The map at the left was created in 2007 when we held a Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference in the South Suburbs at the Olympia Fields Country Club. This article shows our goals then were to find leaders who would adopt Tutor/Mentor Connection strategies and help non-school, volunteer-based tutoring, mentoring and learning programs grow in these areas.
Had leaders stepped forward to take this role the areas kids are moving to might have more support systems in place than they have now. If leaders step forward in 2018, perhaps the systems of support available in 2018 will be much stronger.
It does not happen over night. There are no quick fixes.
Visit MappingforJustice blog and find additional articles about poverty moving to suburbs. click here
Update - 10/23/2019 - article in The Economist titled "American poverty is moving from the city to the suburbs". This article says "there are now more poor people in Chicago’s southern suburbs than in the city itself." and "Unlike urban poverty, which has long been associated with destitute blacks, suburban poverty is more pronounced among poor whites and Hispanics." click here to read
Update - 6/18/2020 - #PovertyNarrative conference (on-line) hosted by University of Michigan includes researcher talking about poverty in the suburbs. In this Tweet I point to her research.
Just learned that a 2017 article Bernadette Hanlon and I authored was the 5th most cited article this year. Check it out below: https://t.co/FRb2xu8Akf— Glennon Sweeney (@glennon_s) April 26, 2019
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