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Message to Ministers. Map a Strategy
Jul 25, 2008 | 11:27 AM
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This map shows Lutheran Churches in the Chicago region. Imagine if each church had a small team of people building a mobilization program intended to connect the resources of that faith community (members, the companies, colleges they attend, family, friends, etc.) with tutor/mentor programs operating in high poverty neighborhoods of the city and suburbs?

I wrote about this on the Tutor/Mentor blog and showed maps of Catholic and Baptists churches.  We've created maps of nine different faith groups and encourage members and faith leaders to use these to plan a long-term strategy that bridges the economic and social divides in our region, and creates a true pipeline out of poverty to careers.

Visit the map gallery and use the zip code map to find contact information for tutoring and/or mentoring programs throughout Chicago.

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JimAllen read my blog view my photos
Aug 16, 2008 | 3:05 PM

Your Strategy is AMAZING its sad that Churches, Secular Organisations, etc., has not reached out to Tutor/Mentor as they should have.

Again thanks for the Map, simply AMAZING!
TutorMentor read my blog view my photos
Aug 16, 2008 | 7:37 PM

Thanks. I encourage you to look at more of the maps at http://tutormentor.blogspot.com and encourage people in your own faith networks to view them. It only takes one or two churches to adopt this strategy for others to begin to follow.
JimAllen read my blog view my photos
Aug 20, 2008 | 8:43 PM

I checked the Maps out, simply AMAZING. Your strategy resembles that of a WAR General, its exactly whats needed!

What do you think about Rev. Meeks and the whole "Save Our Schools Now" Movement, do you think they should have Mapped-out a strategy --especially seeing that Winnetka is a far drive for most Low and Moderate Income Families?
TutorMentor read my blog view my photos
Aug 21, 2008 | 8:38 AM

I have been working with tutor/mentor programs that are hosted in faith based places to try to enlist ministers like Meeks to use the T/MC strategy to support the growth of comprehensive, volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs in their own communities, using our maps as a resource. Here's a blog article I wrote on this: http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2006/08/mayor-mocks-mee
ks-misses-main-message.html

The minister's I'm targeting are not just those in inner city areas, but those in La Grange, Wheaton, Burr Ridge, Winnetka and Lake Forest, where people with resources and who lead companies attend faith services every week.

If we can get a few leaders in every congregation to take on this "general" type role, we can begin to make progress in this war on poverty. It won't happen if all we do is march in the streets and make loud noises. It also won't happen by prayer alone.

I think God helps those who help themselves.
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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

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