COPIES OF PRINT NEWSLETTERS FROM PRE-2003

From 1993 through 2001 the Tutor/Mentor Connection created 8 and 12 page printed newsletters that were sent three times a year to tutor/mentor programs, supporters, researchers, business and faith leaders, etc.  and those who are affected by urban poverty.  The distribution list was under 1000 people in 2004 but grew to reach more than 9,000 per issue by 2001. The Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) strategy is now led by Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. The goals are the same. The reasons to do this work have not changed.

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Feb. 2004T/MC Report newsletter (PDF)

Fall 1999 T/MC Report newsletter (PDF)

Summer 1999 T/MC Report Newsletter (PDF) w/Barack Obama

Jan-Feb 1999 T/MC Report newsletter (PDF)

Jan-Feb 1998 T/MC Report Newsletter (PDF)

Spring 1997 T/MC Report Newsletter (PDF)

Jan-Feb 1997 T/MC Report Newsletter (PDF)

Jan-Feb 1996 T/MC Report Newsletter (PDF) w/CPS CEO Paul Vallas

Summer 1995 T/MC Report Newsletter (PDF)

See more printed newsletters from 1994 through 2004. click here to enter GoogleDoc file.

Read eMail newsletters sent from 2001 to 2013 - 2000-06; 2007-08; 2009-13.

View annual year-end yearbooks - 1975-1992

View CC-T/MC annual reports - 1994-2010

Note: Address and all contact information in these printed newsletters is now different from what is shown in these newsletters.

Mail to:
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC
c/o Daniel Bassill
932 N. Salem Ave
Arlington Heights, IL 60004

The Tutor/Mentor Connection idea originated between 1975 and 1992 as Dan Bassill led the Montgomery-Ward Cabrini Green Tutoring Program in Chicago, which grew from 100 pairs of 2nd-6th grade youth and workplace volunteers to 300 pairs by 1990, and to more than 400 pairs by June 1992 after the program re-organized as a non profit in mid 1990, with the name of Cabrini-Green Tutoring Program, Inc. (this timeline shows this growth)  During those years he also held full time advertising management roles at the Montgomery Ward Corporation headquarters in Chicago.  One of the secrets of the program's growth is that Dan began reaching out to leaders of other youth programs in 1976 to gather and share ideas. This continued through 1992.

After 35 years of leading a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program I realize that mentoring must be part of a larger strategy that engages adults from many sectors of the regional community in efforts that provides the supports kids need to overcome the challenges of segregation, racism and generational poverty.  Programs must be designed to create "bridging social capital" for youth and adults who become involved.

-- Dan Bassill, Founder Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present), Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present).

The mission of the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute (T/MI) (2011-present) is 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.

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

Dan Bassill, founder of Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1992, created the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC in July 2011 to support the continued growth of the Tutor/Mentor Connection and tutor/mentor programs in the Chicago region, while seeking to embed it's ideas and strategies in cities and institutions throughout the world.  This PDF illustrates the goals and strategies of the Tutor/Mentor Institute and challenges we face.

This entire web site and the links it points to are our strategic plan. 
Read more of the Vision and Strategy of Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC and Tutor/Mentor Connection, which is the implementation of this strategy in the Chicago region.

If you are a consultant, community organizer or leader of a youth serving organization, use the information on this website as a resource to support your own efforts.