The Office of Multicultural Affairs is committed to establishing meaningful relationships with external stakeholders in the Louisville community. One of the underlying goals of these relationships is to fulfill a foundational objective of institutions of higher learning, which is to create a borderless existence between the university and the local community. Using this goal as a guide, the Office of Multicultural Affairs has created partnerships with six organizations whose missions specifically focused on serving the educational needs of middle school and high school students. Throughout the academic year, educational programs such as college visits, reading activities and speaking engagements are arranged by the Office of Multicultural Affairs with the respective community organization. If you need additional information about this initiative, contact Dr. Hannah Clayborne, 1-502-452-8070, hclayborne@bellarmine.edu. Below is a general description of the six organizations.

Adelante Hispanic Achievers
Adelante Hispanic Achievers is a volunteer-based, non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging Hispanic youth to set high personal, educational, and career goals. The organization also provides Hispanic youth and their families with opportunities for civic involvement and invites them to serve as cultural ambassadors to promote greater awareness, tolerance, and understanding of Hispanic people. www.adelanteky.org

Big Brother and Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships between children and adults with measurable impact. Our vision is successful mentoring relationships for all children who need and want them, contributing to better schools, stronger communities, and brighter futures. http://www.bbbs.org/site/c.heJQITOuErH/b.3510891/

Nativity Academy
Nativity Academy at St. Boniface was opened in August 2003 as a private, preparatory middle school. It seeks to impart to its students the very best spiritual ideals, moral values, knowledge, learning skills, discipline, character formation and personal care. The school is a co-institutional setting with boys and girls in single-sexed classrooms. The staff is a mix of full-time teachers and committed volunteers. They provide unwavering motivation and support and encourage each student to realize his or her full human potential as a productive member of society and as a leader and role model in family and community. Each student receives the opportunity for a middle school education which will enable him or her to pursue an excellent secondary education leading to college and a professional career. http://www.nativitylouisville.org/

Project One
Project One is a school-based, community-based, faith-based, not-for-profit, educational organization that exists to serve, educate, train and prepare disadvantaged youth and adults for healthy and successful transitions into post-secondary education, meaningful employment opportunities and career ladder placements by developing training program and institutes, summer programs, year round activities and life long learning solutions to bring about economic empowerment and self-sufficiency. http://project1inc.org/index.htm

Steward’s  Staff
The Steward’s Staff vision is of a world in which every person is equipped with the necessary skills to combat various social obstacles which may impair individuals from obtaining their goals.  The Steward’s Staff is dedicated to empowering individuals through leadership development, community engagement, and positive reinforcement of self-awareness and esteem; thereby, ultimately creating a unified world. http://www.stewardstaff.org/Welcome.html

YMCA -Black Achievers
The YMCA Of Central Kentucky Black Achievers is the catalyst that provides exposure to present and future educational/career opportunities, instills positive social values, ignites student's thirst for knowledge, enables students to reach their full potential by creating opportunities for adults and the community to participate in their lives, and empowers families to assist students in reaching higher goals. http://www.ymcaofcentralky.org/community_programs.asp?Action=black_achievers