tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120444012024-03-19T04:47:38.908-04:00Tutor Mentor Institute, LLCHere's how to use this blog. Each article includes graphics. Click on them to get enlarged versions. Each article has many links (which are often broken on older articles). Open the links to dig deeper in the ideas and strategies I share. On the left side are tags which you can click to find articles that focus on the same topic. Below that are links to other web sites with relevant information. Learn more about me at http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/dan-bassill.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-89511397874712055842024-03-18T16:54:00.000-04:002024-03-18T16:54:29.864-04:00Helping Tutor/Mentor Programs Grow - for over 30 years<p> I've been digitizing my files so they will be available to more people, even after I end my time on this earth. Last week I posted <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2024/03/tutormentor-connection-needed-in-many.html" target="_blank">this article</a> and pointed to an archive with letters and email correspondence that extends back to the 1990s and even earlier. </p><p>Here's a 1998 article from the <i>Southwest News-Herald</i>, showing work I've done to help volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs grow in more places.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3s_g6UGD2LUSO1rP0fSRlcF8p2K7Rxsd-IXk6AP2D2k1kpWG_gFBe9_ez3oCGX8mmrDkDKPBXrGjvGs5znFLZIntli2c_O4CL6qhAFRecn3I9ojkhB1zB-1Zrnsm20DwKzD_3xxwHueJURArDypWwYPjnpxAtc2Q-X8hOsU2-jdD8z8zx9S9l/s3052/SouthwestNews-Herald2_19_1998-%20Total%20Quality%20Mentoring%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2125" data-original-width="3052" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3s_g6UGD2LUSO1rP0fSRlcF8p2K7Rxsd-IXk6AP2D2k1kpWG_gFBe9_ez3oCGX8mmrDkDKPBXrGjvGs5znFLZIntli2c_O4CL6qhAFRecn3I9ojkhB1zB-1Zrnsm20DwKzD_3xxwHueJURArDypWwYPjnpxAtc2Q-X8hOsU2-jdD8z8zx9S9l/w382-h266/SouthwestNews-Herald2_19_1998-%20Total%20Quality%20Mentoring%20.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><p>I met with Willie Iverson several times in 1997 and 1998 and encouraged him to adopt the Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy and Total Quality Mentoring idea to help programs grow in the Ashburn area of Chicago. This article is evidence that he made that attempt.</p><p><b>Here is another article from my archives. This is a letter I wrote for Streetwise in 2012. </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW68BbilkpY53gFs44CSKtXjjEH2KIAaMPh6zspHWjEBNJ7bgq0x04SA0sFaT5-DNF_I77qGHJTQFJ4jpBfp_W0fMd9_wUqnpWEBxI_oy_G4giRNzgBFhUY_TULaHKllJRBTcNKoHqmyU7_J3kXRkTNL8pFn8sc8m1HVqhLkbNj6WxnxP7Y1p_/s3504/Streetwise%201-2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3504" data-original-width="2544" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW68BbilkpY53gFs44CSKtXjjEH2KIAaMPh6zspHWjEBNJ7bgq0x04SA0sFaT5-DNF_I77qGHJTQFJ4jpBfp_W0fMd9_wUqnpWEBxI_oy_G4giRNzgBFhUY_TULaHKllJRBTcNKoHqmyU7_J3kXRkTNL8pFn8sc8m1HVqhLkbNj6WxnxP7Y1p_/w252-h348/Streetwise%201-2012.jpg" width="252" /></a></div>On<a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/news-pr" target="_blank"> this page</a>, I've posted many of the news stories generated by Tutor/Mentor Connection strategies. Remember, our goal was to increase attention for volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs in Chicago, to help them attract a more consistent flow of operating dollars and volunteers. This collection of media stories and letters of appreciation shows we were doing that.<br /><br />I've found many more media stories that are not on this list and will be making them all available in my archive in a few weeks. <div><br /></div><div><b>And this is a note that I received from Minor Meyers, Jr, president of Illinois Wesleyan University.</b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYg-nRSnykid-Rw1SjIeCYfZM7pvKdixDkUDEFLsJJroBLQpSav4d1MqvtRMjqLFSzHjZgGWfwH-mb7XNjbyGz2O-0Nmv-2vdIyJ3iOeQwf0hyphenhyphen3IXFnIOD-xueJwk9ZTtDea594F7zWrGcOp6eduXyH4a_OxErufzVdUzz_TEXOf2pNvdYSnz9/s2915/IWU%20Pres%20Minor%20Myers,%20Jr%202001%20note%20to%20DB%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="2915" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYg-nRSnykid-Rw1SjIeCYfZM7pvKdixDkUDEFLsJJroBLQpSav4d1MqvtRMjqLFSzHjZgGWfwH-mb7XNjbyGz2O-0Nmv-2vdIyJ3iOeQwf0hyphenhyphen3IXFnIOD-xueJwk9ZTtDea594F7zWrGcOp6eduXyH4a_OxErufzVdUzz_TEXOf2pNvdYSnz9/s320/IWU%20Pres%20Minor%20Myers,%20Jr%202001%20note%20to%20DB%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />President Meyers finished by saying he was sending my information to a Trustee in Detroit. Minor was a huge supporter of my work from 1990 until he died around 2004. I never was able to build similar support from other IWU President's who followed him.<br /><br /><b>Nor have I been able to build that level of trust and support from any other university, although my archives show many connections to local, national and international universities over the past 30 years.</b><br /><div><br /></div><div>That's one of the sad challenges of doing this type of community building. People who you've built trust relationships with and who are actively spreading news about your work to others, move to new places, or new jobs, or leave this mortal life for another.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>That means intermediaries like myself are constantly rebuilding relationships and trust at organizations we've worked with for many years. </b> It's a reason why the Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy should be embedded in universities and endowed with long-term funding.<br /><br /><b>Maybe there's a billionaire out there willing to take that role.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Learn more.</b><br /><br />The image below shows what you'll see if you open this link to <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DIEz2h9grQson-sB3gyF4lvlUgxPXmlc?usp=drive_link" target="_blank">my letters to DBassill file</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTW-xP521BrFDSXULX55oB7e5kD1DLDiutzpKCTC2ALcymsInIsTFs-9P_sgKVA5-oJi3sJlbVvh2IoS2cRKvV4H6wb_aB_1tjm3B7gW3Vf5F4T94dSDsBlOXgjUb6CI_TQnlZEfVibLfTQEVovyupUjF67UPdlqmralanYNzZYSAYrkKtBz6B/s1628/Letters%20and%20Email%20archive%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1628" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTW-xP521BrFDSXULX55oB7e5kD1DLDiutzpKCTC2ALcymsInIsTFs-9P_sgKVA5-oJi3sJlbVvh2IoS2cRKvV4H6wb_aB_1tjm3B7gW3Vf5F4T94dSDsBlOXgjUb6CI_TQnlZEfVibLfTQEVovyupUjF67UPdlqmralanYNzZYSAYrkKtBz6B/s320/Letters%20and%20Email%20archive%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>These are PDF files containing multiple letters and/or email messages. You'll see many "thank you" messages. <br /><br />If you look at who I was communicating with you'll see a wide range of people. As I've digitized these I've reached out on LinkedIn to re-connect with some who I met 20-25 years ago. Some I cannot find. Others have accepted an invitation to reconnect. <br /><br />You'll find two more folders with correspondence between myself and others at <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-qxeLe_-nO3-z0G_BpYw060yeZvsbZz2?usp=sharing" target="_blank">this</a> and <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rEHEG-49EdZFSB4ZCBgUFTeYTWd9mvix?usp=sharing" target="_blank">this</a> link. Maybe you'll know some of these people and will add them to your own network.<br /><br /><b>Imagine re-connecting with all of these people in on-going, online, information sharing portals aimed at filling areas of persistent poverty with mentor-rich community and school-based youth programs. </b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttlbZATvFdeeVZFb-WYPPX-s_EETiZ4Q_qvQLMeL1dW53Hm7wwIU6k4SxfFVyKab-MCYhsUpO-KU9ZamZUasE5HbniedMxvixle9TUl78BWyyaOqPCIKWiE6hDdWokrGPOiKVcQBnReEReM-gK8D9RpOLz0dcMtYgYFGGSVMyDvm3SvnolgpO/s853/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Chicago-Midwest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="853" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttlbZATvFdeeVZFb-WYPPX-s_EETiZ4Q_qvQLMeL1dW53Hm7wwIU6k4SxfFVyKab-MCYhsUpO-KU9ZamZUasE5HbniedMxvixle9TUl78BWyyaOqPCIKWiE6hDdWokrGPOiKVcQBnReEReM-gK8D9RpOLz0dcMtYgYFGGSVMyDvm3SvnolgpO/w200-h143/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Chicago-Midwest.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>In a <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2024/02/opportunity-for-all-involvement-of-more.html" target="_blank">recent article</a> I've pointed to dashboards created by the Economic Innovation Group, which show areas of persistent poverty and areas with economically distressed communities. On the <a href="http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com" target="_blank">MappingforJustice</a> blog you can find many similar examples.</div><div><br /></div><div>These point to places all over the country where comprehensive, mentor-rich programs are needed to help youth through school and into jobs and careers and where an information-based intermediary like the Tutor/Mentor Connection could be created, borrowing from lessons you can learn from my archives.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Imagine some day in the future, ten, or 15 years from now, being able to point to a similar collection of letters and files, showing people you've connected with and people you've helped.</i><br /><br /><b>That is my goal. It's why I share this information.</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggf4D_GZY7gSMA6ynvaTTNmIrC7RVnRjR0PSVDUuia6-__-F5LuJDULbYrIKGIyrCAvgy5vfOnn-tUWi53oFgQ6DUj4SInH__qvdjBymJHHlNHAmSTu4gULTb0i7ibWfbFVOa-mV-EXOXr2lmLcMGEXBJBGlfhlIUwcasIXPW_-ld43TuQqyr-/s213/Dan2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="212" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggf4D_GZY7gSMA6ynvaTTNmIrC7RVnRjR0PSVDUuia6-__-F5LuJDULbYrIKGIyrCAvgy5vfOnn-tUWi53oFgQ6DUj4SInH__qvdjBymJHHlNHAmSTu4gULTb0i7ibWfbFVOa-mV-EXOXr2lmLcMGEXBJBGlfhlIUwcasIXPW_-ld43TuQqyr-/w199-h200/Dan2021.JPG" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div>I will help you as long as I'm still able. Just reach out to me on one of <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">these social media platforms</a> and let's start a conversation. </div><div><br /></div><div>Read these articles about <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20NEW%20T%2FMC" target="_blank">starting a new Tutor/Mentor Connection</a> and these showing <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/about%20TMI" target="_blank">what I've been trying to do</a> since forming the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC in 2011. </div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, to enable me to keep this information available I need some of you to <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">visit this page</a> and make contributions to help fund my work.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Thank you for reading</b>. I've been honored to be part of so many lives. I hope you will enjoy the same experience. <br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-24990580482676083302024-03-15T11:30:00.000-04:002024-03-15T11:30:01.410-04:00Tutor/Mentor Connection needed in many places<p>I've been digitizing my files to further downsize and preserve my history. Hopefully someone(s) in the future will use these to teach new leaders to build information-based problem-solving intermediary organizations like the Tutor/Mentor Connection, which I launched in 1993, and which has been led by the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC since 2011.</p><p>This week I found this email, sent to me in 1999 by a community leader from a rural part of Washington State. Click on the image to enlarge it and read it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHrrknBSbdh8JxPwddLsrh8Z27uoVe0pvgcjJp8ciz_5KJNt_qEXJ-9G3GBiy0djY0ttl9sZ-f7KLzFlle2x-sVRnJIO3Eh2paNDbNEK2w3BiDRhDwDiNqTyETaccZHEo2GiHFHKymV-5lO3fWYj2u28JtISUsEb3vLkjieDJzMt5aUrM-E1b/s660/1999%20email%20-%20Washington%20State.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="510" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHrrknBSbdh8JxPwddLsrh8Z27uoVe0pvgcjJp8ciz_5KJNt_qEXJ-9G3GBiy0djY0ttl9sZ-f7KLzFlle2x-sVRnJIO3Eh2paNDbNEK2w3BiDRhDwDiNqTyETaccZHEo2GiHFHKymV-5lO3fWYj2u28JtISUsEb3vLkjieDJzMt5aUrM-E1b/w339-h439/1999%20email%20-%20Washington%20State.jpg" width="339" /></a></div><br /><p>It starts by saying<b><i> "I have been visiting your tutor/mentor website and am very impressed with what I see there." </i></b> That's the goal of the website and thousands of people have visited since the late 1990s.</p><p>Then she says, <b><i>"I would like to see more of what your organization is doing, being done out here and within rural communities. Even though the numbers of youth within rural communities are smaller, the issues are often similar. The needs and barriers that youth and families face require "villages" of all types to rase a child."</i></b></p><p>She finishes by saying, <b>"<i>Thank you for your input, resources, ideas and time that you give to those of us who are on the Mott AfterSchool list serve. Your information is extremely valuable.</i>"</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONSkAVRPCrAWKPg2LTkWw_xar67Csx379MQlO5tXYgTgM4S6iDCp1zd5gC5h95LOr431yhNAzjPkw2EY4NJ3RQ6Ca3JWZd7So6PGAnUZyqiNamLoepkwbJACjN6Ere5JNPNjeVegsipqXEuMCGCy3AL0LoMI_ndhpoQcBasv4SQeuvn7yW5Xv/s734/Recruitment-Directory-Dan%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="734" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONSkAVRPCrAWKPg2LTkWw_xar67Csx379MQlO5tXYgTgM4S6iDCp1zd5gC5h95LOr431yhNAzjPkw2EY4NJ3RQ6Ca3JWZd7So6PGAnUZyqiNamLoepkwbJACjN6Ere5JNPNjeVegsipqXEuMCGCy3AL0LoMI_ndhpoQcBasv4SQeuvn7yW5Xv/w200-h122/Recruitment-Directory-Dan%20(2).jpg" width="200" /></a></div>During conferences that I hosted every six months from May 1994 to May 2015 I've had others tell me of the need for something like the Tutor/Mentor Connection in rural areas. I've also had similar conversations with people from Africa, South America and Europe.<div><br /></div><div><b>I've encouraged all of them to duplicate the Tutor/Mentor Connection and build something like it in their area.</b><br /><div><br /></div><div>My goal is that in every place where there is persistent poverty there would be blogs and news reports showing someone holding a "Directory" listing youth programs in that region, and inviting volunteers, donors and business leaders to support them. </div><div><br /></div><div>I never found consistent donors, or high profile people to help me do that. But if you read <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DIEz2h9grQson-sB3gyF4lvlUgxPXmlc?usp=drive_link" target="_blank">letters sent to me in the past</a>, you'll see an appreciation for the Tutor/Mentor Connection. That should motivate you and others to borrow my ideas and build T/MC type strategies in your own community.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Here's one more reason. </b> <br /><br />My friends at the UCLA Center included a link in their latest eMail, to this article, titled "<i><a href="https://justaction.substack.com/p/the-soft-bigotry-of-high-expectations" target="_blank">The Soft Bigotry of High Expectations</a></i>" It starts by saying, "<i>To combat the black-white school achievement gap, worry about their persistent segregation, don't hope for miracle teachers.</i>"</div><div><br /></div><div>I've been putting links to articles like this in <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/resource-links/law-justice-links" target="_blank">my library</a> for over 20 years. For instance, the graphic below was created in 2013. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBy2OGGtgBKi-L5dgQfi7rKRJpuTqR1ClwhfpmpO7XOhSIbKgpYWr1Xip_gb9KA7q3jPkHRRBKPX_nNco7LDlEcljfOTj6aETdzl9ds15iv67ZTeZcd6Dr38XZ2sOyuNBGcW0WwmOz0sZnsSGvyRMYvn8JyS4RwSav5nxsNpEPFz5NrGYLX1Y/s1190/MapforPlanning2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1190" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBy2OGGtgBKi-L5dgQfi7rKRJpuTqR1ClwhfpmpO7XOhSIbKgpYWr1Xip_gb9KA7q3jPkHRRBKPX_nNco7LDlEcljfOTj6aETdzl9ds15iv67ZTeZcd6Dr38XZ2sOyuNBGcW0WwmOz0sZnsSGvyRMYvn8JyS4RwSav5nxsNpEPFz5NrGYLX1Y/s320/MapforPlanning2013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>At the left, is a <i>Chicago Tribune</i> map showing shootings in 2013. In the middle is one showing areas where the<i> Get In Chicago</i> group was focusing their efforts. At the right is the Tutor/Mentor Connection map showing poorly performing schools from the 2006 Illinois schools on probation list. The <i>Tribune</i> map, and T/MC map, both highlight areas of high poverty.<br /><br />The graphic below shows similar maps, which I shared in Tutor/Mentor Conferences held in the 2000s. These also highlight areas of high poverty. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AHw46pr74K1X77OfIBQnPXYaFWD6n95koK36hLLAzcuHhUB3e4UClozuXWbe39iO-2YpX6579lWKYLrKFjG4iyu9CjEgrUR_ivFjDz5P0Bny2nQCxUCH70r2ak9ttHquGrSUVEXUr4WxSBaPnNAPH2JuWbeL5eGyM-3kkvfQmMCQ5RCtd4vh/s510/june2012l_media.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="510" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AHw46pr74K1X77OfIBQnPXYaFWD6n95koK36hLLAzcuHhUB3e4UClozuXWbe39iO-2YpX6579lWKYLrKFjG4iyu9CjEgrUR_ivFjDz5P0Bny2nQCxUCH70r2ak9ttHquGrSUVEXUr4WxSBaPnNAPH2JuWbeL5eGyM-3kkvfQmMCQ5RCtd4vh/s320/june2012l_media.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Here's another graphic, using the three maps above, with a "birth-to-work" timeline.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGKIUnY6tX_MCF-FIwEjo6T41ph_cUfAQdrkUdVaOv07JC_z0hFlBSAOeChVa8aYxbLDvWCKI0SlnR4SQeqQB6JZEGaifP9X19EH8qfTCmNMv3bcDWX_N0554l7LSobsE2exJEa2rXDur-iBlN3ylsbla-mmI3p4cY-A1aw7-mXNP_RVCtAhq/s2438/Birth-to-work-2022-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2438" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGKIUnY6tX_MCF-FIwEjo6T41ph_cUfAQdrkUdVaOv07JC_z0hFlBSAOeChVa8aYxbLDvWCKI0SlnR4SQeqQB6JZEGaifP9X19EH8qfTCmNMv3bcDWX_N0554l7LSobsE2exJEa2rXDur-iBlN3ylsbla-mmI3p4cY-A1aw7-mXNP_RVCtAhq/s320/Birth-to-work-2022-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This graphic emphasizes the long-term investment needed to help kids in high poverty areas move from "birth to work" and shows a goal of connecting youth in these neighborhoods with adults from a wide range of business, professional and educational backgrounds.<br /><br /><b>That is a strategy for building "bridging social capital" which expands the community assets supporting kids and helps them through school and into adult lives.</b><br /><div><br /></div><div>Read <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2022/04/maps-time-social-capital.html" target="_blank">this article </a>titled "<i><b>Maps, Time and Social Capital</b></i>" which I posted in 2022. It's one of many in<a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/social%20capital" target="_blank"> this collection</a> that talks about expanding the "village" of support for kids living in areas of persistent poverty, which usually are also highly segregated. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0Hq2VVwk-I09dhRCqFIJ1tsa7P15SFGykIQ4fgyobYOea2tJnfnPrjTBQ8hYjY8PTM2A3TdXvb9akHg8GaPan-3flHWH5uTP8o-tliFVwUjPU5Il7yOIo69uzfTyC4yLB64oRRpz7grf_0oaeXFvyY15NE4YwTjbC6ATy1HuiHLb_AvUL6fq/s703/Dan_map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="510" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0Hq2VVwk-I09dhRCqFIJ1tsa7P15SFGykIQ4fgyobYOea2tJnfnPrjTBQ8hYjY8PTM2A3TdXvb9akHg8GaPan-3flHWH5uTP8o-tliFVwUjPU5Il7yOIo69uzfTyC4yLB64oRRpz7grf_0oaeXFvyY15NE4YwTjbC6ATy1HuiHLb_AvUL6fq/w145-h200/Dan_map.jpg" width="145" /></a></div><br /><div>A couple of people recently expressed interest in helping me pass the Tutor/Mentor Connection and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC on to others. As I've said in the past to other people, "Start reading my blog articles and browsing my website."</div><div><br /></div><div>Then, start sharing what you read with others, using your own social networks and creativity. Browse articles at <a href="https://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">the T/MC Intern b</a>log to see how college students did this for 10 years. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>I think this is the hardest lesson.</b> To duplicate my efforts you have to be willing to become an evangelist, to do all you can to spread the message and draw attention to the information hosted in web libraries like mine. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5cHPgEZGZEKELXnp21HA3Jz097qB9h7fC15DNZrcloXkB6LT7ep0oPMZY2F0uEcVY5zmcCn5fIyYVtWN_gzeBVlVlLCkLVQgYCJmVHIrFsnuzTjecw7yWFZf5S5nua3V2YQ1NC64VESG9tdcevAOLBSxLblhznHce6e-LCCa6ipY2OAHne7T/s516/Peter_Project1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="516" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5cHPgEZGZEKELXnp21HA3Jz097qB9h7fC15DNZrcloXkB6LT7ep0oPMZY2F0uEcVY5zmcCn5fIyYVtWN_gzeBVlVlLCkLVQgYCJmVHIrFsnuzTjecw7yWFZf5S5nua3V2YQ1NC64VESG9tdcevAOLBSxLblhznHce6e-LCCa6ipY2OAHne7T/w200-h140/Peter_Project1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><b>Furthermore, you need to focus on drawing operating dollars, talent and ideas to every area with high poverty,</b> and to every youth serving program in those areas. You need to be committed to doing this for a decade or longer, then passing that commitment on to others, just as I am trying to do.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>That's enough for today, don't you think? </b><br /><br />Thanks for reading. Please connect with me on social media (<a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">see links here</a>). </div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, if you value what I'm writing and want to help me continue, please<a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi"> visit this page</a> and make a contribution to help Fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. <br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-87418757810786002192024-03-11T11:19:00.004-04:002024-03-11T11:19:44.887-04:00So many years. So few changes.Below is a<a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P3B3Q1C1-1NDVMM4-32QG/PlanningNeeded.cmap" target="_blank"> concept map</a> that I created several years ago to show planning that needs to be happening in Chicago and other places with high concentrations of persistent poverty.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4JtamMh1Hwa5RSOwUvYxGN6FxP5cdcjbEa-f91mz9X_moSih50Ae72AoNFb_uxmC4PsSfYGO9kGCfibqXVvyy2jJ2H5IvrLNzbzCZ7JvK5hMkUTMqh8fu0eZ90vMzpFRqvwHzkyd9W8ZIZNoWKLn-j2MUikofJ6kyTw-GzhBtEIKu5nT6XjI/s1396/PlanningNeeded-1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="1396" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4JtamMh1Hwa5RSOwUvYxGN6FxP5cdcjbEa-f91mz9X_moSih50Ae72AoNFb_uxmC4PsSfYGO9kGCfibqXVvyy2jJ2H5IvrLNzbzCZ7JvK5hMkUTMqh8fu0eZ90vMzpFRqvwHzkyd9W8ZIZNoWKLn-j2MUikofJ6kyTw-GzhBtEIKu5nT6XjI/s320/PlanningNeeded-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Open the map and follow the links. Is this process happening in your city? Do you have a similar concept map. Do you host open meetings on ZOOM or another platform? </p><p>Today I read an article which I posted in March 2006, following shootings in the Englewood area of Chicago. I'm re-posting it because the message then is still relevant now.</p><p><b>----- begin 2006 article -----</b></p><p> Over the past couple of weeks I’ve written about the shootings in Englewood, and expressed my concern that nothing will happen because there is no plan for engaging people from beyond poverty in this discussion in a process that creates ownership, understanding of the issues, and a dramatic increase the resources needed to build and sustain comprehensive tutor/mentor programs in poverty neighborhoods.<br /><br />Yesterday, 3/21, I participated in an audio conference titled “Integrating Mentoring and After-School”, which focused on the need for mentoring programs in more places (like Englewood) and the potential for these programs being hosted in traditional after-school programs, such as Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCA’s, schools, etc. I encourage you to read the Policy Commentary at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060324000257/http://www.forumfyi.org/files/ostpc11.pdf">https://web.archive.org/web/20060324000257/http://www.forumfyi.org/files/ostpc11.pdf</a>. In a few days you should be able to read a transcript of the actual audio conference.<br /><br />Today, 3/22, I attended an event titled Non profit Leadership Challenges and Opportunities, which was hosted by the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221204075538/http://www.donorsforum.org/" target="_blank">Donors Forum</a> of Chicago <br /><br />Representatives from Compass Point, presented findings from a web survey that was distributed in eight cities over the past year. It’s titled “Daring to Lead, 2006” and you can download the full report at <a href="https://www.compasspoint.org/sites/default/files/documents/194_daringtolead06final.pdf">www.compasspoint.org</a>. <br /><br />The Daring to Lead presentation highlighted three surprising findings: a) 30% of executives leave their jobs involuntarily (either fired or forced out); b) Executive directors plan to leave their jobs but will stay active in the nonprofit sector; and c) A key driver of executive burnout is frustration with funders.<br /><br />While the focus of the Donor’s Forum meeting was on succession planning, which is essential to leadership stability and organizational growth, the research constantly pointed to a lack of ACCESS TO CAPITAL as the primary challenge facing small and mid size non profits. Their was a rousing cheer when the need for funding non-restricted, long-term general operations funding was raised as a pivotal issue. <br /><br />I agree. You cannot keep good leaders, or pay them well, or offer retirement, if you don’t have enough money to pay the rent on a regular basis. If you deal with this problem every day for 12 years, as I have, it tends to be a bit stressful.<br /><br />How do these issues connect? If we want to do more to reduce the violence in neighborhoods like Englewood, we must provide better education and career opportunities. To do this we must increase the range of non-school programs that help kids succeed in school, stay safe in non-school hours, and move successfully to jobs and careers. The only time when work place adults are consistently available to be involved in long-term mentoring is after 5pm, when most after-school programs are not open.<br /><br />Finally, it takes years to build good tutor/mentor programs and it takes a dozen years just to help a youth go from first grade through high school. It takes another 6-8 years before that youth is anchored on a career path. We can never support this process on a consistent basis in many locations if we cannot attract and keep key leaders for existing programs, let alone attract thousands more for the additional programs needed in Chicago and around the country. <br /><br /><b>We cannot do this without changing the funding paradigm.</b><br /><br />So what do we do next?<br /><br />There must have been over 500 people at the Donors Forum event. I don’t know how many were in the audio conference on Tuesday. However, most will never be in the same room, or the same discussion, at the same time again, because there was no strategy in evidence that gave participants and opportunity to connect with each other, and the presenters, in a facilitated, and open, on-going dialogs.<br /><br />That’s why we created the Tutor/Mentor Connection. That’s why I invite anyone interested in tutoring/mentoring as a strategy for civic engagement and for increasing the understanding of poverty, to participate in the May and November Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conferences held in Chicago and on the Internet.<br /><br />These are a meeting place for people to come together to present, reinforce, advocate and discuss information such as was presented over the last two days, in the context of the urgency that is reinforced by the media coverage of events like the shootings in Englewood.<br /><br />Over the past two year’s we’ve also begun to develop a web conferencing process, so that people from distant locations can connect with people in Chicago, during the May and November conference periods, and so that people can stay connected on an on-going basis. As others host video and audio conferences, or face to face meetings such as today's event, my hope is that they will build web strategies that link the participants to each other, and to affinity groups such as the Tutor/Mentor Connection.<br /><br />Our goal is to turn discussions into meetings, and meetings into a process of identifying tipping points, or ways to collaborate in activities, like leadership development, funding, volunteer recruitment, which effect all tutor/mentor programs in the country, not just our program in the Cabrini Green neighborhood of Chicago.<br />(<em><span style="font-size: 85%;">note: if you're an architect, or work with complex decision support, we'd like to recruit you to map this process, to create a blueprint that people could follow to understand the problems and to be strategically involved in the solutions)<br /></span></em><br />If you read back through the blogs I’ve posted in the past year, you’ll see that there have been many forums where information of importance was presented to a gathering of interested people. <br /><br />I invite all of those who are creating and presenting research on poverty, workforce development, tutoring/mentoring, violence prevention, youth development, service learning, etc. to use the T/MC conferences and internet space as additional times and places where you can present your information, help more people understand it, and contribute to a long-term process that leads to the development of more and better programs that keep kids safe, successful in school and moving toward jobs and careers.<br /><br />You can read about the conference at <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/">http://tutormentor.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />---- end 2006 article -----</p><p>I've not hosted the Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference since 2015, but still maintain an extensive web library and list of volunteer-based, Chicago area youth tutor, mentor and learning programs. I still post articles weekly, and social media posts daily, to draw visitors to the information in the library. I keep looking for places to connect.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDH_LyTDfUXmbrXlPhTTkJvlLu2BFFPHknw9oadkEJt69J_b5YR_1IzMy0fGemlx3MhfzzzNtDVMyDdLNQkLZXKVFW9BUL2rnKx2yXSzYz5849aKtRuXCAtRMHbZC_lwyxRlH4qLFOjkSfhfbNUxLthyphenhyphenjVc_zZHho-FXJPWc_MaB8AiScxu7C/s937/Dan-Luck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="937" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDH_LyTDfUXmbrXlPhTTkJvlLu2BFFPHknw9oadkEJt69J_b5YR_1IzMy0fGemlx3MhfzzzNtDVMyDdLNQkLZXKVFW9BUL2rnKx2yXSzYz5849aKtRuXCAtRMHbZC_lwyxRlH4qLFOjkSfhfbNUxLthyphenhyphenjVc_zZHho-FXJPWc_MaB8AiScxu7C/w200-h150/Dan-Luck.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I created this graphic a few years ago around St. Patrick's Day, which is this week. It says "We CREATE our own LUCK with the help of others." It points to the <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2023/04/building-attention-for-youth.html" target="_blank">four concurrent strategies</a> that should be part of any planning process, which I've piloted since 1993.<div><br /></div><div>I have not had resources to effective lead this strategy for many years, but keep sharing the ideas to inspire others to use them, in their own leadership. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>I'm on most social media platforms. Let's connect. (<a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">see links here</a>)</b></div><div><br /></div><div>You can help improve my own luck with a small contribution to help Fund the T/MI. Visit <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a> and use the PayPal service. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for reading. May the Forth be With YOU!<br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-72421222931347296602024-03-04T10:39:00.000-05:002024-03-04T10:39:25.295-05:00Be Like Terry. Share My Resources<p>I started participating in cMOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) around 2011 and connected with a group of educations in a #CLMOOC event in early 2013. I've built relationships with several people in that group in the years since and pointed to them in <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/CLMOOC" target="_blank">stories </a>I've posted on this blog. </p><p>One of those is Terry Elliott, a retired college professor from Western Kentucky. I did a search on his blog today for "tutormentor" and the image below shows the result. You can view that page <a href="https://impedagogy.com/wp/?s=tutormentor" target="_blank">here</a>. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5zebKXt3HmyxGJbL8AeV1Z3NRvaWStfJX3YQiE9eODuw01birN2xlCH6d5r5YCI2u2QYBUZ92gD2Hy6rJwKMKOFx4COOtdnVBAvO99bcdwdRAwSj2xnWpB4vT2p6DvS8KGvNR-iCCOnLDeN2Zy7VyYaGtEkBRtP3I4_DGGpHG9UxxX7Oxm2P/s1049/T.%20Elliott%20blog%20-%20tutormentor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1049" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5zebKXt3HmyxGJbL8AeV1Z3NRvaWStfJX3YQiE9eODuw01birN2xlCH6d5r5YCI2u2QYBUZ92gD2Hy6rJwKMKOFx4COOtdnVBAvO99bcdwdRAwSj2xnWpB4vT2p6DvS8KGvNR-iCCOnLDeN2Zy7VyYaGtEkBRtP3I4_DGGpHG9UxxX7Oxm2P/s320/T.%20Elliott%20blog%20-%20tutormentor.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I hope you'll read through the article Terry wrote. He offers his own perspective on the work I've been doing. That's the goal. Each person has a different lived experience, based on where they live and what their life journey has been. Each person has a different network of people they learn from and influence.<div><br /></div><div><b>If we're going to do better at helping kids out of poverty and distressed conditions, we need many, many more people involved</b>.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZO91Jgva5S_9SbDQVkhyphenhyphenrlFPjCTrnVOKMLsMmEkazkj7Pw17UCnteVhAlnCtsjy5OhsT6Fdfy6Epp81YvVB0UlZL9FPQiBxk7ykSSusk7MnQTrsVaR4oBKLUKtFa2Cr_RvkC-D-UNgQEXwy-_uCizLs_EBHQcmOLnzpXJ9rfjLkMnqS9NCt3/s2048/How-to-do-better.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZO91Jgva5S_9SbDQVkhyphenhyphenrlFPjCTrnVOKMLsMmEkazkj7Pw17UCnteVhAlnCtsjy5OhsT6Fdfy6Epp81YvVB0UlZL9FPQiBxk7ykSSusk7MnQTrsVaR4oBKLUKtFa2Cr_RvkC-D-UNgQEXwy-_uCizLs_EBHQcmOLnzpXJ9rfjLkMnqS9NCt3/s320/How-to-do-better.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>If you skim through the CLMOOC articles I've posted, you'll see that a few others have also mentioned my work often on their blogs. I appreciate that. It's what I hope many will do.<div><br /></div><div>Here's <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2015/01/who-shares-passion-for-building.html" target="_blank">an article</a> I posted in 2015, encouraging others to share my articles, and those of each other, in an on-going effort to build attention and draw resources to support tutor, mentor and learning programs that help kids in high poverty places move through school and into adult lives, with jobs and careers that enable them to raise their own kids free of poverty.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you Terry and others who share these ideas. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-24328981877526282922024-02-28T17:59:00.003-05:002024-03-07T15:43:45.715-05:00Opportunity for All? Involvement of More.Last week I <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2024/02/locating-places-with-persistent-poverty.html" target="_blank">posted some maps</a> created from an interactive dashboard built by the Economic Innovation Group (EIG) that enable you to zoom into different places in America to see, at the census tract level, where poverty persists. <p>Today they released <a href="https://eig.org/distressed-communities/?geo=places&lat=42.31&lon=-87.42&z=7.64&sOpen=true&storyIndex=2&step=1" target="_blank">another dashboard</a>, showing where economic prosperity is more prevalent, and where distressed communities are located. The poverty rate is part of this index, but other factors are also included. Read about the DCI <a href="https://eig.org/distressed-communities/?geo=zctas&lat=32.94&lon=-97.01&z=7.99&sOpen=true&storyIndex=3&step=1&showAbout=true" target="_blank">on this page</a>. <br /><br />Below is one view of that dashboard.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9jN3Wj2lKa5VVvik8fC_s1ZmDM8GJ3Nl9AzGn2kzMxyusx6rXwx4bqotzKRoM4vz8xR0wpCtOIsKzY1u3DKeR4NsH7tcbwhk0hAmnBFSyvC_bXLxD_7iYTCP2VFe3GjoU6jdeo56WEncxygHbmkCRf4hrXFGMUWrSkVXyttWgSBI0QkBngyv/s1879/EIG%20Distressed%20Communities%20Index.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1879" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9jN3Wj2lKa5VVvik8fC_s1ZmDM8GJ3Nl9AzGn2kzMxyusx6rXwx4bqotzKRoM4vz8xR0wpCtOIsKzY1u3DKeR4NsH7tcbwhk0hAmnBFSyvC_bXLxD_7iYTCP2VFe3GjoU6jdeo56WEncxygHbmkCRf4hrXFGMUWrSkVXyttWgSBI0QkBngyv/s320/EIG%20Distressed%20Communities%20Index.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Here is a second view, this time centering on the Chicago region, where I've worked for the past 30 years to help volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs grow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9lynDaQOMaPh_iBP4YgAcKUFHlH-h70cPB7ylDUWF4Lp31wJjBpsk0OWKqnZcpyLqiSf3fO7dXRhUzVzEVlnTXQHLHGJdkVlk-_8Hhh5LVbAgCl_yy4qROmNvtPBT64ucZS-h5qTx2e-80H-RSinZiBiq0bJP9XPpoOuWbxlCZ-ox1CA8aWo/s1901/EIG%20Distressed%20Communities%20Index-Chicago.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1901" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9lynDaQOMaPh_iBP4YgAcKUFHlH-h70cPB7ylDUWF4Lp31wJjBpsk0OWKqnZcpyLqiSf3fO7dXRhUzVzEVlnTXQHLHGJdkVlk-_8Hhh5LVbAgCl_yy4qROmNvtPBT64ucZS-h5qTx2e-80H-RSinZiBiq0bJP9XPpoOuWbxlCZ-ox1CA8aWo/s320/EIG%20Distressed%20Communities%20Index-Chicago.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>This map shows that there are many places in the Chicago region and Northwest Indiana that have distressed communities. So do other cities surrounding Lake Michigan, such as Milwaukee and Kenosha, Wisconsin, Waukegan, Illinois, Benton Harbor and cities further East.</p><p>To help you understand the data shown on this map, read some of the <a href="https://eig.org/distressed-communities/?geo=counties&lat=38.55&lon=-96.42&z=4.09&sOpen=true" target="_blank">stories</a> shared on the platform. <a href="https://eig.org/distressed-communities/?geo=counties&lat=32.94&lon=-97.01&z=8.1&sOpen=true&storyIndex=3&step=0" target="_blank">This one,</a> titled "<i>Economic inequality often divides neighboring communities</i>", is especially relevant. It shows how communities, like the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, have a huge variation in economic well-being. If you zoom into the Chicago region, or other big cities, you'll see the same pattern.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhzjoRDlZcwE5Ih6GJFGxbU0cNzGscRTozloq5fiw8zyPXIDhmN6wvh1JesaungBuJWqvYtHdtLWGdk9-HgL4yPfZWk4aPHWXY3Rr00Bs8-Z4dV0QygtBL7oslYiUtO6lYPWjp4SF9g1LTtcrWjRRsm-EKX-2HazEAaozXmw3kIpluxlbab_q/s1886/DistressedCommunities-Dallas-FtWorth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1886" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhzjoRDlZcwE5Ih6GJFGxbU0cNzGscRTozloq5fiw8zyPXIDhmN6wvh1JesaungBuJWqvYtHdtLWGdk9-HgL4yPfZWk4aPHWXY3Rr00Bs8-Z4dV0QygtBL7oslYiUtO6lYPWjp4SF9g1LTtcrWjRRsm-EKX-2HazEAaozXmw3kIpluxlbab_q/s320/DistressedCommunities-Dallas-FtWorth.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>Since I began serving as a volunteer tutor/mentor in 1973 I've been building a library of articles to help me understand why tutor/mentor programs were needed and where. </b>Over the past 25 years I've accelerated that information collection, building a wide range of articles about race, poverty, inequality and social justice. </p><p>I use this <a href="https://tinyurl.com/Law-Justice-Poverty-Links" target="_blank">concept map</a> to point to the various sections of my library where I share these links.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7iKlZzAhH4ka5uBt69RSFSQG415KFGAgsKkw4qcWQKioRQEP9JyDDsmEYbfRgxzjrzDCTptEPnq9slxRz6XCtpKDAXo4rETMzRt1QsHFEFpHETa3s8osQWIHAbYcX2jaKiow_K2-pZYTwRYqtgFl7BZdD3108MK_ELjgaR6cfbE5LZsbkGYy/s1093/Law-Justice-Poverty.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1093" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7iKlZzAhH4ka5uBt69RSFSQG415KFGAgsKkw4qcWQKioRQEP9JyDDsmEYbfRgxzjrzDCTptEPnq9slxRz6XCtpKDAXo4rETMzRt1QsHFEFpHETa3s8osQWIHAbYcX2jaKiow_K2-pZYTwRYqtgFl7BZdD3108MK_ELjgaR6cfbE5LZsbkGYy/s320/Law-Justice-Poverty.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>When we formed the Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) in 1993 our mission was <br /><br /><b><i>"to gather and organize all that
is known about successful non-school tutoring/mentoring programs and apply
that knowledge to expand the availability and enhance the effectiveness of
these services to children throughout the Chicago region."</i></b><br /><br /> <b>On the <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/mission" target="_blank">mission page</a> of my website I show that</b><div><br /></div><div><i>THIS IS A MARKETING PLAN INTENDED TO MAKE HIGH QUALITY, CONSTANTLY
IMPROVING NON-SCHOOL TUTOR/MENTOR PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THOUSANDS
OF YOUTH LIVING IN HIGH POVERTY NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE US AND THE WORLD</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>On the <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/strategy" target="_blank">strategy page</a></b> I show this <a href="http://tinyurl.com/TMI-4-Pt-Strategy" target="_blank">concept map</a>, outlining four concurrent strategies. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUCzLiSs5OBLJkltEsu28nfe-o_Hs2WrDcutPJpDBduZZmMLQqqxwZ3WBIOrEodGBd1VxojjQ8CgrGAp9JstjuJ97r5qbyQHJTvyWSBBnGARaCUd_NhUSANhpM93uqPBGBU-y0ffTmvU98zxSM_fAhcWgSzs1O7h36KbfkHau6rMRthoR13Uc/s1278/4-part%20strategy%20-%20STEMM.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1278" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUCzLiSs5OBLJkltEsu28nfe-o_Hs2WrDcutPJpDBduZZmMLQqqxwZ3WBIOrEodGBd1VxojjQ8CgrGAp9JstjuJ97r5qbyQHJTvyWSBBnGARaCUd_NhUSANhpM93uqPBGBU-y0ffTmvU98zxSM_fAhcWgSzs1O7h36KbfkHau6rMRthoR13Uc/s320/4-part%20strategy%20-%20STEMM.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I created this graphic many years ago to show the intermediary role the Tutor/Mentor Connection has taken since 1993 and that I've tried to continue via the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC since 2011.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4L86zKCwScfKS-_0HW3_xaZV8dp-To1RM_A6jP0cQHx8VDj0o_SK2czJjuBoOGoTQW_fupu5foAh6SOCJScPzEz2_GjIcwMJRFLjg_Je5Xy752Q2sGmE2GPsUwMg3gCBCbbKHZuwcwADu7WaYoEbH39jNqgZcWmVue7YCoTxjTgkBCmsoh9-S/s2048/Direct%20Support.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4L86zKCwScfKS-_0HW3_xaZV8dp-To1RM_A6jP0cQHx8VDj0o_SK2czJjuBoOGoTQW_fupu5foAh6SOCJScPzEz2_GjIcwMJRFLjg_Je5Xy752Q2sGmE2GPsUwMg3gCBCbbKHZuwcwADu7WaYoEbH39jNqgZcWmVue7YCoTxjTgkBCmsoh9-S/s320/Direct%20Support.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The information I share can be used by anyone in any part of the country to help people living in distressed communities move toward economic prosperity. It can be used to understand our long history of racism and inequality and current threats to democracy and freedom. It can be used to draw people from all sectors into conversations and learning that leads to problem solving and solutions.</div><div><br /></div><div>Using the EIG map anyone can create a different version of my graphic, replacing the Chicago region with their own part of the country. Anyone can build a library showing local issues and link to my library showing a broader range of information (and in my library I point to many websites which themselves are extensive libraries).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>So why aren't more people involved solving these problems? </b>Maybe one reason is that too many people don't want them to be solved, for their own self interests or political/religious beliefs.<br /><br />I'm sure a major reason is that there are so many other competing issues, and most people struggle with their own personal well-being and that of their own families.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHsc65rCPl1B7k5lncrjNEjz_xthrke0DstM3CHQucBtG-gU548LJM61iEHrW91eqxNTLV7n9yCR9f6KIk9zxdi98nETNenKJnrtnQ9dmQvTrwA2vecpBNzKkMKB0eMHXfgGNqgy50FVMUm7VGG4oshKp7K77yo8nTQBiAtGeg-s3qYHtgzuf/s720/Giving_pie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="720" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHsc65rCPl1B7k5lncrjNEjz_xthrke0DstM3CHQucBtG-gU548LJM61iEHrW91eqxNTLV7n9yCR9f6KIk9zxdi98nETNenKJnrtnQ9dmQvTrwA2vecpBNzKkMKB0eMHXfgGNqgy50FVMUm7VGG4oshKp7K77yo8nTQBiAtGeg-s3qYHtgzuf/s320/Giving_pie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Maybe another is that most people don't live in distressed areas. These are not their problems, or their daily lived experience. The map views below illustrate this point.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is a view of the EIG <a href="https://eig.org/persistent-poverty-in-communities/interactive-map/?mapLayerControlAtom=%7B%22activeLayers%22%3A%5B%22pptg%22%2C%22pptg_line%22%2C%22ppt_ng%22%5D%7D" target="_blank">dashboard</a> showing persistent poverty by census tract.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eS4MO6gwB6dZRV2tSnwop_N4rst337T5dI2WuPWPmmRJQbOuLyHy_cnqF0LgTJ4M3D0sGvRxJAP1_AsHFDx6tNyPMK5GscOJNfyxyHdfsQBSr7k613sSyqy_PtMHmKe9uDGz9IO8J3VAEHC20-UHTrDqfhDfSGQfvJaNYhWCAF15xz9u2UPZ/s835/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Eastern%20US.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="835" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eS4MO6gwB6dZRV2tSnwop_N4rst337T5dI2WuPWPmmRJQbOuLyHy_cnqF0LgTJ4M3D0sGvRxJAP1_AsHFDx6tNyPMK5GscOJNfyxyHdfsQBSr7k613sSyqy_PtMHmKe9uDGz9IO8J3VAEHC20-UHTrDqfhDfSGQfvJaNYhWCAF15xz9u2UPZ/s320/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Eastern%20US.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>If you look at the map from this view, you can hardly see the persistent poverty areas around Lake Michigan or in Ohio. You need to zoom in to see high poverty areas around Lake Michigan.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAI-8r5jvvxTFMRhXeJvI9C0jRx-xWZ-4N5yjFTUnMxnaheP2ae-9Mlk3xV9aHQ9IYmriXaToorbK-6llOqB1MfgTgxFFRxzGBidEWuqsUkFIEcNJZkUAhCB8dB8D_DMI4vaPk2ybaaoVBOtXTv5galNJKs5-_vep6j0v-7c6B57AMF43KugD2/s853/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Chicago-Midwest.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="853" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAI-8r5jvvxTFMRhXeJvI9C0jRx-xWZ-4N5yjFTUnMxnaheP2ae-9Mlk3xV9aHQ9IYmriXaToorbK-6llOqB1MfgTgxFFRxzGBidEWuqsUkFIEcNJZkUAhCB8dB8D_DMI4vaPk2ybaaoVBOtXTv5galNJKs5-_vep6j0v-7c6B57AMF43KugD2/s320/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Chicago-Midwest.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>However, these are small islands in an ocean of opportunity. Unless you live near, or in, one of the shaded areas on the map, this is not your lived experience. You only understand the problem from what you read in the news, or on social media, which is often a very biased point-of-view.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>3-7-2024 update</b> - Here's <a href="https://cityobservatory.org/a-yawning-chasm-patterns-of-neighborhood-distress-in-us-metros/" target="_blank">an article</a> using the EIG dashboard to show patterns of neighborhood distress in US metros</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The reason I support volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs is that they not only can offer life-changing opportunities for kids lucky enough to participate in an organized program, but they draw people from beyond poverty into a shared experience with kids and families who do live in these areas</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I created this <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1RMLKRL3Q-WD0KBY-4F4/VolunteerInvolvement%20-%20cycle.cmap" target="_blank">concept map</a> to show how volunteers who are well-supported, and stay involved for multiple years, begin to learn more about the challenges facing youth and families, and in some cases, become willing to do more to try to help remove those challenges. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NOygpwjnhHAAStUV_-AUEG_IHbytrWkTgOIp5rLiPyKKl4QYOIQL1_Il5q5iaWrnTC-uZrrnQlxhax0bn7DFr0FiQrsE9xhOni_RVvGmwfDycv3FdzcFHuo2DuFc6aoHD9Bnnj-6ND198r2Ae0x1THtf6UpeDuyUrKi7iXFLiLiER6pS09_K/s2048/Volunteer-Growth%20Cycle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NOygpwjnhHAAStUV_-AUEG_IHbytrWkTgOIp5rLiPyKKl4QYOIQL1_Il5q5iaWrnTC-uZrrnQlxhax0bn7DFr0FiQrsE9xhOni_RVvGmwfDycv3FdzcFHuo2DuFc6aoHD9Bnnj-6ND198r2Ae0x1THtf6UpeDuyUrKi7iXFLiLiER6pS09_K/s320/Volunteer-Growth%20Cycle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I did not have the library of information that I now host 49 years ago when I began leading a tutor/mentor program. In fact, I did not begin to intentionally collect race-poverty information until the mid 1990s. Initially, I focused on the benefits of being part of a tutor/mentor program as "diversity training". <br /><br /><div>Here's an article from page 2 of my <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/PDF/jan-feb1997tmcreport.pdf" target="_blank">January-February 1997</a> <b><i>T/MC Report</i></b> newsletter report that shows how "One-on-one tutor/mentor programs offer the best diversity training program any company might invest in." (<i>It's always embarrassing to find typos in past articles that I wrote. Ugh.</i>)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4SReHcQuLo9yckv7-pda3pTjF6G_-GUOQ_AdOqJXFVtQt0HtrXepOePTgaWC44ckA1Ptz69vbtPbiVZQwx0aFWSjNju28xqJg2uTsNkFNyeRq2fGQbmcXt_BPHkV8fl7_ODrJ720CNdcH05FyccClMgV6eqoRbF_cudVgCaGBGNJQ7JaPQK9/s945/Diversity%20training%20Jan-Feb%201997%20news.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="945" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4SReHcQuLo9yckv7-pda3pTjF6G_-GUOQ_AdOqJXFVtQt0HtrXepOePTgaWC44ckA1Ptz69vbtPbiVZQwx0aFWSjNju28xqJg2uTsNkFNyeRq2fGQbmcXt_BPHkV8fl7_ODrJ720CNdcH05FyccClMgV6eqoRbF_cudVgCaGBGNJQ7JaPQK9/s320/Diversity%20training%20Jan-Feb%201997%20news.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>As we built the Tutor/Mentor library in the 1990s and 2000s we began sharing the information with our students and volunteers, encouraging them to use the learning resources to help students succeed in school and to help volunteers understand the history of slavery and racism and the continued challenges faced by people who live in areas of concentrated poverty, which are the areas highlighted on the EIG dashboards.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've been singing this song for a long time as the 1997<b><i> T/MC Report</i></b> newsletter shows. Here's a more recent <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2015/04/after-riots-do-planning.html" target="_blank">article, posted in 2015</a>. It includes the graphic shown below.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wiLCQL5vX92HSSIwHrtdUorSk5dcljkTkoJhSImpl7lbq8ab0D8DSp_cOFGpbICF3gTA_VcRbKIljeowwnreh_jo7rh_St0c9VD09KMy9vZWeytRzjfWg-UuQwEebGvT-37VopT9fleovqGKI99Qyq1fLp-t9ZdGCpeDgmj8va4zVDUL1QS4/s1530/Action.%20Not%20Apologies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1530" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wiLCQL5vX92HSSIwHrtdUorSk5dcljkTkoJhSImpl7lbq8ab0D8DSp_cOFGpbICF3gTA_VcRbKIljeowwnreh_jo7rh_St0c9VD09KMy9vZWeytRzjfWg-UuQwEebGvT-37VopT9fleovqGKI99Qyq1fLp-t9ZdGCpeDgmj8va4zVDUL1QS4/s320/Action.%20Not%20Apologies.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I highlighted the part that reads "<i><b>We can give ourselves a cozy feeling of cheaply acquired nobility by apologizing for past injustices. Or we can stop patting ourselves on the back and cross the tracks to the other side of town to take small, concrete, unglamorous steps to end present-day suffering.</b></i>"</div><div><br /></div><div>This was written in 1997 following the President's Summit for America's Future, hosted by President Clinton and every other living President, to focus on improving the lives of the 14 million youth living in poverty in America.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>One last graphic. Take the YOU role and share this information. Do what I've been doing.</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEo87RnvELihG09259vPGDBYI7VWnyhtIEYiXA7LlgpQIJ0PgwbMpLCVssJpgAXlD-suIJFEO9a3om379EMZ6jm-6aMukOLioNon1hxjpohpI7YcWzyKR4R9-CU7Rn4vn8l0zCWy3k9kGx9loem5A7YHQQneJbdh2wKrxpfCdbUo7vXubjdu8/s2048/FormLearningCircles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEo87RnvELihG09259vPGDBYI7VWnyhtIEYiXA7LlgpQIJ0PgwbMpLCVssJpgAXlD-suIJFEO9a3om379EMZ6jm-6aMukOLioNon1hxjpohpI7YcWzyKR4R9-CU7Rn4vn8l0zCWy3k9kGx9loem5A7YHQQneJbdh2wKrxpfCdbUo7vXubjdu8/s320/FormLearningCircles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I've written this blog since 2005. I've shared this information on websites since around 1998. I shared via print newsletters from 1993 to 2003 and email newsletters from the early 2000s till today. I've posted regularly on social media. <br /><br />All to motivate more people to "cross the tracks" and "take small, concrete steps" that would help kids living in areas of concentrated, persistent poverty have mentor-rich pathways from birth-to-work.</div><div><br /></div><div>If thousands of people in Chicago and other cities had shared this information as often over the past 25 years, and with their own creativity, perhaps there would be fewer areas of distressed communities and/or persistent poverty. Maybe we would be closer to solving some of the other problems buried in our history as a nation.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YMi98RJG74RYz7ScazWKXMqERISkPEw-V-jC7dkbvKHb7yU-k-2yBfHvr8pwq3OtLzeAqhYLOa1H1mbVvtWNzy3Vu5l14HMyGvVT4aL8yS_eEsHtmtBiB0hB3pgDwUZw3ig3kbU_IoGOKtMF10mkqrrK425zHnmfHU-CSwXO983MJjdlILqB/s449/Dan-Graduation.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="449" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YMi98RJG74RYz7ScazWKXMqERISkPEw-V-jC7dkbvKHb7yU-k-2yBfHvr8pwq3OtLzeAqhYLOa1H1mbVvtWNzy3Vu5l14HMyGvVT4aL8yS_eEsHtmtBiB0hB3pgDwUZw3ig3kbU_IoGOKtMF10mkqrrK425zHnmfHU-CSwXO983MJjdlILqB/w200-h171/Dan-Graduation.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><b>Thanks for reading. Thanks for sharing. Please spend time reading other articles on this blog. Help me find leaders who will carry this work forward in future years. </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Find me on Twitter (X), LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and other platforms (<a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">see links here</a>).</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't have a salary for doing this work (since 2011). So if you want to help, <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">visit this page</a> and make a small contribution.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-13961360356651340352024-02-24T15:39:00.001-05:002024-02-24T15:49:24.566-05:00Athletes Adopt-A-Neighborhood Vision<p>I've been digitizing my files over the past couple of years and the big questions are "Who will look at these?" and "Who will take ownership, preserve, share and teach from these after I die?" </p><p>One answer to the first question is "ME". In looking at conversations and vision statements from the past I remind myself of what I've been trying to do and gain new ways of sharing messages that too few ever saw in the past.</p><p>Here's an example. <br /><br />In the 1990s a group of retired professional athletes was trying to set up a social enterprise where they would raise money by selling branded apparel and use that money to fund causes they supported. </p><p>I told them of my vision of athletes using their visibility to draw attention and resources to youth tutor, mentor and learning programs in every high poverty area of Chicago. During one meeting they told me they were holding a golf outing and that other athletes would be participating. I asked them if they would present my Adopt-a-Neighborhood idea and have athletes sign their name on a map showing high poverty areas of Chicago, to indicate their support for the concept. </p><p><b>They did.</b> That map is shown below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvb2GR5_iwaErBwuNQlSzrFQBQw8jxzoSMpzbhPcq_b4_wVimIJl-qbZpZ3mas83ZaWIjkcf5l4fCe95fSTM3NBjM2_f-ax_AQmIRIQKFF912F1phBXASGqMs-YqTGdcQmDDT3b2h5FRmbcpnJ8rudVzqN6AxTVxHBExQPGmHJX7jXs2kFPqd/s729/athletes%20adopt%20a%20neighborhood%202011%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="638" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvb2GR5_iwaErBwuNQlSzrFQBQw8jxzoSMpzbhPcq_b4_wVimIJl-qbZpZ3mas83ZaWIjkcf5l4fCe95fSTM3NBjM2_f-ax_AQmIRIQKFF912F1phBXASGqMs-YqTGdcQmDDT3b2h5FRmbcpnJ8rudVzqN6AxTVxHBExQPGmHJX7jXs2kFPqd/w350-h400/athletes%20adopt%20a%20neighborhood%202011%20.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><br />The map was signed by Carlton Fisk, Tim Fisher, Steve Avery, Darryl Ingram, Jim Miller, Robyn Earl, Jason Herter, Otis Wilson, "J Peterman" - Sinfield, George Foster and Emery Morehead. As noted on the map, signing this indicated support for the concept, but not a commitment to "adopt" a neighborhood and participate in the program. <div><br />I've shared this graphic in several of my sports-focused blog articles, but without a lot of background information. Today as I was looking at my digital library I saw this map and <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11jJHKEDC60KbYBb_yM8SV1znN4_djaog/view" target="_blank">opened this PDF</a>, created in 2011, which provides more detail on what I was hoping the Adopt-A-Neighborhood program would become.<div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, the group of athletes who had approached me never got their business off the ground and no one has ever provided the leadership and money to make this Adopt-a-Neighborhood idea a reality.<br /><br /><b>What if? </b>What if it had been adopted by a local sports team and if a year-end event for the past 20 years had featured high profile athletes and celebrities boasting about what they did to draw volunteers and donors to tutor/mentor programs in the neighborhood they had adopted. What if there were a library, like my <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/tmi-video-1" target="_blank">T/MI Theater page</a>, showing athletes describing what they had done to support their adopted neighborhood for the previous year?<br /><br />I think there would be a lot more comprehensive, long-term, mentor-rich youth programs spread throughout Chicago and other cities, and more kids would now be adults talking of how these programs had helped them through school and into jobs and adult lives.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_HQIPkqL8AhQH6Fu2-rKEwpTzSTJzYnOy0GIi6vQ34FQVzBVM5L1uO7JriRyWNlD-Nzn2wLW5V2Aag6v6ig2JeQEnpolB_ocnqzOvE8ivCLTLXKHaZA67tYMFg6eyubl0xrsGtW9o3L0xMZcy4zmdzTs_XtPMk-uD_n5Fe4teMhxm8mV8HAG/s2048/Birth-work-cMOOCs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_HQIPkqL8AhQH6Fu2-rKEwpTzSTJzYnOy0GIi6vQ34FQVzBVM5L1uO7JriRyWNlD-Nzn2wLW5V2Aag6v6ig2JeQEnpolB_ocnqzOvE8ivCLTLXKHaZA67tYMFg6eyubl0xrsGtW9o3L0xMZcy4zmdzTs_XtPMk-uD_n5Fe4teMhxm8mV8HAG/s320/Birth-work-cMOOCs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I keep posting <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/resource-links/law-justice-links/poverty-race-inequality-links" target="_blank">information about persistent poverty</a> in America that shows the need to expand networks of support for youth and families in these places, so as we head further into 2024 and beyond, there's still a need for athletes and celebrities in every major city to adopt this idea.<br /><br /><b>I keep sharing ideas of what athletes and celebrities can do beyond what they already are doing.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>So I encourage you to share this "Adopt-a-Neighborhood" idea. Start a conversation. There are plenty of athletes and celebrities doing great work, yet I don't see any with a map saying "great work needs to reach every high poverty area of my city" and "I can't do it all myself."<br /><br />Maybe one or two will adopt this as their "game plan" for making the world a better place.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7mYkF53kbC2rSvn6zU13ZrFPLEAZLUQZA3ImMhpBU8c7IQYZawUmiDsn_aJpYjrbunrL5ZoE8pCHV4kxZ-pATvPIcUkGIgYGfvRwgsK36x0Sf5cvJebVhbXbHajd1CUIdkAWlcEN_u_jBxFofigAMJQZMO7sDlcP9vZMkzrcEwhOuH991Q41/s213/Dan2021.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="212" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7mYkF53kbC2rSvn6zU13ZrFPLEAZLUQZA3ImMhpBU8c7IQYZawUmiDsn_aJpYjrbunrL5ZoE8pCHV4kxZ-pATvPIcUkGIgYGfvRwgsK36x0Sf5cvJebVhbXbHajd1CUIdkAWlcEN_u_jBxFofigAMJQZMO7sDlcP9vZMkzrcEwhOuH991Q41/w199-h200/Dan2021.JPG" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div>I'm on social media so please connect with me on Twitter (X), Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky and/or Threads. See <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">links here</a>.<br /><br />My <b>Fund T/MI</b> page is <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">at this link</a>. If you value what I'm sharing please make a contribution to support my efforts. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><i>PS: I've not found an answer yet for the second question I started this article with. </i></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-90442288798185055992024-02-17T12:34:00.001-05:002024-02-17T12:34:04.451-05:00Locating places with persistent povertyMy <a href="https://x.com/kenanfikri/status/1757596681388826686?s=20" target="_blank">Twitter feed</a> brought a new report to my attention this week. It's titled "<i>Persistently poor, left-behind and chronically disconnected</i>" and was written by Kenan Fikri who I've been following for a while. (I'll use Persistent Poverty to refer to this report in the rest of this article.)<br /><br />The map below was what caught my attention. It shows areas of concentrated poverty in six Ohio cities.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ghFcqCo3VVTF-Nn4rPsiYoIglHQrRwFd5kxcA9JKiXiqe19QVtkAym7kbu9O5yoYO4P8JPN92J_oTr5bqVgD_f4li9wUz4joqrwAWAlL00IFtp2GdT3baXU9laxkaE7XY0a75cWbMDDEH4DB9YEl88KuNiRSYCcrLXEDs1aevQWR-USyGwXf0-WYQQgZ/s1254/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Ohio%20cities.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1254" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ghFcqCo3VVTF-Nn4rPsiYoIglHQrRwFd5kxcA9JKiXiqe19QVtkAym7kbu9O5yoYO4P8JPN92J_oTr5bqVgD_f4li9wUz4joqrwAWAlL00IFtp2GdT3baXU9laxkaE7XY0a75cWbMDDEH4DB9YEl88KuNiRSYCcrLXEDs1aevQWR-USyGwXf0-WYQQgZ/s320/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Ohio%20cities.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I wrote about this on the Mapping For Justice blog a few days ago. You can read <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2024/02/persistent-poverty-in-america.html" target="_blank">that article here</a>. <p></p><div>Today I zoomed into the <a href="https://eig.org/persistent-poverty-in-communities/interactive-map/" target="_blank">interactive map</a> shared on the Economic Innovation Group website to look more closely at different parts of the country where some of my #CLMOOC educator friends live. <br /><br />This map shows Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMTT7QsPkOTEu2H6NdX37A1fiurbY71BglWLNtHvLjnQJlv7xHNJizfuwFY-aoCEI2eq4JXgxHvm7snNJ-DKZTIiGuxsAIdVGE3XFalfNh5eceZdrDvtel9QHglgbCC_WrEUK0OHtt2yk3YSFeBEXmjxCyIK25yjU8msuE6W5pcXLN8ktqyF1/s853/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20NorthEast.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="853" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMTT7QsPkOTEu2H6NdX37A1fiurbY71BglWLNtHvLjnQJlv7xHNJizfuwFY-aoCEI2eq4JXgxHvm7snNJ-DKZTIiGuxsAIdVGE3XFalfNh5eceZdrDvtel9QHglgbCC_WrEUK0OHtt2yk3YSFeBEXmjxCyIK25yjU8msuE6W5pcXLN8ktqyF1/s320/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20NorthEast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This map shows Kentucky and Tennessee<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCoJTh4QLHhOhDlhk_ukokoR3CTlEl4YWz39JiSXMhd801lo-_pOQ6E75mVxKx3Xgb35kZCjvLOzI1i91HBvg63kl5Mzyu52bATtCsG54C-j7-iqk46LHxOY8HTOTOCYUIukttH4gOIV06xGT3zPMV8FY5s2_nMkD9PUlA4YLABd-_RQDKqzs/s864/Persistent%20Poverty%20%20-%20Kentucky.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="864" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCoJTh4QLHhOhDlhk_ukokoR3CTlEl4YWz39JiSXMhd801lo-_pOQ6E75mVxKx3Xgb35kZCjvLOzI1i91HBvg63kl5Mzyu52bATtCsG54C-j7-iqk46LHxOY8HTOTOCYUIukttH4gOIV06xGT3zPMV8FY5s2_nMkD9PUlA4YLABd-_RQDKqzs/s320/Persistent%20Poverty%20%20-%20Kentucky.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This map shows Washington State<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3Z9Udd_yBXPkhm5So61jX-A6T5-HUKA6k4YHdAwM4JCwz4GusMitqXiikzCeI6OUJSZZe7djFANLzbEjEqvSwcClmQonhZT5avkYnllWmeoS4p78fYCrlpJnQcSDxLkjsIUlC48xFBkCSINNfzaEdTzAl6t4EA9h9RXapStqq4YvvEY6ubD6/s805/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Washington%20State.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="805" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3Z9Udd_yBXPkhm5So61jX-A6T5-HUKA6k4YHdAwM4JCwz4GusMitqXiikzCeI6OUJSZZe7djFANLzbEjEqvSwcClmQonhZT5avkYnllWmeoS4p78fYCrlpJnQcSDxLkjsIUlC48xFBkCSINNfzaEdTzAl6t4EA9h9RXapStqq4YvvEY6ubD6/s320/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Washington%20State.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This map shows Chicago, Milwaukee and the area surrounding Lake Michigan. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZJa9-3TcvTor1Bxmejppa9jnej9Ifa6OqZBgVTDQ7exy9mzOp_Gcn8bsPiEWwMy91JLlGz5JeqdhD64iTx_iNGr-dwksKG1cfk0Yed18pObc39IOM-kgWPiPYtg5-oifKds3X7-8cgMw-fod8dJtz6l-h6f87QAPLxorUbPaE2Y1COfo1IjY/s853/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Chicago-Midwest.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="853" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZJa9-3TcvTor1Bxmejppa9jnej9Ifa6OqZBgVTDQ7exy9mzOp_Gcn8bsPiEWwMy91JLlGz5JeqdhD64iTx_iNGr-dwksKG1cfk0Yed18pObc39IOM-kgWPiPYtg5-oifKds3X7-8cgMw-fod8dJtz6l-h6f87QAPLxorUbPaE2Y1COfo1IjY/s320/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Chicago-Midwest.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This map shows Washington, DC and Baltimore<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQwMFCiRxD-ADqawoJLrcaIwEebsYz1exJ8r4npni-qA-dyBUO9JH4ch8ptmgcFXL9ovmt5IuBZnv8qGuZbCwpyunvM8lR3hKfuDc8ZZLVc2Bn17WTf-IcUPekk83uBBCLQbLgNKkYu3tTq3Qr5CZz0gIv9vKjBwqgs66hDmm3t8a0JJmCDK5/s845/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20DC%20and%20Baltimore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="845" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQwMFCiRxD-ADqawoJLrcaIwEebsYz1exJ8r4npni-qA-dyBUO9JH4ch8ptmgcFXL9ovmt5IuBZnv8qGuZbCwpyunvM8lR3hKfuDc8ZZLVc2Bn17WTf-IcUPekk83uBBCLQbLgNKkYu3tTq3Qr5CZz0gIv9vKjBwqgs66hDmm3t8a0JJmCDK5/s320/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20DC%20and%20Baltimore.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>What these maps show is that the places of concentrated, persistent poverty, are not everywhere. They are small parts of big cities like Chicago, or big states. The mapping platform is interactive, so you can look at other places and you can zoom in to the neighborhood level. </div><div><br /></div><div>Below is a screen shot showing the abstract describing the research where I found these maps. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhHtbq_njz8oqNdyQh5PmLRNZMj233JPIcH2ZWbgtg9G_xDpl5c3JRWLrvVrewJwRAnuxZYT-tRix8zB_dZhVVrINPV_hSK-cYib845bHLYU6QyYGJqNAjB5b59WZ5swix8QMCjHel2GVVi6cBtFC5PKEiVNJOqGGoWKuVKIyRrRhWCpZHxzZ/s664/Persistent%20poverty%20-%20abstract.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="664" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhHtbq_njz8oqNdyQh5PmLRNZMj233JPIcH2ZWbgtg9G_xDpl5c3JRWLrvVrewJwRAnuxZYT-tRix8zB_dZhVVrINPV_hSK-cYib845bHLYU6QyYGJqNAjB5b59WZ5swix8QMCjHel2GVVi6cBtFC5PKEiVNJOqGGoWKuVKIyRrRhWCpZHxzZ/s320/Persistent%20poverty%20-%20abstract.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The abstract shows a focus on social networks and social capital and says "these problems tend not to resolve themselves naturally".</div><div>I've used maps since 1994 to try to draw attention and resources to high poverty areas of Chicago to help volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs grow and stay connected to youth and volunteers for many years.</div><div><br /></div><div>Below are two images that illustrate this commitment:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The first is the front page of the 1995 Chicago Tutor/Mentor Programs Directory. </b>The map's shaded areas are places of concentrated, persistent poverty. In the Directory, I listed volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs and provide contact information so parents, volunteers, donors, media, educators and social workers can find them. View <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13ji8QmoPGpVL8n5cEPs_JEQFq_Tr_HsY/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">PDF of the Directory</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMIaVDToz0_aJr1m-EMs910jYbcuoyMVu2R7_bDowKeggYFCb4fSmAZV66slHuvNOAJfXuHTsA9oKjP8nIH1My86skEJhogJHNPjOfcq623JJl85sr1_Ru3f786Ri8sVTUH8bmj4Q9Hrb_S86nv7YuCn4D3wdvTu2R0urnz6mEAPqHDwdqR1f/s1032/1995Directory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1032" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMIaVDToz0_aJr1m-EMs910jYbcuoyMVu2R7_bDowKeggYFCb4fSmAZV66slHuvNOAJfXuHTsA9oKjP8nIH1My86skEJhogJHNPjOfcq623JJl85sr1_Ru3f786Ri8sVTUH8bmj4Q9Hrb_S86nv7YuCn4D3wdvTu2R0urnz6mEAPqHDwdqR1f/s320/1995Directory.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><b>The second is my Total Quality Mentoring graphic. </b>This shows the goal of connecting youth living in high poverty areas with volunteers from different places and backgrounds, as mentors, tutors, activity organizers, friends and coaches. <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYSptztr028FF_BrKcDdoQcEo2pqF8SjMSnMEgHrhdsabCkO402BpIt16TksFaodwi1eXkukteOBnUVneI4l1ryzDr_ihf6fErPyx7TxuoOkJxHjIjzt4zzWdas_WnSAJCKW3omdLNFg0F9nU7tPuGZTf2xnTjDI0cidoEFBucXWS5WtFwmAZ/s2048/TQMchart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYSptztr028FF_BrKcDdoQcEo2pqF8SjMSnMEgHrhdsabCkO402BpIt16TksFaodwi1eXkukteOBnUVneI4l1ryzDr_ihf6fErPyx7TxuoOkJxHjIjzt4zzWdas_WnSAJCKW3omdLNFg0F9nU7tPuGZTf2xnTjDI0cidoEFBucXWS5WtFwmAZ/s320/TQMchart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>View <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HyoSqnLCbKSzD6duXaGDim-PoRH6bYH7/view" target="_blank">this PDF </a>to see my vision of leaders from different industries using their own time and talent to mobilize volunteers and donors to support tutor/mentor programs in different high poverty areas of Chicago. <div><br /></div><div><b>The role of intermediaries.</b> The graphic below shows the role the Tutor/Mentor Connection has taken since forming in 1993, and that the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC has continued to support since forming in 2011.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnK42lKq3aw4Gck4RUTTTSuGoZgrUs_QO0rxhBp3gXFqCF1-8oaKNEm83F0sRsD4sIV6g95dVuJKLZryNVzssP6i9kYVpOKQauK2D_zOYzPi5ZUtIcoNf3YxKakTTb9XBwpLqP36SyQaI-Og40muEgMxsH2mqzEbKnBwGeN85hYkSSVXvDjxZi/s2048/Direct%20Support.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnK42lKq3aw4Gck4RUTTTSuGoZgrUs_QO0rxhBp3gXFqCF1-8oaKNEm83F0sRsD4sIV6g95dVuJKLZryNVzssP6i9kYVpOKQauK2D_zOYzPi5ZUtIcoNf3YxKakTTb9XBwpLqP36SyQaI-Og40muEgMxsH2mqzEbKnBwGeN85hYkSSVXvDjxZi/s320/Direct%20Support.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Read articles posted on this website since 2005 and the Mapping for Justice blog since 2008, and the <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net">www.tutormentorexchange.net</a> site since 1999, and you'll see the information I've aggregated and shared to support efforts to help build and sustain mentor-rich programs in all high poverty areas of Chicago and other places.<div><br /></div><div>The maps showing persistent poverty in America show other places where an information-based intermediary like the Tutor/Mentor Connection is needed. My graphics and articles show the active role the intermediary needs to take to draw users to this information, help them understand it, and help them apply it to bring volunteers and dollars to every youth serving program in every high poverty place, for many years.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzXfDAArRPaRFV2ZWT6KPQVvugN0tPA-m2tNW6xFXfNxevYWi88E2p7HX4PuVkl-dWlJ3eEmJL4o-aVgEFatIOlVf5jrgiHMXVV-bOxWJzKgJIQ2zDtX6PbzsS8KvP_Qw1ChlPXYxmzG2Mex7TmdSwLtWJqA6mCHyu4zZwzDdCgcPsfLRGJzK/s403/universityTMC-leaders%20needed.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="403" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzXfDAArRPaRFV2ZWT6KPQVvugN0tPA-m2tNW6xFXfNxevYWi88E2p7HX4PuVkl-dWlJ3eEmJL4o-aVgEFatIOlVf5jrgiHMXVV-bOxWJzKgJIQ2zDtX6PbzsS8KvP_Qw1ChlPXYxmzG2Mex7TmdSwLtWJqA6mCHyu4zZwzDdCgcPsfLRGJzK/s320/universityTMC-leaders%20needed.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Colleges and universities in every city and state could create tutor/mentor connection research programs do duplicate the work I've piloted since 1993. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2hZ4NIwX3WqcldSMmFuWm1PV00/view?resourcekey=0-bFW4jIZ2_mqfjYIH2zkflw" target="_blank">This PDF</a> shows this goal. All it takes is for one, or two, wealthy alumni to provide the money to pay for such a program, along with a dedicated faculty member who wants to lead this for the next 30 years or more. </div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXWHjjImN1qzVNNaTk1aSzA9CVsY01J0TQsw0iMXCxUqh43J4EVT5mUa4-5q8PZTrLbu40DeGYfZMxvOUuai2QMJtbgjga4muvAEey2tC7wMxl2yKCYmxYGMD-nYiILYXv3wYyiAABFaiesBoed8E3bGDxCTTlH_BeMVhluhl34B79WBUqHK7/s703/Dan_map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="510" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXWHjjImN1qzVNNaTk1aSzA9CVsY01J0TQsw0iMXCxUqh43J4EVT5mUa4-5q8PZTrLbu40DeGYfZMxvOUuai2QMJtbgjga4muvAEey2tC7wMxl2yKCYmxYGMD-nYiILYXv3wYyiAABFaiesBoed8E3bGDxCTTlH_BeMVhluhl34B79WBUqHK7/w145-h200/Dan_map.jpg" width="145" /></a></div><br />I've shared this story for many years. Every city needs people doing the same, for as long, and reaching more people. Learn from my example. Borrow from my files Create your own libraries, blog articles and visual essays. <br /><br /><b>Or, accept that we'll still have areas of persistent poverty 30 years from now.</b><div><br /></div><div>You can find me on social media at Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Mastodon and more places. Find<a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank"> links here</a>. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnNcMaI67KquNU3hdxewRrUQWOaxbOSN7U-vCV1haBuEn2jaaTCF_-baTZC6hPE8OdT6nkw52tOAg1Xc781bvYtAq107cu2eHS1E1Lgf9XqLy7hQeOZB864Sh7CD5_J8jki1a5PUlFH_H9WrA2JYnrszDeGdjeVB63pbGInQxo84_aSRZmJAY/s1190/SunTimes11_28_1994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1020" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnNcMaI67KquNU3hdxewRrUQWOaxbOSN7U-vCV1haBuEn2jaaTCF_-baTZC6hPE8OdT6nkw52tOAg1Xc781bvYtAq107cu2eHS1E1Lgf9XqLy7hQeOZB864Sh7CD5_J8jki1a5PUlFH_H9WrA2JYnrszDeGdjeVB63pbGInQxo84_aSRZmJAY/w171-h200/SunTimes11_28_1994.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><br />At the right is a <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/PDF/suntimes11_1994-bassill.pdf" target="_blank">1994 story</a> from the <i>Chicago SunTimes</i>, showing how I traded my advertising job at the Montgomery Ward corporation to lead a tutor/mentor program. The teen in the photo is now the mother of two college age boys, holds at least one MBA, and is a successful business woman. That was our goal when we launched our program.<br /><br />That can be the future for many kids living in high poverty areas, if you'll help organized, on-going, tutor/mentor programs reach them.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Do you value what I'm writing? </b>Make a small contribution to help Fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. visit <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a>. <br /><div><br /></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-33905261754211989942024-02-12T14:08:00.001-05:002024-02-12T16:34:25.640-05:00Multiplying Good - Map the NetworkOver the past few months and years I've seen many posts on social media, showing a professional athlete's support for mentoring.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Had a great day on Radio Row!! Bonus was I got to hang with my guy Alex — big sports fan (especially soccer). Gotta convert him over to <a href="https://twitter.com/SpursOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpursOfficial</a> 😏😜<a href="https://twitter.com/BBBSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BBBSA</a> setting up awesome opportunities for some “Littles” to shadow us “Bigs”<br />Mentorship is a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GameChanger?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GameChanger</a> ✊🏾 <a href="https://t.co/O2UETNAnMo">pic.twitter.com/O2UETNAnMo</a></p>— Kelvin Beachum Jr (@KelvinBeachumJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/KelvinBeachumJr/status/1755764789286961602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
During last week's Super Bowl I saw players from each NFL team nominated for the 2023 Walter Payton NFL <b><i>Man of the Year Award</i></b>, given for outstanding community service. You can see them <a href="https://www.nfl.com/honors/man-of-the-year/" target="_blank">here</a>.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsN9hydxC4Ye41Llz1H4iKIbBbfO7NLUhS9lXpDsq6PK8E1Ha7yQbBxg2Z1hoXfKGeeFvFjOnqoYghKJYfqH_cjZGLlCYqQ-K9AD7yPy90eyQrfw6iVBkWTEK36BqVejgSnkH0MOJnzEW7_hRq-D-gTsVbsr9nnh2GBLH1iWCNLWJZhtHXTcWp/s1480/2023%20Walter%20Payton%20NFL%20award%20nominees.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1480" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsN9hydxC4Ye41Llz1H4iKIbBbfO7NLUhS9lXpDsq6PK8E1Ha7yQbBxg2Z1hoXfKGeeFvFjOnqoYghKJYfqH_cjZGLlCYqQ-K9AD7yPy90eyQrfw6iVBkWTEK36BqVejgSnkH0MOJnzEW7_hRq-D-gTsVbsr9nnh2GBLH1iWCNLWJZhtHXTcWp/s320/2023%20Walter%20Payton%20NFL%20award%20nominees.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>It's great to see the generous, community-focused, work these people are doing. <br /><br />As I watched the NFL Honors program I posted this Tweet.<br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Watching <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NFLHonors?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NFLHonors</a> show tonight reminds me of this <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/map?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#map</a>, signed in 1990s by pro sports stars, to signal support for my "adopt-a-neighborhood" idea. I shared it in this 2010 article. <a href="https://t.co/cW7sy8lKFv">https://t.co/cW7sy8lKFv</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZSQlxl37dR">pic.twitter.com/ZSQlxl37dR</a></p>— Daniel Bassill (@tutormentorteam) <a href="https://twitter.com/tutormentorteam/status/1755778952864371175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>It shows a map of Chicago with high poverty areas indicated. It was signed in the mid 1990s by eleven retired professional athletes to indicate their support of an "Adopt-a-Neighborhood" idea that I began promoting in the 1990s. <br /><br />As I looked at the many posts about athletes supporting mentoring, and the NFL Honors videos showing athletes supporting many different efforts in their communities I wondered if anyone had tried to create a web library, and/or concept map, building lists of athletes/celebrities from every sport, focused on specific issues.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Below are two examples of what I am thinking about.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>This <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1KJ51SZKL-1QQZ4B7-25R2/Youth%20Networks_in_Chicago.cmap" target="_blank">concept map</a> shows organizations in Chicago who serve as intermediaries, supporting multiple youth-serving organizations who provide specific types of support, such as STEM, Arts, tutoring and/or mentoring. Under each node is a link to the organization's website. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkbWW_2b0rYHzpx3Nm4tAXRK-zafldUlo3p2saKium_n3BJLwUIKF4m_Wt-VMQlG7OtZrSJMXA5QPqBy1NEy8tUBllWLpz8iQgjl_Z8xSTvhKIraMaE8VDnrC5zKytLSP0K4tjkIOCA-VMG6a-eSE3eclx3wDdN0uOkFFz0IINI4WdUI2DOV0/s1061/Intermediaries-2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1061" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkbWW_2b0rYHzpx3Nm4tAXRK-zafldUlo3p2saKium_n3BJLwUIKF4m_Wt-VMQlG7OtZrSJMXA5QPqBy1NEy8tUBllWLpz8iQgjl_Z8xSTvhKIraMaE8VDnrC5zKytLSP0K4tjkIOCA-VMG6a-eSE3eclx3wDdN0uOkFFz0IINI4WdUI2DOV0/s320/Intermediaries-2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>This next <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1NYRZ33L1-FSPG2-31NZ/Connecting%20Rich%20and%20Poor%20in%20America.cmap" target="_blank">concept map</a> shows issues that affect people in every community, both affluent and economically challenged. Note that in the lower left corner I show the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) graphic. That shows issues many athletes/celebrities already support. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCLKSY4P6GdyY2S0JDBbtjb5Z9ZfNO5cO5y7incdxKNdRS2pgj4gKu-Vx_k58X81GuKi7kCwsW-IJ34wrfaybHE-qQB57_kAX0LMUphsi2buSXhEZXwSVlsWqYXdZkWbcRpWRjdgsL5tpShjGo0OnPNXchP-jAdRfkdWtpnKRH4ab41wXvNqP/s1274/Race-Poverty%20Map.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1274" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCLKSY4P6GdyY2S0JDBbtjb5Z9ZfNO5cO5y7incdxKNdRS2pgj4gKu-Vx_k58X81GuKi7kCwsW-IJ34wrfaybHE-qQB57_kAX0LMUphsi2buSXhEZXwSVlsWqYXdZkWbcRpWRjdgsL5tpShjGo0OnPNXchP-jAdRfkdWtpnKRH4ab41wXvNqP/s320/Race-Poverty%20Map.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Now, what if someone were creating a map like the first one above, showing athletes and celebrities in each major city, and/or the foundations they support. For instance <b>addiction and drug abuse</b> is on my map and it affects rich and poor people, in some similar ways, but in many different ways. Many athletes have adopted addition as their cause. A map like the one above would show all of those.<div><br /></div><div><b>A map like the one below would have links to web libraries, or other concept maps, that aggregated this information from every city across the country.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/resource-links/homework-help/black-history" target="_blank">a page from my library</a>, showing links to websites with information about Black history. This could be a list of athletes/celebrities who focus on addiction and drug abuse, or self esteem, or mentoring, or any of the many different issues shown on my concept map and the SDGs map. It could be focused on a single city, or nationally and internationally. <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJfrc0Z1IwqUj3JACG1ZPJZS7bfanXi7puuUCeA36UfU263Zo6Xl6HqBO-bcSon0gyR81b-BmK7FUOLHS1W_NJZUV0Ni_owgTj5xMFdDpNcJnL5NYPpV39SydgA2lxSkReFSfqbtYBPsZJm1VPgkGh_XnkQeJeHz9e7-k4XVdV5RQ0gTwLi8u/s763/Black%20History.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="763" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJfrc0Z1IwqUj3JACG1ZPJZS7bfanXi7puuUCeA36UfU263Zo6Xl6HqBO-bcSon0gyR81b-BmK7FUOLHS1W_NJZUV0Ni_owgTj5xMFdDpNcJnL5NYPpV39SydgA2lxSkReFSfqbtYBPsZJm1VPgkGh_XnkQeJeHz9e7-k4XVdV5RQ0gTwLi8u/s320/Black%20History.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />And below, is<a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/servlet/SBReadResourceServlet?rid=1239487913739_1754457245_31638&partName=htmltext" target="_blank"> a concept map</a> showing the categories of homework and learning resources that I host in the library. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxPJxwCIT2jU9LO0YI-Wid1gw2GRFPljbvMXjzUABNEuzFUutIrNClivn5JWih_NIJ2GqYYqPRc6VXrMdHmK-zewcMG6bfa_6ScbuIX59ZfGZ_af6Mw9OqWV30vwcKsBLUiOABGm2XSPDEeCAbgb1AeJlf14tsS77fUaUOgQ-FLnyBLFYl2HY/s1400/Homework-help.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1400" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxPJxwCIT2jU9LO0YI-Wid1gw2GRFPljbvMXjzUABNEuzFUutIrNClivn5JWih_NIJ2GqYYqPRc6VXrMdHmK-zewcMG6bfa_6ScbuIX59ZfGZ_af6Mw9OqWV30vwcKsBLUiOABGm2XSPDEeCAbgb1AeJlf14tsS77fUaUOgQ-FLnyBLFYl2HY/s320/Homework-help.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The nodes on this map could be the same as the ones in the Race-Poverty map I show above. The links would point to other concept maps showing athletes/celebrities in different cities who support that cause, and to web libraries that contain lists of websites with the same information.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Why collect this? To learn from each other and improve work being done.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>This should be a no-brainer for sports professionals. Coaches are constantly learning from each other. They have libraries of film that they study to spur innovation and constant improvement.</div><div><br /></div><div>Why can't something like this support what athletes and celebrities do to help create a better world?</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZjZZC4AOJ-5fju4FkytmM7g_xwQCW-2W4WS88upEFpTzaT03N8HwGuNrAsXLZ8gEGrFkUoFhCRvFQHsyiqfzVexkFgPqe-ny6mGdr-310rsEjmhhxyKm6ApHz1joBpRLCmfDULsbbLF1NRT-t32vbgBqfegbK2f9KioC2PPTqSnwYTEV38cP/s850/Computers2011.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="510" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZjZZC4AOJ-5fju4FkytmM7g_xwQCW-2W4WS88upEFpTzaT03N8HwGuNrAsXLZ8gEGrFkUoFhCRvFQHsyiqfzVexkFgPqe-ny6mGdr-310rsEjmhhxyKm6ApHz1joBpRLCmfDULsbbLF1NRT-t32vbgBqfegbK2f9KioC2PPTqSnwYTEV38cP/s320/Computers2011.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><br /><div><b>Who could be doing this work? </b></div><div><br /></div><div>This could be a project of students in any school, starting in middle school and continuing to PhD work at a local university. </div><div><br /></div><div>I've posted <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/universityTMC" target="_blank">articles in the past</a> about universities adopting the Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy, which is based on this type of information gathering and sharing. </div><div><br /></div><div>I hope you'll read some of these and that local sports stars will also take a look. Maybe the NFL, NBA, WNBA or another sports business will provide the funds for this research and will host it on websites where they honor athletes for the good work they do.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe an award will go to those doing the best work of aggregating and sharing this information.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Like the idea? Share it. </b><br /><br />Skim through <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/sports" target="_blank">articles</a> I've posted in the past about the role athletes and celebrities could be taking, beyond the good work they already do.<br /><br /><b>Connect with me on social media</b> and let's talk about ways we can use information to support problem solving. You can find links to my social media platforms <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">on this page</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>If you value the ideas and information I'm sharing</b>, please make a contribution and <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">help Fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div> </div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-27760646659778265672024-02-07T18:21:00.001-05:002024-02-07T19:07:36.639-05:00Letters-to-the-Editor. Was Anyone Listening?<p>Have you ever submitted a letter to a local or national print media outlet and had it published? When we formed the Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) in 1993 one of our main goals was to increase the number of media stories drawing attention to volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs in Chicago. </p><p>This graphic visualizes our goal. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaRkvTlrtTA-YNqPIL6uk8Ug3JktsH3OBrE-i3gjkgVrmfhjnogyW4it1z8XWVMJdxZK3oIpfuok24bp1-pZpvTrQhQ0cxdjRy19mNstNWaMUHcDf1G96Z31rjd9w6MmaXMS68CVn4NCbUWp8ZbWxIHjg2gdqN0tlGpxf2273am6xINotHeW7/s1039/thinking-ahead-2019.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1039" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaRkvTlrtTA-YNqPIL6uk8Ug3JktsH3OBrE-i3gjkgVrmfhjnogyW4it1z8XWVMJdxZK3oIpfuok24bp1-pZpvTrQhQ0cxdjRy19mNstNWaMUHcDf1G96Z31rjd9w6MmaXMS68CVn4NCbUWp8ZbWxIHjg2gdqN0tlGpxf2273am6xINotHeW7/s320/thinking-ahead-2019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />We created quarterly events to draw programs together and draw volunteers and donors to our Directory and list of Chicago programs. These motivated local media to write stories about our events (<a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/news-pr" target="_blank">see list here</a>) and that built our reputation as an "expert" and led to media coming to us for quote in stories they were writing. <div><br /></div><div>However, another way to get our story into local newspapers was to "write it" myself, as a "letter-to-the-editor". Below I'm sharing some of those.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Chicago Tribune</i> - 10-29-1995 - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CQGa9e3lEvNuHkOYUyYg5Ua0upzTe5vH/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">open PDF to view</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL92F9J32-4cLjNcIxK8kk_wEAXaOsFG06zkIvlpswta0n5lEfAtU4xq7-Br1VMAd1y5HDt9q5KtRdZlZIyN4SBaNlEkifKONqF4xMstjhm8iJnbzBKCZoskCQGRu9s-v9ZkMcdNkVdZQhSJbn6vuC-053uPfz2m744eIC4-Cw5WivEgQfoCH6/s3504/Chi%20Tribune%2010-29-1995%20Letter%20.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3504" data-original-width="2544" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL92F9J32-4cLjNcIxK8kk_wEAXaOsFG06zkIvlpswta0n5lEfAtU4xq7-Br1VMAd1y5HDt9q5KtRdZlZIyN4SBaNlEkifKONqF4xMstjhm8iJnbzBKCZoskCQGRu9s-v9ZkMcdNkVdZQhSJbn6vuC-053uPfz2m744eIC4-Cw5WivEgQfoCH6/w232-h320/Chi%20Tribune%2010-29-1995%20Letter%20.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br /><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Chicago Tribune</i> - 12-7-1995 - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aao2hXnsBR9psK4cDUL4VbGKLaXf9e0F/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Open PDF to view</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31goy2WAYfYLmWv6Evv-xZcL8mYCsYV_cnf54PV4ny9U1OPnFtW4gIhvqL5ky7UR7zO8SNdMfZu24Q3hjkM4dUXFimkHEI0fbgCu3UV0eApmMVq7RjKQHgYVEiQNBDhtmPAhyPejW69v-pApRUUwGF56gdA-PcVwRnkQX_L-R4pclxw-5mXXZ/s3504/Chi%20Tribune%2012-7-1995%20-%20letter.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3504" data-original-width="2544" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31goy2WAYfYLmWv6Evv-xZcL8mYCsYV_cnf54PV4ny9U1OPnFtW4gIhvqL5ky7UR7zO8SNdMfZu24Q3hjkM4dUXFimkHEI0fbgCu3UV0eApmMVq7RjKQHgYVEiQNBDhtmPAhyPejW69v-pApRUUwGF56gdA-PcVwRnkQX_L-R4pclxw-5mXXZ/w232-h320/Chi%20Tribune%2012-7-1995%20-%20letter.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Chicago Tribune</i> 9-3-1997 - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t46fc76ArPombx0kYAkiaPQGJhM1B2ku/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Open PDF to view</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIFWUU3YKKqyBcFkojwo1DZh3w9uYuO55sJgXUtNrpz1tBs85v6YBJXD1W1DJQk2KqQ2JJszVVbUlbD0m_m1hol_XU9EU7h1jWp6gCD4MXLPE1H9o9mvyt1HB88_79Qk2tU7_AbCjqh-rmmkVqICeK4Gk5M206D1vN4XGDhyphenhyphen8uELVgsT9RaNj/s772/Defender%204-1-98%20letter%20%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="713" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIFWUU3YKKqyBcFkojwo1DZh3w9uYuO55sJgXUtNrpz1tBs85v6YBJXD1W1DJQk2KqQ2JJszVVbUlbD0m_m1hol_XU9EU7h1jWp6gCD4MXLPE1H9o9mvyt1HB88_79Qk2tU7_AbCjqh-rmmkVqICeK4Gk5M206D1vN4XGDhyphenhyphen8uELVgsT9RaNj/s320/Defender%204-1-98%20letter%20%20.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div><i>Chronicle of Philanthropy</i> 5-21-1998 - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jZhCgre6EEV06WxiFNtYB0fLA1sCwKS1/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Open PDF to View</a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCEKbed6q7Y36eFdyxxoOv2jJtrPihqw7O1FxDOxUTaeIZDTVPqdlFJT81Qn00-FfcFkIrtUd4kazNGwTAx1-dm83ST9Xfzkie3KZ4u8jM61ybQQ3wsajtXn4lJ25o_OzbGRNeCgDDvzfFFBwetRwS-orXqyPgPdOoFzYwlH8uv9nukK5lm_o/s3504/Ecumenical_Child_Care_Network2001%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="3504" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCEKbed6q7Y36eFdyxxoOv2jJtrPihqw7O1FxDOxUTaeIZDTVPqdlFJT81Qn00-FfcFkIrtUd4kazNGwTAx1-dm83ST9Xfzkie3KZ4u8jM61ybQQ3wsajtXn4lJ25o_OzbGRNeCgDDvzfFFBwetRwS-orXqyPgPdOoFzYwlH8uv9nukK5lm_o/s320/Ecumenical_Child_Care_Network2001%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Daily Southtown</i> - 3-30-2001 - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13TD8yhYllA3DOHiYNHYLXdJ3CpDCZw3m/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Open PDF to view</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-WZZQ5QduhQ20MAocAk-aI9x9IlWIPkfSA1kLZO03moBM2EMPhKC4AzjiLZ4eMMP9kXZAKSdpupf8RrW8jJoKuV8nGlBTlibQ3AMgWl9aDTD-huOhorXCKBPCylC6BJpyYCgFE5U9YMh3hVooUzkom4TnIfjFGxRnT1MWVUSRHYJSAA8BsDw/s3504/Daily%20Southtown%203-30-2001%20Letter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3504" data-original-width="2544" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-WZZQ5QduhQ20MAocAk-aI9x9IlWIPkfSA1kLZO03moBM2EMPhKC4AzjiLZ4eMMP9kXZAKSdpupf8RrW8jJoKuV8nGlBTlibQ3AMgWl9aDTD-huOhorXCKBPCylC6BJpyYCgFE5U9YMh3hVooUzkom4TnIfjFGxRnT1MWVUSRHYJSAA8BsDw/s320/Daily%20Southtown%203-30-2001%20Letter.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Directions Mag.com - 3-3002 - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19107S04Sojlf9PxK9TZfRjNo_59BoH0k/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Open PDF to view</a><br /><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJw-keeSmPiQurhsT08qm3Gqc36KDs5gmtbxnlgfQqXUf-Zs1TGjoV9Dkd-S9sk9tsWa_T-1BlmVUwIyaSJqjneNWNYrGgEMnh0bBB759Bdi1758XEkfecyO6nPLMWr19_48OkxA7jOx7VSCP16MKGGlggRmoYqBLy67LDCyNQMBXpKsikDm6Y/s785/DirectionsMag.com-mapping_3_2002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="715" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJw-keeSmPiQurhsT08qm3Gqc36KDs5gmtbxnlgfQqXUf-Zs1TGjoV9Dkd-S9sk9tsWa_T-1BlmVUwIyaSJqjneNWNYrGgEMnh0bBB759Bdi1758XEkfecyO6nPLMWr19_48OkxA7jOx7VSCP16MKGGlggRmoYqBLy67LDCyNQMBXpKsikDm6Y/s320/DirectionsMag.com-mapping_3_2002.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><i><br />Youth Today - </i>January 2003 - Open PDF to view<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE0MCFEvd-ydEHGLKtj_kGGhZzUKZqvOTRnF71m5fX7YAM1slhjJ1po5_rPbE_WstxXeG2MfjzRcSG56xnaTcphe929iQ-EkSQ7TDpoZWwXUXykPrZujsbAdm7ZtDpVTM7AUki34jeEwP0xD0hY-4TwuaFJ-LlxbOqmKfXHEupRh3lwgE1-Iu/s3504/YouthToday%20Dec-Jan%202003%20-%20letter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3504" data-original-width="2544" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE0MCFEvd-ydEHGLKtj_kGGhZzUKZqvOTRnF71m5fX7YAM1slhjJ1po5_rPbE_WstxXeG2MfjzRcSG56xnaTcphe929iQ-EkSQ7TDpoZWwXUXykPrZujsbAdm7ZtDpVTM7AUki34jeEwP0xD0hY-4TwuaFJ-LlxbOqmKfXHEupRh3lwgE1-Iu/s320/YouthToday%20Dec-Jan%202003%20-%20letter.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Crain's Chicago Business </i><span style="text-align: left;">- 4-12-2013 -</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-JOJT1mYkH7-LrlIEAXWZbvSyOZeT_7p/view?usp=sharing" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Open PDF to view</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BULrvyOeHkUNvkHBygugWS9rkCcRYuDyp26eJ_JiKqMoLDP5fXx7SN-gVEqJTb59Wb6uueYSA4seg2IXuE5pYRasIDLdQFJAvClZfS8u03dIfLcUCiDFgnyKR-nXwuyKiV5KCfTG_0-kZ66kzkp1SGQhdOKdtuFjIJ4SH4zB8SES-bnRe96w/s1360/Crains8-12-13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="1360" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BULrvyOeHkUNvkHBygugWS9rkCcRYuDyp26eJ_JiKqMoLDP5fXx7SN-gVEqJTb59Wb6uueYSA4seg2IXuE5pYRasIDLdQFJAvClZfS8u03dIfLcUCiDFgnyKR-nXwuyKiV5KCfTG_0-kZ66kzkp1SGQhdOKdtuFjIJ4SH4zB8SES-bnRe96w/w400-h150/Crains8-12-13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>By 2000 I was spending much more time on the Internet, connecting with people and ideas from Chicago and the world. I made less effort to write Letters-to-the-Editor because I was sharing the same information on my website, in email newsletters, and on-line eMail discussion groups. <br /><br />Below is a message I posted on October 2, 2000 in a <i>digitaldivide</i> list hosted by Benton.org. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NbHgJVRkB9BLutGLN3MAdS0_uelcfcjZ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Open this PDF </a>to read my post and others in that discussion. I'm still connected to some of these people today. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKUkbkIcc8H8CdYJYTrxh-YMXjW4JzskfXZ5H-oVmb2oUqaRAe4nSEu-QRPaFrWFRV1GK2NaMevpSWQx_g1ukTwCtEU5O-PPNX-KlXbzHTFCQASj5ESgvosuFrPQTnNzwfa88jy-X1WcnD-aL8UVwtPfDjHsPY_Acza9sRmSFWsA_PfDwU0gB/s837/Digital%20Divide%20thread%20on%20AOL.com%2010-2-2000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="535" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKUkbkIcc8H8CdYJYTrxh-YMXjW4JzskfXZ5H-oVmb2oUqaRAe4nSEu-QRPaFrWFRV1GK2NaMevpSWQx_g1ukTwCtEU5O-PPNX-KlXbzHTFCQASj5ESgvosuFrPQTnNzwfa88jy-X1WcnD-aL8UVwtPfDjHsPY_Acza9sRmSFWsA_PfDwU0gB/s320/Digital%20Divide%20thread%20on%20AOL.com%2010-2-2000.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><br /><div>In each of these letters I'm sharing ideas that other people need to implement. That's more difficult than doing the work yourself, but I've never had much money to do everything that needs to be done, and frankly, the whole strategy of the Tutor/Mentor Connection has been to provide information that others can use to build the "Village" needed to help more K-12 kids born, or living in high poverty areas, of Chicago and other places, move more successfully, and safely, from birth-to-work.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQT5Cjxpn8nnuqOka1-rCqhmza4ST8kfPzmtM2PqJ7Ir-IO8-wtyBkGYpHwCFB3DrJrcb8qo8Zjc4Xyv0yYpOHNE3pszFrmFherYF0kVBPHHkIiWii3eljkhNXlRgS9hSE8SrJNbM5r64km0IwVDkl8kuGRFyxJHdwVrd6WISrbZxuvPzB1xEO/s449/Dan-Graduation.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="449" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQT5Cjxpn8nnuqOka1-rCqhmza4ST8kfPzmtM2PqJ7Ir-IO8-wtyBkGYpHwCFB3DrJrcb8qo8Zjc4Xyv0yYpOHNE3pszFrmFherYF0kVBPHHkIiWii3eljkhNXlRgS9hSE8SrJNbM5r64km0IwVDkl8kuGRFyxJHdwVrd6WISrbZxuvPzB1xEO/w200-h171/Dan-Graduation.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>I have been doing this since 1975 when I became the volunteer leader of the tutoring program at the Montgomery Ward headquarters in Chicago and needed other people to help me.</b><div><br /></div><div>All of these images are part of an archive that I've built over the past 50 years. I've been able to put a large part on my Google drive as I've down-sized and had to through original copies away. </div><div><br /></div><div>My wish is that a research group from a local, national, or international university will take ownership of all of this information and then teach young people what I was trying to do, and how to do it better. There still is so much that needs to be done. <br /><br /><i>That wish could come true if a major donor were to provide the money for a university to build such a program, and name it after the donor. If you've any ideas, please reach out.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>You can connect with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and other social media platforms. You'll find links<a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank"> on this page</a>. <br /><div><br />If you've appreciated what I'm sharing and what I've been trying to do, please consider a small contribution to help fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">Click here</a></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-21524325036637879652024-02-03T10:29:00.001-05:002024-02-03T10:29:45.344-05:00Understanding Issues<p>Last Sunday I posted <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2024/01/visual-essays-created-since-1990s.html" target="_blank">an article</a> showing a new page on the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC website, where I'm hosting visual essays that I've created since the late 1990s and updated often since then. </p><p>I've added two more pages since then. <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/visual-essays/visual-essays-1" target="_blank">Page 2</a> is shown below. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHtjsxDCxhytBp6Z9mfysgv6LHw7aoFRT5KdV7gciKjY9nhJ7yclHxbPSkfVAOgSzIAm2-TV7IbC9yb8t9VaqyLU9M3cTUICKtld6BPqTLH2h6XERVgxfZc3akUVhek8Jw_yXRsCIOMggybp9JVgn10sgzq_GIjILu5KpxXH7LlCW4gsuSZDx/s882/Visual%20Essays%20page%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="774" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHtjsxDCxhytBp6Z9mfysgv6LHw7aoFRT5KdV7gciKjY9nhJ7yclHxbPSkfVAOgSzIAm2-TV7IbC9yb8t9VaqyLU9M3cTUICKtld6BPqTLH2h6XERVgxfZc3akUVhek8Jw_yXRsCIOMggybp9JVgn10sgzq_GIjILu5KpxXH7LlCW4gsuSZDx/s320/Visual%20Essays%20page%202.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><p>Visitors can find these if they look at the list of topics on the left side of the website. The visual essays are shown at the bottom of the first set of topics, below the link to the <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/conceptmaps" target="_blank">concept map</a> page and the <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/tmi-video-1" target="_blank">T/MI Theater</a> page.</p><p>The topics in the first section are intended to support a progression of thinking that leads to more and better volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs reaching youth in high poverty areas. Thus, at the top of the list is "Understanding Issues"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSLedOiKE3EL5Gql9eIIm-rdlfqKG_fl1_9NHM2U-n8fiXjkJkPlhLdebC7YMqX-dopr9owfCT_Uu5LaobJvUAB7Yoq-oglXYqbLhQ0u7Ap1IZeFwlygAVd4FWQOuM3uNAC68nAMWX0vGxfKpXexHB95V52Vt5LqwGaKwhGJ3LXnpQsEuD8gm/s925/Understanding%20Issues%20-%20more.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="925" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSLedOiKE3EL5Gql9eIIm-rdlfqKG_fl1_9NHM2U-n8fiXjkJkPlhLdebC7YMqX-dopr9owfCT_Uu5LaobJvUAB7Yoq-oglXYqbLhQ0u7Ap1IZeFwlygAVd4FWQOuM3uNAC68nAMWX0vGxfKpXexHB95V52Vt5LqwGaKwhGJ3LXnpQsEuD8gm/w363-h169/Understanding%20Issues%20-%20more.jpg" width="363" /></a></div><p>When you first look at this list, you'll only see "Understanding Issues and Benefits" which is shown in orange in the above graphic. When you click on that link a page will open with several sub-topics. <br /><br />However, if you look at the side bar, you'll see that there are sub-topics listed. These include a PDF essay titled "Defining Terms" and "Strategy Visualizations by Interns".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2IdDcRfdOl6Ab4wt448JlEQjejVtne2LchWIkJ12SKSF6FfHTG6WLr_g1TnQ7OYLczo0KZCc0UrKhSVCxPNDMZNG_f7MPc_i241jcsD3Ltn3QyxY3H9jRoRqN90hgibf01EVyt4rCoDWKdNU3UW_AK7QhiYXLriPLa3Ns1FB6fFQvxo97bE3/s966/Intern%20visualizations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="966" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2IdDcRfdOl6Ab4wt448JlEQjejVtne2LchWIkJ12SKSF6FfHTG6WLr_g1TnQ7OYLczo0KZCc0UrKhSVCxPNDMZNG_f7MPc_i241jcsD3Ltn3QyxY3H9jRoRqN90hgibf01EVyt4rCoDWKdNU3UW_AK7QhiYXLriPLa3Ns1FB6fFQvxo97bE3/s320/Intern%20visualizations.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>When you open the page you'll see work done by interns between 2006 and 2015 to interpret Tutor/Mentor strategies and share them via videos, animations, blog articles and visual essays. And, on the left side, you'll see three sub topics, showing two more pages of visualizations plus a page of videos created by interns.</p><p>There's a lot of information here, and I'm concerned that much of it is hidden by the way sub-topics are presented on the side bar. </p><p>All of this is part of Step 1 in the <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1238727620187_574980422_30250/four%20part%20strategy.cmap" target="_blank">four-part strategy</a> map shown below. It's a constant effort to keep this information updated and to add new links to the library on a regular basis.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcloWN0AlHA1e6o5aMPizebLRKO7R6ZjQRU5o70nlX4qVDvQIU1VAD7uGsRdo8MisWo9lpnZ2rX1YfjUnNFadrHUMAsQnH3XNZPWMcEGN3STDJb-HgQ7gsEgt5fh0PiQLhcgK42s8DkjBb3ey6fQ3r0Jda8JP2whDEjgN3lfqeNue1I5DO_sN/s978/4-pt%20strategy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="978" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcloWN0AlHA1e6o5aMPizebLRKO7R6ZjQRU5o70nlX4qVDvQIU1VAD7uGsRdo8MisWo9lpnZ2rX1YfjUnNFadrHUMAsQnH3XNZPWMcEGN3STDJb-HgQ7gsEgt5fh0PiQLhcgK42s8DkjBb3ey6fQ3r0Jda8JP2whDEjgN3lfqeNue1I5DO_sN/s320/4-pt%20strategy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Getting people to look at this information is an even greater challenge. I've never had advertising dollars or support of high profile celebrities thus too few people even know this resource exists. Thus, if you share it with people you know, you're helping do the work of Step 2.<br /><br />However, Step 3 is equally important. We need to find ways to help people learn what's in the library.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpw9iCaeWPKjmXliSUwGwQ56-ptSnNAiWME_uyeNTEz95LJo4VOM57phpIWzEPaZE4Uxvu9twy6SBA4CSjf8-tXgw6SgZuABoNUc6gMrFB0rL3X8AKwmpyN_xt44kWiMc4ScG2IGv4W6yQNpAg4dDVCLwkcQNuXKNFqMS7X9TrecPppwocHsy5/s2048/4-pt-step3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpw9iCaeWPKjmXliSUwGwQ56-ptSnNAiWME_uyeNTEz95LJo4VOM57phpIWzEPaZE4Uxvu9twy6SBA4CSjf8-tXgw6SgZuABoNUc6gMrFB0rL3X8AKwmpyN_xt44kWiMc4ScG2IGv4W6yQNpAg4dDVCLwkcQNuXKNFqMS7X9TrecPppwocHsy5/s320/4-pt-step3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We need to help people learn to use that information to support the growth of existing youth tutor/mentor programs and to create new programs where more are needed, by borrowing ideas from existing programs, not by constantly starting from a limited knowledge base.</p><p>That's why the work interns did was so important. They were helping other people learn what was in the library and on my websites. It's why I keep urging readers to help find universities who will create a Tutor/Mentor Connection curriculum and grow new leaders of individual programs, and of intermediaries who collect and share information and help draw attention and resources to all of the programs operating within specific geographic regions like Chicago.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGuOC-AWOSsO_tAVfhuC_jVydOkgD5Iu_aqodixQSXdbjp4xfsk2tvseWa3mNDskGKknG_tjas05-jucbHdnXQiGyQ4fg3xsZK5Lyxf6sgr1GSxW_kExNHOPw5Ts8FbLrytz5AuDWFyozOGBUdY6Fd0DUNuo6MdjkC0MenGgYfgThF7wwK8s7/s213/Dan2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="212" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGuOC-AWOSsO_tAVfhuC_jVydOkgD5Iu_aqodixQSXdbjp4xfsk2tvseWa3mNDskGKknG_tjas05-jucbHdnXQiGyQ4fg3xsZK5Lyxf6sgr1GSxW_kExNHOPw5Ts8FbLrytz5AuDWFyozOGBUdY6Fd0DUNuo6MdjkC0MenGgYfgThF7wwK8s7/w199-h200/Dan2021.JPG" width="199" /></a></div><br /><p>I hope you'll help.</p><p>Thanks for reading this. You can connect with me on many social media platforms. You can find links <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">on this page</a>.<br /><br /><br />If you appreciate the work I'm doing please make a contribution to help Fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">Visit this page</a>. <br /><br /></p>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-18654353518803078812024-01-28T12:20:00.002-05:002024-02-01T14:55:31.054-05:00Visual Essays Created Since 1990s<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZKvMfA-DHd5BBSQbauBZ1Cc4azanh0ko4mcxaQazS8Gl6NSGMqlHZOVd0LTBR6fLH4MXpqRS6_AE_Md7U-yLT2r0LnENeplZSKfY5kev71jW1UB-q1qtEbqctXItwo6q-fYT7vOzRxcE24QJcpE_InwVzt_p_djtSlzX2Cwt29M_mcFDx60i/s451/Dan-Enough.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="351" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZKvMfA-DHd5BBSQbauBZ1Cc4azanh0ko4mcxaQazS8Gl6NSGMqlHZOVd0LTBR6fLH4MXpqRS6_AE_Md7U-yLT2r0LnENeplZSKfY5kev71jW1UB-q1qtEbqctXItwo6q-fYT7vOzRxcE24QJcpE_InwVzt_p_djtSlzX2Cwt29M_mcFDx60i/w156-h200/Dan-Enough.JPG" width="156" /></a></div>In 1990s I started using desktop publishing to create visual essays showing the strategies of the tutor/mentor program I was leading and of the Tutor/Mentor Connection.<p></p><p>I began putting these on the <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/library" target="_blank">www.tutormentorexchange.net website</a> in 2000 and have added to my list, and updated my presentations, on a regular basis since then. <br /><br />In 2011 I started sharing these on platforms like Scribd.com and Slideshare.com, as PDFs, so I could track visit counts. I updated most of these in late 2023. </p><p>I'm sorry to say that since these sites no longer are FREE they fill my presentations with advertising, which, unless you are a paid subscriber, makes them difficult to read.</p><p><b>Thus, over the past few days I've set up a new page to share PDFs that I host on my Google drive. You can view some <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/visual-essays" target="_blank">on this page</a>. </b> <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9T5ZBQM9sff_KjYILY2ogWHfuz-GYdUZL6vpiKLF20upJrdNXOXJXy4vl-pKY280hanHYoWFlfpxRXzzMMBKf6ZDhFhpDxoTjTauJyIlU27EX_yZTVNm47gteuBu-V9jSWlweVO6xscjM2txvKdMT6FN8cFMTNXF6DjOOm4gmXf7sr3fOu_hz/s882/Visual%20Essays%20page%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="774" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9T5ZBQM9sff_KjYILY2ogWHfuz-GYdUZL6vpiKLF20upJrdNXOXJXy4vl-pKY280hanHYoWFlfpxRXzzMMBKf6ZDhFhpDxoTjTauJyIlU27EX_yZTVNm47gteuBu-V9jSWlweVO6xscjM2txvKdMT6FN8cFMTNXF6DjOOm4gmXf7sr3fOu_hz/w323-h367/Visual%20Essays%20page%202.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><p>I hope you find these easier to view and that you'll apply the ideas to helping kids in Chicago and other cities. The only way I'll know they are being read is if you post them on social media and if you make a contribution to support the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC.<br /><br />Use the PayPal <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">on this page</a> and leave a comment, such as "I love the visual essays!". </p>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-36782143049023176142024-01-22T18:29:00.001-05:002024-01-22T18:29:57.014-05:0030 Years Later. New Year. Same Goals.On the lower left side of this blog you can see a list of years that I've written this blog, starting in 2005. This shows articles written each month, of each year. Thus, you could look at January in past years and find reflections that I've posted, like <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2019/01/what-heck-am-i-trying-to-do-annual.html" target="_blank">this one</a> that says "<b><i>What the heck am I trying to do?</i></b>"<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJpG3LqMni5O5lohYgaC4fROZ8MOqW3QtXT9szzYxtuP8PnbwcsrGLceEkdgg1j0kLKQL08pGftRCwEjxliIxjvpUcWYAarySXODop31S-dcF2nYxEreEUANBPPPIQe6jPYKGnVQHG6Rjo12o4uor_PxeXbIPgoUBYbxB7suwkWdmdYnc-Jfo/s216/firstyear.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="216" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJpG3LqMni5O5lohYgaC4fROZ8MOqW3QtXT9szzYxtuP8PnbwcsrGLceEkdgg1j0kLKQL08pGftRCwEjxliIxjvpUcWYAarySXODop31S-dcF2nYxEreEUANBPPPIQe6jPYKGnVQHG6Rjo12o4uor_PxeXbIPgoUBYbxB7suwkWdmdYnc-Jfo/w200-h159/firstyear.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I led a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program from 1975 to mid 1992 (<i>while holding full time retail advertising management roles with the Montgomery Ward corporation</i>), which connected 2nd to 6th grade kids from the Cabrini-Green homes with volunteers from Montgomery Ward's corporate headquarters and many other Chicago companies.<p></p><p><b>We created Cabrini Connections as a strategy to help kids who aged out of the first program after 6th grade have support through high school.</b></p><p>We launched the Cabrini Connections program in January 1993, meeting with 5 teens and 7 volunteers on Saturday mornings in the day room of St. Joseph's Church on North Orleans Street in Chicago. Our volunteers had backgrounds in video production so our weekly activities centered around improvisation, as a form of relationship-building.</p><p>At the same time we started meeting at Wells High School with a small group of high school students who had been part of the first program. <br /><br />In July 1993 Montgomery Ward donated space in its corporate office tower for us to operate, and we moved the program there, meeting on Thursday evenings. That first year we recruited 30 teens. Each year after that we added more 7th and 8th graders until by 1998 we were serving close to 90 teens with over 100 volunteers. Due to available space, we never grew larger than that over the next 12 years. I left the program in 2011 and sadly, it is no longer operating.</p><p>Last week I received a message from one of the teens who joined us in 1993. She said, "<i><b>y'all help me grow in so many ways so I want to say thank y'all for being a great team helping us out in the neighborhood.</b></i>" <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5xp9kCyywTcMtp9AL8xz4PdQFEFIBL9GqwnyfgMzWaXSGdYiPIpSmnz7NSUymFcgY7IWfKwb0TOlrHHxY1HPNuIwEMkMAPSKycXHjMxeYaiZvWjaU3vSZS3QTg4Kux0t_bi2hpZywu8OqLBbX1lwlaETfuInyeSBsKX6Ct8U6PIxAcK7_5Mw/s2048/Birth-work-cMOOCs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5xp9kCyywTcMtp9AL8xz4PdQFEFIBL9GqwnyfgMzWaXSGdYiPIpSmnz7NSUymFcgY7IWfKwb0TOlrHHxY1HPNuIwEMkMAPSKycXHjMxeYaiZvWjaU3vSZS3QTg4Kux0t_bi2hpZywu8OqLBbX1lwlaETfuInyeSBsKX6Ct8U6PIxAcK7_5Mw/s320/Birth-work-cMOOCs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I've received variations of this comment consistently over the past 10 years as I've connected to a growing number of alumni on Facebook who were in elementary school in the 1970s and 1980s and were in middle school and high school in the 1990s and are now adults raising their own kids. <br /><br />These are an affirmation of the importance of volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs and why I start each January with a new commitment to help such programs grow in more places. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQ_D9LI2zCbb5GHSFaxM4bXrpNJJUN7EE97EzGGn_K7krYerrWAM8zYq2_Jic5t5q0cGMoGXtrqYhoMZDSiABl6IST7WnJVZaGDqAYicCBSRvBoXmDPRYWCt_6hgy1l5tem-fCj2iyadUsPe5nkys3s4jhmNpdPvXdwnMxO9p0MXhkfQLeF6d/s565/SunTimes1992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="454" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQ_D9LI2zCbb5GHSFaxM4bXrpNJJUN7EE97EzGGn_K7krYerrWAM8zYq2_Jic5t5q0cGMoGXtrqYhoMZDSiABl6IST7WnJVZaGDqAYicCBSRvBoXmDPRYWCt_6hgy1l5tem-fCj2iyadUsPe5nkys3s4jhmNpdPvXdwnMxO9p0MXhkfQLeF6d/w161-h200/SunTimes1992.jpg" width="161" /></a></div>When I first started leading the tutoring program at Montgomery Ward in 1975 one of the Vice President's said "<b><i>Dan, you don't know much about leading a tutor/mentor program. Why don't you find others in Chicago who already lead programs and invite them to lunch. See what you can learn from them.</i></b>"<br /><br />That began 17 years of informal leadership in building a network of Chicago tutor/mentor programs and drawing them together to share ideas and work jointly in training volunteers. It's probably one of the main reasons I stayed involved for as long as I did.<div><br /></div><div>Then, in October 1992, after I left the original program (read The <i><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/85752195/TutorMentorBusiness6-97" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Business</a></i>, by Sara Coover Caldwell), and was working with a small group of volunteers to determine a next step, a 7-year-old boy named Dantrell Davis was shot and killed on his way to school. The front page of the <i>Chicago Sun-Times </i>had an editorial demanding action.</div><div><br /><b>This inspired me to create the Tutor/Mentor Connection. <br /></b><br />From my previous years of networking with Chicago programs I realized that no one was keeping a master list of all the different volunteer-based tutor and/or mentor programs in Chicago, thus, no one, other than myself, could invite programs to gather regularly.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1sC86vUZElEn0j_hwNf2GTpyI2CRBnkF0dAihy-wxDNxHq1ExNSjoP_C17QUREMfL29Wyx688SZgpjzID0Y3qZFEAEoO3a1vJWKnoPzlaQPbZAyDiP3DbCw3nTcMeYn6iLTkc5U9F3gp9dqsk9ysoeXGrOf5Mm8CyQQy9-jO2D0I8C0DaNXz/s2048/Three-Stories.enough.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1sC86vUZElEn0j_hwNf2GTpyI2CRBnkF0dAihy-wxDNxHq1ExNSjoP_C17QUREMfL29Wyx688SZgpjzID0Y3qZFEAEoO3a1vJWKnoPzlaQPbZAyDiP3DbCw3nTcMeYn6iLTkc5U9F3gp9dqsk9ysoeXGrOf5Mm8CyQQy9-jO2D0I8C0DaNXz/s320/Three-Stories.enough.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>From my retail advertising career at Montgomery Ward I had learned how the company used weekly advertising to draw millions of potential customers to our 400 stores, spread across 40 states.<div><br /></div><div>I saw a pattern in which media would occasionally give featured attention, and anger, to a tragic shooting, or a poorly performing school, or a street gang, but that the story only focused on one neighborhood of Chicago, and seldom included a "call to action", motivating readers to support existing youth programs <b><i>in that neighborhood, and all others in the city</i></b>, as volunteers or donors.<br /><br />And, then, those stories went away after a few days, replaced by other stories. My advertising career taught me that you need to keep your story repeating over-and-over, to reach more people, and to have a frequency that would capture readers attention, and ultimately motivate action.<br /><br /><b>None of this was happening in Chicago. So we spent 1993 planning a strategy that we launched in January 1994 as the Tutor/Mentor Connection.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEjxki07uXWX3KuwgJ6dGMYtwomnd2zUh4M_R1wNACqG0vDP34anMklF-uvbT7FwMa8YAzxP0VEajFfMudU-eC9qEqbMPyGUlYQ5cY48N1F2V_sEmt0MDMq_gFRF1kSAzeGVAyDePtBxmOHgzE83qLrhhA1tjGfUd7sQ7sF71rLui56XPoRpw/s2048/TMCPlan1994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1607" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEjxki07uXWX3KuwgJ6dGMYtwomnd2zUh4M_R1wNACqG0vDP34anMklF-uvbT7FwMa8YAzxP0VEajFfMudU-eC9qEqbMPyGUlYQ5cY48N1F2V_sEmt0MDMq_gFRF1kSAzeGVAyDePtBxmOHgzE83qLrhhA1tjGfUd7sQ7sF71rLui56XPoRpw/s320/TMCPlan1994.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><br />You can read the 1994 Tutor/Mentor Connection Case Statement <a href="http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/t-mc-case-statement-1994-version" target="_blank">at this link.</a><br /><br /><b>Each year between 1993 and 2011 I used part of the money we raised to support our own Cabrini Connections program.</b> And I used part to build a library of Chicago tutor/mentor programs and lead efforts intended to help each program (<b><i>including our own</i></b>) get more consistent attention and a better flow of volunteers and dollars, while sharing ideas that each could use to constantly improve based on what they learned from their own work, and what they learned from others.<br /><br />While initially we published our list of programs in a printed Directory, and shared ideas via a quarterly printed newsletter, one of our volunteers built our first website in 1998 and by 2000 we had moved our library and list of programs on-line. That was a needed strategy as we did not have the money to continue our print newsletter strategy and needed to reach more people than the 10-12,000 we were sending that newsletter to. <br /><div><br />This <a href="http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Timeline1990-2015" target="_blank">concept map</a> shows highlights of the Tutor/Mentor Connection's growth. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpcKOWh4NDf9yf81JYpzmR7vX2ifA3oRwChpw_1ICeoco2fIsiY0_nEpfS4Ypi1sXU7pjmM85jviAXfSu0ZRPW5E3JClGRx_WjLxQeqvxWhZ9w1w8JpoFd8BOAnGHSWMSWxzRHGecpe9vfaxvomEnWSCvjFZzdb-kjBdE3Ac3tn-Q0vOxQ7zC/s1637/TMCTimeline1992-2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="1637" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpcKOWh4NDf9yf81JYpzmR7vX2ifA3oRwChpw_1ICeoco2fIsiY0_nEpfS4Ypi1sXU7pjmM85jviAXfSu0ZRPW5E3JClGRx_WjLxQeqvxWhZ9w1w8JpoFd8BOAnGHSWMSWxzRHGecpe9vfaxvomEnWSCvjFZzdb-kjBdE3Ac3tn-Q0vOxQ7zC/s320/TMCTimeline1992-2015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>In mid 2011 after I left the Cabrini Connections program (long story) I created the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC to keep the Tutor/Mentor Connection available to Chicago and to try to help similar intermediaries grow in other cities.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you read some of my past January articles you'll find more details of what I've been trying to do and the challenges I've faced to do it as well as is needed. Here are some<a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/history" target="_blank"> other articles</a> that show my 30 year history. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>So as we enter 2024, Chicago and other cities still have areas of concentrated poverty</b> and youth in these neighborhoods attend poorly resource schools and a influenced by too few people modeling a wide range of career opportunities and expectations and too many who model negative habits.</div><div><br /></div><div>Chicago still needs a Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy (<i><b>even if it's not led by me, or called the Tutor/Mentor Connection</b></i>). So do other cities. So I continue doing what I do with whatever resources I can find, just as I started doing in 1993.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAbp8CqLRZOEPG96YEOJPwa-79PhtvF_l_tURxn5VRwts5UHlznBrIuHN38tKRhduOVhYIJNQNN__R0S2pBgOW7tDH8JJMR5cqIs-2xZmIzRGLLT6fmLOToK0kNjR7WtPNAG8FUcA4ONuyenq659Sbmtq0FRDZ1BUw97dvTpZrilXWBOLaaTi/s213/Dan2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="212" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAbp8CqLRZOEPG96YEOJPwa-79PhtvF_l_tURxn5VRwts5UHlznBrIuHN38tKRhduOVhYIJNQNN__R0S2pBgOW7tDH8JJMR5cqIs-2xZmIzRGLLT6fmLOToK0kNjR7WtPNAG8FUcA4ONuyenq659Sbmtq0FRDZ1BUw97dvTpZrilXWBOLaaTi/w199-h200/Dan2021.JPG" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div><b>Will you help me?</b><br /><br />Read some of my past articles, <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20NEW%20T%2FMC" target="_blank">like these</a> about forming a new Tutor/Mentor Connection.<br /><br />Share my articles with your network.<br /><br />Help me find a benefactor and/university that will take ownership of my archives and this strategy and teach leaders to do what I've been doing for the past 30 years.<br /><br />Make a contribution to help me pay the bills. <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">Click here </a><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Thank you for reading </b>and if you made a contribution in 2023, thank you for continuing to support my efforts.<br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-70024739111063007972024-01-15T11:35:00.000-05:002024-01-15T11:35:19.524-05:00What if Dr. King, Jr. Followers Had Applied Spatial Thinking?Today our social media posts will be filled with quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many will call for actions that make his dreams a reality. I've posted many article that focus on this. I hope you'll <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search?q=ml+king" target="_blank">read them</a>.<p><b>As you do, ask the question that I show in the graphic below. </b>"What will it take to assure that all youth born, or living in high poverty, are entering careers by age 25?"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlCpcfcHCH4AYvvzjXXkMKXBjSholfuiyRSMoPIDwKEqL7QH9qlwI8Ec7dKwQmVNVw894mlkoixSpjXqNceKYmhTtvIJRpeCUA_iiEjxcnivdTQ8qF5iaaMV1Q-r2SbVZPcSPrj5JY98fx_9HlQdPDvZuZhZPFnG82FcaE2eOynNg5QwE4GfB/s595/BigQuestion2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="595" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlCpcfcHCH4AYvvzjXXkMKXBjSholfuiyRSMoPIDwKEqL7QH9qlwI8Ec7dKwQmVNVw894mlkoixSpjXqNceKYmhTtvIJRpeCUA_iiEjxcnivdTQ8qF5iaaMV1Q-r2SbVZPcSPrj5JY98fx_9HlQdPDvZuZhZPFnG82FcaE2eOynNg5QwE4GfB/s320/BigQuestion2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><b>As you ponder this question, focus on spatial thinking.</b></p><p>What are all the places where kids need help? You'll need to use maps to show all those places. This <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P554W2G5-241DHY0-32ZJ/MappingData.cmap" target="_blank">concept map</a> shows data maps you can use.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYfscJwbDjgCBuvrbaQ49BjyKTCBQaCE_2VU_-SchVrc638yXKbQfPdR1uL5Ew87DtNFiZxdzLRw14cc5xCFZ3FQAw2SZGrzeJsuIzE7g6vsGtGVak5VHDILmBDqOJaO1EqCyD-K-s37OCEKEJZZsaVrgSONBFIERx3yXf9a-bV9YTKmTbtkM/s1421/DataMap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1421" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYfscJwbDjgCBuvrbaQ49BjyKTCBQaCE_2VU_-SchVrc638yXKbQfPdR1uL5Ew87DtNFiZxdzLRw14cc5xCFZ3FQAw2SZGrzeJsuIzE7g6vsGtGVak5VHDILmBDqOJaO1EqCyD-K-s37OCEKEJZZsaVrgSONBFIERx3yXf9a-bV9YTKmTbtkM/s320/DataMap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Think of the 20 to 25 or 30 years support that is needed to help a single youth from birth to work, and all the help which is needed. This <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1238727620187_267488666_30240/Mentoring%20Kids%20to%20Careers%20a.cmap" target="_blank">concept map</a> visualizes the long-term support kids need and the type of support they need at each age level. Using maps, visualize all the places this 20-30 years of support is needed.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQDWauHeAjFiAY4aFK8k6T6KJaCs-DKrlz9bfgd3_2sx6nILKAlXj85rnjDz-yISWgzKzlnQsWnK3j3zojYy6EwBK8nBIS9Ftt_PgU_4uxe01F8D0AmyFlPh2sqomK6qHiXMPe4re35Brtv-mU23Tixw5wJW9d1AGzLLX-aMMz94mF3B_xPuY/s1271/Mentoring-to-career2019.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1271" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQDWauHeAjFiAY4aFK8k6T6KJaCs-DKrlz9bfgd3_2sx6nILKAlXj85rnjDz-yISWgzKzlnQsWnK3j3zojYy6EwBK8nBIS9Ftt_PgU_4uxe01F8D0AmyFlPh2sqomK6qHiXMPe4re35Brtv-mU23Tixw5wJW9d1AGzLLX-aMMz94mF3B_xPuY/s320/Mentoring-to-career2019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Then, think about all you need to know, and do, to be able to figure this out. The four sections of the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC library, shown on this <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1238727620187_1337564675_30227/Learning%20Network%20Librarya.cmap" target="_blank">concept map</a>, include resources you can draw from.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-_vuQk7KFLBqLumSFNtzIFz6cvUhzREVpadbpQDod_YgaWJDADq_2nO4OLyCBVf5PtUZqhj5COI7g0k19A5tt4mFowEZ5k-2WPZQYKW6ZLfAzyE-8-U3hKdCjGFhyr2lCou_LmCXjnTkqBchMaN8b-5u3hILC22R7zBrLaTI1hgAY9T3h3um/s1355/Library-full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1355" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-_vuQk7KFLBqLumSFNtzIFz6cvUhzREVpadbpQDod_YgaWJDADq_2nO4OLyCBVf5PtUZqhj5COI7g0k19A5tt4mFowEZ5k-2WPZQYKW6ZLfAzyE-8-U3hKdCjGFhyr2lCou_LmCXjnTkqBchMaN8b-5u3hILC22R7zBrLaTI1hgAY9T3h3um/s320/Library-full.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This blog has more than 1000 articles, posed since 2005, that focus on this question. You can see my library of concept maps on <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/conceptmaps" target="_blank">this page</a>. Create your own versions, focused on your city or state. <br /><br />As I write this, I realize that over the past 60 years millions of dollars have been spent and countless hours of service have been contributed to make the Dr. King, Jr. vision a reality.<div><br /></div><div><b>But we're not there yet so "How can we do this better?" </b>In the current political atmosphere, we might even be regressing.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOO8KwmIN21EeDM7xmAJnKCL7OBYrMCV_M6Yf0od5iGSgDKB8I4w34u3eo2PTtZaupCnT7AdbyPHPww92qh_xTAervfmQZR1mSXsFUQ05XY_6F1066npG77OyfG8NEdWql4JWSBgK7w99pN-8Wcvh3pdFYjT9MJ7XMYYg69xFqzXnVKd3I6DN/s2048/How-to-do-better.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOO8KwmIN21EeDM7xmAJnKCL7OBYrMCV_M6Yf0od5iGSgDKB8I4w34u3eo2PTtZaupCnT7AdbyPHPww92qh_xTAervfmQZR1mSXsFUQ05XY_6F1066npG77OyfG8NEdWql4JWSBgK7w99pN-8Wcvh3pdFYjT9MJ7XMYYg69xFqzXnVKd3I6DN/s320/How-to-do-better.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>As I researched ideas for this article I asked, "How often have I used the term 'spatial thinking'. So I did a search and found <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search?q=spatial+thinking" target="_blank">these articles</a>. Surprisingly, there are only four (five now, counting this one), starting with <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2005/08/jon-bon-jovi-and-polo-ralph-lauren.html" target="_blank">this one</a> posted in 2005, where the headline was "<i>Jon Bon Jovi and Polo Ralph Lauren want to make volunteerism 'hip'. New Operating System Needed</i>".</div><div><br /></div><div><b>I hope you'll read each of these. </b> </div><div><br />When I say I was surprised by finding only four articles using the term 'spatial thinking' that's because I've posted nearly 280 <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/maps" target="_blank">articles using maps</a>. There are <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/concept%20map" target="_blank">another 88 articles</a> which I've tagged with "concept maps" although I've used concept maps in more than that.</div><div><br /></div><div>In <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2019/03/tipping-point-growing-and-supporting.html" target="_blank">another </a>of my four spatial thinking articles I included the graphic shown below.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRaSal1-sgg7AGs1olIoWbQI3D3Wi7SYXufVaGUuOx7HExaom9Y1JuCqSlKu6njusJVL_Q6FUnccAjRIq5jfs50uwO2Bc6m4iSqhcxF0HyOHwUVQAZjTAsBQ8F_2lS77adD6-Hkx09dUkeLd6vCqcQHhQcwZt_TOJCFRL9AQaA9OsPdomNHba/s1042/TippingPoint-NewLeaders.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1042" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRaSal1-sgg7AGs1olIoWbQI3D3Wi7SYXufVaGUuOx7HExaom9Y1JuCqSlKu6njusJVL_Q6FUnccAjRIq5jfs50uwO2Bc6m4iSqhcxF0HyOHwUVQAZjTAsBQ8F_2lS77adD6-Hkx09dUkeLd6vCqcQHhQcwZt_TOJCFRL9AQaA9OsPdomNHba/s320/TippingPoint-NewLeaders.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>This article is also included among six that I've tagged "<a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/tipping%20point" target="_blank">tipping point</a>", meaning "<i>A critical moment in a complex situation in which a small influence or development produces a sudden large or irreversible change.</i>"</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSa35VncE5Zbya_Y2QsZyB6-z0ODdoHnZfB_J_HqYtkjVaZKuYmNKPbanPkxgiTyVVUe8qpo-rQnUOHI6Mebmcohnay2VWYE_vbv2yo-zzTgY4FWISgnqcAYGQoKqNVpT72E6TuHjg-9j-avcKpJVZJnMxAM9eslNeGt_NFblf1ithp11-7zp/s750/participationhub.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="587" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSa35VncE5Zbya_Y2QsZyB6-z0ODdoHnZfB_J_HqYtkjVaZKuYmNKPbanPkxgiTyVVUe8qpo-rQnUOHI6Mebmcohnay2VWYE_vbv2yo-zzTgY4FWISgnqcAYGQoKqNVpT72E6TuHjg-9j-avcKpJVZJnMxAM9eslNeGt_NFblf1ithp11-7zp/w156-h200/participationhub.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>Imagine if over the past 60 years a few billionaires had invested in education systems that not only connected kids and volunteer tutors and mentors, and helped those kids through school and into adult lives, but also pointed them to information in libraries like mine, with the goal of creating more leaders who think spatially and apply maps and systems thinking, to building needed support systems in every place where they are needed.<br /><br />Such a system would also grow more people (starting in elementary school) who were spatial and systems thinkers who would volunteer time, talent and dollars to consistently support those programs for many years, until we really could say we've climbed the mountain and achieved the dream.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Imagine that being a degree program at one, or many, universities.</b></div><div><br /><div><b>Thank you for reading and for your service. <br /></b><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqM1l2PmGZNzblkmOYo6-cufPqEFC0hLKFVTXO8dEadgvY52MW1ZTy3dDhSyM61rb4AdlqCPknONFNkfAjuzWHCErE8EA8SwCdx6ElyHMRzv60zbnTvY9I8b6OVFTun3RlHqHq5bHvG5_EiEMtziThP0kJC2edeozGU2taqLQwws-hfCg5tqex/s213/Dan2021.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="212" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqM1l2PmGZNzblkmOYo6-cufPqEFC0hLKFVTXO8dEadgvY52MW1ZTy3dDhSyM61rb4AdlqCPknONFNkfAjuzWHCErE8EA8SwCdx6ElyHMRzv60zbnTvY9I8b6OVFTun3RlHqHq5bHvG5_EiEMtziThP0kJC2edeozGU2taqLQwws-hfCg5tqex/w199-h200/Dan2021.JPG" width="199" /></a></div></div></div> Please connect with me on one or more social media platforms (<a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">see links here</a>) and share your own ideas, or share my posts with your network.<div><br /></div><div>Thank you also to the small group of donors who made contributions in 2023 to help fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. Please continue in 2024.<br /><br />Visit <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a> and use the PayPal to send your support.</div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-33405660708012538452024-01-10T15:51:00.000-05:002024-01-10T15:51:03.987-05:00Copy this idea! Support Tutor/Mentor Programs.<p>I started building a list of Chicago tutor/mentor programs in the mid 1970s as I was looking for ideas to help me lead my own program. When I formed the Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1993 I formalized this process and began to build a list of all Chicago volunteer-based, youth tutor, mentor and learning programs. I shared this information via a printed directory until 2004 when we put our list in an interactive, on-line portal. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAFl3Z6tG8WYDKhXVisvszC4Lc3woXffzXciunsD3fbw_g8DhNRo_KLxrvmm3Qy_TMpZIu-8NsuCY2rsg_wQrN8bUOGdN7LAne8fWcgqjC7p4vewYPhCUgQJYnCkkFwkxkPZLZ8K_k99zkQZ7cEV-j4NPN2ZpLtwjI6Jzi7oSbRQ61NWoXTA7/s950/Map_cycle_goal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="950" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAFl3Z6tG8WYDKhXVisvszC4Lc3woXffzXciunsD3fbw_g8DhNRo_KLxrvmm3Qy_TMpZIu-8NsuCY2rsg_wQrN8bUOGdN7LAne8fWcgqjC7p4vewYPhCUgQJYnCkkFwkxkPZLZ8K_k99zkQZ7cEV-j4NPN2ZpLtwjI6Jzi7oSbRQ61NWoXTA7/s320/Map_cycle_goal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I created the graphic shown above around 2011 to show what we were trying to do with our mapping tools and what we still wanted to do, which was create a portal that enabled donors to find and fund programs included in our database. I describe this goal on <a href="http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/using-maps-to-build-capacity" target="_blank">this wiki page</a> and in <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-bridge-too-far-my-vision-since-1993.html" target="_blank">this article</a>.</p><p>I've not been able to do this, and have not seen anyone in the non-profit sector doing work like this since the mid 2000s.</p><p><b>In the past year I've found an innovator in my social media accounts who is modeling what I have wanted to build. </b> His name is Charles Gaba and he hosts a website called <a href="http://Blue24.org">Blue24.org</a> where he is raising money for Democrat candidates at the Federal and state level.</p><p>Here's what you will find on the site.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHxVAqg8vAV5ibcFen9_1wW23XsO_43Qa196jViWIN7yVgQasTVGV5imE9w5-NdiWqcNmMED6M3NUy3Xc4SIwUY3xMKyMRGrB2yCA7Q_sSxVeTtrhnW5Dty9KC_PqSebzwAI3TChZiDkOH9XjyXfJpGrnfLt6eCf5eASE2QmrUXXwp3zEYjCA/s1213/Blue24.org%20-%202024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1213" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHxVAqg8vAV5ibcFen9_1wW23XsO_43Qa196jViWIN7yVgQasTVGV5imE9w5-NdiWqcNmMED6M3NUy3Xc4SIwUY3xMKyMRGrB2yCA7Q_sSxVeTtrhnW5Dty9KC_PqSebzwAI3TChZiDkOH9XjyXfJpGrnfLt6eCf5eASE2QmrUXXwp3zEYjCA/s320/Blue24.org%20-%202024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>This collection of photos show 42 Democrats running for seats in the House of Representatives. He's focusing on competitive races, where if enough Democrats win, they regain control of the House. Below the collection of photos is a line that says "Act Blue Link: US House Races"<br /><br />Click on that link and the screen shown below will open.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtnf2n4Mf9Rf7XSyo-XldaL1q6ZsJa7gL9xc3cAPfzN8j_Z4pnANc5Vi-G_QSGWEJNbbXbCFG_ojTVSwO5pn9oosbseKexx1AmehMPj1xk_DiYf3ddsrXnHobOQCWGbIYRCYGu0_ipipOMFw7LsDxvahZ2lzo9WUr6keL38HQPlPlZndnBzDZ/s971/US%20House%202024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="971" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtnf2n4Mf9Rf7XSyo-XldaL1q6ZsJa7gL9xc3cAPfzN8j_Z4pnANc5Vi-G_QSGWEJNbbXbCFG_ojTVSwO5pn9oosbseKexx1AmehMPj1xk_DiYf3ddsrXnHobOQCWGbIYRCYGu0_ipipOMFw7LsDxvahZ2lzo9WUr6keL38HQPlPlZndnBzDZ/s320/US%20House%202024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />You can make one donation, which will be split evenly across all races listed, or you can pick choose who to donate to using the "Customize Amounts" option. <div><br /></div><div>Below is the "<a href="https://blue24.org/about" target="_blank">about</a>" page on the Blue24.org website showing that he raised over $6 million in the 2020 Presidential cycle and another $1.3 million in the 2022 cycle. He receives nothing. This also shows that you can find donation pages for the U.S. Senate, Statewide Executives, State House and State Senate races. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNwocNwzJuaMtOXl0c01nyyUbYd6APhTUPLtkyWX-MULCBSHLf5xnWi18C_Ka2mCHSA_y0_T0jY-xlvsNYwJN3Jk2GG1yaBcB8DDLR2ImWxU4_SsGsEsMbyhNS5CV8O1RfJ49gTGbmAmaR0bBkX4uuRx8giZR-eGToIvOipxqDc24YhXFVuQi/s1214/Blue24.0rg%20about.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1214" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNwocNwzJuaMtOXl0c01nyyUbYd6APhTUPLtkyWX-MULCBSHLf5xnWi18C_Ka2mCHSA_y0_T0jY-xlvsNYwJN3Jk2GG1yaBcB8DDLR2ImWxU4_SsGsEsMbyhNS5CV8O1RfJ49gTGbmAmaR0bBkX4uuRx8giZR-eGToIvOipxqDc24YhXFVuQi/s320/Blue24.0rg%20about.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />Building and constantly updating the website as new candidates enter the race, or some drop out, is a huge task and it's not Charles Gaba's full time job. Read his introduction <a href="https://mastodon.social/@charlesgaba/109287212297154715" target="_blank">on this page</a>.<br /><br />What makes this special is that Charles Gaba posts daily on several different social media platforms, like the example I show below, which you can see <a href="https://mastodon.social/@charlesgaba/111711514391278621" target="_blank">here</a> on Mastodon.Social.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OU65oUV934ynViA2ozlomphPPFaLQf9JHLW3VnxOV88ls-DHh66KlXw-8cT6b71JIsqpTNXzh4QHwHXdwbfNsmLlBmW6jNOCL3tNG67USPioZ15-9WwclDhQidHlVYQ9FONyQEStFU1j44RveUlaZqM9V_vt1TvImyhzqy5N71C1PxZx87aK/s639/DemFundRaiser-Arizona.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="639" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OU65oUV934ynViA2ozlomphPPFaLQf9JHLW3VnxOV88ls-DHh66KlXw-8cT6b71JIsqpTNXzh4QHwHXdwbfNsmLlBmW6jNOCL3tNG67USPioZ15-9WwclDhQidHlVYQ9FONyQEStFU1j44RveUlaZqM9V_vt1TvImyhzqy5N71C1PxZx87aK/s320/DemFundRaiser-Arizona.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><b><br /><br />I've written articles about the <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2023/04/building-attention-for-youth.html" target="_blank">4-Part Strategy</a></b> that I piloted in 1993 and have followed since then. Step 1 is collecting information (which Charles is doing). Step 2 is trying to get people to find and use the information, which Charles does daily.<br /><br /><b>Duplicate this to support youth-serving organizations.</b><br /><br />So what if during next week's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service or January's National Mentoring Month celebrations, a group of technologists decided to duplicate this, creating a platform that could raise money for tutor/mentor programs in every city and state. Then, once the platform is created, it could be championed by all sorts of people, with social media posts, newspaper and TV stories, one-on-one conversations, etc......all aimed at increasing funding for youth serving organizations throughout geographic areas.</div><div><br /></div><div>While I focus this idea on helping youth serving organizations gain more consistent funding, the idea can apply to supporting any category of social and environmental benefit organization. If a platform were built using open source technology it could be duplicated in many places without the need to start from scratch.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>If we want to help high quality, mentor-rich, long-term, youth programs reach k-12 youth in every high poverty area of Chicago we must fix how programs are funded. Building a platform like Blue24.org might be one way to help.</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGa4vlFIpxdwyeln0tVYryFyFYqbuDPRvDEUF6gixPvEm7tunmaE8WEjKKma36K000V6KTUsmfsuDUJsPV-Vq03OQrOaJmEUjmB6u-cebWhV1o_g3FxSiCOdE-Cme1amoVHZsoUC8dI0fCDOqiVVAyCCR7rAfcwTzzlIcACuZYB2HhrTKhutBR/s516/Peter_Project1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="516" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGa4vlFIpxdwyeln0tVYryFyFYqbuDPRvDEUF6gixPvEm7tunmaE8WEjKKma36K000V6KTUsmfsuDUJsPV-Vq03OQrOaJmEUjmB6u-cebWhV1o_g3FxSiCOdE-Cme1amoVHZsoUC8dI0fCDOqiVVAyCCR7rAfcwTzzlIcACuZYB2HhrTKhutBR/s320/Peter_Project1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>You can support Democratic candidates by using your own social media to either boost posts by Charles Gaba, or to create your own posts, pointing to the Blue24.0rg website.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you build a platform that raises money for youth serving organizations, please share the link so I can boost your efforts. If you already host such a platform, let's hear from you.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwJkY1mFTfXdPaf4PoOJYCgoXiw2NwLSIsfcNEJrzsQocyBdkiHBJndCf7qTYIUp96jE7sggZn8BfwlKgROYSuwymQ2SiZKydkUumV0ApvHUzIbwjrn3a65MuAvqu5Y7k-XWGpRZ4FNCBBQHE2rVejXuqlnzA-zab14dMYOux6GVjZlnfbUsi/s703/Dan_map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="510" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwJkY1mFTfXdPaf4PoOJYCgoXiw2NwLSIsfcNEJrzsQocyBdkiHBJndCf7qTYIUp96jE7sggZn8BfwlKgROYSuwymQ2SiZKydkUumV0ApvHUzIbwjrn3a65MuAvqu5Y7k-XWGpRZ4FNCBBQHE2rVejXuqlnzA-zab14dMYOux6GVjZlnfbUsi/w145-h200/Dan_map.jpg" width="145" /></a></div><b>I created the Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1993 based upon my own frustration about finding funding for the youth program I led. </b> <div><br /></div><div>Now that I'm operating as Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC I've found it much more difficult to fund my work. Yet, I've been able to raise a small pool of dollars to help me keep the <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net">www.tutormentorexchange.net</a> site available, along with this blog and my monthly newsletter and social media efforts.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Thank you to those who make contributions in 2023. </b>Please repeat in 2024. If you were not able to support me last year, please renew your support this year.</div><div><br />Visit <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a> to send a contribution. <br /><div><br /></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-53957203862052080722024-01-04T11:44:00.000-05:002024-01-04T11:44:04.097-05:00National Mentoring Month <p>Below is a photo from 2001 when the US Post Office issued a mentoring stamp to help celebrate and draw attention to mentoring in America. My organization (Tutor/Mentor Connection, 1993-present) introduced it during the Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference in Chicago, which I began hosting in May 1994 and continued hosting every six months until May 2015.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJ5Sc6-j8LPJYRx9yfgNWFiOkZuRqXUhtDAHPAzi2UFQKAbXtB5wcOR-NoilFcIZusBTeKAkEaGOI1DxwJ_XyYyuxsr5S7mwR80qgFY0pg7z-oDasiE2lnpMTN4mlnuiEfoWL8bAJquph6LiaHnU4q8rjmdqGsvqVv7Syv5zLXsCBmJEGdU9L/s939/MentoringStamp-Conf2001a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="939" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJ5Sc6-j8LPJYRx9yfgNWFiOkZuRqXUhtDAHPAzi2UFQKAbXtB5wcOR-NoilFcIZusBTeKAkEaGOI1DxwJ_XyYyuxsr5S7mwR80qgFY0pg7z-oDasiE2lnpMTN4mlnuiEfoWL8bAJquph6LiaHnU4q8rjmdqGsvqVv7Syv5zLXsCBmJEGdU9L/s320/MentoringStamp-Conf2001a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The conference was part of an on-going effort to help volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs reach K-12 kids in high poverty areas of Chicago and other places and help those kids through school and into jobs and careers, with the help of adults they met through these programs.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAnIOC8G2BI-m-bEt53xc1gIit5rx7Hgv8O4IbjYTWEfyPvp_x90928rZ_H_QqHKWjk6HisfDvMN5tSzqXqEp5SvyYSPxo9DhW4js6ySATapjURE7_k1Y1tkua3fREoVJFf-h4fTJWZ0K2yow6PeFAK186E_4ZWn3oW3vR3zZSaqEKbywViLK/s180/DanLeo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="147" data-original-width="180" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAnIOC8G2BI-m-bEt53xc1gIit5rx7Hgv8O4IbjYTWEfyPvp_x90928rZ_H_QqHKWjk6HisfDvMN5tSzqXqEp5SvyYSPxo9DhW4js6ySATapjURE7_k1Y1tkua3fREoVJFf-h4fTJWZ0K2yow6PeFAK186E_4ZWn3oW3vR3zZSaqEKbywViLK/w200-h163/DanLeo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I began my volunteer involvement in 1973 when I joined the tutoring program at the Montgomery Ward Corporate Headquarters in Chicago. I was matched with a 4th grade boy named Leo and we met every Tuesday after my work day ended. We're still connected over 50 years later!<div><br /></div><div><b>During mentoring month much of the focus will be on the "act" of mentoring, which could be workplace mentoring and could be mentoring of youth with disabilities. </b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>I want that to expand to focus on the infrastructure of mentoring. I demonstrate this below.</b><br /><br />I created the graphic below several years ago to visualize the many different reasons mentoring and/or tutoring are needed and the different types of organized programs needed to meet each category.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZEX6Nx81Hg3tR3nxuV34lECVWOF4jH_ryPG54dK5H0sz5pAmFMJptS-kHOrWzJEqVTdF4vB66hbHo2J7ProftAOE3HQbyTY8nI4r7tHxShpXHT3Kq1T4GvhJXaf0MRC84HmtS5Bcc8BEKAD2n20tVyfx54YtwZRLXdlbBKsEvhTAyufcLKtg/s2438/Types%20of%20Mentoring-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2438" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZEX6Nx81Hg3tR3nxuV34lECVWOF4jH_ryPG54dK5H0sz5pAmFMJptS-kHOrWzJEqVTdF4vB66hbHo2J7ProftAOE3HQbyTY8nI4r7tHxShpXHT3Kq1T4GvhJXaf0MRC84HmtS5Bcc8BEKAD2n20tVyfx54YtwZRLXdlbBKsEvhTAyufcLKtg/s320/Types%20of%20Mentoring-2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Below is an another graphic, showing this information in a different way.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpsCJWxaXr_HG0WDYU4XHvg5-2SXu5sQU1nzJQsSiTzCXpC_HQQVwW4HecMxWl1FJEyzvwaoMD4teIBKDDHcvIdDqzFPQHeetXa1gdTdCltQMmWsy8W9N1eQ4f0w-EYnIfpbmXkciXHciB_IIRFsMbH8SOoTZmaTsM8MUC7rlaUpi2hP2ho4P/s2438/TargetedYouth-2022-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2438" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpsCJWxaXr_HG0WDYU4XHvg5-2SXu5sQU1nzJQsSiTzCXpC_HQQVwW4HecMxWl1FJEyzvwaoMD4teIBKDDHcvIdDqzFPQHeetXa1gdTdCltQMmWsy8W9N1eQ4f0w-EYnIfpbmXkciXHciB_IIRFsMbH8SOoTZmaTsM8MUC7rlaUpi2hP2ho4P/s320/TargetedYouth-2022-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I've posted several articles in the past few years (<a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/10/building-segmented-understanding-of.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2022/05/kids-not-living-in-high-poverty-need.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2022/01/elements-of-effective-afterschool.html" target="_blank">here</a>) talking about building a "segmented understanding" of what types of mentoring and tutoring are needed based on "who" is being mentored. During National Mentoring Month I urge you to read some of these. </div><div><br /></div><div>While the above graphics visualize the different needs of youth in America, they don't show where these kids live and/or where organized tutor/mentor programs are most needed. I've been trying to use GIS maps since 1994 to do this. Below is a <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2022/07/30-year-history-of-mapping.html" target="_blank">concept map</a> that shows my history of using maps.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-fDEaRpeVHsLkmWXaYKL-qhfVPUdL84NZ8Wvc0iHpQreTo1ytKvGNSJ5H_4kjDZH0uHZa3lDAmkfy2FTVmopRUwN7wxCpmgNPO1uogiUwK3woJ5rAPRTvsN5VpDkmhYY80Pw66p5M7GNL-_ZiS8ELNDGpbEDIvfGQyBIQ47NJxxmUPCDNLdN/s1907/Maps%20-%20History.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1907" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-fDEaRpeVHsLkmWXaYKL-qhfVPUdL84NZ8Wvc0iHpQreTo1ytKvGNSJ5H_4kjDZH0uHZa3lDAmkfy2FTVmopRUwN7wxCpmgNPO1uogiUwK3woJ5rAPRTvsN5VpDkmhYY80Pw66p5M7GNL-_ZiS8ELNDGpbEDIvfGQyBIQ47NJxxmUPCDNLdN/w343-h140/Maps%20-%20History.JPG" width="343" /></a></div><br /><div>Between 1993 and 2010 the Tutor/Mentor Connection was able to collect and maintain information about organized volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs in Chicago, which could be sorted by type of program (pure mentoring, tutor/mentor, pure tutoring), age group served (elementary, middle school, high school), time of day (school day, after school, evening/weekend), and location.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjF9PtCOYzLqp7gJy5vZ-qeEr_mY_leTvnw5WoPDQufu4eBO1Qna59g-JyXUz4SspXN_CIW_hug6R_piPnOgILVpjS9Rw3NTgtHRLGlLUBlZpRihx13emNJDQrJrPamdKlK5B-F90pKTUau_oNhmDXFqH9909G5iutM8Ni9dwik3XUeGQoPzXm/s850/ProgramLocatormap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="850" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjF9PtCOYzLqp7gJy5vZ-qeEr_mY_leTvnw5WoPDQufu4eBO1Qna59g-JyXUz4SspXN_CIW_hug6R_piPnOgILVpjS9Rw3NTgtHRLGlLUBlZpRihx13emNJDQrJrPamdKlK5B-F90pKTUau_oNhmDXFqH9909G5iutM8Ni9dwik3XUeGQoPzXm/s320/ProgramLocatormap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>While we shared this information in a printed directory from 1994 to 2003 that rarely reached more than 1000 organizations (non profits, foundations, media, political, universities, etc.) In 2004 a program locator was created that made this information available to the world. In 2008 a map-based program locator (shown above) was created that had the same search features as the 2004 program locator, but reversed the process, starting with a map of the Chicago region, then enabling a process of searching for programs and program supporters in specific zip codes, community areas or neighborhoods.<br /><br /><b>Visit <a href="http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/project:program-locator-database-and-survey" target="_blank">this page</a> to learn about our efforts to build the program locator and to find ideas for building your own version. </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, I've not been able to raise money or find partners since 2011 to systematically collect and segment information about Chicago programs or maintain the program locator directories. They are now only available as archives. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62NvrkNZ4xJ4Pdu41F3JOcLh1Cp5JTMdHvSwW83VXo_8a5dxi0Et7dZljHQfgTHwa0iuddW0xnxVbPtIX7nZRzLc0s_T9h2W0ylCtlQAtaTDeaJKkZpylQH_mdq4IRA9L0-qoYEwLIcEoVqZAx1MmiM8oj-XB7hupEIRcZVNl5kZ3ik_uQyhZ/s750/participationhub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="587" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62NvrkNZ4xJ4Pdu41F3JOcLh1Cp5JTMdHvSwW83VXo_8a5dxi0Et7dZljHQfgTHwa0iuddW0xnxVbPtIX7nZRzLc0s_T9h2W0ylCtlQAtaTDeaJKkZpylQH_mdq4IRA9L0-qoYEwLIcEoVqZAx1MmiM8oj-XB7hupEIRcZVNl5kZ3ik_uQyhZ/w156-h200/participationhub.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><b>That brings me back to National Mentoring Month. </b><div><br /></div><div>While most efforts will focus on the act of mentoring I hope leaders will step forward to build Tutor/Mentor Connection-type learning programs at one, or more universities in Chicago and other urban areas, where students will duplicate the work my organization did from 1994 to 2010 and what I've tried to continue since then, through the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC.</div><div><br /></div><div>I urge leaders to build a segmented understanding that not only shows what types of programs are needed and where they are most needed, but shows what programs already operate in these areas and are constantly searching for volunteers and donors. Here's <a href="http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/project:geographic-information-systems-interface-with-data" target="_blank">another page</a> that shows uses of geographic information systems and data. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIdypCci-oV27HxvsEmUIxMv5ICp8XLn9rl7GdHjQV4_d0K3Lg4G3SGoVam-jvCDxx8-EJGiW9wS2FfgS_J5nHS9oG4O93g4UFfCJ1nGzfAChaGnXCJOtz31fSRqkK_errmgFttSVoJ65VyKZ6in7fMyDimPrganQJ_uu3RgpO4nPq0jhUpQ8/s688/Chul.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="516" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIdypCci-oV27HxvsEmUIxMv5ICp8XLn9rl7GdHjQV4_d0K3Lg4G3SGoVam-jvCDxx8-EJGiW9wS2FfgS_J5nHS9oG4O93g4UFfCJ1nGzfAChaGnXCJOtz31fSRqkK_errmgFttSVoJ65VyKZ6in7fMyDimPrganQJ_uu3RgpO4nPq0jhUpQ8/w150-h200/Chul.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div>Use this blog, the <a href="http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com" target="_blank">MappingforJustice</a> blog and the <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net">http://www.tutormentorexchange.net</a> website as a text book to build your understanding of what a Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy might be and how you might build it as part of a degree program on a college campus. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Share what you are learning through your own blog articles and on social media so others can learn from you, just as I've been sharing so you can learn from me. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXYa3JgS4ZF9J4thVXWRbCcSFUfo4FB_2ijHLnZVDh68OQmhK3NSIlgq7qSmZz5Jk0EhPzi3LB-qxlu__5AEUwvNUnj1eve7noRxQdPRXodM0xUxdpYm20h7IWaT_slhLtcV8jdE1NF7VwQni_t6Iw9k7egXmk9z3TIRdWaGvslHEarf76W_l/s451/Dan-Enough.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="351" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXYa3JgS4ZF9J4thVXWRbCcSFUfo4FB_2ijHLnZVDh68OQmhK3NSIlgq7qSmZz5Jk0EhPzi3LB-qxlu__5AEUwvNUnj1eve7noRxQdPRXodM0xUxdpYm20h7IWaT_slhLtcV8jdE1NF7VwQni_t6Iw9k7egXmk9z3TIRdWaGvslHEarf76W_l/w156-h200/Dan-Enough.JPG" width="156" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for reading. I hope you'll share this article with your network and connect with me on social media platforms (<a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">find links here</a>). </div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, I want to give a special <b><i>thank you</i></b> to those who sent contributions in 2023 and in previous years to help me continue to do this work. Please continue in 2024 and help me find a benefactor who will bring this strategy into a university. <br /><br />Visit <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a> to make a 2024 contribution. </div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-67663944350152792532024-01-01T11:26:00.000-05:002024-01-01T11:26:20.714-05:00Happy New Year!<p> Welcome to 2024 and Steamboat Willie, which is now part of the public domain (<a href="https://archive.org/details/SteamboatWillie" target="_blank">read more here</a>). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSvAdh7ujMoaLExwCVmuWz4S4A4KtIyLQOKfYZk0KiPlT2h_vyDylK5Er18bhg8lPIGiGk4nlgl3Re2unXA1Aisp6nD-PH_YBnr8H2dKAkeuDnkLyPrkc_K3zO8Q98N3qDyPP8qlMb5UPjAhVBrjOWsiHU_DRK8HlbQ8I14wuOtNL0sywv6bI/s2438/Happy%20New%20%20Year%20-%20Mickey%20Mouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2438" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSvAdh7ujMoaLExwCVmuWz4S4A4KtIyLQOKfYZk0KiPlT2h_vyDylK5Er18bhg8lPIGiGk4nlgl3Re2unXA1Aisp6nD-PH_YBnr8H2dKAkeuDnkLyPrkc_K3zO8Q98N3qDyPP8qlMb5UPjAhVBrjOWsiHU_DRK8HlbQ8I14wuOtNL0sywv6bI/w400-h300/Happy%20New%20%20Year%20-%20Mickey%20Mouse.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I hope during the coming year and beyond that Steamboat Willie will guide you through sections of the <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net">www.tutormentorexchange.net</a> website and my blogs and that you'll use the ideas I share to help create mentor-rich paths to the future and to opportunities for kids now living in high poverty areas of Chicago and other places. </p><p>Happy New Year. Let the journey begin!</p>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-64329413926315220762023-12-27T12:07:00.002-05:002023-12-27T12:07:55.501-05:00What if students in every city did this?<p>Today as I strolled through my social media platforms I came across a graphic created by Kevin Hodgson, from the #clmooc group. You can see it in <a href="https://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2023/12/27/ds106-remix-monday-on-a-wednesday-week-5/" target="_blank">this blog article</a>. </p><p>I did my own remix, adding a New Year's wish. See it below.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkC5bkc5sUgrjnQJHiuppc5Wjyoh_Sebn3n3Zo5YvnAKt1ufEQAhG0lO7jYqyi0bsAGmDmcVUVJCwe1U6BK4x2z-c4Y25mT_RW8RWyaCtoZ5a7lZeHYb9xjaNudRyaJwIuGoMBkVa6AQ485-qWd8QT7PZ6nhddDYSMg5cWumGPIXNG36dGTD-/s2438/Re-mix%2012-2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2438" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkC5bkc5sUgrjnQJHiuppc5Wjyoh_Sebn3n3Zo5YvnAKt1ufEQAhG0lO7jYqyi0bsAGmDmcVUVJCwe1U6BK4x2z-c4Y25mT_RW8RWyaCtoZ5a7lZeHYb9xjaNudRyaJwIuGoMBkVa6AQ485-qWd8QT7PZ6nhddDYSMg5cWumGPIXNG36dGTD-/s320/Re-mix%2012-2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The text in Kevin's graphic reads "We need to think differently about our culture. This is not simply augmenting our experience with technology. Claim your space. Review. Remix. Make Meaning. Make Art. Damnit!"<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTWR6OG_P-fja8M2Y6DaYZubqKJHHKQyrYScZvFFwO22aXoCHkrOGhWwg1pO-F4spEYJA4n2m4IXBOSsIBnn22badKfXEnLnNKeHcffW8S9vQYvBLKUDa8uYsPMR8pNMMopzWiwSqIBvUxkJJJad8Pe88SmLWhnUkFjrDWs_pz_T5aQBD6bPt/s2048/20150121_133852.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTWR6OG_P-fja8M2Y6DaYZubqKJHHKQyrYScZvFFwO22aXoCHkrOGhWwg1pO-F4spEYJA4n2m4IXBOSsIBnn22badKfXEnLnNKeHcffW8S9vQYvBLKUDa8uYsPMR8pNMMopzWiwSqIBvUxkJJJad8Pe88SmLWhnUkFjrDWs_pz_T5aQBD6bPt/w200-h150/20150121_133852.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div>I added a photo of me at my computer, with a map story on the screen. Then a photo of two of our interns from South Korea, looking at my articles and creating their own remix, their own interpretations.</div><div><br /></div><div>The <a href="https://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">https://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/ </a>blog was created in 2006 by an intern from Hong Kong and I've used it since then to share the work interns were doing. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>My message was "What if... this (the student sitting at the desk in Kevin's graphic) were students sharing ideas from <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com">http://tutormentor.blogspot.com</a>?)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>That has been a message I've shared over and over for the past 16+ years. Youth from every part of the world could be writing articles similar to what I've been writing, focused on using information libraries to "review" and "reflect" and focus on strategies that would make life better for people living in areas of concentrated poverty.</div><div><br /></div><div>At every high school, college, faith institution and even non-school program in the USA (and the world) there could be a blog sharing student work generated over many years, attempting to build greater and more consistent attention and involvement in solving deeply entrenched, complex problems. </div><div><br /></div><div>In a few weeks I'm going to be writing an article showing my efforts since 1993 to build strategic alliances with local and global universities, which would lead to students doing the research and writing that I dream of. <br /><br /><b>Below is a 2010 example of what I hope for.</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0_W1wtX3ybb9ECyGnkBL78z8l7O1oY4NOGsFPTmP4Ecny2Il_v8pH7xs-cqeF4H4OdvbRzluZbmSnt91Vg7rNppQc_DQhegVvI4nyRE3ylN1nLtA3a2oKGQiD5u_PhKaRpkcrwpXvS5yORY-B3I51J9ivTTMzHBq-Z2fMKm9_OPBRgbeU-C7/s692/DePaul-student%20blog2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="692" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0_W1wtX3ybb9ECyGnkBL78z8l7O1oY4NOGsFPTmP4Ecny2Il_v8pH7xs-cqeF4H4OdvbRzluZbmSnt91Vg7rNppQc_DQhegVvI4nyRE3ylN1nLtA3a2oKGQiD5u_PhKaRpkcrwpXvS5yORY-B3I51J9ivTTMzHBq-Z2fMKm9_OPBRgbeU-C7/s320/DePaul-student%20blog2010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>This is one of five blogs created by students from DePaul University, who were part of an Explore Chicago class that studied different neighborhoods to determine the need for, and the availability of, tutor/mentor programs in different parts of the city. <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2010/10/depaul-students-learn-about-tutormentor.html" target="_blank">This article </a>has links to the 2010 blogs. This <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2009/10/depaul-class-learns-about-chicago-with.html" target="_blank">2009 article</a> describes the launch of the partnership with Tutor/Mentor Connection.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was a great start, but did not last beyond 2010 and did not extend into other parts of the student learning curriculum at DePaul. Yet, it is an example of what's possible.</div><div><br /></div><div>I recognize that helping kids in high poverty areas is one huge issue that needs more consistent involvement, but that there are many other complex problems that need to be addressed. Below is a <a href="http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Race-Poverty-Map" target="_blank">concept map</a> showing multiple issues.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkH_IO4YrRtttV56P1zjBTCrWQLRNrztMrcaPm2ohV6b7AjYqXPj6KqvQMhfIrIsO3dF6_PNgFbRkgYc4txK3VvjqxZg0335UOmFXl4DTlRK45lD0yYfvJHR8D4sXhFMpfesS6WTq-G5oa7bj2MFqP6Ok5rE3yXy27Tx0dnhu-3xaAb4TWUT-/s1376/Race-Poverty%20Map.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1376" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkH_IO4YrRtttV56P1zjBTCrWQLRNrztMrcaPm2ohV6b7AjYqXPj6KqvQMhfIrIsO3dF6_PNgFbRkgYc4txK3VvjqxZg0335UOmFXl4DTlRK45lD0yYfvJHR8D4sXhFMpfesS6WTq-G5oa7bj2MFqP6Ok5rE3yXy27Tx0dnhu-3xaAb4TWUT-/s320/Race-Poverty%20Map.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Imagine having a concept map like this on a college website, where each node opened to a page where student blogs, videos, podcasts, etc. were aggregated over many years, focusing on a specific issue. Such a strategy could appeal to a wide sector of the student body and could engage alumni as well.<div><br /></div><div>Maybe someone is already doing this. In fact, I know that many colleges and universities have student research and reflection programs, which annually produce reflections on problems and proposed solutions. However, I don't have links to any who are aggregating these projects, by category, over multiple years, creating a knowledge base that alumni and others can use to actually solve the problems students are identifying.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Share your links in the comment section if you know of anyone doing this. </b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6q_1MYMD7xdJBuojkZifNcRwyLbrP3rV5nzl8tEhNhbXZqqszBLg9YtUcN26MBWGVzr5B3xjrCR_8uVIiWG6gdOaRhu6OfsWExhU5IFy5g2GYMcavBgGWbx1sbQyqscd20Ma3Gp3HV-oNRJJed-m7qpCJJQki39CAl0pP7q4g3EkbjsB8hYL0/s213/Dan2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="212" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6q_1MYMD7xdJBuojkZifNcRwyLbrP3rV5nzl8tEhNhbXZqqszBLg9YtUcN26MBWGVzr5B3xjrCR_8uVIiWG6gdOaRhu6OfsWExhU5IFy5g2GYMcavBgGWbx1sbQyqscd20Ma3Gp3HV-oNRJJed-m7qpCJJQki39CAl0pP7q4g3EkbjsB8hYL0/w199-h200/Dan2021.JPG" width="199" /></a></div>Thank you for reading. Please connect with me on LinkedIn, Twitter (x), Mastodon, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads. Find my links on<a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank"> this page</a>.<div><br /></div><div>Thank you to those who supported the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC with a gift to my <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/birthday" target="_blank">77th birthday campaign</a>. <br /><div><br /><div>If you want to help me continue this work in 2024 consider a gift to the <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">FundT/MI campaign</a>.</div></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-44865289024027679712023-12-20T15:59:00.000-05:002023-12-20T15:59:15.638-05:00Building Great Tutor/Mentor Teams<p>I created the graphic shown below in December 2016 for <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2016/12/building-connecting-villages-of-hope.html" target="_blank">this article</a>. In today's article I'm going to re-emphasize the need to teams with a mix of talents and networks at every tutor/mentor program in Chicago and other places to help build and sustain long-term birth-to-work mentoring programs in high poverty areas.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKfzfdomAeBgPZsVN9vmj9G6ShYLbDmQPyTiF130dWGw4x6JqDF3dExutWLn-Lsn_d47JekARdPurZ07C-ywLqbxTR09_IQN28sSte1_adK62zSbVzOjfIMBoEaiKh3lypG-XOOl5faYC1TaDcP352JRak0wBLycmVZ01LZ_fdpMx7rCuX5Lt/s2048/Building-Connecting-villages.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKfzfdomAeBgPZsVN9vmj9G6ShYLbDmQPyTiF130dWGw4x6JqDF3dExutWLn-Lsn_d47JekARdPurZ07C-ywLqbxTR09_IQN28sSte1_adK62zSbVzOjfIMBoEaiKh3lypG-XOOl5faYC1TaDcP352JRak0wBLycmVZ01LZ_fdpMx7rCuX5Lt/s320/Building-Connecting-villages.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Below is another graphic that I've used often.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcdrn96frjAC-nyKUUxEXCL0Qqdlgkvz-MOob_e6kWNT8Mthc9nNL7mEUO2wh6rXdMfFfAlUHhMC1a_yJCt7hyphenhyphen1-EqIhWy_4zttpcVqkuIi-dsUWljW4B8pV0rEgbkh-EauEjdzO43-d37geFCYsWi3ikyT-nAk-dCrY_a3oG-4ek-yxyvgSV/s1360/GreatTeam.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1360" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcdrn96frjAC-nyKUUxEXCL0Qqdlgkvz-MOob_e6kWNT8Mthc9nNL7mEUO2wh6rXdMfFfAlUHhMC1a_yJCt7hyphenhyphen1-EqIhWy_4zttpcVqkuIi-dsUWljW4B8pV0rEgbkh-EauEjdzO43-d37geFCYsWi3ikyT-nAk-dCrY_a3oG-4ek-yxyvgSV/s320/GreatTeam.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I've been a football fan since the early 1960s and know that for a team to have a winning record, or be the champion of their league, they must have talented, highly motivated, players, with specific skills and experience, at every position on the offence, defense and special teams. Even the coaching staff needs special skills. </p><p>It's the fans, owners, media and city leaders who provide the resources to build and sustain great teams. As a long-suffering Chicago Bears fan, I recognize that this is not easy.</p><p>So let's look at another graphic. In the upper left is a photo from the mid 1990s, showing teens and a staff member from the tutor/mentor program that I led from 1993 to 2011. At the lower right is one of those teens, in 2010 when she spoke at the program's year-end dinner.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBX7PNGVbSQ58sb6SSubWwRuR-6RMKOgbXAZ9BpmFjWoZdTdrgNBxNmfaGFoHdQMCFEobYuTNeMNQ-LARLoMaz0fGkwGinCXBsy3pPRhdPpD0b_j7dTv40Vb4BhrxccGlMiglqrEmllBtt63HYfrrfkcXv7HRzm-TVPHyRQu4jl5P6l4gUogrP/s2048/Birth-work-cMOOCs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBX7PNGVbSQ58sb6SSubWwRuR-6RMKOgbXAZ9BpmFjWoZdTdrgNBxNmfaGFoHdQMCFEobYuTNeMNQ-LARLoMaz0fGkwGinCXBsy3pPRhdPpD0b_j7dTv40Vb4BhrxccGlMiglqrEmllBtt63HYfrrfkcXv7HRzm-TVPHyRQu4jl5P6l4gUogrP/s320/Birth-work-cMOOCs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I'm still connected to most of these teens, and many others who were part of tutor/mentor programs I led from 1975 to 2011 (I left the first program in 1992 and we formed the second program, which we named Cabrini Connections). Visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/daniel.bassill/posts/pfbid029m6oU11ku9vxVKHgq1fo3ntbuR2BZiPotQ7VxK9swvwMMPeGd1aX3RyYvm1AN8Zjl" target="_blank">this conversation</a> on my Facebook page and you can see many student and volunteer alumni (and Claudia Bellucci, the staff member in the top left photo) posting "Happy Birthday" greetings to help me celebrate my December 19th birthday. <div><br /></div><div>If you rotate the graphic so that it is vertical, you'd see the message shown in the graphic below:<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzUe49SxHJeXbgp32sUAiQlG6bG5w1MFPdYH0J8bbJRxmzRIZg5ZQV3DLK15h3Vl4xGEZPkhd0XdJHu6u4HkrmxzcqvamRmAMadaZN5qHZzL5X-qOXWUzBgr7lS_6n3sjOjyv7bo1_-rD5-0CCenmFm8T_tLCaFxmWrtQcVqClGRzO_Sx0oQl/s1114/birthtowork.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzUe49SxHJeXbgp32sUAiQlG6bG5w1MFPdYH0J8bbJRxmzRIZg5ZQV3DLK15h3Vl4xGEZPkhd0XdJHu6u4HkrmxzcqvamRmAMadaZN5qHZzL5X-qOXWUzBgr7lS_6n3sjOjyv7bo1_-rD5-0CCenmFm8T_tLCaFxmWrtQcVqClGRzO_Sx0oQl/s320/birthtowork.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br />At every school and non-school program a range of age-level learning and enrichment opportunities are needed to help kids move from one grade to the next, then the next, until they graduate, more through college or vocational school, then into the workforce. Along the way volunteer tutors and mentors can provide support and open doors.<br /><br />I was supported by many volunteers with many skills during the years I led a tutor/mentor program. That prompted me to create the two concept maps shown below:<div><br /></div><div>Talent needed. Click <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1238727620187_1999034880_30242/Tutor%20Mentor%20Connection%20Network%20Analysis%20-%20Skills.cmap" target="_blank">here</a> to open the concept map.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUwZZV5LBY7jAXd6jXuvtRdbjdVg_5WoRuzQgMFWbLPhUfoMi3RanWNr_vht-cQbNQzz4vCDZlPf1eHNNrE8ZyqdkE3wpDupCEPVbLoOHB7oAFdyStWqoY_SB-mrCPN-mCY2rB0H7LL-LlkY6V_umFL8sJs-bMfiS04kx_LPBxf4Jga1qiGgU/s1360/TMI-talent-needed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1360" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUwZZV5LBY7jAXd6jXuvtRdbjdVg_5WoRuzQgMFWbLPhUfoMi3RanWNr_vht-cQbNQzz4vCDZlPf1eHNNrE8ZyqdkE3wpDupCEPVbLoOHB7oAFdyStWqoY_SB-mrCPN-mCY2rB0H7LL-LlkY6V_umFL8sJs-bMfiS04kx_LPBxf4Jga1qiGgU/s320/TMI-talent-needed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Network needed. Click <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1238727620187_984948596_30229/Tutor%20Mentor%20Connection%20Network%20Analysis%20-%20Network.cmap" target="_blank">here</a> to open the concept map. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3V_gXN_kap26YBU6ruLlIQ3CYS_y-qHuV4Np9DW-DivR86N1UOkbtPKJOGdpFaDo_vj87RbPi-FnzIIGkdDUx298bz3pZeCsgV7e41Pajt9JE-N5-hUNVehqGGm3X7ugTTlQG-qbXZFVCzLUkYt0fY0qBDl6uOlPpNlAYLa2TnGm0MvM2KqlF/s1057/network_map.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3V_gXN_kap26YBU6ruLlIQ3CYS_y-qHuV4Np9DW-DivR86N1UOkbtPKJOGdpFaDo_vj87RbPi-FnzIIGkdDUx298bz3pZeCsgV7e41Pajt9JE-N5-hUNVehqGGm3X7ugTTlQG-qbXZFVCzLUkYt0fY0qBDl6uOlPpNlAYLa2TnGm0MvM2KqlF/s320/network_map.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>These two concept maps show the different skills and networks that need to be involved at EVERY tutor/mentor program in the Chicago area. They are also needed at the larger community area level, and citywide level, so that great programs grow in EVERY high poverty area.<br /><br />If an organization can draw talent from a broader network they can accomplish much more than if all of their talent comes from one sector.<br /><br />One of the challenges is that not every youth serving organization has the resources to hire this mix of talent, or the network needed to recruit volunteers to fill all of these roles.<br /><br />That's why cities need a "Virtual Corporate Office" strategy that recruits volunteers with functional skills, from every industry, to support individual tutor/mentor programs. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwj5AEkaUqOB3u6cx9gYqRTzHyxsXlYpxCJd9Q17wdD2OS1L_V76lIx9IcpJEAwJEmAhMuqu68rpr3bLN86HqMNC0Lp7T3ucFSi6NTXbydqFqXxziP9bwCtdDhJ5sf5N3uVUrL9nOsD3gc3dZ-MVJxrp-tLTsbxm5K6F952hkgSG-Uy17dplr/s2048/Virtual-Corp-Office-map.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwj5AEkaUqOB3u6cx9gYqRTzHyxsXlYpxCJd9Q17wdD2OS1L_V76lIx9IcpJEAwJEmAhMuqu68rpr3bLN86HqMNC0Lp7T3ucFSi6NTXbydqFqXxziP9bwCtdDhJ5sf5N3uVUrL9nOsD3gc3dZ-MVJxrp-tLTsbxm5K6F952hkgSG-Uy17dplr/s320/Virtual-Corp-Office-map.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Between 1973 and 1990 I held various roles in the retail advertising department of the Montgomery Ward Corporate Headquarters in Chicago. I learned how functional teams worked daily to support more than 400 retail stores in 40 states, while my advertising team worked to draw customers to those stores. All of these roles were needed.<br /><br />In the <b><i>ROLE OF LEADERS</i></b> essay shown below I encourage CEOs from every industry to take roles that encourage employees to take on roles that support tutor/mentor programs in different neighborhoods, with the goal that every program, in EVERY neighborhood, would have the mix of talent needed to do constantly improving work.</div><div><div><br /></div></div><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="1.3323485967503692" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/69780156/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-gsbpan72tvxj13uosdp" tabindex="0" title="Role of Leaders - How CEOs can help inner city youth from birth to work" width="100%"></iframe><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/69780156/Role-of-Leaders-How-CEOs-can-help-inner-city-youth-from-birth-to-work#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Role of Leaders - How CEOs can help inner city youth from birth to work on Scribd">Role of Leaders - How CEOs ...</a> by <a href="https://www.scribd.com/user/20297076/Daniel-F-Bassill#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Daniel F. Bassill's profile on Scribd">Daniel F. Bassill</a><br /><br /></p><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;">There are dozens of other articles on this blog that relate to this article. I encourage you to spend a little time, over many years, reading and understanding them. I urge donors to endow programs at universities where students study these articles over a period of years, so they leave college knowing what it's taken me 50 years to learn.<br /><br />That's because great teams require great leaders, with broad visions. This country needs a disciplined, sustained effort to develop and support such leaders. </p><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;">If you understand this, then please share it with your network, via your own blog posts, videos, GIFs, podcasts, etc. Help recruit the talent needed in Chicago and other cities with high concentrations of poverty to fuel a broad network of constantly improving, mentor-rich, youth serving programs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJPVbZDmpcOOvikdVLxLY7mlJchvC9NKOZXfIOXhbPpGKlhUSykD3MSgYR2lnNA-D2GuRDJ4UMaYqeP6p2hw2lsPrU7mYIQjs9nd4NYCwiSg2xCnv-2yVk_WwdNSTgZ5Znp-vbD7d1AJfdsMnafLFKLG2rzACq5tuXI3wlZVvjlzLMHVAEd6-/s213/Dan2021.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="212" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJPVbZDmpcOOvikdVLxLY7mlJchvC9NKOZXfIOXhbPpGKlhUSykD3MSgYR2lnNA-D2GuRDJ4UMaYqeP6p2hw2lsPrU7mYIQjs9nd4NYCwiSg2xCnv-2yVk_WwdNSTgZ5Znp-vbD7d1AJfdsMnafLFKLG2rzACq5tuXI3wlZVvjlzLMHVAEd6-/w199-h200/Dan2021.JPG" width="199" /></a></div><br /><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;">Thank you to everyone who sent me birthday greetings and to those who also sent contributions to support my work.<br /><br />Over the next two weeks and throughout 2024 I hope many readers will visit <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a> and make contributions to help fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. </p> Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-28709819743634220622023-12-12T18:53:00.000-05:002023-12-12T18:53:20.277-05:00These "Calls to Action" Need New Energy<p>Yesterday I took a look at the first newsletter sent in June 1993 by the new organization I and six other volunteers had created in late 1992. The message below was included.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kJX8QgBlkgStEGfbgGGeqk8hei3B5CUXEw1dZyAGlcoE5Q5uFWcKrP1sE9fwYJLpLT3YgTtvj2rq7NIuiXY-iVHlycnfminDIVAXe_FqhoLAOYYjGkgQz0uwvQuB3w3yeuKuf3Wc9Yj-3n8J0g2PtzWC-KMmWP-SpwXdDRh03SlJ6sqzzKSz/s790/June%201993%20-%20page%203.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="790" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kJX8QgBlkgStEGfbgGGeqk8hei3B5CUXEw1dZyAGlcoE5Q5uFWcKrP1sE9fwYJLpLT3YgTtvj2rq7NIuiXY-iVHlycnfminDIVAXe_FqhoLAOYYjGkgQz0uwvQuB3w3yeuKuf3Wc9Yj-3n8J0g2PtzWC-KMmWP-SpwXdDRh03SlJ6sqzzKSz/s320/June%201993%20-%20page%203.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>This was the first page.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaisXIWZcsTPx5Ezc9nF3W-hXmdghSHVd2X2yJ_6vjsOLuxGmI0l07vjKT5FjrF5HP7jDElhp6QgPTvq_LI7R-bm9Us7jGvhGM_x5u3qMS8l0JakP6xXlf9_iM2t2TF4_9A6iKo1zG9dNQYnsecbpA_curZVqxigXl3OIvvxnWGKA9Gvh1cgN1/s955/June%201993%20newsletter.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="955" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaisXIWZcsTPx5Ezc9nF3W-hXmdghSHVd2X2yJ_6vjsOLuxGmI0l07vjKT5FjrF5HP7jDElhp6QgPTvq_LI7R-bm9Us7jGvhGM_x5u3qMS8l0JakP6xXlf9_iM2t2TF4_9A6iKo1zG9dNQYnsecbpA_curZVqxigXl3OIvvxnWGKA9Gvh1cgN1/s320/June%201993%20newsletter.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>You can open and read the PDF <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MIVj-y5KjqS665rjkSd0PAaWE-jLSkX7/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">at this link</a>. I put a <i><b>President's Message</b></i> in my newsletters in each issue from 1993 through 2002. After that I put the message in email newsletters and starting in 2005, in this blog. In this issue I started by saying "There are kids all over Chicago who don't have anyone taking an interest in them. Cabrini Connections is changing that."</p><p><b>The headline of the newsletter was "Do the Right Thing!". </b> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFluDPbjdHTSPKYL6_eli86ue39fF_n0NcBfxbcz5P_EI8lX0woARIydkWSvN5R6Y2BUykOcy3LUfNwh6EjT4YGVXZEMTh5wlu6Zx2FdYmC5uqjs-osQZNB-Zkm9XXEjVVTKDvB_7Uz1_egJk4kMRoenUJU9Z-u8ExChdnLvrXc0JNkPPvaw0W/s565/SunTimes1992.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="454" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFluDPbjdHTSPKYL6_eli86ue39fF_n0NcBfxbcz5P_EI8lX0woARIydkWSvN5R6Y2BUykOcy3LUfNwh6EjT4YGVXZEMTh5wlu6Zx2FdYmC5uqjs-osQZNB-Zkm9XXEjVVTKDvB_7Uz1_egJk4kMRoenUJU9Z-u8ExChdnLvrXc0JNkPPvaw0W/w161-h200/SunTimes1992.jpg" width="161" /></a></div>I was prompted to form Cabrini Connections, and the Tutor/Mentor Connection in October 1992, following the shooting death of 7-year old Dantrel Davis in Cabrini Green, the neighborhood served by the tutor/mentor program I had led from 1975 to September 1992.<br /><br />The <i>Chicago SunTimes</i> front page said "<b><i>7-Year Old's Death at Cabrini Requires Action</i></b>"<div><br /></div><div>Sadly, I've seen editorials like that in Chicago media often over the past 30 years. I've seen a lot of action, and a lot of money spent, but nothing strategic and on-going that would reach kids in all high poverty areas and do more to help them through school and into adult lives.</div><div><br /></div><div>I put this 1993 <i>Chicago SunTimes</i> article and graphic in this <a href="This article concludes "While Chicago has “had all these sincere people making good efforts, one group working on poverty, one on education reform, one on community policing, these problems are too interwoven and too immense. The city needs all anti-poverty efforts “at the same table”." target="_blank">2015 article</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenGxFBnBCkdtco4XqnQ3QuFyVFAm5meedZvetvwMoLamUDU8V7jPuAzXx-VgjelYyF0zm0tkZZPr0hcCf1tt8Wpbtl0N38fF_jef7SHVURtI9ivQVGsKlFzHLjfyIhkJbFcjqOrBSmRPfsvD-rg1ZW6XlY43lsT3LOfxFY2CH-3gMAiXH8nDS/s1530/noBattlePlan.SunTimes8-17-93.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="1190" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenGxFBnBCkdtco4XqnQ3QuFyVFAm5meedZvetvwMoLamUDU8V7jPuAzXx-VgjelYyF0zm0tkZZPr0hcCf1tt8Wpbtl0N38fF_jef7SHVURtI9ivQVGsKlFzHLjfyIhkJbFcjqOrBSmRPfsvD-rg1ZW6XlY43lsT3LOfxFY2CH-3gMAiXH8nDS/s320/noBattlePlan.SunTimes8-17-93.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><div><p>Here's another from the same article</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeRjPvNshI5XxWjPl7gurZ4NQtqIMEgBqtlDmEhpIyTSkd9b6wv-HuB_K-sy2Us1unLkrmllz9QjbfzlC9JmfZPqWKx67wJAq9MaNrKy-9zVPy81hAL7KiUNh1m5Ch-_IiMtfiScSIc4lJ_DwOO3VJ7EB_3qDC2HLXLUlFOsLbKbr98laOtqA/s1530/Action.%20Not%20Apologies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1530" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeRjPvNshI5XxWjPl7gurZ4NQtqIMEgBqtlDmEhpIyTSkd9b6wv-HuB_K-sy2Us1unLkrmllz9QjbfzlC9JmfZPqWKx67wJAq9MaNrKy-9zVPy81hAL7KiUNh1m5Ch-_IiMtfiScSIc4lJ_DwOO3VJ7EB_3qDC2HLXLUlFOsLbKbr98laOtqA/s320/Action.%20Not%20Apologies.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The 1993<i> SunTimes</i> article concludes "While Chicago has “had all these sincere people making good efforts, one group working on poverty, one on education reform, one on community policing, these problems are too interwoven and too immense. The city needs all anti-poverty efforts “at the same table”.<br /><br /><b>Here's something more recent:</b><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRtIjP36fFGtIDbXlj5anLgEtuVcBZx9Blb-ufrA2WdQhTB0nGxVN8tq-ruS9J3KT7ghWqqw4lp3WQzCW5ujR-2BgzAuN4TGyBmaEmiphjDBwZYRkmQG6JYhbDmYTgoCTlpncbigX57JmxQhNqgKjnbUReGrYL9eOH2p2Bfs3cLeeckWrcJZi/s2438/Crane%20BBplayer%204-2-2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2438" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRtIjP36fFGtIDbXlj5anLgEtuVcBZx9Blb-ufrA2WdQhTB0nGxVN8tq-ruS9J3KT7ghWqqw4lp3WQzCW5ujR-2BgzAuN4TGyBmaEmiphjDBwZYRkmQG6JYhbDmYTgoCTlpncbigX57JmxQhNqgKjnbUReGrYL9eOH2p2Bfs3cLeeckWrcJZi/s320/Crane%20BBplayer%204-2-2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I included this in an <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2023/04/crime-and-violence-in-chicago-not-new.html" target="_blank">April 2023 article</a> with the headline "Crime and Violence in Chicago - Not New". If you take time to scroll through the <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/media" target="_blank">media articles</a> on this blog, you'll find dozens of similar stories.<div><br /></div><div>Below are two graphic you'll find in many articles, showing the need to build a distribution of youth tutor, mentor and learning programs in every high poverty area of the city, with non-school locations where kids and volunteers can meet regularly. <br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwN9CRdlHS7ejm_jIAjCOSBVMT9efhbri_4CXyiD1g-7FvH6_TZvDo0N2kulN3wJ4aJCSx_X2pkLT8ocEC6kTwyGDEIQ6hhZLaGQ8EDls_FJj1kc0X7GbONFPCNJA0hgP9wGY14WyLfYiQ66ZFvETu2IxwjRl-VPkWqiNmQVxZk2ZBeMtFEns-/s2048/ContinousSupport.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwN9CRdlHS7ejm_jIAjCOSBVMT9efhbri_4CXyiD1g-7FvH6_TZvDo0N2kulN3wJ4aJCSx_X2pkLT8ocEC6kTwyGDEIQ6hhZLaGQ8EDls_FJj1kc0X7GbONFPCNJA0hgP9wGY14WyLfYiQ66ZFvETu2IxwjRl-VPkWqiNmQVxZk2ZBeMtFEns-/s320/ContinousSupport.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfcYETeo-RciiosD-QV7VXaO9AkW-rJ58XcfByNMbXk9nIYzhxuC3ba0R0scL5qHvXsyqvZyBO1SdepGApTRuvnr_lLsnn5d7TbagDhy0oGG2nXfyQPMjRKO523nkWZzv0O49O1xBZBxKrAfJCIfh3pt2wG_h8p73nVSdJoQz_6Mx7NQai2rH/s2048/Learning%20Distribution.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfcYETeo-RciiosD-QV7VXaO9AkW-rJ58XcfByNMbXk9nIYzhxuC3ba0R0scL5qHvXsyqvZyBO1SdepGApTRuvnr_lLsnn5d7TbagDhy0oGG2nXfyQPMjRKO523nkWZzv0O49O1xBZBxKrAfJCIfh3pt2wG_h8p73nVSdJoQz_6Mx7NQai2rH/s320/Learning%20Distribution.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Here's another graphic with the same idea<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJr-_ZpVlxnmbRGXqpkLqT3Tgvbq12p8vV7aUTnUmdF5R7cYOYl-aR5u_-cBijaIW20bWWJtblpK1Absxqovu1DYtImZ3Qe_xzaxjZiIQQCr2Ti1cediO-OhfOrQFjBAhFK9fCvlYXF5mTU81fOAtqSFfBeV1xooDbHcLaO2egVuerF1krHf-/s2048/Building-Connecting-villages.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJr-_ZpVlxnmbRGXqpkLqT3Tgvbq12p8vV7aUTnUmdF5R7cYOYl-aR5u_-cBijaIW20bWWJtblpK1Absxqovu1DYtImZ3Qe_xzaxjZiIQQCr2Ti1cediO-OhfOrQFjBAhFK9fCvlYXF5mTU81fOAtqSFfBeV1xooDbHcLaO2egVuerF1krHf-/s320/Building-Connecting-villages.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>A citywide strategy needs to recruit and support teams of leaders who support individual programs, neighborhoods full of programs and a city full of programs. Such a strategy needs to be part of a "learning organization" where everyone involved is constantly learning from the work being done by others, so they innovate improvement from year-to-year, rather than constantly starting over. And such a strategy has to be supported by business, philanthropy, politics and every other sector, so their is a distribution of resources to fund every part of this ecosystem.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Such a "learning organization" is supported by libraries and websites such as the one I host at <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net" target="_blank">http://www.tutormentorexchange.net </a></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9ynvIOLDaSRzSh0lwSssvFAMNUouwv77g9d-UNNk-fszMonz0OvztstMH97lLJ4VCOPmq5vUpDAbr1pCpi0pdKYH5xC2qIAWRcP0rUThPEQIrdlV8r_GQv_euQ5qoiDJ2lKIUTvgGuLDb9YDLwkxY-vCcbUvqfTUCrvGtsIpgRDkG9pwL1MC/s1190/SunTimes11_28_1994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1020" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9ynvIOLDaSRzSh0lwSssvFAMNUouwv77g9d-UNNk-fszMonz0OvztstMH97lLJ4VCOPmq5vUpDAbr1pCpi0pdKYH5xC2qIAWRcP0rUThPEQIrdlV8r_GQv_euQ5qoiDJ2lKIUTvgGuLDb9YDLwkxY-vCcbUvqfTUCrvGtsIpgRDkG9pwL1MC/w171-h200/SunTimes11_28_1994.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><br /><div>I've been sharing these ideas for over 30 years, since launching the Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1993. However, now I'm turning 77 and don't know how many more years I have left to do this.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thus, new leaders who share this vision need to step forward and take ownership, preferably by putting my archives in a university structure where the articles and PDF essays are curriculum that students learn from in preparation for leading this strategy during their adult lives.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've posted several articles in the "<a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20NEW%20T%2FMC" target="_blank">A New T/MC</a>" collection that will give you an idea of what is needed. I hope you'll read these, share them, or encourage others to do the reading and sharing.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjkszyzqep58VBN3V4TubXj85HVu-W5wXha9QWL_n_jsGytXkzeIgEhI8IyXNUy_UG8grIW6G0R7shAiwwRSkHCdILW5l5HmDBbeADKCUcZ7q0nWXCNi1GTKPtkNtWd6aOT_om7dUo3IJTrqZZouYjXULO8uM6AkjbENTzeZaO6kgOD9zFv7b/s587/Mailbox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="550" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjkszyzqep58VBN3V4TubXj85HVu-W5wXha9QWL_n_jsGytXkzeIgEhI8IyXNUy_UG8grIW6G0R7shAiwwRSkHCdILW5l5HmDBbeADKCUcZ7q0nWXCNi1GTKPtkNtWd6aOT_om7dUo3IJTrqZZouYjXULO8uM6AkjbENTzeZaO6kgOD9zFv7b/w188-h200/Mailbox.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><br /><div><b>In the short term, please consider a contribution to help me pay the bills and keep sharing these ideas in 2024.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>You can contribute to my 77th birthday campaign - <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/birthday" target="_blank">click here</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Or to the Fund T/MI campaign - <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">click here</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><br />Thank you for reading and sharing. </b> <br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-71786533526889275682023-12-07T11:50:00.001-05:002023-12-07T11:53:11.309-05:00Spreading the Good News<p>When I started the Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1993 the goal was to draw more consistent attention, and resources, to all of the volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs in Chicago, including the one I and six other volunteers had started in January 1993.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSPRQAwFYZFWKrKuf_XzN3Fc6-UpuxtYfBDyDG1e0AZLjXK8mqMAAnt-QRIIfkXZ9GPuJdHFwW4rhCCf-4s4BEySUKFo4leipGoqSxagbnlSGHPDtbdfD1H1HIF3bw_AnnoIS71O-CZk8pIZfV-PTOT9NaNPAsIHbUb0OqVDqC2ZRYefv-hc0/s516/Peter_Project1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="516" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSPRQAwFYZFWKrKuf_XzN3Fc6-UpuxtYfBDyDG1e0AZLjXK8mqMAAnt-QRIIfkXZ9GPuJdHFwW4rhCCf-4s4BEySUKFo4leipGoqSxagbnlSGHPDtbdfD1H1HIF3bw_AnnoIS71O-CZk8pIZfV-PTOT9NaNPAsIHbUb0OqVDqC2ZRYefv-hc0/w200-h140/Peter_Project1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Here is <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2023/04/building-attention-for-youth.html" target="_blank">one of several articles</a> on this blog where I've described the public awareness strategies that I've led for the past 30 years. <div><br /></div><div>I've never had consistent funding, nor adequate funding, to do this as well as needed, so I've innovated ways to use events and the Internet, and for the past 15 years, social media.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Below I'm giving you an example of my social media posts from the past week. </b>You can find links to my <i>Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Mastodon</i> and <i>Bluesky</i> platforms <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">on this page</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>This was posted on LinkedIn</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsJOgZHs3-yZLKfwi_N6G9YZxQmtyJ8LRQVAiatqJXbYlMKeRrRLpuOPNqrj0YSujLDV_uk14mSy4YLa89KKI9ZxsdEiEZ407SeRKuGCXt8wkr0jXjBJVrFx-I9UdQKIAAEEIpB9Enm5WIYea7sJZsAJZPTQqMgF9EONJaIS9RVgQebnO1l00/s882/SocialMedia12-23-LinkedIn.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsJOgZHs3-yZLKfwi_N6G9YZxQmtyJ8LRQVAiatqJXbYlMKeRrRLpuOPNqrj0YSujLDV_uk14mSy4YLa89KKI9ZxsdEiEZ407SeRKuGCXt8wkr0jXjBJVrFx-I9UdQKIAAEEIpB9Enm5WIYea7sJZsAJZPTQqMgF9EONJaIS9RVgQebnO1l00/s320/SocialMedia12-23-LinkedIn.JPG" width="312" /></a></div><br /><div>This was posted on Twitter (now X)<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSNRWcqT7yVhvkUuv-awgykMEVc0KW8OA9bBJD44ihlot1Fy-rF2Q4wqKICtnVCtHhdZU06e4JVNOHV2lfH-A1Bk_Hes2SIkKoXuvaufrYiUrRaUqGqrljCQQQXpaW36BUfIj7hUKI7xUd-rSZVmwRLIq4KwXdRdmcj7YgMcX2EDbtIqmlKEp/s657/SocialMedia12-23-Twitter.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKR0x6PPE99COcVokoCH3LXFzveoTOuFpEBjV-ahX-7Jg8f-uEHxEgybwH1_F-d-xmEL21jckQ10RFSY95lT1nSnkCi5JNIiBkdOL6e-8Ql8SFpyCHr_aVLSdAr2Ewdp2WqwhPWPKNfSXUDCVJibljX57wKbpf6YIfR9UHS-zkLl6L9bRIQ2U/s773/SocialMedia12-23-Mastodon.Social.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="644" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKR0x6PPE99COcVokoCH3LXFzveoTOuFpEBjV-ahX-7Jg8f-uEHxEgybwH1_F-d-xmEL21jckQ10RFSY95lT1nSnkCi5JNIiBkdOL6e-8Ql8SFpyCHr_aVLSdAr2Ewdp2WqwhPWPKNfSXUDCVJibljX57wKbpf6YIfR9UHS-zkLl6L9bRIQ2U/s320/SocialMedia12-23-Mastodon.Social.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><br /><div>I'm posting on three Mastodon accounts. So this was posted on Mastodon.Cloud<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFbDj4LjthZCWJ75t7BZbp9CgrClBhL8cFG2exjvMBEO0N-eQI5b8ki-WaP-gaYuv0ZoDBUZVsnYx0uapGLhbI9JHCR99-01ZUeAW0HrDtdyiQRCBlNOgtzH8LNa6i6GsfWsEUHAV86kDWHDTFAufEBNmt2MiG2U3wkGx7KxtGfzlAnYXM9tv/s523/SocialMedia12-23-Mastodon.Cloud.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFbDj4LjthZCWJ75t7BZbp9CgrClBhL8cFG2exjvMBEO0N-eQI5b8ki-WaP-gaYuv0ZoDBUZVsnYx0uapGLhbI9JHCR99-01ZUeAW0HrDtdyiQRCBlNOgtzH8LNa6i6GsfWsEUHAV86kDWHDTFAufEBNmt2MiG2U3wkGx7KxtGfzlAnYXM9tv/s320/SocialMedia12-23-Mastodon.Cloud.JPG" width="198" /></a></div><br /><div>I posted this on Bluesky<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQckmUbwUz8yCILndqOFBoKZ0ZlaKaGsWA-beK1RQt-AlK7YseWZY2kswcSVfP7xqXxOcpLM5YaS6qmV2Xlob66-4xczcnti1CEVC3c0TMGBvFGPnujOo-em8__OposrGAVvjQr5wtLaB6QXT5g-utDhC7X7ACXsZcwN_hpTZEMhI3sIRvjXd/s601/SocialMedia12-23-Bluesky.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="601" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQckmUbwUz8yCILndqOFBoKZ0ZlaKaGsWA-beK1RQt-AlK7YseWZY2kswcSVfP7xqXxOcpLM5YaS6qmV2Xlob66-4xczcnti1CEVC3c0TMGBvFGPnujOo-em8__OposrGAVvjQr5wtLaB6QXT5g-utDhC7X7ACXsZcwN_hpTZEMhI3sIRvjXd/w400-h114/SocialMedia12-23-Bluesky.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />I posted this on Instagram<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PrfNhnlEQz2isrOjtpbhXYICX5mDmIwnhBXLuuMaIjx2oLgHAzHwTha4eKQEt6DtILtefUuJ3cYdxb_-FR1ZJ_ugn06mD7jM9JS5LrFqdnjSqCQOUezTh-awnOr8lxXFKo5qaWfxq-uE4cSgNnfNByapvJfR-qIZfipkr3jTj-rMa9m1okyw/s1650/SocialMedia12-23-Instagram.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1650" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PrfNhnlEQz2isrOjtpbhXYICX5mDmIwnhBXLuuMaIjx2oLgHAzHwTha4eKQEt6DtILtefUuJ3cYdxb_-FR1ZJ_ugn06mD7jM9JS5LrFqdnjSqCQOUezTh-awnOr8lxXFKo5qaWfxq-uE4cSgNnfNByapvJfR-qIZfipkr3jTj-rMa9m1okyw/s320/SocialMedia12-23-Instagram.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />I'm working on my year-end fund-raising letter and while I appeal for small contributions (<a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/birthday" target="_blank">click here</a>) to support my birthday appeal or my Fund T/MI appeal (<a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">click here</a>), I'm also asking people to share my posts, create their own blog articles and versions of my strategies, and help build needed public awareness and involvement.<div><br /></div><div>For the past 10 years Twitter has seemed to generate the most engagement and drawn the most support for my efforts. Yet since the site was sold to its current owner, people have reduced their use of the platform and even abandoned it completely.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yet, if you look at my message on the Bluesky post shown above, I'm not finding many talking about the issues I focus on on that platform, or on my Mastodon accounts. That means it is more important than ever that you make an effort to help share the strategies I post on this blog and on the <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net">www.tutormentorexchange.net</a> site.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOOZB5QbZgYz-4cgD9U9k6YabJKBNXopJFglvvxUzq6RbKmLH67dNH4-0HVGC238NMMWozSauBjHV2B5ioYnA6a4FY7G0SfeJv9ushLXccWY49kQKDlQZ-1XXgzpVND47Rwh_xrhG6kgOMn0zAwCWeOBaSo_ZksDoYPLIsU4AIqK-MzqFsEYA/s480/Holiday-Hope%20.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOOZB5QbZgYz-4cgD9U9k6YabJKBNXopJFglvvxUzq6RbKmLH67dNH4-0HVGC238NMMWozSauBjHV2B5ioYnA6a4FY7G0SfeJv9ushLXccWY49kQKDlQZ-1XXgzpVND47Rwh_xrhG6kgOMn0zAwCWeOBaSo_ZksDoYPLIsU4AIqK-MzqFsEYA/w200-h150/Holiday-Hope%20.gif" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div>Thank you for reading this article and others that I've posted over the past year, and past decade.<br /><br />I wish you a safe, healthy, happy and hope-filled Holiday.</div><br /><div><br /></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-67361983004089955892023-12-06T17:53:00.002-05:002023-12-06T17:53:35.636-05:00Happy Holidays However You CelebrateIs it too early to wish everyone a JOY-filled holiday season? <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE_EQCU5KybLySA1YlSfMZk-sr5iyXqbwojc204ZEH_gk-usv0xI4CZRw28psGbYyQjr-5Xq9nL7pyH8wQr7LY6tBE-iTvPVQZNkOgmgFfHnA-OshVpNruf9X1CfEISJftxN7NbMBmICgEvz2vCNh2EqYf3Qff2hC8nHHrEKDWf5OoOFfwSrr/s480/Joy%20.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE_EQCU5KybLySA1YlSfMZk-sr5iyXqbwojc204ZEH_gk-usv0xI4CZRw28psGbYyQjr-5Xq9nL7pyH8wQr7LY6tBE-iTvPVQZNkOgmgFfHnA-OshVpNruf9X1CfEISJftxN7NbMBmICgEvz2vCNh2EqYf3Qff2hC8nHHrEKDWf5OoOFfwSrr/s320/Joy%20.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-29888340479010386292023-12-03T12:07:00.004-05:002023-12-20T13:21:07.554-05:00Maps. Planning. Teach Youth to Do this WorkLast week I posted <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2023/11/explore-stem-visualizations-for.html" target="_blank">an article</a> showing a new data platform created by Argonne Labs, in partnership with the Northwestern University <a href="https://www.digitalyouthnetwork.org/" target="_blank">Digital Youth Network</a>. In that article I asked <b>"How will it be used to make STEM learning and career opportunities available to youth through out the area?"</b> <div><br /></div><div>That's what I'm addressing with today's article. As you look at the rest of this article, keep the <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1238727620187_267488666_30240/Mentoring%20Kids%20to%20Careers%20a.cmap" target="_blank">concept map</a> below in mind.<div class="separator"><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1271" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-5sIbDphApIdAn-bqulwwvWnL4hMJmaI4HvL3S1EE921CFHeRzyH49Yi3zAdgbi3nTZg8c9tYLyZEouSsYySFtf_WhiyuQIATqXYNDe8BOAn6iMkXmbByMR8j_Bv1t0I5e8cfoQMP1Yd2fhPTIDAXsn14omh2yYaOh1dtKdEbjhwhVzDpVCD/s320/Mentoring-to-career2019.JPG" style="color: #0000ee; text-align: center;" width="320" /><br /><br />What are the actions and programs that are working in some places, that could work in many other places, to help kids in high poverty areas move from birth-to-work? Is someone aggregating these into a library that others can draw from in their own planning? Will people who build the data dashboards, build these concept maps?<br /><br /><b>Below is a collection of articles about ways to use maps and data dashboards to determine where youth and families need more help as young people move through school and into adult lives, jobs and careers.</b><p>Since forming the Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1993 and the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC in 2011 I've tried to teach people to use maps to focus attention and resources on specific places. This could be an entire city, or a small neighborhood. This <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1PTQP461V-1RZ3CRV-2M7X/PlanningCycle.cmap" target="_blank">concept map</a> is an example.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdkYiryK1NAXS1EeftWzBJurFwXYMHeSL6udU1xJpd_BdgfTuyfG491gdLPmPKMcnJCdO3rdgQTYkwgxjqDX7Hw1GcQg3mAUWZsTZgeIi6OHmms3wEjaz0jI4qlSIsesqh66fpE5ZZor1QKgvMf2vR5ZcHdGtgXFCgTRLfL-6CIDEHw0mlIqW/s1376/Planning%20Cycle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1376" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdkYiryK1NAXS1EeftWzBJurFwXYMHeSL6udU1xJpd_BdgfTuyfG491gdLPmPKMcnJCdO3rdgQTYkwgxjqDX7Hw1GcQg3mAUWZsTZgeIi6OHmms3wEjaz0jI4qlSIsesqh66fpE5ZZor1QKgvMf2vR5ZcHdGtgXFCgTRLfL-6CIDEHw0mlIqW/s320/Planning%20Cycle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The articles I've shared in this collection are just a few of what you'll find in this blog, the <a href="http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Mapping for Justice blog</a> and in the <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/library" target="_blank">library of PDF essays </a>on the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC site.</p><p>My hope is that educators at colleges, universities, junior colleges, high schools and other institutions will use these articles in curriculum that results in more people applying these ideas in more places.</p><p><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" class="wakeletEmbed" height="560px" src="https://embed.wakelet.com/wakes/NhOJ3yNadQzw8KFZAcc2q/list?border=1" style="border: none;" width="100%"></iframe><!--Please only call https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js once per page--><script charset="UTF-8" src="https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js"></script>
<br /><br />I've been focusing on this problem for over 30 years and thus there is an extensive collection of ideas on these blogs and in my website. I realize that very few people visiting this blog will take time to read more than a few articles, at most. Thus, there needs to be another way to draw consistent, long-term, attention and reflection. Creating a Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy, or embedding these ideas into a strategy with a different name, such as the Digital Youth Network, is my solution.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mohg0szW2PoGyUpLrd72D7_ubvVMiGXAnR_7zrVjX0hGH9YRStFSJIcEihjQY7y-psN809wm_UuQe-tUOmfXdRf0KsD_H8tZDOTtnuZrUjcbh562r9Px_UQIucR5-2fpPRIJlAoirXpwJZsOoQ4mOcAtTlQgG-J_OQnmGt9D6RGEPaZZtCbd/s688/Chul.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="516" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mohg0szW2PoGyUpLrd72D7_ubvVMiGXAnR_7zrVjX0hGH9YRStFSJIcEihjQY7y-psN809wm_UuQe-tUOmfXdRf0KsD_H8tZDOTtnuZrUjcbh562r9Px_UQIucR5-2fpPRIJlAoirXpwJZsOoQ4mOcAtTlQgG-J_OQnmGt9D6RGEPaZZtCbd/w150-h200/Chul.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><b>Between 2005 and 2015 interns from various universities spent time looking at my blog articles then creating visualizations,</b> videos and their own blog articles to share what they were learning. You can see their work <a href="https://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">on this blog</a>.<br /><p>Imagine if you were able to find a blog like this Intern blog, embedded on the website of dozens of universities, junior colleges, high schools, etc. in 2035, showing 10 years of learning and actions. </p><p><b>That could change the world.</b></p><p>I created the <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/servlet/SBReadResourceServlet?rid=1238727620187_1131671353_30231&partName=htmltext" target="_blank">concept map</a> shown below to visualize the commitment leaders need to make to help kids born or living in high poverty areas of Chicago and other places be starting jobs and careers by their mid 20s. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyB9bT-ClYS-gXQbATiIveIL4GHghP93520z53T_sj-xAkUq1KQchj7uPDnXRgDtsOBbzXF58aGkVXKQd5rBTH-7IDyUVkMuyD8OX5oyYLcRZqUDSQ9SFmVu50sGapBeskhZZvrqlwM36khyyhNrUFnF7DHa9G9OmhFsCbAwuzMxhaJgn_50tv/s1449/strategymap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1449" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyB9bT-ClYS-gXQbATiIveIL4GHghP93520z53T_sj-xAkUq1KQchj7uPDnXRgDtsOBbzXF58aGkVXKQd5rBTH-7IDyUVkMuyD8OX5oyYLcRZqUDSQ9SFmVu50sGapBeskhZZvrqlwM36khyyhNrUFnF7DHa9G9OmhFsCbAwuzMxhaJgn_50tv/s320/strategymap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>One role any of these leaders can take is to provide the funding that would motivate an institution to create a learning program based on the ideas in this blog. That might not be YOU, but it might be someone you know. If you share this article with them, they might be inspired to take this role.</p><p>Thanks for reading. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxRmJXOPnW-VyWjMRbfvljMiOvg4M94mvsC6ByQryk95pWLYR6OcOx2E2LewQINzcyvj8xmxBRSwMT54D_nhbdXLI_leL8vlAEDiM4p7dyBlU4ICPwNCfiEl96CB9QkwFgfnaXOw5Fw4yO_DFXro720at0T56kyMRmRrH2fBrCHtwdGrPyTea/s213/Dan2021.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="212" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxRmJXOPnW-VyWjMRbfvljMiOvg4M94mvsC6ByQryk95pWLYR6OcOx2E2LewQINzcyvj8xmxBRSwMT54D_nhbdXLI_leL8vlAEDiM4p7dyBlU4ICPwNCfiEl96CB9QkwFgfnaXOw5Fw4yO_DFXro720at0T56kyMRmRrH2fBrCHtwdGrPyTea/w199-h200/Dan2021.JPG" width="199" /></a></div><br /><p>Connect with me on one of the <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">social media platforms</a> I show on this page.</p><p>Support my work in 2024 with a year end contribution to my <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">Fund T/MI campaign</a>. </p><p>Or support Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC with a gift to recognize my <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/birthday" target="_blank">77th birthday</a> on December 19. <br /></p></div></div>Last week I posted <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2023/11/explore-stem-visualizations-for.html" target="_blank">an article</a> showing a new data platform created by Argonne Labs, in partnership with the Northwestern University <a href="https://www.digitalyouthnetwork.org/" target="_blank">Digital Youth Network</a>. In that article I asked <b>"How will it be used to make STEM learning and career opportunities available to youth through out the area?"</b> <div><br /></div><div>That's what I'm addressing with today's article. While data shows "where" people need extra help, we still need blueprints to show "what help" is needed, and in what sequence. For instance, in building a tower you don't start on the 4th floor.</div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-90374035368656487842023-11-30T12:02:00.000-05:002023-11-30T12:02:07.632-05:00Data Platform Maps STEM Ecosystem in Nine Chicago Community AreasI posted an article this morning on the <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2023/11/explore-stem-visualizations-for.html" target="_blank">MappingforJustice blog</a> showing a robust data visualization site created by Argonne Labs in partnership with Northwestern University’s Digital Youth Network.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_owMu7-G_AHMBwuHEh-VEy_zaVHcj-1L8VxvW8JQXmRnPQAv8ly_mDRQeL28qrzjvCtrX1p0_6wsPjaTCL9X6zqYIrPf73wK2lixpGbGfIY4FISLglwH7AZ6Vt_uzYrpwCnpkaDE6gehQWL-h5QKYsYoMOgMDwln2TkiUOzl5b5C4VUmMKrA/s1139/SouthsideSTEMAssetMap-focus2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1139" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_owMu7-G_AHMBwuHEh-VEy_zaVHcj-1L8VxvW8JQXmRnPQAv8ly_mDRQeL28qrzjvCtrX1p0_6wsPjaTCL9X6zqYIrPf73wK2lixpGbGfIY4FISLglwH7AZ6Vt_uzYrpwCnpkaDE6gehQWL-h5QKYsYoMOgMDwln2TkiUOzl5b5C4VUmMKrA/s320/SouthsideSTEMAssetMap-focus2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />I encourage you to read the article and think of ways you can create map stories using platforms like this, to draw attention and resources to specific neighborhoods where kids and families need more help moving through school and into adult lives and opportunities.<p> </p>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-41838047935181298212023-11-25T11:40:00.003-05:002023-11-25T11:40:58.035-05:00Looking for "Scout Bees" and "Worker Bees"Below is a graphic I've used often on this blog. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_920tefZh0a3RA44z1wRTMyBXtDhBdr7ZAOYQk6zGLXvHE8gAhj_OOJfO9C1fFuBls4Q0_BJgFth7fYFhW9rpHOYN0kapMTXE5c6cIUNhT08t7EckmgkPW-nWI9AWrHKrGP-4uAgPdw8JZR_ks5NyR0MPiuIZeoRJnkxADM4u0p9404yJe39u/s2048/FormLearningCircles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_920tefZh0a3RA44z1wRTMyBXtDhBdr7ZAOYQk6zGLXvHE8gAhj_OOJfO9C1fFuBls4Q0_BJgFth7fYFhW9rpHOYN0kapMTXE5c6cIUNhT08t7EckmgkPW-nWI9AWrHKrGP-4uAgPdw8JZR_ks5NyR0MPiuIZeoRJnkxADM4u0p9404yJe39u/s320/FormLearningCircles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>It shows how <b>YOU </b>can share information you find on this blog and on the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC website with people in your network, who then share it with an even larger network of people.</p><p><b>Below is text from an article I wrote in 2007 where I shared this idea.</b></p><p>A couple of months ago I pointed out a report titled <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2007/09/reframing-school-dropout-as-public.html">"Reframing School Drop Out as a Public Health Issue</a>." <br />
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Today I found the web site of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180207130907/http://www.oxha.org/cih_manual/">Oxford Health Alliance Initiative</a>. It's LINKS sections is extensive, and the site offers excellent networking and collaboration features. (<i>12-2018 note: this site no longer active. Use <a href="http://chsresults.com/3-4-50/">Community Health Solutions</a> as a resource.</i>)<br />
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I wish I had time to browse all of these links and see what connections I can make between them and the work the Tutor/Mentor Connection is doing, but I don't. So I'm appealing to readers to take on this role. <br />
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In a way, I'm looking for volunteers to take the role of "<strong>scout bees</strong>" who go out looking for food sources, then alert "<strong>worker bees</strong>" who bring the food back to a bee hive. Here's an article on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080704151730/http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/archives/003173.html">eLearnspace</a> that prompted my thinking on this. <br />
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If you follow this analogy, the <a href="http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/">T/MC web </a>site is the bee hive/colony. People who go out through the internet and share information, like I do <a href="http://smartcommunities.typepad.com/suzanne/2007/11/what-to-do-on-2.html#comments">here</a> are acting like <strong>scout bees</strong>. They are sharing our information in a wider network and are connecting the people and information in these networks to the T/MC web site and those who visit it.<br />
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In many ways the scout bees are network weavers, acting to connect information and knowledge, with a purpose of making good things happen that are not possible by the efforts of people working in small groups, and in isolation from each other.<br />
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By reading this blog, and passing it on to others, you're taking the role of a scout bee, worker bee, and network weaver.</p><p>.... End 2007 text ....<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzK7Z10BGd05bhEsJbyrH9uPMTITeNy0d_aO7fNF8bZ7mMHToslgBbBClB2oC2WqOIzL-IlwNOr57MI5-_Rhdtzt48lwUpAE_vGFcbtc3qvYBHRKLcGMJbZ-ErWyPbhw852DyQGFoN_uE8-iFP1b1KWtqOs2qhI7M7x2dnMPLzl-h0DMW8GeQW/s1124/Buildingcommunity_sam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="747" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzK7Z10BGd05bhEsJbyrH9uPMTITeNy0d_aO7fNF8bZ7mMHToslgBbBClB2oC2WqOIzL-IlwNOr57MI5-_Rhdtzt48lwUpAE_vGFcbtc3qvYBHRKLcGMJbZ-ErWyPbhw852DyQGFoN_uE8-iFP1b1KWtqOs2qhI7M7x2dnMPLzl-h0DMW8GeQW/w133-h200/Buildingcommunity_sam.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>At the left is a graphic created in 2011 by Sam Lee, and intern from South Korea, via IIT in Chicago. She used the graphic at the top of the page as her inspiration. View <a href="https://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/2011/09/volunteer-your-talent-with-tutormentor.html" target="_blank">this article</a> to see how she divided my graphic into two separate graphics. <div><br /></div><div>My goal since I started leading a single volunteer-based tutor/mentor program in Chicago in 1975 has been to inspire other volunteers to use the information I make available to help other volunteers and students have greater success. Since starting the Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1993 that goal has expanded to helping hundreds of other youth programs grow, and helping more form in areas where additional programs are needed.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>As we enter December 2023 that goal has not changed. Yet, the tools to communicate these ideas have become dramatically different. </b></div><div><br /></div><div>One of my mentors is Kevin Hodgson, a middle school teacher from Western Massachusetts, who I met via an online Connected Learning event in 2013. In <a href="https://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2023/11/18/gathering-poems-from-the-days-behind/" target="_blank">this article</a> Kevin shares poems that he found on various social media sites. And <a href="https://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2023/11/21/ai-notebooklm-experiment-analyzing-terrys-poems/" target="_blank">in this article</a>, he demonstrates how to use a Google AI tool to dig deeper into poems written by another CLMOOC friend, Terry Elliott.</div><div><br /></div><div>Both articles (and many others on Kevin's blog) demonstrate a form of learning and sharing that I hope many will duplicate, using the many articles I've posted on this blog since 2005 and on the <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC website</a> since the late 1990s. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5RPeZQKchW92gb3bSxNNIdUVYEsVLEZKUgpoJbaH9hPhd-lQlighudjEuTnN1llxSWu8KlBBshW-kpgHlIkYGADXn6pn6tt8GoznMT3Qlk8zUq1-pTUw8Mjjow4B_YgDe2iAc0BePMBvyQnxotIAQiao2DT3mkEaVSWjYJlqE68Q_KyqdED8/s966/A23-Dan-Speaking_LI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="762" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5RPeZQKchW92gb3bSxNNIdUVYEsVLEZKUgpoJbaH9hPhd-lQlighudjEuTnN1llxSWu8KlBBshW-kpgHlIkYGADXn6pn6tt8GoznMT3Qlk8zUq1-pTUw8Mjjow4B_YgDe2iAc0BePMBvyQnxotIAQiao2DT3mkEaVSWjYJlqE68Q_KyqdED8/w158-h200/A23-Dan-Speaking_LI.jpg" width="158" /></a></div><br /><div>I've added this "read Tutor/Mentor blog!" text to a photo of me speaking to volunteers and youth at a year-end celebration during the mid 1980s. While I did not have a blog then I was saying "Get involved".</div><div><br /></div><div>Helping kids in high poverty areas have the on-going support system they need to move safely from birth to adult lives and jobs where they can raise their own kids free of poverty, requires the involvement of millions of people.</div><div><br /></div><div>Solving the other complex problems facing our selves and the kids we mentor, will require the involvement, and learning, of even more people.<br /><br /></div><div><b>Become a "Scout Bee". Or a "Worker Bee". Or both.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Thanks for reading.</b> I invite you to connect with me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, LinkedIn and now Bluesky (I have 4 invite codes for anyone who wants to join Bluesky. Just connect with me on one of my <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">social media platforms</a>.) </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZB-kQ8_JeK5WxZQV5pM8dtHhRsWDsyUHh7aMzJ0mCpQWmx7jI_VABFclG-XDdpX-XEI9Cbw1nsD10R0NdHrfVyslef2cvRkcVIDLyxcCx0oz8KG2APlY3r09il1AVq99qal4Bl_KDsCFH7Bavpex3ZTBMkF_39GS3Ju991FvP2pCI3QEayS4/s587/Mailbox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="550" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZB-kQ8_JeK5WxZQV5pM8dtHhRsWDsyUHh7aMzJ0mCpQWmx7jI_VABFclG-XDdpX-XEI9Cbw1nsD10R0NdHrfVyslef2cvRkcVIDLyxcCx0oz8KG2APlY3r09il1AVq99qal4Bl_KDsCFH7Bavpex3ZTBMkF_39GS3Ju991FvP2pCI3QEayS4/w188-h200/Mailbox.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><br /><div><b>Finally I have three wishes.</b><br /><br />1) Visit <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/chicago-area-program-links" target="_blank">my list</a> of Chicago youth tutor, mentor and learning programs and choose at least one to receive a year-end gift from you. </div><div><br /></div><div>2) Visit my December 19th <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/birthday" target="_blank">Birthday page</a> and "light a candle" on my 77th birthday cake to help me continue this work in 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>3) Visit my <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">Fund T/MI</a> page and make a year-end contribution. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12044401.post-1458392169424582062023-11-22T15:28:00.000-05:002023-11-22T15:28:53.297-05:00Giving Tuesday, November 28, 2023<p>Next Monday is the annual Giving Tuesday event, which attempts to motivate donors to reach into their pockets and provide support for non-profit organizations in the USA and around the world. Visit <a href="https://www.givingtuesday.org/participate/" target="_blank">this page</a> to learn more. </p><p>Since 1993 I've maintained a list of Chicago area volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs and plotted locations of more than 100 <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2020/02/help-youth-tutor-mentor-learning.html" target="_blank">on my map</a>. My goal has been to help programs in every poverty area get the support they need to connect kids and volunteers in on-going learning and mentoring, not just a few high profile programs. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C_Ij0dnfoAKKgwcPMnCgkHsKLZW02qMdiNP8TRWoZK5F53zzPPhEF01H1OEJi1pdCc7-nWoHK5O3ck8WGBsq3ejcp1Vk0i4oYBkR63-Nibg8-z4IRvAqAmzhLq13PUAJRX-xFFhSX1QCj8DQqQEmXwmD8xfLOR6I89Fh1C0ynuUPBhvyV6qk/s841/TM%20Programs%202021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="841" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C_Ij0dnfoAKKgwcPMnCgkHsKLZW02qMdiNP8TRWoZK5F53zzPPhEF01H1OEJi1pdCc7-nWoHK5O3ck8WGBsq3ejcp1Vk0i4oYBkR63-Nibg8-z4IRvAqAmzhLq13PUAJRX-xFFhSX1QCj8DQqQEmXwmD8xfLOR6I89Fh1C0ynuUPBhvyV6qk/s320/TM%20Programs%202021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>If you look through the list of programs and visit their websites, you can usually find a donations page. I'm not sure you'll find a special GivingTuesday page. A few years ago Forefront organized an ILGive campaign and provided a searchable list of participating non-profits. This graphic shows the 2017 campaign website, which is now only available as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171002210315/https://www.ilgive.com/organizations" target="_blank">an archive</a>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9xLgT6NZFbwy2W8szKN36lay18JeXH9hyphenhypheno7qRpUTTmlI6Hj2-B2NHEXrMrdkZ3ocaj4ZDvw2D9bnL4jn-_dIh1Q-bREYsYA56_NX_32xGlbqKK7zG6chztXOH8K_eXyRonvAjMPQjhxiMdwbQdpDr_RtYLkppnMsf78wnuYqN-HeHQYy0MtG/s1897/ILGive2017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="1897" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9xLgT6NZFbwy2W8szKN36lay18JeXH9hyphenhypheno7qRpUTTmlI6Hj2-B2NHEXrMrdkZ3ocaj4ZDvw2D9bnL4jn-_dIh1Q-bREYsYA56_NX_32xGlbqKK7zG6chztXOH8K_eXyRonvAjMPQjhxiMdwbQdpDr_RtYLkppnMsf78wnuYqN-HeHQYy0MtG/s320/ILGive2017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />For the past couple of years I've been trying to find someone who was aggregating information about youth serving organizations who were promoting #GivingTuesday on social media, and hopefully, their websites. So far, I've not found anyone doing this.<div><br /></div><div><b>Below are a few promotions I have seen.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>826 Chicago </b>- website<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQImHPKsnCJMoS_wYRruUO3lKelmr91T6kiEQdmv0YHa3JfyFKJG5K6upIXR_tv7wNSG95hLB5-hnYbZgR-rvuY1_62cUFOIYtVc3f5sGmww3ZGchs7dwFldm8_5DyFfBvWrh_W7uwLx2ravgx92t1DkoAE0Nxap2UiQO2fOj_YIgw0Gj-qVFb/s675/826%20Chi%20-%20GivingTuesday-Twitter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQImHPKsnCJMoS_wYRruUO3lKelmr91T6kiEQdmv0YHa3JfyFKJG5K6upIXR_tv7wNSG95hLB5-hnYbZgR-rvuY1_62cUFOIYtVc3f5sGmww3ZGchs7dwFldm8_5DyFfBvWrh_W7uwLx2ravgx92t1DkoAE0Nxap2UiQO2fOj_YIgw0Gj-qVFb/s320/826%20Chi%20-%20GivingTuesday-Twitter.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><br /><b>Gads Hill Center </b>- <a href="https://gadshillcenter.org/" target="_blank">website </a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63I9eXgmvpK_XKwqZzETqQOBRfrDDtHFt6rDA3RmA1KO7HdcMAa-SkTaQAkEYxGOUy2iebPV66Js9BUFAUAncliBF8a1TCkk0WcpiyWU2LHxJHuezrnDsNsrUsNEcpCl9ROz9P2SVintNtSEnV6CBt-kpyX3n2VgleJ9sm7SEAfnkoZuPdYrF/s1646/gadsHill-Instagram-GT23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1646" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63I9eXgmvpK_XKwqZzETqQOBRfrDDtHFt6rDA3RmA1KO7HdcMAa-SkTaQAkEYxGOUy2iebPV66Js9BUFAUAncliBF8a1TCkk0WcpiyWU2LHxJHuezrnDsNsrUsNEcpCl9ROz9P2SVintNtSEnV6CBt-kpyX3n2VgleJ9sm7SEAfnkoZuPdYrF/s320/gadsHill-Instagram-GT23.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Girls in the Game</b> - website<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUnSIJkEKPavWAXnRTlUxS0mw_sBLT1APrBL09hltjuKIk4AwKwxoJW7-6_VXgY2jRo06EJ-vzUXAREZnJXzofJl6SaO0qc7qHPJvoLH1yJQFqguznmlghpBNVzCzMPcswawOzrSb69oV3uav7XZe-djB4CutAFBiMzLyVo8jXHe1dKhk6a4h/s652/GirlsInTheGame-GT2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="646" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUnSIJkEKPavWAXnRTlUxS0mw_sBLT1APrBL09hltjuKIk4AwKwxoJW7-6_VXgY2jRo06EJ-vzUXAREZnJXzofJl6SaO0qc7qHPJvoLH1yJQFqguznmlghpBNVzCzMPcswawOzrSb69oV3uav7XZe-djB4CutAFBiMzLyVo8jXHe1dKhk6a4h/s320/GirlsInTheGame-GT2023.JPG" width="317" /></a></div><br /><b>Alive Center - Naperville</b> - <a href="https://www.alivecenter.org/teen-initiate/" target="_blank">website</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXP7cI74Fxftp4pygAMEDJrvWL7sc_N6VwY0FH9eCSG4LWB8qMfA6MnAtDuIIGF0T-QQbRWcU5wVLLjsJx0NBchOG0UBDlxByZf4rPrNmHqFr6WK1SpkGrwdWr6rqgZskvNLpSpIeq_TRwiudCwiQqYyXSXyPrRgVGbtZcVM1Td1PRpX4AeaV8/s735/AliveCenter-GT23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="658" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXP7cI74Fxftp4pygAMEDJrvWL7sc_N6VwY0FH9eCSG4LWB8qMfA6MnAtDuIIGF0T-QQbRWcU5wVLLjsJx0NBchOG0UBDlxByZf4rPrNmHqFr6WK1SpkGrwdWr6rqgZskvNLpSpIeq_TRwiudCwiQqYyXSXyPrRgVGbtZcVM1Td1PRpX4AeaV8/s320/AliveCenter-GT23.JPG" width="286" /></a></div><br /><b>Project SYNCERE</b> - <a href="https://projectsyncere.org/" target="_blank">website </a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPTdgp1Sc2lOy4sjD9dsQ4Hs0QmHIYJRoKqU_8dz2ghrbk06sdPTEaJcIurmpKBzACR9WJS7fGGUf5WR58WvrX58-CP2iK4a1HSdRlq95LVR7gR4d55KhwBZQrpi-Mcc00RFQJwm5FqN7c2HOUyaS9med43z-HV8-F0spfEoPd1s4Y0m4aPc3/s658/ProjectSyncere-GT23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="658" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPTdgp1Sc2lOy4sjD9dsQ4Hs0QmHIYJRoKqU_8dz2ghrbk06sdPTEaJcIurmpKBzACR9WJS7fGGUf5WR58WvrX58-CP2iK4a1HSdRlq95LVR7gR4d55KhwBZQrpi-Mcc00RFQJwm5FqN7c2HOUyaS9med43z-HV8-F0spfEoPd1s4Y0m4aPc3/s320/ProjectSyncere-GT23.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Polished Pebbles</b> - <a href="https://polishedpebbles.com/" target="_blank">website </a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_l2d4jiS4Ja2aulW13BHXwdhBwG10lQOC75dE-WqqRUqqZF5gh7WwYYe5-_aT6M-K5u0_H3Q50tK03NsF0kdLa3IF-oWxaHofDlgtu_dwK91EhRWwRKL0w2gkEUhv1GYDBx1oOCW7J2rLN1FeB9co2Rn9kzZG9as1qxRkQ_8Y2B0TCup8n4x/s761/PolishedPebbles-GT23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="761" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_l2d4jiS4Ja2aulW13BHXwdhBwG10lQOC75dE-WqqRUqqZF5gh7WwYYe5-_aT6M-K5u0_H3Q50tK03NsF0kdLa3IF-oWxaHofDlgtu_dwK91EhRWwRKL0w2gkEUhv1GYDBx1oOCW7J2rLN1FeB9co2Rn9kzZG9as1qxRkQ_8Y2B0TCup8n4x/s320/PolishedPebbles-GT23.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b>IEEE Foundation - Try Engineering</b> - <a href="https://secure.ieeefoundation.org/site/TR/Events/General/1648981967?pg=team&fr_id=1040&team_id=1090" target="_blank">website</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2hQAye8ARSADqGqmxqbq0AkiK25Ngoqi_CXU3TRK58J-aotSquCRKyS0H3FTRrd0lQuZ6qv6nBN6wDWfZQRSsYf41CAjGvLu9dcwKM78YcrvB4Dhy7lSDSYFRkTQwZ25DR6dlmMqEWoebxdVbkGfa1nyDiGNykAXVfhPfruMyJIpv6zsq0OJ/s742/TryEngineering-GT23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="670" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2hQAye8ARSADqGqmxqbq0AkiK25Ngoqi_CXU3TRK58J-aotSquCRKyS0H3FTRrd0lQuZ6qv6nBN6wDWfZQRSsYf41CAjGvLu9dcwKM78YcrvB4Dhy7lSDSYFRkTQwZ25DR6dlmMqEWoebxdVbkGfa1nyDiGNykAXVfhPfruMyJIpv6zsq0OJ/s320/TryEngineering-GT23.JPG" width="289" /></a></div><b>CBO 4 Success</b> - <a href="https://cbo4success.org/" target="_blank">website </a><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UfJfhyzOWeTv9ZyG1sgRk7i8EhbqYygugWnSPs2fHFkeBR9fUiz7sjE8V76De6pUU4haOtr1bRfDtgzHq8uBm4IiQBWRTS-EVzmT8bRyAvQn1-M0WZuPzpzTpDNdrhbpZTX_hsBs0Es5hYJN7VI5kOK5XRyh_hQeLwDVIPWOw2_VdQWFmAPt/s512/CBO4Success-GT2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="512" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UfJfhyzOWeTv9ZyG1sgRk7i8EhbqYygugWnSPs2fHFkeBR9fUiz7sjE8V76De6pUU4haOtr1bRfDtgzHq8uBm4IiQBWRTS-EVzmT8bRyAvQn1-M0WZuPzpzTpDNdrhbpZTX_hsBs0Es5hYJN7VI5kOK5XRyh_hQeLwDVIPWOw2_VdQWFmAPt/s320/CBO4Success-GT2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Chicago Scholars</b> - <a href="https://chicagoscholars.org/" target="_blank">website</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienC8eg1KebokG2r5OFgws4ntyM0Y9F8WBW0Cv0bgo68rsKXmo-LQg64gBkozd1TdV0NhfCOgPqnrQx6kCoUjapR6RojxcYTUbM5xyhtFo83w54YVHxY1xS0lPKZ8CoXVt50xAR0wYifVjYLqrSx0tSM5Of675aFtbNMI7zCFmC2JTE4bgZzPo/s778/ChicagoScholars-GT23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="762" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienC8eg1KebokG2r5OFgws4ntyM0Y9F8WBW0Cv0bgo68rsKXmo-LQg64gBkozd1TdV0NhfCOgPqnrQx6kCoUjapR6RojxcYTUbM5xyhtFo83w54YVHxY1xS0lPKZ8CoXVt50xAR0wYifVjYLqrSx0tSM5Of675aFtbNMI7zCFmC2JTE4bgZzPo/s320/ChicagoScholars-GT23.JPG" width="313" /></a></div><br /><p>I point to more than 100 Chicago area youth programs from my website, but while many have social media accounts, not many use them regularly, and not many have been posting Giving Tuesday campaign posts. If I see more I'll add a few to this list.<br /><br /><b>That does not mean programs are not raising money. </b> Here's just one example, from <a href="https://tutoringchicago2023holiday.funraise.org/" target="_blank">Tutoring Chicago</a>. This was posted on LinkedIn. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTDB7HwQAE0d6qWbU65Yh123GxK0bdeIJAYo56YkTRBaKc-vR7pTXjrnzqG_t6ZCjrjqjJsTw8FQOjmneHxDOT06fhPlStrKzS7WnPwV1HR80cdxt6GXOefZemLeX-aQLq20ygzQusFz0khhJmZymdDAx-ItdqtJ446ZXxGBKIN2KZbtrWBUf/s694/TutoringChicago-2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="570" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTDB7HwQAE0d6qWbU65Yh123GxK0bdeIJAYo56YkTRBaKc-vR7pTXjrnzqG_t6ZCjrjqjJsTw8FQOjmneHxDOT06fhPlStrKzS7WnPwV1HR80cdxt6GXOefZemLeX-aQLq20ygzQusFz0khhJmZymdDAx-ItdqtJ446ZXxGBKIN2KZbtrWBUf/s320/TutoringChicago-2023.JPG" width="263" /></a></div><br />While I try to maintain an accurate list of Chicago area youth tutor, mentor and learning programs I don't have the talent and/or help needed to do all that needs to be done to draw attention and resources to tutor/mentor programs throughout the region and in other cities. <br /><br /><b>Yet someone should be building a website</b> that shows fund raising campaigns of more than the few organizations I am able to highlight in a single blog article. </div><div><br /></div><div>Below is a graphic from a presentation I created nearly 10 years ago showing the type of fund raising platform I was hoping to build, as an enhancement to the Tutor/Mentor Program Locator that we built in 2008-9. See it in <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/images/PDF/programfundingportal_goal.pdf" target="_blank">this PDF presentation</a>.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyCetZKzoJrSk-KGJxnzg8GapBYpoY603NRbstzJR6ne0OYu2WkoiPVSc-KRl6FmKJYczMyp4piGtqnTvp3tZKspzEZl_qy7yZAjF45z59Gh8hjyCwlswDoQKxhBARJLF1P0mTqhDLVO_QeQh0E3cq8sKqPujDPu2Q0KY6G82QaqiBeH6lt6z/s917/FundRaisingPlatform.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="917" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyCetZKzoJrSk-KGJxnzg8GapBYpoY603NRbstzJR6ne0OYu2WkoiPVSc-KRl6FmKJYczMyp4piGtqnTvp3tZKspzEZl_qy7yZAjF45z59Gh8hjyCwlswDoQKxhBARJLF1P0mTqhDLVO_QeQh0E3cq8sKqPujDPu2Q0KY6G82QaqiBeH6lt6z/s320/FundRaisingPlatform.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Unfortunately, I have not been able to recruit the team, find the investment, or the talent to build this, and I no longer am able to maintain the Program Locator which we built in the 1990s and 2000s to collect and share this information. If you visit <a href="http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/using-maps-to-build-capacity" target="_blank">this page</a> you can see my vision about using maps to build program capacity.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV_J0FhNGM7MoiuTn2yMHFqRxjaDUZoI6GhVLTHq64DZ4R3P8NwVDwG8yTd-Y2mxn3DVCWoya50qbuEpruUAQ1oiTb6c8yxysArtH4SkNamLPriC_dKFaJi8WcJn0BAvrrVSRZUcKtXPAPBcPDPX1ws5_aBflHqYGBwCqF2l5hF1rkLDX7JoD/s1548/Universities-TMI-Goal2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="1119" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV_J0FhNGM7MoiuTn2yMHFqRxjaDUZoI6GhVLTHq64DZ4R3P8NwVDwG8yTd-Y2mxn3DVCWoya50qbuEpruUAQ1oiTb6c8yxysArtH4SkNamLPriC_dKFaJi8WcJn0BAvrrVSRZUcKtXPAPBcPDPX1ws5_aBflHqYGBwCqF2l5hF1rkLDX7JoD/w144-h200/Universities-TMI-Goal2016.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><b>It may be a bridge too far for me, but the need is as urgent in 2023 as it was when I created the Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1993. </b><br /><br />That's why I've been reaching out to universities (via <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2020/04/reaching-out-to-universities-virtual.html" target="_blank">articles like this</a>) for many years to motivate one, or more, to create on-campus tutor/mentor connection type teams to duplicate my work, and carry it forward into the coming decade.<div><br /></div><div><b>If you're reading this, thank you.</b> Please investigate the programs I've highlighted, or the programs in my library, and send a contribution next Monday, or during the year-end giving period. Continue giving through next year.</div><div><br />Then, look at your network (or your bank account) and try to find one or a few people who would provide funds to establish Tutor/Mentor Connection programs on a college campus. I want to share my archives, and my history (what worked, what did not work, what we never were able to try, etc) while I'm still alive and able to do that.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgUtXSq8RFmZnq0-wXn1LfT7g2lpg4JQ6ajhm3jPWAyW4yMfY88dzLsj7i-tDvC_qsO00rgrYcq8B5vhmz5GkZ-DQONWRgtK1rnkwGc_fXc-dV3U5jC_zl-AlAwqNGIi_UZuFIMZACnMc1F6JREP66GJV4yDCgXxnFgLRKVwHEr5xdk9rg-iV/s2438/Dan-77.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2438" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgUtXSq8RFmZnq0-wXn1LfT7g2lpg4JQ6ajhm3jPWAyW4yMfY88dzLsj7i-tDvC_qsO00rgrYcq8B5vhmz5GkZ-DQONWRgtK1rnkwGc_fXc-dV3U5jC_zl-AlAwqNGIi_UZuFIMZACnMc1F6JREP66GJV4yDCgXxnFgLRKVwHEr5xdk9rg-iV/w200-h150/Dan-77.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>Which leads me to this. </b>I'll be 77 on December 19th. Since 2011 I've invited people to make contributions to support Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, as birthday gifts to me. You can use the PayPal at <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/birthday" target="_blank">this page</a> to do that. <br /><div><br />Or you can contribute to my on-going Fund T/MI campaign, using the PayPal on <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a>. </div><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0