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Patti Keenan
Wed, 03/05/2008

My "Little Sister"

From a mentorship to grown-up friends

Mentoring is a beautiful thing that comes in all colors. Read today's Globe for your morning inspiration.

I was an awkward teen and at 24, I still wasn't cool. However, I was black and when someone from Big Sisters asked me to help develop a minority recruitment program, I said yes. I spent much of 1985 doing recruitment talks at African American churches in Providence....  read more »

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