Do they give gold medals for ending poverty? What categories would you include if they did? See mine at
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2024/07/give-gold-medals-for-ending-poverty.html
Give Gold Medals for Ending Poverty
The 2024 Olympic Games have started in Paris, France. My Chicago Bears will be playing on Thursday in the Hall of Fame NFL football game, k...
I've been digitizing my paper files from 30+ years of leading the Tutor/Mentor Connection and keep finding nuggets from the past. Today was a blog-exchange correspondence with Steve Habib Rose, who I met in 2007 via the Omidyar.net event. I shared it at
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2024/06/drawing-from-my-archives.html
Drawing from my archives
I've spent time over the past months and years (since 2019) digitizing all of the paper files that I had accumulated in leading tutor/mento...
I used my database of
#Chicago #tutor #mentor programs to host networking conferences every six months from May 1994 to May 2015. I still try to connect programs to each other. Learn about these.
https://tutormentorexchange.net/conferences-and-online-forumsConferences & Forums
The Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC mission is: To gather and organize all that is known about successful non-school tutor/mentor programs and share that knowledge to expand the availability and enhance the effectiveness of these services to children in inner city Chicago and other poverty areas.
This is a view of the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC website. the arrows point to resources such as lists of Chicago area volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs. It also includes lists showing where you can find these organizations on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Does someone in your city host a site with a similar set of resources?
I use concept maps as blueprints, to show sections of the
#Tutor #Mentor library. This one includes articles related to justice, poverty, racism, inequality, violence against women, prevention, civic engagement and the rise of the radical right in America.
https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1SRJQ5RNZ-Z2V12B-416/Law%20Justice%20Poverty%20links.cmapLaw Justice Poverty links - what is in law justice poverty links section of library
This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Law Justice Poverty links, While the Tutor/Mentor web library has many sections these are categories in one section. such as Equal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Poverty Law, While the Tutor/Mentor web library has many sections these are categories in one section. such as Civic Engagement, While the Tutor/Mentor web library has many sections these are categories in one section. such as Poverty & Crime Mapping, While the Tutor/Mentor web library has many sections these are categories in one section. such as Prevention Resources, While the Tutor/Mentor web library has many sections these are categories in one section. such as Street Gangs, While the Tutor/Mentor web library has many sections these are categories in one section. such as Violence against Women & Girls, New Links Are Added Regularly. see also article lists on DropBox, While the Tutor/Mentor web library has many sections these are categories in one section. such as Housing & Community Developmeng, While the Tutor/Mentor web library has many sections these are categories in one section. such as Rural Issues, While the Tutor/Mentor web library has many sections these are categories in one section. such as Poverty, Race Inequality
I started leading a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program in Chicago in 1975. Ever since then I've tried to transform adults who are involved in these programs, while making more available where needed. Here's an example.
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2017/08/transforming-adults-involved-in.html
Transforming Adults Involved In Volunteer-Based Tutor/Mentor Programs
I wrote this article in 2009 and said, "Now that Chicago won't host the Olympics, can we create "gold medal" thinking about ways to help kid...
When I created the Tutor/Mentor Connection in Chicago in 1993 the goal was to increase news stories about local volunteer-based programs, including the one I had just started, to help attract donors and volunteers to each of them. I'm still focused on this.
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/03/want-to-make-difference-rethink.html
Want to make a difference? ReThink Philanthropy
One of the people I follow on Twitter is Vu Le , who posts Tweets like the one below: Hey funders, remember this ancient proverb: “If you w...
Are you involved with organized, volunteer-based,
#tutor #mentor and learning programs, in any role? I keep hoping to connect w people on Mastodon and other platforms who share ideas and resources like I do at
http://www.tutormentorexchange.netTutor/Mentor Exchange - Make a Change
The Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC mission is: To gather and organize all that is known about successful non-school tutor/mentor programs and share that knowledge to expand the availability and enhance the effectiveness of these services to children in inner city Chicago and other poverty areas.
In my article about "What I fear" I included a post from Twitter where ex Major League Baseball star Reggie Jackson talked about the racism he experienced in the 1960s and 70s while playing baseball in Birmingham, Alabama and other places. Find the link and view the interview. It's not old history. It's now.
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2024/06/still-judged-by-color-of-their-skin.html
Still judged by color of their skin
I created this graphic a few years ago to share my fear for the alumni of volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs I led, and for their childre...
I love seeing posts from alumni of
#tutor #mentor programs I led from 1974 to 2011. But I also cringe & fear for there safety and future. I watched Reggie Jackson talk about racism this week. My alumni live in that world. I posted this at
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2024/06/still-judged-by-color-of-their-skin.htmlStill judged by color of their skin
I created this graphic a few years ago to share my fear for the alumni of volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs I led, and for their childre...
