Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC Visual Essays - Page 1

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Using Maps and Visualizations to Communicate Ideas - click here	Year-Round Strategy for Building Attention for Youth Serving Programs - click here	30-year history of reaching out to universities. A long read. Take your time. - click here
Total Quality Mentoring (TQM): What is it? - click here	Tutor/Mentor Learning Network (TMLN). Strategy launched in 2000. click here	Tipping Points - Actions that would make a dramatic difference. - click here
Making mentor-rich programs available in more places - Theory of Change - click here	T/MC Use of Maps -No General would go to war without a map. click here	Tutor/Mentor Connection Logic Model: If You Agree, Join Us. click here
Mentoring youth to careers: A Success Steps Strategy. click here	Steps to Start a Tutor/Mentor Program (and keep it going). click here	Shopping Guide. What do volunteers, parents, donors look for on your website? click here
Tutor/Mentor Program as a form of Service Learning - click here	Role of Leaders - What business, universities, politicians, etc. can do - click here	A 'Rest of the Story' media strategy to draw attention to high needs areas - click here
Rest of the Story Example - N. Lawndale Follow up media with map stories - click here	Forming a Tutor/Mentor Connection on a college campus - click here	Leaders need to make commitment shown in this strategy map - click here
Tour Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC website - click here	Use of information to find solutions - - click here	Mentor Role in Larger Strategy of Helping youth in high poverty areas -click here
How to Influence Resource Providers and NPO leaders - click here	The Big Question - What Will it Take to Assure That all Youth Born, or Living, in High Poverty areas are Entering Careers by age 25? - click here	Defining Terms - Match type of Tutor/Mentor Service with Needs of Specific Youth - click here
Encourage youth to view these essays and create their own interpretations. View work done by past interns - click here	View a comprehensive list of visual essays created since the 1990s on this page.	Create and share your own versions of these Visual essays.

Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC Visual Essays - Page 2

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Tour the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC website (as of 12/2023) - click here	Actions needed to help kids in high poverty areas move from birth to work - click here	Planning to fight wars involves same steps as building tutor/mentor programs where needed. View steps. - click here
Building planning teams in companies, colleges, institutions, to support growth of mentor-rich youth programs - click here	Intermediary and consulting role. Help mentor-rich programs grow in more places. click here	Building Attention for a Cause - You want to help tutor/mentor programs grow. What do you do? - click here
Building Information Hubs that support civic engagement. - click here	Creating a Network of Purpose to Help Youth Move from Birth to Work - click here	Growing Network - Making Ideas a Reality. How One Person Can Make a Difference. click here
Building a University-Based Tutor/Mentor Connection - A Vision. Use for Planning. click here	Imagine the Tutor/Mentor Connection as a Jobs Creation Strategy. click here	How Faith Communities can Help Tutor/Mentor Programs Grow in More Places. click here
We all want same outcomes for youth. How can we get there? - click here	Strategies for Recruiting Volunteers for Tutor/Mentor Programs - click here	Building a Team. Recruiting Talent. Strategies to use. - click here
Build Your own Map-Directory. Learn from T/MC Experience. Follow up media with map stories - click here	Make the Connection. Role for athletes, celebrities, CEOs in Supporting NPO organizations. - click here	Introduction to Tutor/Mentor Connection and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC - Version 2 - click here
Imagine Big City Hospitals Adopting Tutor/Mentor Connection Strategy. Use this for planning. - click here	Why did one, new, small Chicago youth program create Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1993? - click here	Strategy for Elected Leaders, using one Congressional District as an Example. - click here
Collaboration Goals. What If More of Us Worked Toward Same Goals? - click here	Building Learning Circles so More People are Working to Help Youth in Poverty Areas Move from Birth-to-Work. - click here	Build a Tutor/Mentor Connection-type strategy in your community. What's involved? - click here
Creating a Virtual Corporate Office to support tutor/mentor programs - click here	View a comprehensive list of visual essays created since the 1990s on this page.	Review of 2000-2010 Tutor/Mentor Connection and Cabrini Connections - click here

January 2021 Tutor/Mentor eNews

January 2021 - Issue 196

January is National Mentoring Month

This year's National Mentoring Month will be much lonelier for many due to Covid19. But for many there will be ZOOM gatherings with volunteer tutors and mentors and new ways to connect and learn. As we start a new year, youth and families living in high poverty areas will still struggle more than others due to low access to digital tools and services.

Maybe during this Mentoring Month you can spend a little time learning about digital access and remote learning issues, then spend time in 2021 helping to close these gaps.

The ideas and resources shared in this monthly newsletter point to a library of resources that can be used by anyone, in Chicago, or around the world, to help mentor-rich youth programs thrive in all of the neighborhoods where they are most needed, and to help understand and respond to these over-riding challenges.

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A Day that Will Live in Infamy .... January 6. 2021

Like most of you I was horrified watching the attack on the US Capital on January 6 and I fear what will happen to our democracy in coming months and years. I'm hopeful that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and a Democratic controlled Congress will bring healing to every zip code in America, with new laws, new policy, and a flow of needed resources. That remains to be seen.

Amidst all of this we are celebrating Mentoring this month. While there's much to distract us I feel we need to continue to focus daily on ways we can build and sustain mentor-rich support systems that create HOPE and OPPORTUNITY for those who need extra help. In many ways this is a strategy to reduce the appeal to the right wing idealism that leads to hatred, division and destruction.

Good luck to all of you as you travel this difficult journey.

What is the State of Mentoring in your city?

In December MENTOR New York shared its Report on the State of NY Mentoring which you can read at this link. The site also shares Covid19 resources.

I suspect other cities and states might report similar findings but I've not seen this type of report yet from Illinois or from others.

From January 27 to 29 MENTOR will host it's annual conference, in an all-virtual format this year. I've already registered and hope that others will do the same. Use this link.

Dig into tutor/mentor web library

* Mentoring networks - click here

* Tutor/Mentor Programs beyond Illinois - click here

* Black History studies - click here

* Homework & learning help - click here

* Poverty, racism, inequality - click here

* Impact of Covid19; What's next? - click here

* Digital divide research & articles - click here

* Resources from Afterschool Alliance - click her

* Recommended Learning Resources on YouTube - click here

Purpose of Tutor/Mentor Library

I've been building a web library since 1993 with a goal that people would use this information to innovate better ways to support k-12 youth in well-organized, and well-funded, volunteer based tutor, mentor and learning organizations.

View this PDF to see how ideas from one place can inspire work done in many other places. Few of the youth tutor/mentor programs I look at share their strategies, program design, lessons learned, etc. consistently on websites and blogs, but if more did this they would be helping others learn from them, so more kids would receive better support.

What does your planning cycle look like?

It's January and National Mentoring Month draws attention to mentoring programs throughout the country. If you're on a school-based calendar, your year starts in August as you recruit youth and volunteers. That means in January you should be starting a process of evaluating your own fall start-up activities with a goal of doing even better next fall. As you move through the spring, you should be inviting your volunteers, youth, parents and donors into your brainstorming and planning process. By June you should have a plan of operations for the coming year.
View this PDF to learn more of this process.

Understand challenges facing youth, and new President of USA

This concept map is one of many that I've created over the past 15 years to visualize some of the things we need to be thinking about in our efforts to help kids in poverty areas move through school and into adult lives.

I created another that shows many of the issues facing America and the world as Joe Biden takes over as our 46h President. View it here.

Drawing people together to read, think, discuss then form action strategies is one of the biggest challenges we face. Here's one of many articles I've focused on building a learning organization.

Below are resources to use to help youth in your community.

Resources from Tutor/Mentor:

* List of Chicago area youth Tutor and/or Mentor programs, plus other resources for finding youth programs - click here

* Facebook pages of Chicago area youth programs - click here

* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Concept Map library - click here

* Mapping for Justice blog - click here

* Blog article showing short links to resources hosted in Tutor/Mentor library and websites - click here

* Hashtags I follow on Twitter. Use to expand your own network - click here

* Blogs I follow using Inoreader- click here

*Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles-click here

Please help update this cMap and the links in the Tutor/Mentor web library. Just email me with additions or changes.

* Covid-19 in Illinois - Impact on Nonprofits in 2020. Forefront report. - click here

* 2021 National Mentoring Summit will be a remote conference this year. Click here for details.

* National Mentoring Resource Center - Covid-19 resources - click here

* MyChiMyFuture - City of Chicago - visit site and find activities for youth - click here

* Strengthening Chicago Youth web site, click here; blog -click here

* Chicago Mentoring Collaborative - click here

* To & Through Project web site - click here

* Incarceration Reform Digital Resource Center - click here

* Chicago Learning Exchange - click here

* ChiHackNight - remote civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see weekly agenda

About this newsletter.

While I try to send this only once a month, I write blog articles weekly. Throughout the newsletter I post links to a few of the articles published in the past month or earlier. I encourage you to spend a little time each week reading these articles and following the links. Use the ideas and presentations in group discussions with other people who are concerned about the same issues.

Since 2011 I've supported Tutor/Mentor Connection via the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, which is not a 501-c-3. It's also not broadly funded. I've covered expenses through my own savings and the help of a few who make annual donations to me either via my December 19 birthday campaign, or my year-end fund me campaign. Below are links to each page. Please help if you can. Thank you to all who contributed in 2020.

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Feb 2021 T/M eNews

February 2021 - Issue 197

Maps. Social Capital. Birth-to-Work

In this month's newsletter I focus on maps, birth-to-work program design, social capital theory and relationships as desired outcomes.

I've provided links to pages and articles where I hope you'll explore these ideas more deeply and engage others in conversation about where and how the ideas might be applied.

If you are writing about these strategies on blogs or in program websites, please share the link with me on one of the social media platforms I point to.

Use this newsletter as a study guide.

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Birth to Work - 12 years and longer

While many focus on the actions of a mentor or of a tutor I focus on how these actions need to repeat for many years to help a youth living in a high poverty area move safely through school and into adult lives, with a job/career that enables her to raise her own kids free of poverty.

This Tutor/Mentor Pinterest page shows many of my #birthtowork graphics and pages where I've used them in articles.

Maps - point to ALL places where help needed

I've been using maps since 1993 to focus attention and resources to all of the high poverty areas of the Chicago region, which is where thousands of youth need expanded networks and support to help them through school and into adult lives.

By identifying existing programs in these areas we can point resource providers to them. By showing areas without programs we can help mobilize resources to fill the voids.

View map stories here, here and here.

Social Capital - Who you know. Relationships Matter.

I was able to participate in the January National Mentoring Summit and found many of the workshops and panels to be useful. I pointed to some in this blog article.

Two workshops focused on social capital and relationships as necessary goals and outcomes for youth tutor/mentor programs. The graphic at the right visualizes the goal of connecting youth to adults from many backgrounds who can model opportunities, open doors, and provide aid and coaching as youth make this journey.

Jan 2020 Tutor/Mentor eNews

January 2020 - Issue 186

January is National Mentoring Month.

Youth Support is 12-Month Effort.

The ideas shared in this monthly newsletter can be used by youth organization leaders, resource providers, political leaders, universities, volunteers and youth to help mentor-rich programs thrive in all of the neighborhoods where they are most needed.

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Mentor Role in Larger Youth Development and Poverty Reduction

January is National Mentoring Month and there will be many ways to recognize volunteers and learn ways to support youth mentoring programs. Click here to learn more about Mentoring Month activities.

During this month encourage your volunteers to dig into web libraries such as hosted by Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC to learn more about where and why youth tutor/mentor programs are needed and ways they can help programs grow.

View this Mentoring Month article on Tutor/Mentor blog and think of ways volunteers can take larger roles in youth development strategies.

Where are Tutor/Mentor Programs Located in Chicago?

Since 1993 the Tutor/Mentor Connection (now Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC) has collected information about non-school tutor and/or mentor programs and attempted to plot this data on maps of the Chicago region, with a focus on site based programs where youth can connect regularly with a primary mentor, extra learning and a network of adults. See the T/MC map at this link.

Here's one article showing the intended use of maps.This page shows more ways maps can be used.

In addition, the Mapping for Justice blog shows many more ways maps can be used.

Where are you Connecting with Others?

While face-to-face mentoring and tutoring is the most common form of contact between youth and volunteers, many on-line mentoring and tutoring programs have been growing for the past two decades.

I point to some of the on-line mentoring programs in this section of the Tutor/Mentor library.

I've used email, blogs and web sites to share ideas with others for many years. I also use Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and Pinterest, and to a small degree, Instagram.

Here's a "Join me on Twitter" article that I hope you'll read. I feel it's the best of the different social media platforms that I use.

In the sections below are links that I point to often, and that I've added recently.

* Web resources to help you find Chicago Tutor and/or Mentor Programs; use to find programs in other places, too. - click here

* Black History Month resources - click here

* Resources for fund raising - click here

* Philanthropy articles on Tutor/Mentor blog - click here

* Social Justice, Poverty, Inequality, Housing resource links - click here

* Blog article showing links to sections of Tutor/Mentor web library - click here

* 2020 Presidential Campaign - research issues and candidates -click here

* Civic Engagement - resource map (recommend other links). - click here

* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Concept Map library - click here

* Mapping for Justice blog - click here

* Hashtags I follow on Twitter. Use to expand your own network - click here

* National Mentoring Month events - click here

* Chicago Mentoring Collaboration - training event, Jan. 24, 2020 - click here

* Youth Mentoring Research Symposium, Jan. 29, 2020, Washington DC (at annual Mentoring Summit).- It's FREE, but registration required; seating limited.

* Chicago Volunteer Expo - Feb. 23 -learn more

* Strengthening Chicago Youth web site, click here; blog - click here

* MENTOR Illinois. - click here

* To & Through Project web site -click here

* Incarceration Reform Digital Resource Center - click here

* City of Chicago, CPS, links - click here

* Chicago Public School Locator - click here

* ChiHackNight - civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see agenda

*Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles- click here

(Please help update this cmap.)

Recent Tutor/Mentor blog articles:

* What I Wish for Christmas (see graphic above) - click here

* Looking Back. Looking forward - click here

* Enough is Enough - do the planning; build the network -click here

* Can You Help Tutor/Mentor Programs Grow? - click here

* Annotate with me - Miles Morales: Spider-Man and What will EdReform 2.0 Bring? - click here

* What Am I Sharing on Twitter? click here

* Do I look like Woodie Flowers? Do you know who he is? click here

* Were you part of the Volunteer Recruitment Campaigns in early 2000s? View email archives. - click here

* Tutor/Mentor articles on Tumblr - this is a collection of key concepts - click here

* Tutor/Mentor Exchange on Wordpress - click here

The Resource Links library has been updated! During the past year, every link (more than 2000) was opened to make sure it works, or updated if needed. New links are added weekly.

View video that shows how to find recent links added to web library.

Sample Articles in Tutor/Mentor Library

* Miles Morales: Spider-Man and Re imagining the Canon for Racial Justice - annotated article - click here

* Wrench in the Gears: A Skeptical Parent's Thoughts on Digital Curriculum - click here

* LittleSis - Free database of "who knows who" at the heights of business and government - click here

* Ideas for Project Based Learning - click here

* What are the factors that affect learning at your school? - click here

* What Does Youth Civic Engagement Have to do With Inequality? article

*An analysis of achievement gaps in every school in America shows that poverty is the biggest hurdle. - click here

* Logic Models and Theory of Change models for youth mentoring programs - click here

About this newsletter.

While I try to send this only once a month, I write blog articles weekly. Throughout the newsletter I post links to a few of the articles published in the past month or earlier.I encourage you to spend a little time each week reading these articles and following the links. Use the ideas and presentations in group discussions with other people who are concerned about the same issues

Why? Read this article to understand purpose of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC and this newsletter.

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February 2020 eNews

February 2020 - Issue 187

The Internet is a Vast Ocean of Ideas.

Learn to Fish. Learn to Share.

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Learning to Fish

This map shows one section of the Tutor/Mentor web library which has been growing since 1998. The articles in this section focus on issues of social justice, poverty, racism, inequality, housing disparities as well as on uses of maps to focus attention on all places where these are problems to be solved.

It takes time to walk through the various sections of the library enough to know what's there and to be able to share this information with others. Yet with better information we're able to do more to solve these problems.

Learn to Share

The graphic at the right was used in a blog written in February by Sheri Edwards, a retired teacher from Washington State, who I met on Twitter several years ago. I hope you'll read it.

Sheri's blog demonstrates how anyone "fishing" in the Tutor/Mentor library can then share what they are learning in ways that encourage others to take a look, too.

I posted this graphic and a link to her blog in this article on the Tutor/Mentor blog. That's an example of giving attention to people who are sharing. Others could write similar blogs or post these links on Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin.

Why? Because it will take the collective effort of thousand of people, over many years, to solve some of the problems we face.

Homework Help. Volunteer Recruitment.

The Tutor/Mentor library has many sections.

In the "Find a Program" section is a list of nearly 200 Chicago area organizations that offer various forms of volunteer-based tutoring and/or mentoring.

In the Homework Help section are links to resources that can be used by students, volunteers, program staff, parents and teachers.

In the Mentoring Programs section are links to youth programs and networks beyond Chicago. Each program website is a resource that others could learn from.

In the sections below are links that I point to often,
and that I've added recently.

* Web resources to help you find Chicago Tutor and/or Mentor Programs; use to find programs in other places, too. - click here

* Black History Month resources - click here

* Resources for fund raising - click here

* Philanthropy articles on Tutor/Mentor blog - click here

* Social Justice, Poverty, Inequality, Housing resource links - click here

* Blog article showing links to sections of Tutor/Mentor web library - click here

* 2020 Presidential Campaign - research issues and candidates -click here

* Civic Engagement - resource map (recommend other links). - click here

* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Concept Map library - click here

* Mapping for Justice blog - click here

* Hashtags I follow on Twitter. Use to expand your own network - click here

* Chicago Volunteer Expo - Feb. 23 - learn more

* 2020 On The Table event hosted by Chicago Community Trust will repeat on May 12, 2020. Watch the website for details.

* Strengthening Chicago Youth web site, click here; blog - click here

* MENTOR Illinois. - click here

* To & Through Project web site -click here

* Incarceration Reform Digital Resource Center -click here

* City of Chicago, CPS, links -click here

* Chicago Public School Locator - click here

* Healthy Chicago 2.0 - click here

* ChiHackNight - civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see agenda

*Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles-click here

(Please help update this cmap.)

Recent Tutor/Mentor blog articles:

* Make Tutor/Mentor Programs Available to More Youth (see graphic above) - click here

* What's the Game Plan Look Like? - click here

* MyChi.MyFuture - Mayor Lightfoot's program-feedback - click here

* A Call for Comprehensive, Mentor-Rich Non-School Programs - click here

* A New Call to Action from Chicago Tribune-click here

* Building Public Attention and Support. click here

* Tutor/Mentor articles on Tumblr - this is a collection of key concepts - click here

* Tutor/Mentor Exchange on Wordpress - click here

Sample Articles in Tutor/Mentor Library

* Computer Science Learning Opportunities in Chicago. Chicago City of Learning. - click here

* Equitable Futures - project of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - click here

* Between the Great Migration and Growing Exodus: The Future of Black Chicago. UIC report - click here

* Ideas for Project Based Learning - click here

* What We Get Wrong About Closing the Racial Wealth Gap - click here

* Combating Inequality? article

* Logic Models and Theory of Change models for youth mentoring programs - click here

The Resource Links library has been updated!During the past year, every link (more than 2000) was opened to make sure it works, or updated if needed. New links are added weekly.

View video that shows how to find recent links added to web library.

About this newsletter.

While I try to send this only once a month, I write blog articles weekly. Throughout the newsletter I post links to a few of the articles published in the past month or earlier.I encourage you to spend a little time each week reading these articles and following the links. Use the ideas and presentations in group discussions with other people who are concerned about the same issues

Why? Read this article to understand 20+ year history and purpose of Tutor/Mentor Connection, Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC and this newsletter. Read more articles like this.

If the newsletter does not format correctly in your email, or if you want to return to it for future reading or to share with others,use this link.

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March 2020 Tutor/Mentor eNews

March 2020 - Issue 188

As USA enters a period of great uncertainty,

use the Internet to stay connected.

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Resources for out-of-the box learning

The CoronaVirus crisis has forced schools and non-school programs in Chicago and elsewhere to close for an indefinite period of time.

I'm seeing a tremendous outpouring of ideas posted on social media and have added a few sites to the Tutor/Mentor web library. While I encourage you to spend time getting to know what I host, I also encourage you to share what you're learning, and learn from others, by taking an active role on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIN.

Below I show a few links to research.

In the Homework Help section are links to a wide range of learning resources.

In the learning blogs section are articles focused on on-line learning. A few links to look at are:

* Resources from Afterschool Alliance - click here

* What if my school suddenly closes - click here

* Storyline - Actors reading books - click here

* eLearning eNcyclopedia - click here

* Ideas for teaching on-line - click here

* Recommended Learning Resources on YouTube - click here

We're entering a time of great uncertainty.

Will this be the repeat of the 1930s or the 2008 recession? What will be the funding streams available to support non-school youth programs after they re-open again, in a few weeks (optimistically) or a few months? While this is an internal conversation between leaders, board members, volunteers and donors, it needs to be an on-line conversation, connecting people from many sectors and many places.

The questions I post in the images below will still be questions in a few months. You can find me in any of the social media spaces shown on this page. If you're aware of these conversations please share the link with me.

What

Happens

After the

Pandemic?

Resources to use to help youth
in your community.

* Web resources to help you find Chicago Tutor and/or Mentor Programs; use to find programs in other places, too. - click here

* Resources for fund raising - click here

* Philanthropy articles on Tutor/Mentor blog - click here

* Social Justice, Poverty, Inequality, Housing resource links - click here

* Blog article showing links to sections of Tutor/Mentor web library - click here

* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Concept Map library - click here

* Hashtags I follow on Twitter. Use to expand your own network - click here

* Blogs I follow using Inoreader - click here
(This site aggregates links, showing many blogs under similar topic categories.)

* 2020 On The Table event hosted by Chicago Community Trust will repeat in May. Due to COVID19, this event may be canceled. Watch the website for details.

* Strengthening Chicago Youth web site,click here; blog - click here

* MENTOR Illinois. - click here

* To & Through Project web site - click here

* Incarceration Reform Digital Resource Center - click here

* City of Chicago, CPS, links - click here

* Chicago Public School Locator - click here

* Healthy Chicago 2.0 - click here

* ChiHackNight - civic technology meet-up; will be virtual event, every Tuesday in Chicago -see agenda

*Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles-click here

(Please help update this cMap.)

Recent Tutor/Mentor blog articles:

* Use Twitter to find #learnathome resources -click here

* Find Tutor, Mentor programs in Chicago area (see graphic above) - click here

* Connecting Virtually During COVID-19 - click here

* Reaching k-12 youth in high poverty areas- on-going challenge - click here

* Steps to Start a Tutor/Mentor program - click here

* Sharing Birth-to-Work Graphics - click here

* If You're in the Room, are You Being Heard? - click here

* Building Public Attention and Support.click here

* Maps, Planning & Network Building - click here

* Tutor/Mentor articles on Tumblr - this is a collection of key concepts - click here

* Tutor/Mentor Exchange on Wordpress - click here

Recent Additions to Tutor/Mentor Library

* Creating Networks of Privilege (see image above) - click here

* Afterschool Development video - click here

* Network Analysis for Change - click here

* Radical Changes in Philanthropy - 2020 Report - click here

* America's 100 Most Disadvantaged Communities - click here

* What We Get Wrong About Closing the Racial Wealth Gap - click here

* Understanding Deep Disadvantage in America - click here

* Understanding bridging, bonding and linking social capital - click here

The Resource Links library was during the past year. Every link (more than 2000) was opened to make sure it works, or updated if needed. New links are added weekly.

View video that shows how to find recent links added to web library.

About this newsletter.

While I try to send this only once a month, I write blog articles weekly. Throughout the newsletter I post links to a few of the articles published in the past month or earlier.I encourage you to spend a little time each week reading these articles and following the links. Use the ideas and presentations in group discussions with other people who are concerned about the same issues

Why? Read this article to understand 20+ year history and purpose of Tutor/Mentor Connection, Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC and this newsletter. Read more articles like this.

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May 2020 Tutor/Mentor eNews

May 2020 - Issue 189

How Are Youth Programs Staying Connected

to Youth, Ideas, Resources and Each Other?

I hope that all who read this newsletter are doing well and offer condolences to those who have lost loved ones to Covid19, and to those struggling due to lost jobs. I read many articles about Covid19 and within many is hope for a better future.

The ideas shared in this monthly newsletter can be used by youth organization leaders, resource providers, political leaders, universities, volunteers and youth to help mentor-rich programs thrive in all of the neighborhoods where they are most needed.Many may need a lot of help to restart in coming months. More will be needed in many places.

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How Many ZOOM meetings have you been part of over the past 30 days?

The CoronaVirus crisis has created new ways for people to connect and ZOOM meetings are one of the most popular.

While I've been active on the Internet for more than 20 years many of my peers have not been as active. That's changing. I'm now re-connecting to people who I've met in past years through conferences and events I've hosted or participated in, but who I've had few one-on-one conversations after these events.

This link points to one meeting I was part of.

On April 25th I was part of a ZOOM meeting with more than 100 other Chicago youth program leaders which was organized by a youth initiative of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office. Visit this website to connect with this initiative, and to be part of future on-line meetings..

What about you? What ZOOM meetings have you been part of? Join me@tutormentorteam on Twitter and share your stories.

Here's a few resources to help connect youth to learning and on-line mentoring during Covid19.

In the Homework Help section of the Tutor/Mentor web library are dozens of links to a wide range of learning resources.

Below are a few examples:

*Teach from Home - hub of information and tools to help teachers during Covid19 - click here

* Resources from Afterschool Alliance - click her

* eLearning eNcyclopedia - click here

* Genius Hour - get your kids involved - click here

* Ideas for teaching on-line - click here

* Recommended Learning Resources on YouTube - click here

Tutor/Mentor web library is being upgraded and many sections may not be available for a few months.

In this blog article I've posted a few concept maps that point to different web resources that will still be available.

For instance, the concept map at the right can be used to find places to volunteer in Chicago and beyond.

I encourage you to use these maps, along with blog articles that I write weekly, to connect with ideas and resources that you can use to help kids in your family, neighborhood and/or community.

Is your organization raising money during the May 5, 2020 #GivingTuesday event?

The graphic at the left is one of many you'll find on the Tutor/Mentor Blog, visualizing the long-term support youth need to move safely from birth to work.

Campaigns like Giving Tuesday can help raise money for organizations doing this work, but they need to be participating. Learn more at givingtuesday.org

Resources to use to help youth in your community.

Recent Tutor/Mentor blog articles:

* Use concept maps in planning past Covid19 - click here

* Find Tutor, Mentor programs in Chicago area - click here

* Reaching out to Universities - a Virtual Learning Opportunity - click here

* Youth Tutor/Mentor Programs after Covid19 - click here

* Lack of technology access highlighted during Covid19 - click here

* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Concept Map library - click here

* Mapping for Justice blog - click here

* Hashtags I follow on Twitter. Use to expand your own network - click here

* Blogs I follow using Inoreader - click here

* MyChiMyFuture - City of Chicago - click here

* Strengthening Chicago Youth web site, click here;blog - click here

* MENTOR Illinois. - click here

* To & Through Project web site - click here

* Incarceration Reform Digital Resource Center - click here

* City of Chicago, CPS, links - click here

* Chicago Public School Locator - click here

* Healthy Chicago 2.0 - click here

* Chicago Learning Exchange - click here

* ChiHackNight - civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see agenda

*Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles-click here

(Please help update this cMap.)

Look at what some Chicago youth programs are sharing:

Mikva Challenge (at right) shares daily virtual assignments and will host Digital Dialogues in May - click here and scroll to bottom of home page.

WITS Chicago- shares resources for empowering readers at home - click here

Cluster Tutoring blog shows "how kids can learn while stuck at home" - click here

Tutoring Chicago shares e-learning resources - click here

Peak Chicago is hosting a virtual breakfast on May 6th - click here

I learn much about what Chicago tutor/mentor programs are doing from what they post on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.

Here's my Facebook list of programs - pick which ones you want to follow. click here

Here's my Twitter list. It includes more than just Chicago - click here

Here's my LinkedIN page. Follow me and see posts that I'm seeing. click here

Other Links you might find useful

21 Simple Things NPOs can do during Covid19 lockdown - click here

Spotivity - helping youth connect to activities in Chicago - click here

A Better Chicago - Fighting Poverty with Opportunity - click here

Connect Chicago -HS Students created this eTutoring program to help other kids in Chicago - click here

Skoll World Forum- This year was a virtual event, with dozens of ZOOM presentations. See archive.- click here

Social Movements in and beyond Covid19 - click here

How Communities Work Together- new study -click here

The Price of Real Change- philanthropy article -https://www.philanthropy.com/paid-article/the-price-of-real-change/298#tw3

About this newsletter.

While I try to send this only once a month, I write blog articles weekly. Throughout the newsletter I post links to a few of the articles published in the past month or earlier.I encourage you to spend a little time each week reading these articles and following the links. Use the ideas and presentations in group discussions with other people who are concerned about the same issues.

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June 2020 eNews

June 2020 - Issue 190

Protest Marches, Responses to Pandemic. Educating and Mentoring. Challenges we must meet in 2020.

In my last newsletter at the end of April I offered condolences to those who lost loved ones to Covid19 and to those struggling due to lost jobs. Since then that pain has continued to grow and the impact on many families from having schools and non-school programs closed has added to the suffering. 
The murder of George Floyd has added to this and ignited pent up rage and anger that is still growing with protest marches throughout the world.
The uncertainty of what the future holds is something that we all fear. 

Yet, there is great hope that this time, things will be different.
The ideas and resources shared in this monthly newsletter can be used by youth organization leaders, resource providers, political leaders, universities, volunteers and youth to help mentor-rich programs thrive in all of the neighborhoods where they are most needed, and to help understand and respond to these over-riding challenges. 
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Entering 2020 we faced a literal tsunami of significant challenges. Then in March the Covid19 pandemic burst on our shores, closing businesses, school & non-school programs and taking thousands of lives.
Just as we appeared to be getting a control over the health crisis, a new public health emergency emerged, with the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. This with countless previous acts of police and institutional violence against Black Americans, burst a dam of pent up rage and for the past two weeks people in the US and all over the world have been marching and demanding change.

There are no simple, short-term solutions. 
Each of the issues on the graphic above is a complex problem, requiring the involvement of many people over many years.
Added together it's a wicked complex problem requiring a systems thinking approach. What's that? Read what I wrote in this blog article.
I post articles weekly. I hope you'll follow, read, then share them with others.

What can you do? Spend time learning.
With so many people working from home the number of on-line webinars and conferences has exploded. I spend time in 3-4 ZOOM meetings a week, sometimes 2-3 in a single day!
In many people are asking "what can I do" and the most frequent answer is "Educate yourself. Spend time learning." This is an especially important message for White people trying to understand issues of racism and White privilege.
This June 2020 Poverty Narrative on-line conference is just one place you can learn from.

Share what you are reading and watching.
The graphic at the left visualizes the role every person can take to share what they learn with people in their various networks.
You can use Twitter, LinkedIN, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or any other media you're comfortable with.
However, read something every day. Share something every day.
I'm on Twitter @tutormentorteam. Follow & connect with my network.

The Tutor/Mentor web library is being updated, so instead of pointing you to sections of the library i'm going to list a few websites that you might visit.
Understand long history of racism in America
43 books on racism for adults and kids. From Chicago SunTimes - click here
Anti-Racism books recommended in MiddleWeb article - click here
Police Violence videos on Twittter. Aggregated list. - click here
1619 Project - NY Times - click here
How we Rise: Policy solutions to upend structural racism and create a more equitable society for all - click here
11 things to do besides Say "This Has to Stop" in the wake of police brutality - click here
A history of race and racism in America - click here 
Advancing Racial Equity with State Tax Policy - click here
Digital mapping of racism and segregation in America - click here
Fixing broken election and political system
Expanding Voting Rights - Issue Brief from Reclaim the American Dream - click here
Fixing our broken political system. New book. click here
Education is over....though provoking article - click here
Race and the Schooling of Black Americans. This 1992 article illustrates how little has changed over the past 30 years - click here
Challenges of poverty, Covid19, and the education system
9 ways poverty hurts education - click here
Basic needs and Covid19 - a collection of articles - click here
Digital Education Post Covid19 - PDF- click here
Chasing the American Dream. Poverty and Opportunity in America - click here
Closing the Racial Wealth Gap in America - click here
Our Equitable Future. Roadmap for the Chicago region - click here
Race, Racism and Health - Examining the connections - click here
Zinn Education Project - teaching people's history - click here
The above are just a few of the links in the Tutor/Mentor Web library. You can access the library at this link. (for the next few weeks you might see two versions of the library as I'm transitioning to a new hosting format.)
My map and list of Chicago area Tutor/Mentor programs - click here
Here's my Facebook list of programs - pick which ones you want to follow. - click here
Here's my Twitter list. It includes more than just Chicago - click here
Here's my LinkedIN page. Follow me and see posts that I'm seeing. - click here
 

Below are resources to use to help youth in your community.

Recent Tutor/Mentor blog articles:
* Athletes can take the lead - click here
* After the riots, do the planning - click here
* Looking back over 45 years of involvement - click here
* Memorial Day - Just don't forget. - click here
* How do we turn participation map into collective impact map? click here 
* Mentoring as Part of Larger Strategy - click here
* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here
* Concept Map library - click here
* Mapping for Justice blog - click here
* Hashtags I follow on Twitter. Use to expand your own network - click here
* Blogs I follow using Inoreader - click here

* MyChiMyFuture - City of Chicago - click here
* Strengthening Chicago Youth web site, click here;  blog - click here
* Chicago Mentoring Collaborative - click here
* To & Through Project web site - click here
* Incarceration Reform Digital Resource Center - click here
* City of Chicago, CPS, links - click here 
* Chicago Public School Locator - click here
* Healthy Chicago 2.0 - click here
* Chicago Learning Exchange - click here
* ChiHackNight - civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see agenda
* Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles - click here
(Please help update this cmap.)

About this newsletter.
While I try to send this only once a month, I write blog articles weekly. Throughout the newsletter I post links to a few of the articles published in the past month or earlier. I encourage you to spend a little time each week reading these articles and following the links. Use the ideas and presentations in group discussions with other people who are concerned about the same issues.
If the newsletter does not format correctly in your email, or if you want to return to it for future reading or to share with others, use this link. 
Encourage friends, family, co-workers to sign up to receive this newsletter. Click here. 
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Summer 2020 eNews

Summer 2020 - Issue 191

On-Line Learning Resources:
For youth, parents, teachers, volunteers.

As spring turns to summer and we soon will be sending kids back to school, and to non-school tutor and mentor programs, the nation faces great uncertainty. Will learning be on-line? How will volunteer tutors and mentors connect with students and provide extra support?

This uncertainty is compounded by poverty, racial and economic inequalities, the global climate crisis and an upcoming national election.

While you can do a web search to learn more about any of these issues, I've been aggregating links in a web library that is free to all.

The ideas and resources shared in this monthly newsletter can be used by youth organization leaders, resource providers, political leaders, universities, volunteers and youth to help mentor-rich programs thrive in all of the neighborhoods where they are most needed, and to help understand and respond to these over-riding challenges.

If you are a consistent reader,consider a contribution to help fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC

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What's Working? What Challenges? Join this GrowthWorks Conversation.

Read this blog article to see the scope and purpose and volunteer to be interviewed.

I've connected to many former volunteers through social media. One is Phil Roos, who leads the GrowthWorks consulting firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Since April Phil's company has been holding consumer conversations to learn how people are dealing with Covid19. These are shared on their website.

Now the team is interested in talking with leaders of volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs in Chicago, Detroit and other places.

If you'd like to be interviewed, please contact GrowthWorks directly (using email in the blog article) or email Dan Bassill at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Web library updated.

I finished updating the Tutor/Mentor web library in mid June.

Since then I've updated links in all of my concept maps (see cMap library). I've also updated links in this blog article, which I created several years ago to serve as a resource anyone can use to find links I point to regularly, as well as links to every sub section in the library.

Part of that article, shown at the left, includes links to the list of Chicago area youth tutor and/or mentor programs that I've hosted since 1993.

As school starts use this to identify and connect with programs in different parts of the Chicago region.

Preparing for new school year

It looks like most schools will offer a combination of in-school, face-to-face teaching and on-line learning. Much has been learned since everyone turned to on-line learning in March, and much more needs to be learned to make this effective for every student, especially those in high poverty areas where access to digital learning resources is one of the major barriers. Here are three sections of the Tutor/Mentor library with resources for you.

# Homework help library - click here

# Educator blogs and conversations about learning - click here

# Digital Divide links - click here

Connect and Learn from others using Twitter #Hashtags

The graphic at the left shows one section of a concept map I've used for a few years to keep track of Twitter conversations that I value. This section points to discussions among educators.

Since on-line learning is new to many, and not so new to some, being able to join these conversations and draw ideas that you can apply to your own eLearning, tutoring & teaching is a way to dramatically expand your tool kit. Spend some time getting to know these groups then pick a few to visit once or twice a week.

I'm on Twitter@tutormentorteam. I look forward to connecting with you.

Below are resources to use to help youth in your community.

Recent Tutor/Mentor blog articles:

* Birth-to-Work - what's needed? - click here

* Dig Deeper into Social Capital Thinking - click here

* Examples of remote learning - click here

* Creating Economic Justice - Opportunity for All - click here

* Helping Youth Tutor/Mentor Programs Grow - click here

* Time Right for Greater Business Involvement? - click here

* Navigating Through Information Libraries - click here

* Where I've been connecting with others - click here

* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Concept Map library - click here

* Mapping for Justice blog - click here

* Hashtags I follow on Twitter. Use to expand your own network - click here

* Blogs I follow using Inoreader - click here

* National Mentoring Resource Center - Covid-19 resources - click here

* MyChiMyFuture - City of Chicago - click here

* Strengthening Chicago Youth web site, click here; blog - click here

* Chicago Mentoring Collaborative - click here

* To & Through Project web site - click here

* Incarceration Reform Digital Resource Center - click here

* City of Chicago, CPS, links - click here

* Chicago Public School Locator - click here

* Healthy Chicago 2.0 - click here

* Chicago Learning Exchange - click here

* ChiHackNight - remote civic technology meet-up; every Tuesday in Chicago - see agenda

(view video of Cook County Public Defender from 8-11-2020)

*Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles - click here

Please help update this cMap and the links in the Tutor/Mentor web library. Just email me with additions or changes.

About this newsletter.

While I try to send this only once a month, I write blog articles weekly. Throughout the newsletter I post links to a few of the articles published in the past month or earlier.I encourage you to spend a little time each week reading these articles and following the links. Use the ideas and presentations in group discussions with other people who are concerned about the same issues.

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May 2020 - Issue 189

How Are Youth Programs Staying Connected to Youth, Ideas, Resources and Each Other?

The PDFs on this page have been created since the 1990s, and updated often, to help
people understand Tutor/Mentor Connection
and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC strategies and available resources.

Thus, the PDFs are now shared on this page from a Google drive file. See more
on this page 2, and this page 3.

Show your support with a contribution. open here

The PDFs on this page have been created since the 1990s, and updated often, to help
people understand Tutor/Mentor Connection
and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC strategies and available resources.

The original PDFs are posted on this page.

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How Are Youth Programs Staying Connected

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