Mentor Resources: Activity Ideas

These short guides, broken into ten different topics, incorporate ways for you and your mentee to get to know each other, practice English, and learn about each other’s cultures:

• Chicago City Tour
• Housing
• Home Care
• Clothing
• Education
• Food and Nutrition
• Health Care
• Transportation
• Religion, Holidays, and Customs
• Families and Children
• Employment

​Additional Resources: 

• Cultural Orientation Workbook Practice and review what your mentee is learning in their 8 week cultural orientation workshops (links available to multiple languages).
• Free activities in Chicago
• Chicago Park District
• What else can I do with my mentee?
• Celebrate holidays together Remember that celebrations like the 4th of July, New Years, or the Air & Water Show might be triggering for survivors of trauma. 
• Sew together! RefugeeOne's sewing studio provides sewing machines to all graduates of the program. Or, contact RefugeeOne to help your mentee sign up for a sewing class.

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