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Who We Are<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”3.22.7″ custom_padding=”70px||75px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”50px||” custom_padding_phone=”40px||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” text_orientation=”center”]THREADS began in 2002 at the University of Michigan as a result of the creative inspiration of Drs. Lumas Helaire and Brian Carey Sims, who were both Ph.D. students at the university. With a deep desire to use their training in psychological and motivation science to serve and support the lives of historically underserved youth, they began THREADS at West Middle School in Ypsilanti, Michigan. A few years later, Dr. Jamaal Sharif Matthews came to the university, also as a Ph.D. student, and soon became the successor and director of the program, invited by Helaire and Sims. Since then, Matthews has expanded and developed the program first at the University of Michigan, and then at Montclair State University and various middle schools in the city of Newark, New Jersey. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#000000″ admin_label=”About” _builder_version=”3.22.7″ background_color=”#cfdbdd” background_size=”initial” background_position=”bottom_right” custom_padding=”75px||54px|||” bottom_divider_style=”slant” bottom_divider_height=”50px” bottom_divider_flip=”horizontal”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”21px||18px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” text_line_height=”2em” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”left” header_line_height=”1.8em” header_2_font=”Poppins|600|||||||” header_2_text_align=”left” header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_letter_spacing=”1px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” header_3_font=”||||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_font_size=”30px” header_3_letter_spacing=”2px” header_4_font=”||||||||” custom_margin=”3px||4px|||” header_2_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_2_font_size_phone=”30px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off”]<\/p>\n

Meet The Team\u00a0<\/h2>\n

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Leadership<\/h2>\n

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Associate Professor, Education & Psychology
<\/span>College of Education and Human Services
Montclair State University<\/p>\n

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Associate Director, Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives
University of Michigan<\/p>\n

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Executive Director, Jomoworks LLC
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU)<\/p>\n

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Advisors<\/h2>\n

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Mentors of the Year<\/h2>\n

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2019<\/p>\n

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Mariah Rohan & Eric Okai<\/span><\/p>\n

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2018<\/p>\n

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Jherel Saunders-Dittimus & Jessica Smith <\/span><\/p>\n

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Past Mentor Cohorts<\/h2>\n

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(from left to right):<\/em>\u00a0Micah McNear, Aishah Sabur, Jasir Clark-Washington, Fatou Amar, Chantal Clementson, Ian Sabbat, Tommy Foster, Armand Jacques, Ashon Lanada, Leonard Wimbush, Jasmine Metellus, Kevin Bernard, Teanna Johnson, Tony Jordan<\/p>\n

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(from left to right):<\/em> Jasir Thomas, Jen Guzman, Deja Peterson, Eric Okai, Zaid Hussein, Mekhi Rivers, Will Dominguez, Melanie Garcia, Ja\u2019Quan Dees, Leonie McDermott, Mariah Rohan <\/span><\/p>\n

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(from left to right):\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Kevin Lee, Andrew Desisto, Terrance Pettiford, Octavio Cano, Mechi Brown, Fausto Geraldo, Jessica Smith, Chianti Welch, Terra Applegate, Jherel Saunders-Dittimus <\/span><\/p>\n

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(from left to right): <\/em>Saul Ocasio, Rayson Bernard, Siani Sanchez, Sam Mompoint, Corey Ford-Graham (front knee), Irving Lozada, D\u2019brickashaw Ferguson (Guest Speaker), Llyasha Moore, Ahmad Sehwail, Derrick Nelson (front knee)<\/span><\/p>\n

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(from left to right):\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Dr. Jamaal Matthews (Director), Jorgi Almojahed, Kyle Boomhower, Leanna Sweetman, \u00a0Gene Washington, Ivory Fennell, Dave Namery, Andrew Barley, Elijah Blackwell, Lauren Ramos (Project Manager)<\/span><\/p>\n

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(from left to right): <\/em>Walter, Kenny, Chris, Jared, Jamaal, Ike \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mentor Testimonials<\/h2>\n

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