Certifying Teen Moral Courage Mentors

Imagine middle and high school students not only using the skills of Moral Courage, but also mentoring their peers to do so. That’s what a certified Teen MC Mentor does.

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Here’s how it happens. A cohort of teens in your school or district sign up for a 3-phase journey:

Phase 1: Teens take our in-person Gamified Workshop, during which they learn and apply the 5 core skills of Moral Courage.

Phase 2: Self-selected participants from Phase 1 practice these skills together by playing “MISSION: Moral Courage,” a series of mobile games that challenge players to transform potential debates into productive discussions. Players who accumulate a certain score advance to the final phase.

Phase 3: Teens learn how to present our award-winning film, Mississippi Turning, to fellow students and hold an interactive discussion afterwards. In that discussion, they’ll teach the Moral Courage skill set with stories from their own lives. Oh, and as graduates, they'll receive personalized framed certificates. 

So how do Teen MC Mentors benefit others and themselves? They:

• ... help their peers improve mental health by becoming agile, not fragile.

• ... teach student clubs how to be heard, even by those who disagree with their causes.

• ... include their certification (and the stories it inspires) in their college applications.

• ... get published by us! See this case study written by Natasha Esteves, a Teen MC Mentor.