Mentors
The crew calls a mentor when a lesson runs into a rule, a record or a decision nobody in the group can explain. A mentor asks one question, points to where the rule or record lives and who has to answer for it, and hands the decision back to the crew.
Five mentors each lead a unit: they open it with what they watch for and close it with what they’d want you to remember. Jordan Brooks is the writing coach in every lesson’s Task step.
The six mentors
Leads Unit 1: Before you run with it
Marta Reyes
she/her55Editor, a neighborhood news siteCall her when a clip, quote or screenshot is spreading and nobody has the original.Lessons 1, 7, 14 and 20Open Marta’s profileLeads Unit 2: Read the fine printArjun Doyle
he/him44Investigator, city office for consumer and worker protectionCall him when a pay statement, contract, offer letter, sponsored-post deal or internship listing doesn’t add up.Lessons 5, 8, 11 and 15Open Arjun’s profileLeads Unit 3: Find who’s responsibleDev Arora
they/them34Disability and workplace rights lawyer at a legal aid clinicCall them when you need to know which rule applies and whose job it is to follow it: a school, a college, a landlord or a city office.Lessons 6, 10, 12 and 16Open Dev’s profileLeads Unit 4: Put it to the testDr. Maya Bennett
she/her46Education policy researcherCall her when someone uses a score, a count or “the results show” to make a decision.Lessons 2, 13 and 17Open Dr. Bennett’s profileLeads Unit 5: Take it publicGrace Okafor
she/her33Legislative aide, city councilCall her when a decision is coming and you want to know who makes it, when, and how to be heard.Lessons 4, 9, 18 and 19Open Grace’s profileWriting coach