Nov. 2020 Tutor Mentor eNews

Nov-Dec 2020 - Issue 194

Never Stop Learning. Never Stop Helping.

This holiday season will be much lonelier for many due to Covid19. But for many there will be ZOOM family gatherings and new ways to connect and learn. However, 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 holiday season 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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Learn from others during this holiday season.

Covid19 makes the 2020 holiday season one of isolation and remote learning for everyone. I wish all to stay safe, and to stay engaged.

Since 1993 I've maintained a list of Chicago area non-school tutor, mentor and learning programs, and their websites. Many are sharing ways they are connecting youth and volunteers. Visit their websites. Follow them on Facebook or Twitter. As you see good ideas, borrow them. Share your own. Make this a gift of giving during this holiday season.

Dig into tutor/mentor web library

* Homework & learning help - click here

* Poverty, racism, inequality - click here

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

* Digital divide research & articles - click here

* 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 kids involved - click here

* Ideas for teaching on-line - click here

* Recommended Learning Resources on YouTube - click here

What I'm sharing

The graphic at the left is from a presentation I watched recently. The topic was "Talent Retention in Low Status Communities." I shared this video in this blog article.

In another article, I pointed to sites that are aggregating information, similar to what Tutor/Mentor Connection has been doing. In this I also pointed to a panel discussion on this week's College Promise Career's Institute.

Don't "Ride By" Poverty. Get Involved.

I've used maps since 1993 with a goal that people who commute to and from work through Chicago's high poverty neighborhoods would begin to search map-directories and find youth programs along their routes that they could support with time, talent, advocacy, youth jobs and dollars.

Here's a recent article where I included this graphic. During this holiday season and beyond, get to know programs along your commute, then share with others. Help build support for all of them.

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.

*GivingTuesday 2020will be Dec. 1, 2020. Click here for details. NOTE: There will not be an #ILGive campaign hosted by Forefront this year.

* 2021 National Mentoring Summit will be a remote conference this year. Early bird registration fee is $75.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 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.

Dan's 74th Birthday- click here

Fund Tutor/Mentor Institute- click here

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Wishing You Hope, Health and Happiness

As this year comes to an end we face an uncertain future due to the pandemic, political instability, climate change and a wide range of complex problems.

Our greatest strength is our ability to find solutions and help each other. Best wishes to all as we head into 2021.

Spend time browsing the ideas and resources I'm sharing and use them in 2021 to help youth tutor, mentor and learning programs reach k-12 youth in more places.

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Mobilize your network. Draw support to every youth program in your city.

I've used maps for 27 years to draw attention and resources to every high poverty area of Chicago and to youth tutor/mentor programs in those areas. I encourage others to do the same.

Open this concept map and find links to my library of Chicago tutor and/or mentor programs, along with other libraries that anyone can use to find programs throughout the USA. Visit websites, learn what programs do, and then pick one, or more, to support with year-end and on-going donations.

Dig into tutor/mentor web library

The concept map at the right diagrams one set of links in the Tutor/Mentor library. Throughout the year I encourage you to point your volunteers and donors to this page and encourage them to learn more about where and why youth tutor/mentor programs are most needed, along with other challenges that need to be addressed to help reduce poverty and create greater opportunity for all in America.

Visit this blog article and find links to every section of the Tutor/Mentor library, plus to pdf essays, concept maps and more resources.

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

Recent blog articles from Tutor/Mentor:

* Duplicate Tutor/Mentor Connection - click here

* Creating a Service-Learning Organization - click here

* Roadmap for Solving Problems - click here

* Violence in Chicago. The Rest of the Story - click here

Other recommended pages:

* Strategy PDFs by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Concept Map library - click here

* Mapping for Justice blog - 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

*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.

Help me help youth tutor/mentor programs.

Dan Bassill's 74th Birthday is December 19- click here and help him celebrate.

Fund Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC - click here and help keep this resource available for another year.

Thank you for reading and sharing the ideas in this newsletter.

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We want these opportunities for our own kids and grandchildren. We all want same long-term result of kids moving safely through school and into adult lives and jobs. Read this article to see how the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC and T/MC support this goal with an extensive knowledge base.

This video shows my commitment to helping tutor/mentor programs grow in all high poverty areas.

Rather than trying to be the single leader in a huge city, the T/MC and now T/MI, have sought to provide an information platform that all leaders can use to LEARN, EDUCATE, and innovate ways to support tutor/mentor program growth in more places and to solve other complex social, political and environmental problems facing cities.

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The Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC is not operating as a non profit either. However, it's also not a profit-making business. So, this is my "fund me" page. I (Daniel Bassill) have been self-funding this work since 2011, supported by a small group of continuing donors. Please add your support to help me continue in 2020 and beyond.

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Tour of "It takes a village" What's this mean for inner city youth. click here	4-Part Strategy Video - Helping kids through school to careers. click here	Introduction of T/MC at 1997 President's Summit for America's Future - click here
Value of Tutor/Mentor Program - Alumni Update T/MI Blog 8-11-2018 click here	Helping Tutor/Mentor Programs Grow. Ideas to Share. T/MI Blog 6-1-2018 click here	Homework Help Library - For volunteers, students, parents, etc. click here
D Bassill - Nigeria Talk - 4-2022 Interview with Aliyu B. Solomon - click here	D Bassill 3-2022 mentoring interview w Anthony Brogdon, Detroit. click here	Enough is Enough. If we want to end urban violence. click here
Here to There: Visualizing steps for helping youth through school and into careers. click here	If Mentoring is a Value, How Do We Reach More Youth in High Poverty? click here	Mapping the Tutor/Mentor Connection. Mapping a Life's Work. click here
Growth of Volunteers in a Tutor/Mentor Program - click here (view on Vialogues)	Service Learning Loop - Transformation of Volunteers in Organized Program - click here	Tutor/Mentor Connection/Institute, LLC - A Knowledge Network - click here
Tutor/Mentor Connection Year-Round Communications Strategy - click here	Collective Actions to Support Urban - Youth via Organized Tutor/Mentor Programs - click here	Connecting Resource Providers and Tutor/ Mentor Programs - Influence - click here
Mentoring Kids to Careers - Strategy & Commitment Needed - click here	Understanding "Push-Pull" As Part of Tutor/ Mentor Youth Development Strategy - click here	Tour TutorMentorExchange.net website. Video by Wona Chang, 2015 intern -click here
Intro to T/MC OHATS Documentation System (2000-2013) - click here	Volunteer Recruitment video by Chicago Access TV (2008) - click here	Tutor/Mentor Connection library tour (archive since 2021) click here
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