LARES Project HOMBRES
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MISSION
The LARES Project HOMBRES (Hermanos Organized through Mentoring and Building Resilience for Educational Success) is a Latino Male Initiative that aims to provide Latino students the skill set to question and challenge social norms, increase self-esteem and promote a sense of belonging through mentorship and build resiliency to achieve educational attainment.
COMMITMENT
For the 2025-2026 LARES Project HOMBRES (Hermanos Organized through Mentoring and Building Resilience through Mentorship) cohort, we are scheduled to meet in person. We expect to meet on a semi-monthly basis for the Fall and Spring semester on Wednesdays from 3:00pm-4:30pm. We expect participants to be able attend all sessions. We will accept up to a certain amount of excused absences with prior notice. Further details will be shared in our first info meeting on Wednesday, September 17th, 2025.
ELIGIBILITY
- UIC incoming first-year student with a highschool 2.5 GPA.
- Continuing UIC student with 2.75 GPA.
MEETING DATES
Below are the mandatory meeting dates for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026:
- Fall 2025 Semester Dates:
- Wednesday, September 17
- Wednesday, October 1
- Wednesday, October 15
- Wednesday, October 29
- Wednesday, November 5
- Wednesday, November 19
- Spring 2026 Semester Dates:
- Wednesday, January 28
- Wednesday, February 11
- Wednesday, February 25
- Wednesday, March 11
- Wednesday, April 1
- Wednesday, April 15
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