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TUCSON, ARIZONA — December 16, 2021 — This week, Arizona’s largest young professional network launches its Spring ’22 Mentorship Cohort for its nearly 800 members.
Tucson Young Professionals is building the largest mentorship platform in the region! Our Spring ‘22 Mentorship Cohort application just opened for members. We are doubling our Beta cohort size of 12 pairs to 25, in partnership with the business and community leaders at the Southern Arizona Leadership Council.
The mentorship curation process is designed to take into account life/career stage, desired goals, job sector, etc., and will guide the mentee and mentor through the pursuit of personal, professional, and community impact goals throughout a 12-week program, pairing enough structure to be engaging, with enough opportunity for organic, individualized growth and development plan.
The TYP Mentorship program will kick off the week of February 7 with a special gathering and orientation, and wrap up with a graduation/celebration event the week of May 16th. Halfway through there will be a Mentorship Mixer. The Call for mentee applications is currently live, with final review, acceptance and pairing introductions the week of January 17th.
Each week will focus on a theme within our topic areas of Connect, Grow, and Thrive. Mentors and Mentees will each commit to one weekly half-hour meeting (virtual, in-person, or hybrid).
Explains Zach Yentzer, the Executive Director of TYP: “TYP’s vision is that our success, and the success of our members, is based on providing the best possible value to the most people possible. Tucson needed an accessible, large-scale mentorship platform for young professionals aged 21-45 and we are excited to provide it. There is little as effective for growing the next generation of community and organizational leaders, and retaining and rooting young professionals in community, than mentorship. I’m excited to continue the growth of this scalable model and create numerous, long-lasting partnerships for the good of Greater Tucson.”
The Southern Arizona Leadership Council, an organization of 140 of the region’s most involved and engaged community leaders committed to the thriving and flourishing of Southern Arizona.
“We have been proud supporters of the work of Tucson Young Professionals for many years now, and know that a successful future requires intergenerational collaboration. Our members look forward to these mutually beneficial mentorship relationships,” writes President/CEO of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Ted Maxwell.
Head to http://tucsonyoungprofessionals.com/forms/mentorship/ to apply.
Interesting in being a mentor for TYP? Email Executive Director Zach Yentzer at zach@tucsonyoungprofessionals.com.
Annually, Tucson Young Professionals surveys its membership to understand the issues that are most important in creating the best Greater Tucson region possible. This year, our members said that Economic Development was one of the top 3 issues. Our Advocacy Team developed a collaborative, statement on what this means.
Economic Development
TYP supports efforts that encourage the attraction, retention, and expansion of businesses and high-wage jobs to Greater Tucson. Additionally, TYP supports a robust start-up and innovation ecosystem that encourages entrepreneurship in the region.
Our Advocacy Team is committed to both providing education opportunities to our members on this topic, and, when appropriate, educating our community about what young professionals feel about a variety of issues surrounding economic development.
Monthly, and as they come up, members who serve on our Advocacy Team weigh community issues brought forth by the Team to consider whether they are relevant for TYP to address in keeping with our members’ desires and TYP goals. At the will of the majority of our Team, the Team developed a statement on the renewal and expansion of the Central Business District and the Government Property Lease Excise Tax, in the City of Tucson.
Any policy positions developed are first approved by the TYP Advocacy Team, and then submitted to the TYP Board for final approval. The statement below was reviewed by and approved by the TYP Board.
We will be following up with a more in-depth position on how economic development efforts like this should be utilized to create broad-based prosperity and opportunity in Greater Tucson, interfacing with housing policy, employment, etc.
“Tucson Young Professionals supports responsible Economic Development efforts in Greater Tucson that create equitable opportunities for high-wage, career-oriented jobs for Tucson’s young professionals. As such, TYP supports the renewal and expansion of the Central Business District (CBD), as well as continued responsible use of the Government Property Lease Excise Tax (GPLET) as an Economic Development tool.”
TUCSON, ARIZONA — February 16, 2020 — This week, one of Arizona’s largest young professional networks launched a long-awaited mentorship program for its 650+ members.
TYP Mentorship will pair interested members with mentors from the Southern Arizona Leadership Council and other community partners, this Spring, for a 12-week mentorship program focused around connection, professional development, and community impact.
“TYP members have been asking for a formalized mentorship opportunity through TYP for quite some time now, and I’m really pleased that our team has been able to make it a reality.” said Crystal Adams, President of the TYP Board.
Accepted applicants will receive a 1:1 mentorship pairing, focused on 4 weeks of networking and connection with an experienced professional in their sector or area of interest, 4 weeks of professional development and growth topics, and 4 weeks focused on community impact and engagement insights and advice.
Explains Zach Yentzer, the Executive Director of TYP: “TYP’s vision is that our success, and the success of our members, is based on providing the best possible value to the most people possible. Tucson needed an accessible, large-scale mentorship platform for young professionals aged 21-45 and we are excited to provide it. There is little as effective for growing the next generation of community and organizational leaders, and retaining and rooting young professionals in community, than mentorship. I’m excited to launch this scalable model and create numerous, long-lasting partnerships for the good of Greater Tucson.”
A major partner in this beta round will be the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, an organization of 140 of the region’s most involved and engaged community leaders committed to the thriving and flourishing of Southern Arizona.
“We have been proud supporters of the work of Tucson Young Professionals for many years now, and know that a successful future requires intergenerational collaboration. Our members look forward to these mutually beneficial mentorship relationships,” writes President/CEO of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Ted Maxwell.
Applications for the beta round opened on Monday, February 15th, and are open until March 5th. Mentorship matches will be made by March 15th, and the Kickoff of the program will be on March 22.
Head to tucsonyoungprofessionals.com/typmentorship to learn more and apply.
Interesting in being a mentor for TYP? Email Executive Director Zach Yentzer at zach@tucsonyoungprofessionals.com.
