Steve Harvey Sets Chicago Mentoring Weekend

Premiere Networks syndicated radio host and TV personality Steve Harvey will kick off his Steve Harvey Mentoring Campaign this weekend, hosting his Mentoring Weekend for Young Men in Chicago. Created in partnership with the Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation and the Open Society Foundation's Campaign for Black Male Achievement, the campaign aims to create and expand stronger mentoring relationships impacting African-American boys around the country. The November 17 event follows a similar one that took place in Los Angeles October 27. Additional mentor drives are scheduled for 2013 in Philadelphia, New York City, Washington DC, Dallas, New Orleans and Atlanta. Harvey says he's launching "a call to action" at the Chicago event, for men ages 18 and older to join the mentoring campaign by becoming mentors to inspire African-American boys to achieve their maximum potential, empower their communities, and develop their purpose and leadership. Says Harvey, "I've seen first-hand what a powerful impact mentoring can have on our youth. To empower the next generation, the guidance and wisdom that mentors provide is a one-of-a-kind experience that can't be found in any classroom. Anyone has the power to become a mentor, and one person can spark a change in the lives of young men now, building a brighter future together with the next generation." This weekend's event, we're told, will find Harvey getting "up-close and personal with 100 local young men when he hosts his one-of-a-kind mentoring weekend in Chicago for the first time, on the campus of Chicago State University."