Brothers@ Mentorship Program Arrives at Vassar College

Brothers@, an organization founded at Bard College by alumni Dariel Vasquez ’17 and Harry Johnson ’17 to support young men of color in high school and through college, has successfully launched its next mentorship satellite program at Vassar College. Vassar student Devyn Benson, Johnson’s brother and Brothers@ ambassador, led the launch with help from Vasquez, now CEO of Brothers@, and Wesley Dixon, Vassar’s deputy to the president and secretary of the board of trustees. "When Dariel Vasquez and I launched Brothers@ in 2014, Devyn was one of my key motivations,” said Johnson. “With a nine-year age gap between us and growing up in a single-parent household, it hurt to leave for college knowing there was so much I could give at home.... 10 years later, Devyn has embarked on that same journey, but with a clear understanding that young men of color don't have to wait to make an impact in the lives of others; instead, he knows he is uniquely positioned to create generational impacts in the lives of other young men of color and communities of color at a scale, today." Since 2014, Brothers@ has grown from a student-led pilot program, Brothers@Bard, and institutional initiative, to a scalable model focused on expanding to college campuses and local communities across the country.

Post Date: 07-05-2023