@tutormentor1

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I lead the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) which are the same org and mission but with different financial structure.

Since 1993 I have been collecting & sharing ideas others can use to fight poverty & inequality & help volunteer-based tutor/mentor orgs in Chicago area grow in more places (including the single tutor/mentor program I led from 1993 to 2011).

Bloghttp://tutormentor.blogspot.com
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLChttp://www.tutormentorexchange.net
Mapping bloghttp://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com
FundTMIhttps://tutormentorexchange.net/help-fund-t-mi
tutormentor1Jun 3
Thomas ZimmerJun 3

In light of the Roberts Court emphatically clarifying that the voting rights era really is OVER and that the nation’s laws and constitution can henceforth only be used to *curtail* the right of minorities to vote, I am reposting my series of essays on the history of multiracial democracy:

🧵

https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/b0eafc14-f68d-4499-8108-b440bad1af7f

Multiracial Democracy is Young and Fragile

A history of the struggle to reconstitute a nation built on racial hierarchy around the principle of equality – Part I: Lessons from the rise and fall of Reconstruction

Steady
tutormentor1Jun 1

RE: https://mastodon.social/@charlesgaba/116675140687471293

To all the political candidates texting me daily and asking for money, I make all of my (limited) donations through Charles Gaba's site.

You're wasting your time with the "dear Dan" messages and only making me wish for publicly funded political campaigns.

tutormentor1May 31
Show threaddogtraxMay 31

@Algot

Crisp and clear today,
the sunshine dazzles our eyes
and flowers, surprise

#SmalllPoems #SundayHaiku

tutormentor1May 24
AlgotMay 24

#WordSlant is a visual word challenge in which a word has been sliced diagonally into smaller pieces. The pieces have been moved around to mix up the word.

Mentally rearrange the pieces to reform the correct word.

If you submit a #Puzzle answer, please use CW or DM.

tutormentor1May 20

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tutormentor1/116595917130112622

I'd love to find lists on BlueSky of people who are looking at this graphic and discussing actions they and others can take to make organized, volunteer-based, tutor, mentor & learning programs available in more high poverty neighborhoods of big cities like Chicago.

Are you finding any?

tutormentor1May 19
tutormentor1May 13

This is the analytics dashboard created by the Spring 2026 #IVMOOC student team at Indiana University to analyze participation in 1993-2015 Tutor/Mentor Conferences that I hosted in Chicago.

View at https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2026/05/mapping-analyzing-participation-spring.html

While these study the conferences they are intended to demonstrate how others can use the tool to analyze their own events.

tutormentor1May 18
AlgotMay 18

Pin/Button Design

Thinking is hard and, sadly, too many people don't like doing it.

#Inkscape

tutormentor1May 18
It's Monday. A new week. Another opportunity to find others who will adopt and share this #LogicModel from my #Tutor #Mentor blog. https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2023/08/what-am-i-doing-why-do-i-keep-trying.html
tutormentor1May 13

This is the analytics dashboard created by the Spring 2026 #IVMOOC student team at Indiana University to analyze participation in 1993-2015 Tutor/Mentor Conferences that I hosted in Chicago.

View at https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2026/05/mapping-analyzing-participation-spring.html

While these study the conferences they are intended to demonstrate how others can use the tool to analyze their own events.

tutormentor1May 11
Augie RayMay 11

The Trump administration keeps grifting. When will Americans push back?

"President Trump said that his handpicked contractor would charge only $1.8 million to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint it blue. The actual cost is now more than seven times that, after the Interior Department nearly doubled the size of the contract late last week, federal records show."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/reflecting-pool-paint-contract-trump.html

Reflecting Pool Repairs to Cost $13.1 Million. Trump Had Promised $1.8 Million.

The Interior Department added $6.2 million to the no-bid contract for repairs to the Lincoln Memorial pool late last week.

The New York Times