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Use the ideas and
resources shared monthly to help
youth in your zip code have
opportunities to participate in
well-organized, mentor-rich,
non-school programs.
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Wishing all a
Very Healthy,
Happy and Safe
Holiday Season -
Are You Ready
for 2018?
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.
While I
try to
send
this
only
once a
month, I
write
blog
articles
weekly.
In the
sections
below 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.
Encourage
friends,
family,
co-workers
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Give
HOPE for the
Holidays, and
Year-Round.
Hope
is a
powerful
medicine
that
enables
people
to
overcome
even the
most
difficult
challenges.
In the concept map
above one image is
of a rose, and
points to a video
where an educator
quotes Tupak
Shakir's poem, "The
Rose that Grew from
Concrete", to show
how powerful HOPE is
in helping youth
overcome huge
challenges to grow
up in high poverty
communities.
The map points to
other presentations
where HOPE is
identified as a
secret ingredient
that can be included
as part of services
offered by schools,
social service
agencies,
tutor/mentor
programs and many
others who work with
youth and families
living in high
poverty or trying to
overcome natural
disasters or other
stressful
conditions.
I worked for the
Montgomery Ward
Corporation in the
1970s and 1980s and
understand how
retail stores are
distribution points
for products and
services that people
desire. These are
made available to
the store through a
wide range of
vendors and
manufacturers.
I think of
site-based
tutor/mentor
programs as a form
of retail store.
They make many forms
of learning
available, through
the volunteers who
are tutors and
mentors, and through
partnerships with
vendors who provide
specialized
learning, such as
STEM, arts, coding,
entrepreneurship,
etc.
I point to more
than 200 Chicago
youth orgs via
this link, and
many others around
the country via
this link and
other sections of
the Tutor/Mentor web
library.
I'm not sure that
very many, if any,
think of themselves
as a distribution
point for HOPE and
opportunity,
although many are
doing this as part
of their services. I
share these ideas
with the goal that
programs,
volunteers, donors
and leaders will
look at them, and
then innovate ways
to show their own
program design and
long-term impact on
their web sites and
blogs.
Here's a couple of
presentations
related to this:
* Mentor Role in
Larger Strategy -
click here
* Shoppers Guide -
click here
If you know of a
youth organization
communicating these
ideas and program
design creatively
and effectively on
their web site,
please share the
link via Twitter
(I'm @tutormentorteam)
or via email:
tutormentor2 at
earthlink dot net.
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The American Dream
in Crisis...Needs
New Solutions
This map story
was created in 1996.
It could easily have
been created in 2017
in almost any major
city in America. Why
so little change
over so many years?
I
have
used
this
graphic
for
many
years
to
show
how
volunteers
from
different
backgrounds
connect
with
youth
in
organized
tutor/mentor
programs,
then
share
the
work
they
do
and
the
needs
of
the
program
and
the
kids,
with
people
in
their
own
work
and
family
networks.
That
idea
is
communicated
in
this
video,
which
shows
an
animation
created
by
interns
from
South
Korea
and
Hong
Kong
who
worked
with
me
between
2007
and
2011.
My
own
answer
to
why
we
don't
have
better
solutions
is
that
"too
few
people
care
enough"
to
spend
time,
talent
and
dollars
to
build
needed
systems
of
support
in
every
high
poverty
neighborhood
of
the
US,
even
though
we
have
the
wealth
to
do
this.
A
more
discouraging
answer
is
that
some
people
have
deliberately
fought
against
efforts
that
created
equal
opportunity
for
people
of
color
and
people
in
poverty.
In
two
sections
of
the
Tutor/Mentor
library
I
point
to
articles
that
you
can
read
to
build
your
own
understanding
of
these
problems.
Black
History
Month
-
click
here
Fighting
inequality
and
political
repression
-
click
here
I
add
new
links
to
the
library
regularly,
but
don't
seek
to
have
thousands
of
links
on
my
site.
Instead,
I
keep
looking
for
others
who
are
aggregating
links
on
their
web
library,
to
some
of
the
topics
I
focus
on.
The
issues
of
racial
justice,
inequality,
and
intentional
manipulation
of
the
US
political
system
would
be
topics
I'd
like
to
find
on a
site
with
more
extensive
links
than
I
offer.
I share
these
links
and
point to
my blogs
and web
library
with the
goal
that any
who read
this
will
share it
with
others,
and
organize
learning
circles
and
discussion
groups,
so more
people
build a
deeper
understanding
of the
problems
we face,
and
potential
solutions.
You can
see this
graphic
in
this
blog
article.
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Additional
information and
resources...
Below are just a few
links from the
Tutor/Mentor web
library.
* Help
update, maintain &
share Tutor/Mentor
list of Chicago area
programs -
click here
* 2017 Global
Education On-Line
Conference - archive
of all presentations
-
click here
* Core Knowledge and
Competencies for
Afterschool
Professionals -
click here
* Community
Restorative Justice
Hubs in Chicago -
click here
* Healthcare Anchor
network -
click here
* Spotlight on
Poverty articles -
click here
* Middleweb blog
- focus on teaching
and learning in
grades 4-8 -
click here
* Connected Learning
#clmooc, on-line
network -
click here
Additional
resources to help
Chicago area
organizations and
supporters connect,
learn and work
collectively to help
build support
systems for youth:
* To&Through Project
website. Find
information showing
progress of CPS
freshmen to and
through 4-year
college. Find ways
to help. click
here
* MENTOR Illinois
resources for
mentors page -
click here
* National Mentoring
Summit - January
24-26, 2018 in
Washington, DC -
details
* Indiana
Afterschool Network
Out-of-School-Time
Conference, April 9,
2018 -
details
* Chicago
Organizations in
Intermediary Roles -
click here
* See what's being
discussed on Twitter
- use Tutor/Mentor # hashtag
map
* View past
Tutor/Mentor
Newsletters - use
for on-going
learning -
click here
* List of links to
sections of
tutor/mentor
library, concept
maps and pdf essays
I point to
frequently -
click here
Dan Bassill (that's
me) is available to
discuss any of these
ideas with you, or
others, via Skype,
Google Hangouts or
in person if you're
in Chicago.
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Institute, LLC
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3303, Chicago, Il 60654
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