{"id":6419,"date":"2021-08-27T10:09:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=6419"},"modified":"2021-08-27T10:09:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:09:46","slug":"empowering-missouris-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2021\/08\/27\/empowering-missouris-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Missouri\u2019s youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/BBBS_crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/BBBS_crop-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"A photo collage of Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors and youth.\" class=\"wp-image-6428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/BBBS_crop-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/BBBS_crop.jpg 738w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) pairs youth with mentors from the local community.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, I enjoyed speaking at the Chancellor\u2019s Reception for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri. This \u201cCountdown to Kickoff\u201d event promotes the important mentorship opportunities that Big Brothers Big Sisters provides for our community\u2019s youth. It was great talking with fellow supporters and sharing the amazing stories of \u201cBigs\u201d and their \u201cLittles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/DSC_2972-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DSC_2972-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of President Choi and Jeff Cook.\" class=\"wp-image-6421\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Choi with MU alum, Jeff Cook. Choi met with fellow Big Brothers Big Sisters supporters in the Chancellor\u2019s Suite at Memorial Stadium (photo courtesy of Wally Pfeffer and Nancy Talson).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As Missouri\u2019s public, flagship, land-grant university, Mizzou strives to empower young people in every community across our state. Mentorship through Big Brothers Big Sisters is a vital extension of that critical work. Through our shared commitment to education, access and outreach, MU and BBBS are working together to support the next generation of leaders who will help our communities thrive for decades to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s just one more way Mizzou works to fulfill its mission and build a brighter future for all Missourians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I enjoyed speaking at the Chancellor\u2019s Reception for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri. This \u201cCountdown to Kickoff\u201d event promotes the important mentorship opportunities that Big Brothers Big Sisters provides for our community\u2019s youth. It was great talking with fellow supporters and sharing the amazing stories of \u201cBigs\u201d and their \u201cLittles.\u201d As Missouri\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}