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CONNECTING

Strategies Faith Communities Can Use to Support Growth

of Tutor/Mentor Programs in High Poverty areas.
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HOW FAITH COMMUNITIES CAN LEAD

VOLUNTEER MOBILIZATION FOR TUTOR/MENTOR
PROGRAMS
 A strategy of the Tutor/Mentor Connection, Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC www.tutormentorexchange.net

 ”One person trained twelve human beings who went on to so influence

the world that time itself is now recorded as being before (B.C.) or after
(A.D.) his existence.”

This quote was taken from the introduction of the book "Jesus, CEO:
Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership", written by Laurie Beth
Jones and published by Hyperion. It shows how much power one person
has to change the world. We hope it inspires faith leaders to use there
communications systems to change the future for millions of at-risk youth
throughout America, and the world.

Read and share the ideas in the following pages to see how faith
communities can help transform the lives of youth living in big city poverty
neighborhoods.
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 If the goal is to help kids living in high
poverty neighborhoods be starting
jobs/careers by their mid-twenties….

School-Time Programs
High Career
Pre-K K - 5th 5th - 6th 6th - 8th
School Track

3-5 PM Non-School Programs After 5 PM and Weekend Programs

Tangela joined CC in 1993,

after being part of the
MW/Cabrini Green Tutoring --- 16 years later.
Program when in elementary
school.
We are still
connected, via the
How do we help tutor/mentor programs connect Internet, 25 years
later.
with youth when they are young, and stay
connected to those kids from when we first meet
them, to when they need our help as adults?….
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 Imagine a city with K-12
tutor and/or mentor
programs operating in
every neighborhood.

Communicate this idea with

sermons, graphics, videos

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 If we want mentor-rich programs in more
places, we must influence resource flow.

To keep kids and volunteers

connected, we need these
Chicago resources every day at every
area
tutor/mentor program in
Chicago.
* volunteers
* public visibility
* operating dollars
* technology
The shaded
areas of this * training/learning
map of
Chicago are * leadership
the areas of
most This map could be any major city in the
concentrated world where youth live in high
poverty. concentrations of poverty.

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 Maps show locations of faith congregations throughout Chicago region.

Maps can be
created to show
every faith
denomination in
the Chicago
region.

Strategies from EACH congregation could be supporting growth of tutor/mentor

programs in different areas. See more faith maps in articles at
https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/search/label/faith%20group
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Every congregation represents a Network of People with
connections to every other sector in the region.

Technology Arts, Culture.

Government
Communications Religion
Education
Insurance
Healthcare

Tutor/Mentor Institute, Science,

Hospitality LLC and T/MC seek Math
Recreation business & faith leaders Engineering
to help in PULLING
youth to careers from
Natural Resources tutor/mentor programs
Agriculture in many locations Manufacturing
Transportation

Finance, Personal & Built environment Retailing

Business Services Engineering Wholesaling

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 Help spread the word! Help mobilize volunteers and donors!

The World’s Largest

Ping Pong ball table.

Every intentional action of

a faith leader, volunteer or
network-builder causes a
chain reaction that moves
every other ball.

What you say can reach

people around the world.

FAITH LEADERS HAVE

BEEN PRACTICING THIS
FOR OVER 2000 YEARS!

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 When a faith leader, or youth minister,
communicates, many listen. Many follow.
EVERY city needs leaders in every sector who take this role, not one or two high profile people.

faith business media CHICAGO

volunteers
dollars

college
you Talent &

technology

Elected
leader
others

Use personal and organizational leadership, web site and communications to connect
members of your network to Tutor Mentor programs in all parts of Chicago on a consistent, on-
going basis, using Internet directories such as www.tutormentorexchange.net as a resource for
finding programs throughout Chicago. Build similar resources in every city and state.
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 OUTREACH STRATEGY:
We want faith groups in affluent
suburban areas, as well as in
inner city areas, to be delivering
sermons on a regular basis, that
tie scripture and service, and point
members to tutor/mentor
programs that already exist, or to
neighborhoods, where new
programs need to be created.

Read article at https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2009/09/violence-is-just-on-other-side-of.html

In this graphic, we illustrate how one faith leader (Rev. Hall), can use his/her blog, sermon, radio
show and web site, to reach out to members of the congregation, and provide information they can
share with people in their own networks. We also show how these faith leaders can host networking
sessions at the November and May Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference, in
Chicago* (see www.tutormentorconference.org ) and how they can host events at different church,
mosque and temple locations, during January and August, to draw attention to tutor/mentor
programs in their own neighborhood, or in neighborhoods that they have adopted.
* the conference has not been held since May 2015

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Deliver strategic messages four times each year to increase resource flow.

3-months 6-months 9-months 12-months

from now from now from now from now

Immediate
Impact

Growth of $$ $$
$$ $$
volunteers & $$
and corporate
leaders involved

With every action have a purpose. Every message is intended to draw

needed resources to one or more tutor/mentor programs in Chicago. Teach
others to communicate with a purpose. The result will be a more consistent
flow of talent & resources to all youth programs in the region.
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STRATEGIC TIME FRAMES TO DELIVER THIS MESSAGE:
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU COMMUNICATE AND WHAT
MESSAGE YOU COMMUNICATE

1) late August (with a "be a volunteer" message to support Back- to-School

volunteer recruitment);

2) first Sunday in November (Tutor/Mentor Week - give recognition to

students, volunteers and leaders who have joined such programs);

3) mid February - ( profile volunteers, tell of success stories, the need

for volunteers to be leaders, the need for reinforcements, etc.);

4) late April (encourage participation in events like the Tutor/Mentor Leadership

and Networking Conference held from 1994-2015); give praise for the work
volunteers, students and programs have done over the past year, talk about the
need for continuing this work during the next school year.

In each of these messages, include the T/MC web site of

www.tutormentorexchange.net because that is where their members can go
for more information of what it takes to build and sustain a great mentoring program.

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Youth in faith sponsored organizations, schools, etc.
can create visualizations that share this thinking.

These graphics
were created by
interns. This one
shows use of
concept map

View at http://tinyurl.com/tmc-strategy-map

The graphic at the right is from an animation

done by an intern who converted the concept
map into a flash animation which can be
viewed in this YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=pRipJPgenFc

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Examples of information visualization created by interns.

Young people in faith

The graphic above shows how idea
groups and neighborhood
was first visualized in power point and youth programs, as well
posted on the Tutor/Mentor blog. as in public schools, can
create videos that share
This graphic at the right shows how these ideas and mobilize
intern converted this to flash animation. volunteers and donors for
View this at tutor/mentor programs in
http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/ neighborhoods where
chicagoland-volunteer-recruitment/177- they live.
volunteersleaders

See more 2006-2015 work by interns: http://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/

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 IDEA Friends
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This map shows visitors to

www.tutormentorconnection.org

Expanding network of people supporting youth tutor/mentor programs borrows lessons from
how faith communities have grown to include more people, from more places.
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 EVANGELIZE THIS!
x This map shows Methodist Church
locations in the Chicago region.
Similar maps for other denominations
x can be found at
http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com

x
x
x
Imagine if someone in a Methodist
Youth organization were building a
x map with X overlays indicating
congregations who were implementing
the ideas in this presentation. Such
groups could be sharing ideas at
spring and fall Tutor/Mentor
Conferences, and on social media, to
help others learn from them so the
x number of X s on the map grow each
year.

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You can create map stories using many different data platforms.
View this concept map at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-MappingData

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 Share your sermons. Share your strategy.
Show these maps to others!
Faith communities can build
libraries of sermons that can
be used by others each year
to create and deliver their
own messages.

Faith communities can host

workshops at spring and fall
Tutor/Mentor Conferences in
The Chicago conference has not been held since May 2005. Chicago, or at events where
One or more faith groups could re-start these in Chicago and faith leaders from many
in other cities. The conference web site provides a denominations are
template: http://www.tutormentorconference.org
connecting.

Faith communities can build

on-line communities where
these ideas can be shared.

Read more at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-FaithLeadersPDF and

at http://www.tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/faith%20groups
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PRACTICE THESE IDEAS. MAKE THEM HAPPEN!
These are concepts intended to encourage youth and adults
to think, learn and innovate new ways to support the growth
and operations of needed youth support services throughout
the Chicago metropolitan region and in EVERY other city.
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC and Tutor/Mentor Connection were created by Daniel F. Bassill,
who led volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs in Chicago from 1975 to 2011. Connect with
Dan on social media. Find ideas and resources on any of the websites shown below.

http://www.tutormentorexchange.net
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com

View social media links at

https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media
Daniel F. Bassill
D.H.L.

Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC,

Tutor/Mentor Connection

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