Cohort Sistas Receives Chronus 2022 Mentoring for Racial Equity Grant

Cohort Sistas recently received the 2022 Mentoring for Racial Equity Grant from Chronus, the leading enterprise mentoring platform. Since 2007, Chronus has empowered the world’s top employers — like Amazon, Edward Lifesciences, Electronic Arts, McGraw Hill and Uber — to shape a future-ready workforce, delivering mentoring software that unleashes the full potential of their people. Cohort Sistas will receive a three-year pro bono contract for Chronus mentoring software and services to support their growing mentoring initiatives, including the Sista Circle Mentorship Program. Additionally, Cohort Sistas will receive a $7,500 cash gift to facilitate the setup and assistance in getting the program up and running.

“As a non-profit that emphasizes mentorship to advance racial and gender equity in higher education, we are honored to be the 2022 Mentoring for Racial Equity grant recipient,” says Dr. Ijeoma Kola, Founder and Executive Director of Cohort Sistas. “We’re looking forward to mobilizing the robust features of Chronus’ mentoring platform to improve the scale, efficiency and impact of our Sista Circle Mentorship Program.”

“As a DEI-focused organization, we’re honored to combat systemic inequalities by enabling impactful mentoring for BIPOC and underrepresented groups. Understanding that racial equity in the workforce and academic space is far from solved, we’re continuing to focus on the mentoring successes we can enable for organizations like Cohort Sistas,” says Seena Mortazavi, CEO of Chronus. “By elevating different backgrounds, races, ethnicities, identities and beyond, the Mentoring for Racial Equity grant program is on a continuous mission to help strengthen the pipeline of diverse, empowered students and professionals.

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