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Mentoring Program at Chicago Schools Expands to Girls

A popular mentoring program is now making sure girls aren’t being left behind.

Aired 11/22/2016 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Mentoring Program at Chicago Schools Expands to Girls

Clip: 11/22/2016 | 5m 44sVideo has Closed Captions

A popular mentoring program is now making sure girls aren’t being left behind.

This fall, the city expanded efforts to support a mentoring program for teenage boys in Chicago called Becoming a Man, or BAM. Brandis Friedman takes a look at BAM’s “sister” mentoring program, Working on Womanhood.

Aired 11/22/2016 | Rating NR

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