Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents Program (MentorCHIP) is a site-based mentoring program with an academic and asset based focus, designed to build the academic confidence and social skills of children 6-16 whose parents are incarcerated.
CSS/RSVP Mentoring Uth of Promise (MentorUP) is a site-based mentoring program with an academic and career building focus designed to build the academic confidence and social skills of youth ages 13-18 with pending, prior or possible conflicts with the law.
WHY THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT TO ME:
“I spent many years running youth programs in the South Bronx and saw the need for role models, advocates, and mentors for young people. All youth need opportunity, access, and support and an intergenerational mentoring program allows some of the greatest wisdom keepers to share their talents, life skills, and stories with young people.”
MENTORS/IMPORTANT FIGURES IN LIFE/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Sr. Ellenrita Purcaro
PRIOR EMPLOYMENT:
Highbridge Community Life Center – Director of Youth Services
American Red Cross of Greater New York – Volunteer Coordinator
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents
New York State Intergenerational Network
New York Developmental Assets Task Force
Authenticity Circles, LLC
SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
NATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Search Institute – Healthy Communities, Healthy Youth Conference: Assets in Action, Making a Difference (11/04)
Panel Participant: An Asset in Action – You! Whoever You Are, Wherever You Are
Foundations, Inc – Beyond School Hours VIII: The Power of Partnerships (2/05)
Workshop Leader: Connecting With Youth
Generations United-Intergenerational: It’s Monumental (7/06)
BOOKS I WOULD RECOMMEND:
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts, Caldwell College
Institute for Geriatric Social Work – Certificate in Aging, Boston University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Bronx, New York
ANYTHING ELSE YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ME:
US Coast Guard Auxiliary, 5/01- present