Lili Bernard: Youth Mentoring

Letter From Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger June 2005		Letter From Congresswoman Diane Watson June 2005		Web Article Little League International June 2005		Newspaper Article Larchmont Chronicle July 2004		Letter From Councilman Martin Ludlow June 2004		Letter From Congresswoman Diane Watson September 2001

To view a photo album with pictures of my work in City of Angels Little League, click here.

I've functioned as a PTO board member at our sons' school in Los Angeles, since the inception of the board. In 2006, I designed and organized our school's First Annual Potluck and our First Annual Career Day (two separate events).

All of the 18 Career Day speakers were either parents or aunts and uncles of students. Here I am on Career Day with my 5th-born and one of the elaborate photo-illustrated Career Day brochures I designed.

To read my Career Day Address, click here.

To view a photo album with pictures of my work in the PTO board of my sons' school, click here.

In the early 1990's, while enjoying some success as an actress, I ran a youth mentoring program for disadvantaged youth in my neighborhood of Harlem, NY. Weekly, I brought guest-speakers into Harlem's St. Aloysius School, to help motivate the children towards success in life. Guest speakers included celebrities, filmmakers, lawyers, doctors, and graduate students.

To the right, I am pictured with guest speakers (child actors) Deon Richmond and Merlin Santana ("Bud" and "Stanley") of "The Cosby Show" and some 8th graders. Click on photo for more pics.

In 1993, Trenton State College, in New Jersey, invited me to be the Key Note Speaker at their Minority Awards Graduation Dinner. My talk was entitled "The Values of Mentoring." I also spoke at my alma mater high school in Princeton, Jct., NJ.

Click on a thumbnail, below, to enlarge an article or letter, regarding my youth mentoring in NY and NJ.

Newspaper Article Trenton State College, NJ April 1993		Newspaper Article The Times Princeton, NJ April 1993		Newspaper Article The Trenton Times, NJ May, 1992		Newspaper Article New York Amsterdam News June, 1992		Letter of Recommendation from Bill Cosby December 1991

To view a photo album with pictures of my work mentoring youth in my Harlem, NY program, click here.

As a young adult and teenager, I coached gymnastics, taught English, and served as a camp counselor to youth in both Japan and the US. For eight years, I also served as a Little League "Team Mom," in Inglewood, CA, before founding and chartering the City of Angels Little League in Los Angeles, CA.