About Us

The Cities Mentor Project is a collaboration between Chicago universities and Chicago Public Schools. Our mission is to eliminate inequality through education, mentorship and essential social emotional supports. We connect university mentors with public school mentees so that both groups can learn about inequality, the stress that it causes and what we can do to make things better for ourselves and for our city. We support students learning research-based strategies for: 1. Growing from stress 2. Reaching personal and collective goals 3. Connecting meaningfully with others 4. Changing the world through activism It is not enough to do good. It must be done well. St. Vincent de Paul Our mission is to eliminate inequality through education. We aim to educate both university and public school students. Our vision is that every public school student will be able to attend college and that every university student will learn about inequality and their capacity to reduce it.