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THE VILLAGE
A Safe Space for Future Black Girl Doctors
Are you a Future Black Girl Doctor? Do you need a mentor? How about a village full of mentors to support you through your entire doctoral journey?
We love students and want your doctoral experience to be better than ours. Our mentees are given keys to The Village which includes access to:
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Culturally competent professional development to teach you the unspoken rules of surviving the academy
- Supplemental education and skill building opportunities focused on Black mental health
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The expertise of our entire Black Girl Doctor team of psychologists
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A soft and safe space to process your experience with people who get it and who want you to win!
Applications were due November 4th at 11:59pm PT

Is this the right mentorship program for me?
This is a high touch mentorship program where we get to know you and personally invest in you success. Each cohort is hand selected by our BGD team. We are looking for students we believe would most benefit from our support, whose interests align with our expertise, and who are motivated to grow in community. If you got big dreams and know you were meant to do big things, we are ready to see you through it!
Interested applicants for the 2023 cohort should be:
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Enrolled in a clinical or counseling doctoral program in psychology
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In the 1st or 2nd year of their program
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Identify as a Black girl
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Excited to participate in all programming and to staying involved and connected to The Village in some capacity through graduation
Things to know:
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While we wish we could mentor everyone who applies, we are only accepting 5 mentees for our inaugural 2023 cohort
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This program is completely FREE to mentees
Have Questions? Email is at support@theblackgirldoctor.com