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It was another weekend of shootings in Chicago neighborhoods. This is not a problem with a quick fix.
That's why I encourage people to connect with the Tutor/Mentor Connection and look for ways to support volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs operating in different parts of the city, while also looking for ways to create new programs to fill voids.
Getting a youth and volunteer connected is the first step in a long process of helping that mentor, and the tutor/mentor program where the youth and volunteer were introduced, have a life changing impact on the decisions and choices that young person makes as he/she grows up.
There are too few of these programs in the city, and many who operate are in various stages of development. It takes many years for a group of people to build a great organization, and then it takes continued support, and constant improvement, to keep that organization great.
Chicago needs great tutor/mentor programs in every high poverty neighborhood. To make that happen we need the involvement of business, faith, college, hospital and other community stakeholders.
If anyone cares about this, and is reading this, I'm hosting a conference on May 29 and 30 at Northwestern University School of Law. I encourage you to attend and begin to connect with the programs who are already operating in the city.
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I have led a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program serving inner city youth in the Cabrini-Green area since 1975. I've also held various advertising jobs with the Montgomery Ward Corporation from 1973-1990.
In 1990 I created a non profit to mentor Cabrini Green youth and in 1993 I created Cabrini Connections (http://www.cabriniconnec
tions.net) and the Tutor/Mentor Connection (http://www.tutormentorco
nnection.org )
The aim of Cabrini Connections is to build a non-school adult support network, where volunteers from diverse business background serve as tutors, mentors, coaches, leaders, advocates and friends, with a commitment to "do all we can" to help each teen who joins us when entering 7th grade be starting a job/career by age 25.
The aim of the Tutor/Mentor Connection is more ambitious. We want to help programs like Cabrini Connections be available to k-12 youth in all high poverty areas in the Chicago region. We maintain a database listing more than 250 tutoring/mentoring organizations in the region and host this an a library of information about tutoring/mentoring and how to operate a non profit. We host a May and November conference intended to draw people together to share what they know. learn from others, and build collaborations that increase resources for all programs in Chicago. Through the Internet we connect with leaders of tutor/mentor programs in cities throughout the country and the rest of the world.
Take a look at our sites and join us if you'd like to end poverty by building a more comprehensive support system for inner city kids.
http://www.tutormentorcon
nection.org
http://tutormentor.blogsp
ot.com
http://tutormentorconnect
ion.ning.com
http://www.tutormentorcon
ference.org
http://www.cabriniconnect
ions.net
Member Since: 5/21/2008
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