Welcome to The Over My Shoulder Foundation Official Site
The “OVER MY SHOULDER” Foundation is a unique media-based project whose goal is to raise awareness of the impact of mentoring both cross-culturally and cross-generationally.
“Be the change. Mentor a child.” --President Barack Obama
As we all know, “Mentoring” is a catch phrase encompassing the positive relationships in our lives. “Mentoring”, in our eyes, is the most powerful tool in our fight against poverty, ignorance, and hatred. Learn More...
“Be the change. Mentor a child.” --President Barack Obama
As we all know, “Mentoring” is a catch phrase encompassing the positive relationships in our lives. “Mentoring”, in our eyes, is the most powerful tool in our fight against poverty, ignorance, and hatred. Learn More...
In The News
Over My Shoulder
This is the story of a little song: a song confirming that dreams can happen even when you think you are too old to dream. I wrote the lyrics in honor of a story I heard 20 years ago … the Patti Austin story... Read More
National Mentoring Initiative
Laidlaw Group, Grammy Award Winning Singer Patti Austin and Songwriter Dawn Carroll Collaborate to Brand "Over My Shoulder" Project, a National Mentoring Initiative ... Read More
From the Blog

The Song that Started the Over My Shoulder Project
Over My Shoulder is a duet written by ... Read More
Over My Shoulder is a duet written by ... Read More

The Story of the Song, From One of the Songwriters
Many people have asked me about how ... Read More
Many people have asked me about how ... Read More

Through My Eyes, A Guest Post from Singer Lianna Gutierrez
A Mentor. Something that every girl my age wants ... Read More
A Mentor. Something that every girl my age wants ... Read More
Patti Austin
What mentoring did for her?
What mentoring did for her?