tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90001724175180546832024-03-07T14:55:27.182-06:00Mapping For JusticeA Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC Project.Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975685529835634300noreply@blogger.comBlogger449125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-28497397406688351392024-02-14T11:24:00.002-06:002024-03-07T14:54:54.680-06:00Persistent Poverty in AmericaMy <a href="https://x.com/kenanfikri/status/1757596681388826686?s=20" target="_blank">Twitter feed</a> brought a new report to my attention this week. It's titled "<i>Persistently poor, left-behind and chronically disconnected</i>" and was written by Kenan Fikri who I've been following for a while. (I'll use Persistent Poverty to refer to this report in the rest of this article.)<br /><br />The map below was what caught my attention. It shows areas of concentrated poverty in six Ohio cities.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ghFcqCo3VVTF-Nn4rPsiYoIglHQrRwFd5kxcA9JKiXiqe19QVtkAym7kbu9O5yoYO4P8JPN92J_oTr5bqVgD_f4li9wUz4joqrwAWAlL00IFtp2GdT3baXU9laxkaE7XY0a75cWbMDDEH4DB9YEl88KuNiRSYCcrLXEDs1aevQWR-USyGwXf0-WYQQgZ/s1254/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Ohio%20cities.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1254" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ghFcqCo3VVTF-Nn4rPsiYoIglHQrRwFd5kxcA9JKiXiqe19QVtkAym7kbu9O5yoYO4P8JPN92J_oTr5bqVgD_f4li9wUz4joqrwAWAlL00IFtp2GdT3baXU9laxkaE7XY0a75cWbMDDEH4DB9YEl88KuNiRSYCcrLXEDs1aevQWR-USyGwXf0-WYQQgZ/s320/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20Ohio%20cities.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>For the past 30 years I've used maps to focus attention on areas of concentrated poverty in Chicago. In <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/search?q=brookings" target="_blank">this set </a>of MappingforJustice blog articles, I show other cities with the same challenges. In the 1990s a book titled <i><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2781105" target="_blank">American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass</a>, </i> written by Douglas S. Massey, addressed this same issue.</p><p>Below are a few passages from the Persistent Poverty article that I highlighted. (click to enlarge). Go to the report to read this in context.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EEwoc5046Fvq8YdIZ1zvmTe3jZjKyWDL_Yg7V3JwghyphenhyphenAJksFcAVUB8P123cqleAIHIiEIsmDmhG8kr9jMM2hKMiP-68n-50E-UKR2jRWcosaQlcwntVXGNSfwqO6ysXMrSxlGUqa7Q1qi_siGYhbUaMoQLRzmFf1Af2WgXCYzZzgr_Tvch3w1r4H27cp/s664/Persistent%20poverty%20-%20abstract.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="664" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EEwoc5046Fvq8YdIZ1zvmTe3jZjKyWDL_Yg7V3JwghyphenhyphenAJksFcAVUB8P123cqleAIHIiEIsmDmhG8kr9jMM2hKMiP-68n-50E-UKR2jRWcosaQlcwntVXGNSfwqO6ysXMrSxlGUqa7Q1qi_siGYhbUaMoQLRzmFf1Af2WgXCYzZzgr_Tvch3w1r4H27cp/s320/Persistent%20poverty%20-%20abstract.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZvQbZLAremmVqkEjz24vQOofGytAlWEhy8_UVGtoXTuiKD8lbRO3Prdt4OqrFXHp2fR7vRXPp7UUA5Nr_VKXET1wl9jolLSX-X1STj8YovdwRnNGDSoTraOYl1FwcEB75uGMYFh9zdZ8EkQ3NWY5hNpGaq0PjFlfWHamxwTSEATyq7Hr_55uVM7Ap0rJ/s713/Persistent%20poverty%20-%20Cook%20Country.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="713" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZvQbZLAremmVqkEjz24vQOofGytAlWEhy8_UVGtoXTuiKD8lbRO3Prdt4OqrFXHp2fR7vRXPp7UUA5Nr_VKXET1wl9jolLSX-X1STj8YovdwRnNGDSoTraOYl1FwcEB75uGMYFh9zdZ8EkQ3NWY5hNpGaq0PjFlfWHamxwTSEATyq7Hr_55uVM7Ap0rJ/s320/Persistent%20poverty%20-%20Cook%20Country.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The abstract shows a focus on social networks and social capital and says "these problems tend not to resolve themselves naturally". The second shows that hidden in affluent Cook County are several clusters of persistent poverty census tracts. Two with over 200,000 residents."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydHuu58nQHH4wmZEqT9SRzeAVeFN_Z02Fgq9JRU0IMA8V2HY2L4Aq3ocOGXYQIoIFvNMOI8rJGRTNqecwmFwi0LG93xeDQwYvRNzk7gDn1u0vMkpQHO464KiLXrMsQUq6ov3yOIdha40Nr4Bnaa3F15ceDU-ohNUWGTwIAC0d3bxfV6Tw-Zesf2F82ugz/s1800/Trib94.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="1800" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydHuu58nQHH4wmZEqT9SRzeAVeFN_Z02Fgq9JRU0IMA8V2HY2L4Aq3ocOGXYQIoIFvNMOI8rJGRTNqecwmFwi0LG93xeDQwYvRNzk7gDn1u0vMkpQHO464KiLXrMsQUq6ov3yOIdha40Nr4Bnaa3F15ceDU-ohNUWGTwIAC0d3bxfV6Tw-Zesf2F82ugz/w200-h146/Trib94.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>This is not a new problem. This 1994 <i>Chicago Tribune</i> front page pointed to some of the same high poverty areas as are shown in the Persistent Poverty report. </p><p>I formed the Tutor/Mentor Connection in Chicago in 1993 (and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC in 2011) to try to help volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs grow in these areas as a strategy for expanding the networks of adults from beyond poverty areas who were helping kids through school. I point volunteers and donors to these programs, through lists that I host <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/chicago-area-program-links" target="_blank">on this page</a>. </p><p><b>In the Persistent Poverty report, one strategy was to expand networks of support and bridging social capital. </b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FDquTgwH-JNW02ifJ8XXXtXcn2v00VwR10yExTqKBwoY5BjU1RB5IZAidt2keHlW1u2Hj-ZAmXbcGVRBnDZX0dyvZ7wngQdAXORw4gn2mSurKILu1TGqQ8-XzCEsXrBAN2SVXVvzDbdzQxWyndLLj21LWhZ33J4Od2obJbKcwf6qVw6g_JTC9cPOh8pv/s746/Persistent%20poverty%20-%20social%20capital.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="746" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FDquTgwH-JNW02ifJ8XXXtXcn2v00VwR10yExTqKBwoY5BjU1RB5IZAidt2keHlW1u2Hj-ZAmXbcGVRBnDZX0dyvZ7wngQdAXORw4gn2mSurKILu1TGqQ8-XzCEsXrBAN2SVXVvzDbdzQxWyndLLj21LWhZ33J4Od2obJbKcwf6qVw6g_JTC9cPOh8pv/s320/Persistent%20poverty%20-%20social%20capital.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This paragraph highlights the difference between "bonding" social capital which consists of strong ties between family, neighborhoods and/or church groups. These are present in many high poverty communities. What's not present are large doses of "bridging" social capital, which connect youth and families to people and opportunities and solutions beyond the place where they live. <br /><br />I've been writing about social capital on the Tutor/Mentor blog for many years. Add <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/social%20capital" target="_blank">these articles</a> to your research. <br /><div><br /></div><div>The graphic below was created in the 1990s to show the design of the tutor/mentor program I led. It's a strategy designed to expand "bridging" social capital for K-12 youth and families in every high poverty area of Chicago and other cities with areas of concentrated poverty. <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UketnbRORzApzkjIXS2hBijFJ8Qp2QGTk7rnXaKL1H1GRavhyWtTWrXhnZ1NIB_NIifQVLU7XxTn3bhLsrf-TXj14dWumRb_26K18ZpM1xXTEbqoqC82InNYNooRF2CU86m7Ca5WBeSbiFiNRyPqvsGk5qKc2dFIDU7ouca8jhDgAXWhVSWbUB7VMQ1m/s2048/TQMchart.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UketnbRORzApzkjIXS2hBijFJ8Qp2QGTk7rnXaKL1H1GRavhyWtTWrXhnZ1NIB_NIifQVLU7XxTn3bhLsrf-TXj14dWumRb_26K18ZpM1xXTEbqoqC82InNYNooRF2CU86m7Ca5WBeSbiFiNRyPqvsGk5qKc2dFIDU7ouca8jhDgAXWhVSWbUB7VMQ1m/s320/TQMchart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The hub on this graphic represents a youth, a family, a school or a neighborhood. It shows a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program as a place that draws workplace volunteers from many different backgrounds to serve as one-on-one and group tutors/mentors to youth living in high poverty places of Chicago. The timeline in the middle of the hub emphasizes the 20-plus years it takes to help each youth through school and into jobs where they can earn enough to raise their own kids free from poverty's challenges. <div><br /></div><div>The strategy I've emphasized has been to enlist leaders from every industry to use their own media, visibility and resources to draw volunteers and donors to tutor/mentor programs in all parts of a city, not just to one, or two, high profile programs. <br /><br />These two PDFs show this goal - Total Quality Mentoring <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HyoSqnLCbKSzD6duXaGDim-PoRH6bYH7/view" target="_blank">click here</a><br /><br />Role of Leaders - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AnD6C3qxZAvJVJ0hngkGs7jvFVkGxKK2/view" target="_blank">click here</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I've focused on cities because the geographic size makes it difficult for workplace volunteers to meet with kids during the school day, or right after school, because of the distance between work and program locations. The after work and weekend hours are times when that volunteers is more able to stop at a neighborhood program and make an on-going commitment.</div><div><br /></div><div>However, there are not enough long-term programs and there is inconsistent funding to build and sustain such programs. Here's <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2023/07/new-research-on-mentoring-shows-funding.html" target="_blank">one of many </a>articles where I focus on funding. <u>No solution will come without addressing the flow of dollars to these places!</u></div><div><br /></div><div><b>However, as the map from the Persistent Poverty report shows, the problem of long-term poverty is not limited to cities and urban areas.</b><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4IprP8ZjF5kGbBXkuPYiSLDECKLXaTp-SxP96rgLcCvrOc7IrhcETDH_w21eP2sBzQjaCHi1GnZhcVFI_M8-BeZoWujbNQDMiOz2V9uXowVKgvp4e8iyuPVDnMjKCdXLr4klv3UdkHg9sMS7FQLjdsOvnqUqTkw5zuGCFPsFiALnlrkLNDWAGhariCHT/s1426/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20by%20race.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1426" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4IprP8ZjF5kGbBXkuPYiSLDECKLXaTp-SxP96rgLcCvrOc7IrhcETDH_w21eP2sBzQjaCHi1GnZhcVFI_M8-BeZoWujbNQDMiOz2V9uXowVKgvp4e8iyuPVDnMjKCdXLr4klv3UdkHg9sMS7FQLjdsOvnqUqTkw5zuGCFPsFiALnlrkLNDWAGhariCHT/s320/Persistent%20Poverty%20-%20by%20race.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>These two paragraphs emphasize the different history of places across the US and the lack of simple solutions.<div><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7aA8O85Pr_gF8bSbdQ2u-FLrdE7duv4i0rlZ9fHu91NhQDRRwrdg0DpzP0_0IHfyBRKaGzSe0VGqxJhGfoNwSMvBwIkhqQjl8diYy61ilYsI0aqaBo18UpyV3Pf2sRjWjoe8VICVcehuwt6ZL1wtpc5UAiCPTyfAJAAayLn0q86rEkgOycuxLqoFspxxR/s701/Persistent%20poverty%20-%20differences%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="701" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7aA8O85Pr_gF8bSbdQ2u-FLrdE7duv4i0rlZ9fHu91NhQDRRwrdg0DpzP0_0IHfyBRKaGzSe0VGqxJhGfoNwSMvBwIkhqQjl8diYy61ilYsI0aqaBo18UpyV3Pf2sRjWjoe8VICVcehuwt6ZL1wtpc5UAiCPTyfAJAAayLn0q86rEkgOycuxLqoFspxxR/s320/Persistent%20poverty%20-%20differences%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Below is another graphic from my collection. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaGx5Np8lsaqiIqAKYF080kBwIclHpcxeLgQVvynPwmGXkv3oc8uNFrlDqs9J_3uYHtGJizC4m9MMJX83MXGofB_ZdU6tJiKfNEQ8ziWaC_d3C9OIknmCEzotSubVMJOeriQMZdST4GP4hlMpL_H3nNXJ8A3RkqZrg2Yj-2cdq5jzTagd2b6iXCpGEfBs/s2048/Volunteers-Intermediaries.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaGx5Np8lsaqiIqAKYF080kBwIclHpcxeLgQVvynPwmGXkv3oc8uNFrlDqs9J_3uYHtGJizC4m9MMJX83MXGofB_ZdU6tJiKfNEQ8ziWaC_d3C9OIknmCEzotSubVMJOeriQMZdST4GP4hlMpL_H3nNXJ8A3RkqZrg2Yj-2cdq5jzTagd2b6iXCpGEfBs/s320/Volunteers-Intermediaries.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>It emphasizes the role each person can take to be part of a solution</b>. If you've read this far, that means YOU!<br /><br />Read the report. Here's <a href="https://academic.oup.com/cjres/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cjres/rsad048/7585742?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=cjres&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=cf4108c6-e449-4a29-8afd-73f9f559c417&login=false" target="_blank">the link again</a>. <br /><br /><b>Update:</b> I asked if there is an interactive map showing the Persistent Poverty data. There is. Follow the link in this post from Twitter (x): <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">There is! Much of this analysis was based off of <a href="https://twitter.com/InnovateEconomy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@InnovateEconomy</a>'s big Advancing Economic Development in Persistent Poverty Communities project from last summer. The tract groups view on this map brings the full geography of poverty into focus: <a href="https://t.co/1DGIT80B9h">https://t.co/1DGIT80B9h</a> <a href="https://t.co/RLnR5eL0CR">pic.twitter.com/RLnR5eL0CR</a></p>— Kenan Fikri (@kenanfikri) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenanfikri/status/1758618798016381012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Using the interactive map you can zoom into the Chicago area, or any other place with high concentrations of poverty. Look at it. Create your own map stories. <br /><br />Then, share it with people in your network, so they read it and begin to think about roles they might take in helping more people become involved in efforts that make mentor-rich programs available in all of the high poverty areas shown on these maps.<div><br /></div><div><b>3-7-2024 update - </b>Here's another article using the EIG dashboards to understand t his data: <a href="https://cityobservatory.org/a-yawning-chasm-patterns-of-neighborhood-distress-in-us-metros/">https://cityobservatory.org/a-yawning-chasm-patterns-of-neighborhood-distress-in-us-metros/</a><br /><div><br />Then visit <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/resource-links/law-justice-links/poverty-race-inequality-links" target="_blank">this section</a> of the Tutor/Mentor library and read additional reports about poverty, race and inequality in America, that I've been collecting for more than 20 years. <br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPL_R8XAkqSLIk5chQCjUNXQf7shZula8oH5F3yLXOeIyBE0R0JNBkLwbJKPU8ouObY6dcQMCPd1xZd-Ca7lO6j-Hj6aRrfhae_9fJmqPI0gI8V4-G8XbuL8t6G7Xczc31oG1ECnZAXAIZFhRjMrzYQl_fdnmKsQvEPYqas0j_NVIf2ju2a2N5pGcGUJcj/s703/Dan_map.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="510" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPL_R8XAkqSLIk5chQCjUNXQf7shZula8oH5F3yLXOeIyBE0R0JNBkLwbJKPU8ouObY6dcQMCPd1xZd-Ca7lO6j-Hj6aRrfhae_9fJmqPI0gI8V4-G8XbuL8t6G7Xczc31oG1ECnZAXAIZFhRjMrzYQl_fdnmKsQvEPYqas0j_NVIf2ju2a2N5pGcGUJcj/w145-h200/Dan_map.jpg" width="145" /></a></div>In last Sunday's <b>Super Bowl </b>a group spent millions of dollars to purchase ads talking about Jesus. I wish someone were spending the same money talking about the research I've been pointing to and mobilizing people to be volunteers, leaders and donors supporting youth tutor, mentor and learning programs in all high poverty areas of big cities across the country. <div><br /></div><div>And building a similar research library showing the different challenges of rural areas, reservations, and other places where solutions may be different than for big cities. Then, drawing readers and planners to that resource so they develop solutions.<br /><div><br /></div><div>And that they do it consistently for the next two decades.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>What do you think?</b> Connect with me on social media. (see <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">links here</a>)<br /><br /><b>Help me pay the bills.</b> Make a contribution to Fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC. <a href="https://www.tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">click here</a></div></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-34693207639986906222023-11-30T10:50:00.002-06:002024-01-19T09:28:06.528-06:00Explore STEM Visualizations for Stakeholder ConversationsToday I explored a robust data visualization site created by Argonne Labs in partnership with Northwestern University’s Digital Youth Network. The <a href="https://www.southsidestemlandscape.org/" target="_blank">home page</a> of the website is shown below. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCaJD1eoSzCAOCObo5QMvlA8rw59vzqevDn9f-x-IQF5oG-jh1VmOEqDJiKiyELbgAX-tGydVjAaR_d4IgZe4v6X60P7Xqd-ubbt7F_HgzNm5l9Bc6iA05p0iyHoKe7JhWu4tQHF0rKd1f9y5KU1rnXzE6AQ0o_Oo1xH-G5fDy7o3NDGrCOklH0DK2RHh/s1820/Southside%20STEM%20website%202023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1820" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCaJD1eoSzCAOCObo5QMvlA8rw59vzqevDn9f-x-IQF5oG-jh1VmOEqDJiKiyELbgAX-tGydVjAaR_d4IgZe4v6X60P7Xqd-ubbt7F_HgzNm5l9Bc6iA05p0iyHoKe7JhWu4tQHF0rKd1f9y5KU1rnXzE6AQ0o_Oo1xH-G5fDy7o3NDGrCOklH0DK2RHh/s320/Southside%20STEM%20website%202023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Click on any of the green circles and you'll open data tables for nine communities on Chicago’s south side, cataloguing STEM assets from Kindergarten to career. </div><div><br /></div><div>The nine focus communities are shown in the map on the home page. Open <a href="https://northwestern.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=fb54c6f95ebf4621804e6666370fb244" target="_blank">this link</a> and you'll find an interactive version. Below are some map views that I created in just a few minutes.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWBkF55FBELU8BeE2e2EnOZkvjxaHOQH2JBUhyszf1X516RFbaQeMBZJfyraTHl7Cx9ELJtd4IV0RKp1XF1p7VN1XyL5dBZoNyFPJux2QlrbFfFMWVKRppZ-wMec_3NMsupg7zb1xlNu7xDTszzr4mbR_FfIASTAnNvldf06maPnj36xCooxdD7btZ5Ah/s1139/SouthsideSTEMAssetMap-focus2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1139" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWBkF55FBELU8BeE2e2EnOZkvjxaHOQH2JBUhyszf1X516RFbaQeMBZJfyraTHl7Cx9ELJtd4IV0RKp1XF1p7VN1XyL5dBZoNyFPJux2QlrbFfFMWVKRppZ-wMec_3NMsupg7zb1xlNu7xDTszzr4mbR_FfIASTAnNvldf06maPnj36xCooxdD7btZ5Ah/s320/SouthsideSTEMAssetMap-focus2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Click on the "layers" tab and you will see a menu of choices for what you want to show on your map. For instance.<br /><br />This view shows community organizations in the area who offer various forms of STEM learning opportunities. The orange circles show census data for each census tract in the nine community areas.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZ5Gvo9M-0S9R3XBrfqRHZCslIh6DlovMho7-l2qeR8KpgKFlhy1vJWmwZ2aHtvmHw_K1_kWJPWYcexgC5U9F65AeuiwS8OvARnPCWrs3RzVKH5gcF21pRX7S4TBEedtCTN3i0SnLx3OSp8lCITrh4Uv2iWNber-X60Yiuykx7AcSQy8yfvkQuEBxLzvF/s1791/SouthsideSTEMAssetMap-2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1791" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZ5Gvo9M-0S9R3XBrfqRHZCslIh6DlovMho7-l2qeR8KpgKFlhy1vJWmwZ2aHtvmHw_K1_kWJPWYcexgC5U9F65AeuiwS8OvARnPCWrs3RzVKH5gcF21pRX7S4TBEedtCTN3i0SnLx3OSp8lCITrh4Uv2iWNber-X60Yiuykx7AcSQy8yfvkQuEBxLzvF/s320/SouthsideSTEMAssetMap-2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>In the map view above I've clicked on an icon for the Chicago Youth Programs site at 5350 S. Prairie Ave. You can see program information in the text box to the left of the map. This is an organization I've know for many years and is also included in my list of Chicago area volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs.</div><div><br /></div><div>Below is a map view where I've clicked on the orange circle for the census tract with the Chicago Youth Programs location. I asked for information showing the number of youth under age 18 in the area. The map shows 678 kids out of a population of 2152 in that census tract.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6yYqwjsE7LlHoweLs9vQU7SRNE1Z6W0Op7xvNedKkaPoX5QCXvwkSlSmxoiDDy5Q7sP80OzpEnPT3cnMSWe3dBdTsRuCBAAplV8C2a6qZ2rRPCm-skvjPauD_Kdln4kTOdrmd9vhgWAQQbsWC1PhYBfZ6J2Pd-ArBJ3R5LbV6iiZRmddIgH5b7b6A7og/s1699/SouthsideSTEMAssetMap-population.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1699" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6yYqwjsE7LlHoweLs9vQU7SRNE1Z6W0Op7xvNedKkaPoX5QCXvwkSlSmxoiDDy5Q7sP80OzpEnPT3cnMSWe3dBdTsRuCBAAplV8C2a6qZ2rRPCm-skvjPauD_Kdln4kTOdrmd9vhgWAQQbsWC1PhYBfZ6J2Pd-ArBJ3R5LbV6iiZRmddIgH5b7b6A7og/s320/SouthsideSTEMAssetMap-population.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The next map view shows businesses, or potential employers, in the nine community areas. Put your curser over any black dot and find information showing who that business is. Zoom in to see what businesses are in different census tracts. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxP7PgbUY5Qfl7jXnW2Cg446E0Tn68NvOjodKLLgvr3flCW-N3lXVJRKhZb7cMPFaBgnoVk9bfiOfLMu6Hml8WZVoSdD3k9S2sROXXKBQxcAYWI-HVRn0Rr4LdsaY9lw3Hhsz8ANZlr1to4YxKgg7vCmyUbFiW3qprf_DeJFIx4OzcJLWmkJIfl56ptf9a/s1166/SouthsideSTEMAssetMap-business2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1166" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxP7PgbUY5Qfl7jXnW2Cg446E0Tn68NvOjodKLLgvr3flCW-N3lXVJRKhZb7cMPFaBgnoVk9bfiOfLMu6Hml8WZVoSdD3k9S2sROXXKBQxcAYWI-HVRn0Rr4LdsaY9lw3Hhsz8ANZlr1to4YxKgg7vCmyUbFiW3qprf_DeJFIx4OzcJLWmkJIfl56ptf9a/s320/SouthsideSTEMAssetMap-business2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><b>There is a lot to explore. </b>Here's <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/19/south-siders-interested-in-stem-can-check-out-this-map-to-find-programs-jobs-and-training/" target="_blank">an article</a> about the platform, posted in the Block Club Chicago publication.<br /><br /><b>My question is, "How will it be used to make STEM learning and career opportunities available to youth through out the area?" </b></div><div><br /></div><div>I've met in the past two years with the people who created this platform and encouraged them to dig into the history of the Tutor/Mentor Connection and the tools and strategies we piloted from 1993 to 2011 to help volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs grow in the Chicago region. This <b>Mapping for Justice</b> blog is a textbook for anyone who wants to use it that way. Just read some of the "<a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/search/label/strategy" target="_blank">strategy</a>" articles. </div><div><br /></div><div>I started building a <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/chicago-area-program-links" target="_blank">list of Chicago tutor/mentor programs</a> in 1993 and at the same time began learning ways to use GIS mapping to show where the programs were located and where more were needed. We published our first Directory in May 1994 at the same time as we hosted our first networking conference. We used the directory to launch citywide volunteer recruitment campaigns in August 1995.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBVIvxlPIHVk6-bcZtCYOjl3C4OiZLj3vSRP89qAnWlFcMDCZC86MISPNNDF8Bh3iU8TMh4oD03Mzg0blmqrZjwZvjXu54nwmLp6RAK5VBu4d52zPBk-6qw7tpSh3RyY2Mo-wn8pboV4D6aetZf7jpqP-82An9duzy4iqQFgOtO8a9gYd9wHiF6S4cyMb/s1032/1995Directory.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1032" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBVIvxlPIHVk6-bcZtCYOjl3C4OiZLj3vSRP89qAnWlFcMDCZC86MISPNNDF8Bh3iU8TMh4oD03Mzg0blmqrZjwZvjXu54nwmLp6RAK5VBu4d52zPBk-6qw7tpSh3RyY2Mo-wn8pboV4D6aetZf7jpqP-82An9duzy4iqQFgOtO8a9gYd9wHiF6S4cyMb/s320/1995Directory.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br />In 2004 an intern from India built the first on-line <b>Tutor/Mentor Program Locator</b>, which was a searchable database shown below. We had organized our annual survey in 1994 to learn who offers volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs, where they were located, what age group they served, and what type of tutoring and/or mentoring did they offer, as well as what time of day did they offer services.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMrrrvnlCKxk3C71kR3uwe6dbjtjPdwBsE5cspMUCpyLMfjkczpX4oSw8c4b8YF8-L6-PZZvoaA4wxzlJ8cDXL6UpMAS1zg0N9mVUYvIpzvK1URaMPWeGiALs9DPDu9AngKW03DZfqO-MobhyVy9VnD_fXOkUjmP5Yyq5dbzIeZgcWJvwGZZHT883a6lx/s1020/programlocator2011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="1020" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMrrrvnlCKxk3C71kR3uwe6dbjtjPdwBsE5cspMUCpyLMfjkczpX4oSw8c4b8YF8-L6-PZZvoaA4wxzlJ8cDXL6UpMAS1zg0N9mVUYvIpzvK1URaMPWeGiALs9DPDu9AngKW03DZfqO-MobhyVy9VnD_fXOkUjmP5Yyq5dbzIeZgcWJvwGZZHT883a6lx/s320/programlocator2011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The search fields on the Program Locator enabled people to search for specific programs based on the categories of our survey. This worked like most search engines. If you had an idea of what you were looking for, and where, the platform helped you narrow your search and find tutor/mentor program information in that area.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 2008 a team from India built a new version of the <b>Program Locator.</b> The home page is shown below. This works differently from Google. It starts with a map of a specific area, then shows layers of information, including our data on Chicago tutor, mentor programs.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehalraQeK9I4wE23R-yQ5uqrxD44Z_sHizvInFt7DS-87VxSF_wUY5hi7AKrsuMfexgFiv-tVs68x74ShkvffivRk6lmxe85jXXnUd7I-tVfSeEAaWxaBy_ypK4RIPOqW4-DYYv-OPnPVXSZ3p-EAYohSW7XxwNzwqa8aduMnvbLS_DG6MXopQobRODlD/s850/ProgramLocatormap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="850" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehalraQeK9I4wE23R-yQ5uqrxD44Z_sHizvInFt7DS-87VxSF_wUY5hi7AKrsuMfexgFiv-tVs68x74ShkvffivRk6lmxe85jXXnUd7I-tVfSeEAaWxaBy_ypK4RIPOqW4-DYYv-OPnPVXSZ3p-EAYohSW7XxwNzwqa8aduMnvbLS_DG6MXopQobRODlD/s320/ProgramLocatormap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
<div><div>At the left you can see layers of information that can be displayed on the map. These layers included our data about Chicago tutor/mentor programs, but also included poverty data, poorly performing schools, and assets (businesses, faith groups, colleges, hospitals) etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thus, you could create a map showing the entire city.</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWMXaxSier45MVGRXNvFcpf_yQm4WUnVN_lBtqXhh36fi9wfMYgsTiHIFCLqHpT0LvnuRTEJ9oeJzAK05TLp7CBt0xGsNjmqgS27D0hzIPgIAd4h71DVsMkfgVT0Z0z4UE0XWltr4kan8hWvRtLJFEhTAeVG2K09tQsFTG9R1oxqSgpXPTd9DZJZayuV7/s850/Homicicde.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="850" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWMXaxSier45MVGRXNvFcpf_yQm4WUnVN_lBtqXhh36fi9wfMYgsTiHIFCLqHpT0LvnuRTEJ9oeJzAK05TLp7CBt0xGsNjmqgS27D0hzIPgIAd4h71DVsMkfgVT0Z0z4UE0XWltr4kan8hWvRtLJFEhTAeVG2K09tQsFTG9R1oxqSgpXPTd9DZJZayuV7/s320/Homicicde.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Or you could zoom in and create a map view showing a portion of the city. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLUYOmmQTOiT5J9iGuWe6I20T7yw3E1mrdVLOZ0VhCqul4__gkxplyDVO-eDwCuhmaE0_WkAWIHAZIlx-XvliRf8_rRbo49Aj0qmy6sFyqXcqiXJqQpp7pEFxltMsu_IzdxAR3fbPKooTM3s71AAXie05nuhyphenhyphen-oLb6bYJMikEAP9_-QfXN545FwMzrbkf/s1092/Englewood7_09.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1092" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLUYOmmQTOiT5J9iGuWe6I20T7yw3E1mrdVLOZ0VhCqul4__gkxplyDVO-eDwCuhmaE0_WkAWIHAZIlx-XvliRf8_rRbo49Aj0qmy6sFyqXcqiXJqQpp7pEFxltMsu_IzdxAR3fbPKooTM3s71AAXie05nuhyphenhyphen-oLb6bYJMikEAP9_-QfXN545FwMzrbkf/s320/Englewood7_09.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>You could add text to the map to focus on specific organizations in various community areas.<br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dh14L_rWxhSD9gglNxNLl_-FG1lj5cvdtnIbZ894_DFwxArStelD8EPALSObGE_2WPyaO84yTkHF86uobI2Zwx1R5HjVBNAHMVdOSx_uK_p4LYJDmNkAr1o-5fBh65w2IwlsGqbPz5M_CLuQwxo3mSQ3ZXcx0BO84D6YTGzigLS9vwNIJgkRrPmst9ty/s850/Robeson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="850" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dh14L_rWxhSD9gglNxNLl_-FG1lj5cvdtnIbZ894_DFwxArStelD8EPALSObGE_2WPyaO84yTkHF86uobI2Zwx1R5HjVBNAHMVdOSx_uK_p4LYJDmNkAr1o-5fBh65w2IwlsGqbPz5M_CLuQwxo3mSQ3ZXcx0BO84D6YTGzigLS9vwNIJgkRrPmst9ty/s320/Robeson.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />You could follow news stories with map stories. On your map you could not only show existing tutor/mentor programs, but you could add layers showing businesses, hospitals, faith groups, universities who share the same geography and who should be innovative and strategic in helping mentor-rich non-school programs grow in the area. For each part of the city the mix of programs and assets is different.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2p4VPKHzapNZGTUQaQM4BTVsKyzeU0n1y1fW_tgWn-cu0J4Mo2PpFyUyMVTqfModc5HXE6JJ5t7cOuDuzfwb1eXqGhu-34wj8iL-Zs7z-VvcK5srDlRCouv7lBvN10-WBaKLAlGAufNXxb68tNW3sv796Euim3SYcZM30QpCJHPjQVgf3yWnk1oRTWsG/s2048/AustinShooting-8-13-17-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2p4VPKHzapNZGTUQaQM4BTVsKyzeU0n1y1fW_tgWn-cu0J4Mo2PpFyUyMVTqfModc5HXE6JJ5t7cOuDuzfwb1eXqGhu-34wj8iL-Zs7z-VvcK5srDlRCouv7lBvN10-WBaKLAlGAufNXxb68tNW3sv796Euim3SYcZM30QpCJHPjQVgf3yWnk1oRTWsG/s320/AustinShooting-8-13-17-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The Program Locator is now only available as an archive. However, you can see some of the features in this PDF essay.</div><div><br /></div><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="1.3323485967503692" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="400" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/71813129/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-2mp6ldy88m6ins66k8uk" tabindex="0" title="How to Use Chicago Tutor/Mentor Program Locator to Make Your own Maps " width="100%"></iframe><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/71813129/How-to-Use-Chicago-Tutor-Mentor-Program-Locator-to-Make-Your-own-Maps#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View How to Use Chicago Tutor/Mentor Program Locator to Make Your own Maps on Scribd">How to Use Chicago Tutor/Me...</a> by <a href="https://www.scribd.com/user/20297076/Daniel-F-Bassill#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Daniel F. Bassill's profile on Scribd">Daniel F. Bassill</a><br /><br /></p><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the challenges of the STEM project is building public awareness and drawing people to the platform, then teaching them to create stories on a regular basis that draw even more people to the platform and motivate them to take actions that help kids in the area have access to mentor-rich STEM learning programs that provide on-going support as kids move from 1st grade through high school, college/tech school and into jobs and careers.</span></p><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since my organization did not have advertising dollars we developed a "Rest of the Story" strategy that followed media stories with maps that showed the neighborhood and pointed to tutor/mentor programs in the area (if any) and described the need for more programs. Below is a mid 1990s example.</span><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtIWFcbYjyYQca4FycGY65jKIiGa3X8vZs9jyYxxHXa85opTfu1zVQK1F6k4pe-l6h7JDUq6ZXGBfAaIM2-3Hkwmlt72hASbjhwDrmVeIRZBCudEChSY8vdCwtJzS9syGK8MRa6KbfS0jocXNlNW0A1X4kyZphsDiwc-qeOIScGYBCt8bkMX9UEkzy7EF/s1280/SlainChild6.23.96.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtIWFcbYjyYQca4FycGY65jKIiGa3X8vZs9jyYxxHXa85opTfu1zVQK1F6k4pe-l6h7JDUq6ZXGBfAaIM2-3Hkwmlt72hASbjhwDrmVeIRZBCudEChSY8vdCwtJzS9syGK8MRa6KbfS0jocXNlNW0A1X4kyZphsDiwc-qeOIScGYBCt8bkMX9UEkzy7EF/s320/SlainChild6.23.96.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The STEM project leaders could duplicate this and other strategies that I've piloted over the past 30 years. They are all on-line and available to anyone motivated to look. They might even add some features and functionality to their platform based on what I have done, or tried to do. </span></span><br /><br /><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The </span></span><b style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;">Tutor/Mentor Blog</b><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> is an even broader text book than the </span></span><b style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;">Mapping For Justice</b><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> blog. Think of the sections below as chapters, or courses in a learning curriculum. </span></span><br /><br /><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Public awareness - </span></span><a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/public%20awareness" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">click here</a><br /><br /><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Using maps - </span></span><a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/maps" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">click here</a><br /><br /><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Media strategies - </span></span><a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/media" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">click here</a><br /><br /><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Follow up to violence - </span></span><a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/violence" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">click here</a></p><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;">Mentor role in larger strategy - <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/mentor%20role" target="_blank">click here</a></p><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;">Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC website - <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">click here</a><br /><br /><b>The challenge: Too much information. </b><br /><br />View this graphic in <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2019/03/tipping-point-growing-and-supporting.html" target="_blank">this article</a>. The ideas I share and websites I point to are a vast information ecosystem. It's like a university library or the library of different religious groups. It can't be learned in a day. It needs to be part of on-going learning.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sXBMOr8gj9XrqDoAUjxqG-I1xIORKJLFvZZ12d4lplI_boYonZ384iEZ8Eu4DYE2n0r1PS_6KHTAJ6uJiBjhZ6hCNaMz9750MvWw_zFlFYvYict3rgL9eyfr4eEjBe-MDvdjNehjfnpNhd5fQD-65DiZixYRnrjup5oqV9adEzdynF5hmGmmq2CLvIWG/s1042/TippingPoint-NewLeaders.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1042" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sXBMOr8gj9XrqDoAUjxqG-I1xIORKJLFvZZ12d4lplI_boYonZ384iEZ8Eu4DYE2n0r1PS_6KHTAJ6uJiBjhZ6hCNaMz9750MvWw_zFlFYvYict3rgL9eyfr4eEjBe-MDvdjNehjfnpNhd5fQD-65DiZixYRnrjup5oqV9adEzdynF5hmGmmq2CLvIWG/s320/TippingPoint-NewLeaders.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;">For that to happen major donors, perhaps <a href="https://yieldgiving.com/" target="_blank">MacKenzie Scott</a>, need to provide money to fund programs within high schools and college that provide advance degrees for people who spend 10-20 years learning and applying these ideas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhEQEwFTgvhxNpHsD4FSLTyc4XocmYUMP02uCYrDXuRjIriUjCBKIdXDEFRuTc5hDGL53mfXlp0fZHJAC-Kf-d00ObD1somk9gz7-DVLsI4JDQsfnxLHchAIhS_20AUhUsADmTdnRjVoJ8xx_q2dFrQVJ-OzQs6eCs0A6YP7-QNXbAdsmYyX6qm8HxzpR/s1184/Dan-maps.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1184" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhEQEwFTgvhxNpHsD4FSLTyc4XocmYUMP02uCYrDXuRjIriUjCBKIdXDEFRuTc5hDGL53mfXlp0fZHJAC-Kf-d00ObD1somk9gz7-DVLsI4JDQsfnxLHchAIhS_20AUhUsADmTdnRjVoJ8xx_q2dFrQVJ-OzQs6eCs0A6YP7-QNXbAdsmYyX6qm8HxzpR/w200-h163/Dan-maps.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><b>Thanks for reading. Please share these ideas with leaders in Chicago and other cities.</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Maybe you know one of these donors, or are one yourself.</span></p><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;">Connect with me on <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">social media platforms</a> and share your own strategies and maps. Help build the network. Help the STEM network grow and reach more people. </p><p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><b>Finally, consider a year-end contribution</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> to help me continue this work in 2024. Visit <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a> to use the PayPal. </span></p> Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-65031886886950028822023-11-15T14:45:00.002-06:002023-11-15T14:45:55.439-06:00Maptitude tools using GIS for regional economic planning<p>Below is a map view showing three cities in Oregon, using a mapping product from <a href="https://www.caliper.com/maptitude/mapping-software.htm" target="_blank">Maptitude</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKwBkZ23WSlbDYiSCHVwdAjxy_TXTVn35jEu5AEyA1k9AX1LGBDKV5VSxrvEha6hBj7X1tZb9cNQJzSZJC_5n01MkEKaACnQgWt5QViE8H1ha0Ae9pz0f8Lz7774gkSR80Mptq7SIrvvrWEpzk8nKklKbotXr7d9mwif4RXTfaLtt8NSmC1j0Yxk-uPVK/s837/Maptitude%20-%20analysis%202023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="837" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKwBkZ23WSlbDYiSCHVwdAjxy_TXTVn35jEu5AEyA1k9AX1LGBDKV5VSxrvEha6hBj7X1tZb9cNQJzSZJC_5n01MkEKaACnQgWt5QViE8H1ha0Ae9pz0f8Lz7774gkSR80Mptq7SIrvvrWEpzk8nKklKbotXr7d9mwif4RXTfaLtt8NSmC1j0Yxk-uPVK/s320/Maptitude%20-%20analysis%202023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This map is part of an <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-use-gis-look-changes-employment-patterns-stewart-berry-jwmre/" target="_blank">article on LinkedIn</a> titled "<i><b>How to use GIS to look at changes in employment patterns</b></i>". <br /><br />In the introduction the writer says "This article explores how to use GIS (geographic information software) in local or regional economics. Many times, local or regional governments, economic geographers or regional economists are asked to look at changes in employment patterns over a specific period within a particular geography (e.g., a city, township, or county) or between several geographies where a comparative analysis is required."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a detailed article with step-by-step instructions for building a map-view like shown above. You may not feel comfortable doing this work yourself, but if you understand the potential, you can share the article with others who might be able to fund this type of work in your community. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4pAuBMJQMGFo6_5QvBpqmqa_hOyIIxKlf6ecQy0nkhYsDCGJeDY9vHH1CnXfkp5Qt27V5-q3DyFoTKprPPJr7JqUYknOmQvwpPnc6R4IjVwsuwhc-eN6WM0GvtHyqxuXf6bmwB4TNRWWMlhEZOxasDNwgsfGxSpNSARPmWferGnZEyAEV8kar09GdOsT/s2438/data%20maps-N.%20Lawndale%20%202021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2438" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4pAuBMJQMGFo6_5QvBpqmqa_hOyIIxKlf6ecQy0nkhYsDCGJeDY9vHH1CnXfkp5Qt27V5-q3DyFoTKprPPJr7JqUYknOmQvwpPnc6R4IjVwsuwhc-eN6WM0GvtHyqxuXf6bmwB4TNRWWMlhEZOxasDNwgsfGxSpNSARPmWferGnZEyAEV8kar09GdOsT/w200-h150/data%20maps-N.%20Lawndale%20%202021.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />In my <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2023/06/where-are-non-school-youth-development.html" target="_blank">June 25, 2023 article</a> titled "<b><i>Where are non-school youth development programs most needed?</i></b>" and in many other articles on this blog, I've encouraged the use of GIS software to do an analysis of community areas, similar to what is described in the Maptitude article, but different in purpose. <br /><br />Here are just a <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/search?q=layers" target="_blank">few articles </a>I encourage you to read. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2020/06/using-maps-to-support-growth-of-youth.html" target="_blank">this article</a> I show the concept map below. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_17771jkZzVD97MXdMOuukjvdeiZeG6jUc1hqOF79LhKkngRTjwhePk8gTpf58DDpVRGPcpTflsRW1NNb2d10DCJNKkWDQojdvm7dyNRdLJ8P05ZKFSQXih6xaClP6ia_lEm-huGKXphJKtYhcPaOSDWuPfERn1csVkdBpDEpdWRctwwMzwvbEM6WG8vb/s1310/Program%20Locator%20layers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1310" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_17771jkZzVD97MXdMOuukjvdeiZeG6jUc1hqOF79LhKkngRTjwhePk8gTpf58DDpVRGPcpTflsRW1NNb2d10DCJNKkWDQojdvm7dyNRdLJ8P05ZKFSQXih6xaClP6ia_lEm-huGKXphJKtYhcPaOSDWuPfERn1csVkdBpDEpdWRctwwMzwvbEM6WG8vb/s320/Program%20Locator%20layers.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This concept map shows layers of data that need to be collected and mapped to not only show where tutor/mentor programs are most needed, based on indicators like poverty concentrations, poorly performing schools, violence, etc., but also to show assets (businesses, colleges, hospitals, faith groups, etc) who share the same geography and who should be leading efforts to make mentor-rich youth programs available to more K-12 kids.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65F4FYGLN2o6tFxH64_-AJyaj7kx9eWAVcsNnlWsxVl2jL1ow_SNqWjF5LECmzWvX4uDO2uoHnYenZ9mQ7MPIvEwaRD2pnc6CaHw3R0IHSpWFCELbl-X2gjbdrbCK_p69E1gA817-RJNbKJHgqCDvUetacGP5nOxeYUIrJGfaPVH7UyNAZgG63BmKXa8F/s1190/SunTimes11_28_1994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1020" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65F4FYGLN2o6tFxH64_-AJyaj7kx9eWAVcsNnlWsxVl2jL1ow_SNqWjF5LECmzWvX4uDO2uoHnYenZ9mQ7MPIvEwaRD2pnc6CaHw3R0IHSpWFCELbl-X2gjbdrbCK_p69E1gA817-RJNbKJHgqCDvUetacGP5nOxeYUIrJGfaPVH7UyNAZgG63BmKXa8F/w171-h200/SunTimes11_28_1994.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><br /><div>This 1994 <i>Chicago SunTimes</i> <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/images/PDF/suntimes11_1994-bassill.pdf" target="_blank">article </a>shows me with a student from the tutor/mentor program I led at that time. In the background is a map of Chicago, with high poverty areas highlighted. I've been trying to harness this technology for nearly 30 years!</div><div><br /></div><div>I've never been a GIS expert myself, thus always depended on volunteers or paid staff to make maps, and map stories for me. Since these resources were inconsistently available, I never have been able to do the type of analysis described on the Maptitude site. <br /><br />Yet, I keep pointing to maps as tools that leaders in Chicago and other cities should be using.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTJcsVvPXOpe0kH7PE_i2PuacQv6MsV7gqAulIWxNQp79ejyXTAusfKab-BGhJj8tXGl2FIGRJKhh-Ht1VNJ7DlOPuFs-KIB_5ogCOrn0Xkrcg2Ht5H7CxIajPzgserhakV5WHTE1_319tHFgIPO2q6imt1g1WUB508rhxeXcnH4Aw6562w5KM1s1RvNG/s850/Computers2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="510" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTJcsVvPXOpe0kH7PE_i2PuacQv6MsV7gqAulIWxNQp79ejyXTAusfKab-BGhJj8tXGl2FIGRJKhh-Ht1VNJ7DlOPuFs-KIB_5ogCOrn0Xkrcg2Ht5H7CxIajPzgserhakV5WHTE1_319tHFgIPO2q6imt1g1WUB508rhxeXcnH4Aw6562w5KM1s1RvNG/w120-h200/Computers2011.jpg" width="120" /></a></div><br /><div>Youth in non-school tutor/mentor programs, high schools and/or colleges could be learning to do this type of analysis and then sharing map stories to mobilize more people to become strategically involved in helping reach K-12 youth with on-going programs that expand their networks of "who they know" while helping them through school and into adult lives.<br /><br />In <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/rest-of-story" target="_blank">these articles</a> I outline a "<b><i>Rest of the Story"</i></b> strategy that young people, supported by professional mentors, could be leading. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Please share my articles and help recruit people to do this work. </b>If you know groups who already do this, share their website and blog addresses in the comment section and introduce them to me on social media.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYkhKzVLdAInYraNOeiTauC9ommkUMkoU4OmYdwOfX7RkuOdfes1LdNTeko9RlMakYnfIVHe5-00bzYa72odyzdW0vJuVe3pKtIXw5owBNpqyQRvF27D8KCEYC1cpPkEtkmZg-mMjJNDsu_XWLs-nO4EzLhvbdd-2oJ2b360z38UYZQarw1-UnMhJm46q/s1184/Dan-maps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1184" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYkhKzVLdAInYraNOeiTauC9ommkUMkoU4OmYdwOfX7RkuOdfes1LdNTeko9RlMakYnfIVHe5-00bzYa72odyzdW0vJuVe3pKtIXw5owBNpqyQRvF27D8KCEYC1cpPkEtkmZg-mMjJNDsu_XWLs-nO4EzLhvbdd-2oJ2b360z38UYZQarw1-UnMhJm46q/w200-h163/Dan-maps.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div>Thank you for reading. Visit <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">this page</a> to find my social media platforms.</div><div><br /></div><div>Visit <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a> to make a contribution to help me continue to share these ideas. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-39547115511144793502023-10-08T09:41:00.000-05:002023-10-08T09:41:50.865-05:00Pain and suffering around the world<p>Today I'm listening to news about the brutal terrorist attack in Israel, following the continuing Russian attack in Ukraine, and looking at headlines about kids killing kids in the USA. <br /><br />It's overwhelming.</p><p>A few years ago I posted a <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2017/09/pain-and-suffering-throughout-world-how.html" target="_blank">map showing disaster areas</a> throughout the world. Today I looked for updated information and found this detailed map on the <a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-where-are-the-worlds-ongoing-conflicts-today/" target="_blank">Visual Capitalist website</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYe1rWODYZ13ePLUkp3Q7kunlJ8DF_XoXZ9_GRKcdtyT6DePfcDBXYzNZZcI2hA2W-r4UIK5s2N4nMcV0m7_IZCmjS96OhcHL1CijjL3VKQWU4mtu6Rkw3g3MuxHpdAujX3jJ8mlH8X-Nr_K3NeCdPp91OCavTAU4Hqs9go9X9QB2cTS6PQ4pltKw_wFQt/s874/conflict-around%20world%202023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="850" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYe1rWODYZ13ePLUkp3Q7kunlJ8DF_XoXZ9_GRKcdtyT6DePfcDBXYzNZZcI2hA2W-r4UIK5s2N4nMcV0m7_IZCmjS96OhcHL1CijjL3VKQWU4mtu6Rkw3g3MuxHpdAujX3jJ8mlH8X-Nr_K3NeCdPp91OCavTAU4Hqs9go9X9QB2cTS6PQ4pltKw_wFQt/s320/conflict-around%20world%202023.JPG" width="311" /></a></div><br /><p>The <a href="https://reliefweb.int/disasters" target="_blank">Reliefweb website</a> also has a map showing disasters around the world. </p><p>As I look at the scale of these conflicts and natural disasters I ask, "How can I keep trying to help kids in high poverty areas connect with tutors/mentors in organized, on-going non-school programs?" That seems like such a small issue compared to these larger conflicts and disasters.</p><p>This is not a new concern for me. Below is a graphic I created in the 1990s. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsgqoUq6mX3wD0vvZM1gknBgvUAO9nZ5m660KWvsD0_VpiTl20BThMvVAJLakX_RiZjqy4Bcy70-PeZzHPtMuTXOLgnul1radiEeJNFh0LEOTUfY1VU8LyrcLtX8aX9GPVG1bQplqlIneeDGnf4iPcV1hX-sqchZV4emOLXlKE5l3H1FRWZZt19he_8vd/s720/Giving_pie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="720" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsgqoUq6mX3wD0vvZM1gknBgvUAO9nZ5m660KWvsD0_VpiTl20BThMvVAJLakX_RiZjqy4Bcy70-PeZzHPtMuTXOLgnul1radiEeJNFh0LEOTUfY1VU8LyrcLtX8aX9GPVG1bQplqlIneeDGnf4iPcV1hX-sqchZV4emOLXlKE5l3H1FRWZZt19he_8vd/s320/Giving_pie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This shows a goal of attracting a small percent of attention and philanthropy to youth tutor/mentor programs on a regular basis.<div><br /></div><div>Below is another graphic that I created to show the need to divide attention and giving into slices of a pie so that a small percent goes to on-going problem solving, like helping kids entering 1st grade today be entering jobs/careers in 12 to 20 years.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_aKUUHpSk5grnfdii01Z9TBis3WKWImGQva_HSVVE4mCEdzJNkEX3SjTlUS2ARI8_j72EL6k0yefzlgbsNIAml9-5H22sZ1ML0xbGulq5X1IXogzjCNcyAOXVozKa4HHhyOVNt-V68glHjQm6OgWF-p9BvYqt8PNTczUMy-GgfSoqZn6LCValXOXzejC/s2048/giving_budget-2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_aKUUHpSk5grnfdii01Z9TBis3WKWImGQva_HSVVE4mCEdzJNkEX3SjTlUS2ARI8_j72EL6k0yefzlgbsNIAml9-5H22sZ1ML0xbGulq5X1IXogzjCNcyAOXVozKa4HHhyOVNt-V68glHjQm6OgWF-p9BvYqt8PNTczUMy-GgfSoqZn6LCValXOXzejC/s320/giving_budget-2017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Here's another. It uses the pie chart from the graphic shown at the top of this page, to emphasize how every non-profit youth program competes for a small, inconsistent, pool of donor dollars.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcY4XHKENtEdjmfIBMST2XBNUd-P5gPm79TInu9o_moMHKFRFuAh_JM_fmhKQ2jqvaGvdCzHq505Pv2paSQSLBZk9TgYtNWD10Mk21itjLyrlQChdAWTtM6KA3RwNPT46n3kH009yb6ZPmZwTdwINerF553cREWHxQ9i3vER1OI6tcyn17oKQlIvh6rJZS/s1190/grow-pie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1190" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcY4XHKENtEdjmfIBMST2XBNUd-P5gPm79TInu9o_moMHKFRFuAh_JM_fmhKQ2jqvaGvdCzHq505Pv2paSQSLBZk9TgYtNWD10Mk21itjLyrlQChdAWTtM6KA3RwNPT46n3kH009yb6ZPmZwTdwINerF553cREWHxQ9i3vER1OI6tcyn17oKQlIvh6rJZS/s320/grow-pie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>My goal has been to draw youth serving programs together in an on-going campaign that educates donors and increases the size of the pie, and motivates them to look for 1) where tutor/mentor programs are most needed; 2) choose a zip code you want to help; 3) look at websites for programs in that area to see what they do and what help they need; 4) then look in a mirror, and decide how, and how much, you want to help.</div><div><br /></div><div>While we need to give attention to disasters and conflict around the world, and in America, we need to continue to devote a small slice of time and dollars to helping kids grow up safely and well-prepared to be leaders in their adult lives. <br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-17977106557427687082023-06-25T16:46:00.001-05:002023-06-25T16:46:58.141-05:00Where are non-school youth development programs most needed? <p>The Heartland Alliance released its latest data tables last week. I wonder who in Chicago is using this information to understand where youth need extra help in the non-school hours, based on levels of poverty in their community area? </p><p>Here's an example of the data available <a href="https://www.heartlandalliance.org/heartland-alliance/research-and-policy/data-reports/chicago-data-dashboards/community-data-economic-opportunity/" target="_blank">on their site</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe27VaNF0J2s9sMMbyFZiEJExZQFkgyx8Z6vazZHTmjCYVQepriYzZ2Dv_7PXkbOr3FgYwLq8c8eoMyf8x8rogqXN3hQd1hKrDMoRo03TRSzfIIkbEvgdeZG5W2Kke6SsSTVMFTua5cZLqmR7soZDxu31WEoxxAazM7EGRnDGdpZaDB4tKk0j_nAzQkpCu/s1050/Heartland%20data%20-%202021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1050" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe27VaNF0J2s9sMMbyFZiEJExZQFkgyx8Z6vazZHTmjCYVQepriYzZ2Dv_7PXkbOr3FgYwLq8c8eoMyf8x8rogqXN3hQd1hKrDMoRo03TRSzfIIkbEvgdeZG5W2Kke6SsSTVMFTua5cZLqmR7soZDxu31WEoxxAazM7EGRnDGdpZaDB4tKk0j_nAzQkpCu/s320/Heartland%20data%20-%202021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Below is the same table, along with maps that I created from other sources. The first one shows the North Lawndale area of Chicago. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3R1PfnBZR6q4uRQi1Jm0Ix60XXNdyQlIJEQ5zXUxcs_qWZlUeL1HD4soxhJ2OwmGBt1n_d8Bi-gx5fApwUzyEz7GOHHTCKlF8jMSdEs0ToWCi4OhvPbBJPUNwPHO7C1i7h8d0e2MjMJUT8_WCyBQAOs1xKVBXthZvAvhRSivl7ne4Bpt0nrmZ0orPrjJ/s2438/data%20maps-N.%20Lawndale%20%202021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2438" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3R1PfnBZR6q4uRQi1Jm0Ix60XXNdyQlIJEQ5zXUxcs_qWZlUeL1HD4soxhJ2OwmGBt1n_d8Bi-gx5fApwUzyEz7GOHHTCKlF8jMSdEs0ToWCi4OhvPbBJPUNwPHO7C1i7h8d0e2MjMJUT8_WCyBQAOs1xKVBXthZvAvhRSivl7ne4Bpt0nrmZ0orPrjJ/s320/data%20maps-N.%20Lawndale%20%202021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This second one shows the Albany Park community area.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUsrVnd_zMC_zN_8dGHSq08xnkn-XhVDqKnKtFXCrwcuqxg9IO_Ww33um5pLazctyIMRt4sTLBmNK8uE-fl9U2ednX7faXACVYEE3Z1C-pSGMo5ksJXtD9a1exhEa5cJWrYAw4e2ic4QRwvVU5doUQ5Iv9YNZgYY49ldXHv4PXsWDTqppM3yJ_Qf_bCwH/s2438/data%20maps-Albany%20Park%20%202021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2438" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUsrVnd_zMC_zN_8dGHSq08xnkn-XhVDqKnKtFXCrwcuqxg9IO_Ww33um5pLazctyIMRt4sTLBmNK8uE-fl9U2ednX7faXACVYEE3Z1C-pSGMo5ksJXtD9a1exhEa5cJWrYAw4e2ic4QRwvVU5doUQ5Iv9YNZgYY49ldXHv4PXsWDTqppM3yJ_Qf_bCwH/s320/data%20maps-Albany%20Park%20%202021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I used data provided from the Heartland Alliance in 2011 and again in 2018 to create the presentation shown below. It includes maps for each Chicago community area, with the total number of kids age 6 to 17 and the number who fall into the poverty level.</p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="386" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/uevvOZSTSa8g9T?startSlide=1" style="border-width: 1px; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;" width="497"></iframe><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/tutormentor/chicago-community-areas-youth-in-poverty2018-247346623" target="_blank" title="Chicago Community Areas: Youth In Poverty-2018">Chicago Community Areas: Youth In Poverty-2018</a></strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/tutormentor" target="_blank">Daniel Bassill</a></strong></div><br />In the above graphic for the North Lawndale area I used a map showing shootings that had been published by the<i> Chicago SunTimes</i>, along with a map from the Program Locator (no longer available) that my organization created in 2008.<br /><br />View the presentation below to see more examples of maps being used to help determine where non-school programs are needed, where existing programs are located, and where more are needed.<div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="386" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/g3IUhFpc2jw8Qh?startSlide=1" style="border-width: 1px; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;" width="497"></iframe><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/tutormentor/planning-needed-following-violence-in-chicago" target="_blank" title="Planning needed following violence in Chicago">Planning needed following violence in Chicago</a></strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/tutormentor" target="_blank">Daniel Bassill</a></strong></div><br />In early June I <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2023/06/who-is-doing-research-about-youth.html" target="_blank">posted this article</a>, asking who is doing research about youth program availability. The two SlideShare presentations are examples of the type of analysis that needs to be done ... with much greater depth and professionalism than what I've been able to create.<div><br /></div><div>Between 1993 and 2011 I operated as a non-profit organization and while funds were inconsistent we were able to pilot a process of collecting information about volunteer-based youth tutor/mentor programs and segment that by age group served, type of program, and location. We shared that via an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120116151830/http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/Prgloc.aspx" target="_blank">on-line search table</a> (created in 2004 and updated in 2008) which I show below. <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTfErFVXDKzuUPDCvpJTXnDDEmCNC9KzLCkmuUd2oHKg8qrqsb4BLttGdGoF2l5qZz6a-y6Ttb6l27yyh5PTK7nQ1w7ZgC_FAPXg9T-4_7mtXmYAF7v_rLrGaXG_X0dBItFKZ6iKO2tG8yISYSeABi1OJccDfsc1pQsD3h9f19acbnAJmJQYdejzpgIfK/s1023/ProgramLocator.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1023" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTfErFVXDKzuUPDCvpJTXnDDEmCNC9KzLCkmuUd2oHKg8qrqsb4BLttGdGoF2l5qZz6a-y6Ttb6l27yyh5PTK7nQ1w7ZgC_FAPXg9T-4_7mtXmYAF7v_rLrGaXG_X0dBItFKZ6iKO2tG8yISYSeABi1OJccDfsc1pQsD3h9f19acbnAJmJQYdejzpgIfK/s320/ProgramLocator.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Since 2011 I've not been able to update or continue to develop this and now it's only available via the Internet Archive. Had I been able to continue development we would have expanded the type of programs were were looking for, to include arts, technology and youth development categories. <div><br /></div><div>Furthermore, we would have built a fund-raising page, that would attract donors to different neighborhoods of Chicago, where websites of existing programs would provide information enabling volunteers, parents and donors to choose who to support. I feel that creating the funding page was important because for a small organization one of the most difficult challenges of doing this work was collecting the data and keeping it up-to-date. Having the site raise money for your organization would be a strong motivator for keeping data updated. <br /><br />Combining the fund raising feature with the maps of each community area was a strategy intended to drive resources to EVERY high poverty area of Chicago, not just the most visible areas, or the most well-known programs.<br /><br />I described this <a href="http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/using-maps-to-build-capacity" target="_blank">fund raising strateg </a>on this page.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQxcrLrTUdgLFpg4ETnl2XEqpNJbPdd_2PgxQNbdWFNycUKa6spAj8oRagxi8bVqpPca44XSaUT_4JwWm4LUG_C-IkzazsKYGfoYPf2xwqNOpBtQNNK-ITnPQLsfKrFWtPjq5ihfKBPEzcBey_VahPHD-wZyxnyu6Ml9h8BsLGlIukJ10FdFrMi_-IpSD/s2048/N.Lawndale-Kids6-17.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQxcrLrTUdgLFpg4ETnl2XEqpNJbPdd_2PgxQNbdWFNycUKa6spAj8oRagxi8bVqpPca44XSaUT_4JwWm4LUG_C-IkzazsKYGfoYPf2xwqNOpBtQNNK-ITnPQLsfKrFWtPjq5ihfKBPEzcBey_VahPHD-wZyxnyu6Ml9h8BsLGlIukJ10FdFrMi_-IpSD/w200-h150/N.Lawndale-Kids6-17.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><b>The value.</b><br /><br />Building a segmented, searchable, list of non-school youth serving programs would be a valuable resource for Chicago or any city. Helping those programs attract operating dollars and volunteers would help each program operate and constantly improve.<br /><br />However, without the demographic information such as provided by the Heartland Alliance (and others that I show on <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P554W2G5-241DHY0-32ZJ/Mapping%20Data.cmap" target="_blank">this concept map</a>), leaders, volunteers and donors don't know where programs are most needed. Without providing the number of kids within a community area who live below the poverty line, it's impossible to gauge weather or not enough kids in each grade level are being served by existing programs. Without segmenting the program list by type of program we might see a density of icons on a map, but still be not providing needed services in many places.<br /><br /><b>Finding a way to gather this data and use if for analysis is a huge challenge.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>My hope is that philanthropists will fund work in Chicago and other cities that builds on the work my organization started in 1993 and that is shared in articles on this blog that extend back to 2008, and <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/maps" target="_blank">articles showing uses of maps</a> that I share on the Tutor/Mentor blog, started in 2005.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7Nrr2YLg-qlb31jfpOCRrPrpPpGNUloo4g_YdEib3KrIpbe448dxM5UZnKInRc-jvvj4eRhTJU7cr_E9NLHHPo9P61uNif6pyV79Gvr3FOYt8Fw0CTRjZ3-KwpOxRQZ7Jqidn8XhjLzBnlFYTGbMQPBj_0QyVuh58GDxqw0yPaLvpUjaDHkx6_WB3gID/s2438/Crane%20BBplayer%204-2-2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2438" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7Nrr2YLg-qlb31jfpOCRrPrpPpGNUloo4g_YdEib3KrIpbe448dxM5UZnKInRc-jvvj4eRhTJU7cr_E9NLHHPo9P61uNif6pyV79Gvr3FOYt8Fw0CTRjZ3-KwpOxRQZ7Jqidn8XhjLzBnlFYTGbMQPBj_0QyVuh58GDxqw0yPaLvpUjaDHkx6_WB3gID/w200-h150/Crane%20BBplayer%204-2-2023.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>Enough is Enough.</b><br /><br />We continue to be reminded by daily media stories of the results from not having the type of support systems for too many youth that might offer hope and opportunity and serve as a disincentive for gangs, crime and violence. <br /><br /><b>Tutor/Mentor programs are not quick fixes.</b> Yet if leaders had embraced the strategies the Tutor/Mentor Connection was piloting in the 1990s and sustained them for the past 25 years, I feel that a lot fewer young people would be lost. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQet2iVE0Gb6KN1W7ID7PM5jjiNZdd99hJGuyCWDb_kSY8jsHFTvO3VIGDdOvDCDoiHnRqamudwXMBVDOiPg3LD3RtO-SDXfEPTSiM4Pc-VrztX1Djdqll7N67ptoYL1VHmn86Sly6C3lD6g8zYq5yPzCxY86K_Tj7WETj_fN7268AHllllUGGEv56Xzx/s1184/Dan-maps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1184" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQet2iVE0Gb6KN1W7ID7PM5jjiNZdd99hJGuyCWDb_kSY8jsHFTvO3VIGDdOvDCDoiHnRqamudwXMBVDOiPg3LD3RtO-SDXfEPTSiM4Pc-VrztX1Djdqll7N67ptoYL1VHmn86Sly6C3lD6g8zYq5yPzCxY86K_Tj7WETj_fN7268AHllllUGGEv56Xzx/w200-h163/Dan-maps.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>What can you do?</b><br /><br />If you've read this far, thank you. As the graphic at the left illustrates, we're all able to access these articles via our computer and phones. Start skimming through my archives. Share what you read with people in your network. Help find the leaders and philanthropists needed to build this research capacity.<br /><br />Create a new portal, available FREE via open source code, so that it can be adopted and used everywhere. Create communities on social media where people creating and using these portals, and who are building tutor/mentor programs, can connect and learn from each other and build the public will needed to generate the flow of resources essential not only to support the platforms, but to support the thousands of youth tutor, mentor and learning programs that are needed in high poverty areas around the country.<div><br /></div><div><b>If I can share this via a blog article, you can too!</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Mastodon (<a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">see links here</a>). Please follow me and introduce me to your friends. <br /><br />If you can help Fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC with a small contribution, please <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">visit this page</a>. </div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-46133271640710026932023-06-08T12:23:00.000-05:002023-06-08T12:23:01.115-05:00Who is doing research about youth program availability? <p> If you've read articles on this blog, going back to 2008, you'll see that the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) have been trying to build a comprehensive, map-based, understanding of what non-school, volunteer-based tutor/mentor and learning programs exist in Chicago and where more are needed. Over the past several years my capacity to do this work has been greatly reduced so I'm pleased to be able to point to others who seem to be filling this space.</p><p>Below is one slide from today's STEM Pathways Coop meeting, where Deanna Howlett of Northwestern University spoke to attendees about the Citywide State of <a href="https://chicagostempathways.org/initiatives/stem-landscape-survey-refresh/?mc_cid=c7834a730e&mc_eid=3862bfdeca" target="_blank">STEM Landscape Survey</a>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRD_FvRAmuJGyC09UPBcLOds-zRdOtL2iBeTh1tNwtkmAEMYDPD2Y3D1iYeF1wZjfKEj7FB0OhdHBClLm9JRQvmnfNebE-ZHCO4pMG45zGcFuWhB-x14wwyvSJRaXhI3HrX4FrdvXm014RWeyZp68Zj1cpI71Rz0L31Qk-Do9Vn1kFS0tZHEnlykoUWQ/s958/STEM%20Landscape%206-2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="958" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRD_FvRAmuJGyC09UPBcLOds-zRdOtL2iBeTh1tNwtkmAEMYDPD2Y3D1iYeF1wZjfKEj7FB0OhdHBClLm9JRQvmnfNebE-ZHCO4pMG45zGcFuWhB-x14wwyvSJRaXhI3HrX4FrdvXm014RWeyZp68Zj1cpI71Rz0L31Qk-Do9Vn1kFS0tZHEnlykoUWQ/s320/STEM%20Landscape%206-2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>View the slides <a href="https://mcusercontent.com/44f2732ba3d583e0cbae47cf4/files/9b8d0ef0-fe1d-501c-12a6-ace99c3c8dc2/Landscape_Survey_Slides_from_Chicago_STEM_Providers_Meeting_6_6.pdf?mc_cid=c7834a730e&mc_eid=3862bfdeca" target="_blank">at this link</a>. Below is another slide from the presentation, showing the process intended to create understanding, and change, where change is needed.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuc2wa8QAIdUId8kRzEmTIT4SurKk08pC1J1sRF7VKdWzbsdPMk89XjvLaSfm0nBUgjjU-AOEXE7vbD3XJ0V0DdZ9_lQrc8FJZMjutSD26MBwi90o230BCym4XrGY7iVrTTNv29-4u7AlPOMNIbbjikvLQQy3c39Gu9AmUAiXtMdho7G2NInCfvAX4g/s945/STEM%20landscaping%20process.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="945" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuc2wa8QAIdUId8kRzEmTIT4SurKk08pC1J1sRF7VKdWzbsdPMk89XjvLaSfm0nBUgjjU-AOEXE7vbD3XJ0V0DdZ9_lQrc8FJZMjutSD26MBwi90o230BCym4XrGY7iVrTTNv29-4u7AlPOMNIbbjikvLQQy3c39Gu9AmUAiXtMdho7G2NInCfvAX4g/s320/STEM%20landscaping%20process.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />I've shared ideas and strategies with those doing this research and participated in the meetings when they were on-line. I look forward to more.<div><br /></div><div>Today I did participate in an on-line webinar, hosted by Brookings.edu, focused on Racial Equity. Here's one Tweet that I shared during the event. <br /></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Cross pollinate ideas". "Look across the hall". "How can we work together?" <a href="https://twitter.com/andreperryedu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@andreperryedu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrookingsRacialEquity?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BrookingsRacialEquity</a><br /><br />Create maps to show "who should be connected" & what the issues are. <a href="https://t.co/bpiemrdHLf">https://t.co/bpiemrdHLf</a> <a href="https://t.co/rEb5x5buRv">pic.twitter.com/rEb5x5buRv</a></p>— Daniel Bassill (@tutormentorteam) <a href="https://twitter.com/tutormentorteam/status/1666837676501155847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
Visit<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrookingsRacialEquity?src=hashtag_click&f=live" target="_blank"> #BrookingsRacialEquity</a> on Twitter and see my contributions and posts by others. As I write this post and share my ideas on Twitter and other platforms I'm trying to model a practice that I wish thousands had been duplicating for the past 10 years. <div><br /></div><div>The Internet is a huge depository of information. But unless people are aggregating it in libraries like mine, or sites like <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/">https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/</a>, it will be difficult to organize learning communities that are needed to build understanding and public will necessary to impact public policy in America. In addition to its blog and huge library of research articles you can find video archives of past webinars if you search <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/search/?s=youtube&post_type%5B%5D=&topic%5B%5D=race-in-american-public-policy&pcp=&date_range=&start_date=&end_date=" target="_blank">in this section</a> on the Brookings site. <br /><br /><b>Share this information. Build learning circles.</b><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj287iyG8tk_mbRUHiFWWHWB2r9-A4HnEML6hMuqZiQkUyNK-tFEpOB5_r7eNisKS7Au8aRbLFhGG7jkOp-55dax_itP3zsBbMAMYdd30aUdtLgicgyTYt5qtpOKMGiHgEYzoJj6fr5Rn9vSW5o4PJkvY_5dqrKGC5g_8BwifDgFKvpiIUrNiHN7ldZKA/s2048/FormLearningCircles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj287iyG8tk_mbRUHiFWWHWB2r9-A4HnEML6hMuqZiQkUyNK-tFEpOB5_r7eNisKS7Au8aRbLFhGG7jkOp-55dax_itP3zsBbMAMYdd30aUdtLgicgyTYt5qtpOKMGiHgEYzoJj6fr5Rn9vSW5o4PJkvY_5dqrKGC5g_8BwifDgFKvpiIUrNiHN7ldZKA/s320/FormLearningCircles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />You can be the <b>YOU</b> in this graphic by sharing my post and forwarding my Tweets, along with those of other people and organizations that I point to in my library and blog articles. </div><div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsS6xB3LTz9Vb-A7p6V44avFGNj3sJ7Acu77i61Dg61bDXSsgXwYyl3DYfi0DYU8iDt_3XB7Uan4b7RTONLdf__KLd3p3FwrBRcC8RVGnp-ciP8bQZ9AxFdgvAlybV-DF2dl6C5UXxFU2JrZCRJJzPVGzn2nb96OPabfiVQNFwNb5E8Ft3TO3TXNbn6g/s680/Step3-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="680" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsS6xB3LTz9Vb-A7p6V44avFGNj3sJ7Acu77i61Dg61bDXSsgXwYyl3DYfi0DYU8iDt_3XB7Uan4b7RTONLdf__KLd3p3FwrBRcC8RVGnp-ciP8bQZ9AxFdgvAlybV-DF2dl6C5UXxFU2JrZCRJJzPVGzn2nb96OPabfiVQNFwNb5E8Ft3TO3TXNbn6g/s320/Step3-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Among many problems we face one big barrier is that there is "too much information". </b>We need people collecting the information, but we also need people evangelizing and trying to get growing number of people to look at the information that's been collected. Then we need even more people who are facilitating understanding and helping people connect and work together to implement solutions, in places where data maps show more people need extra help. Colleges, public schools and faith based organizations have been doing this for centuries. We need to duplicate that process and that requires some major benefactors who make long-term investments.<div><br /></div><div>I've written several hundred articles on the Tutor/Mentor blog, that just focus on this "learning" process. <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2023/05/participation-in-on-line-learning-groups.html" target="_blank">Here's one</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Step 3 graphic above is part of <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1238727620187_574980422_30250/four%20part%20strategy.cmap" target="_blank">this concept map</a>, showing 4 strategies that I've followed since starting the Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1993. I invite others to build their own version and apply this in their own work.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HOCoVHfIaG97u1Epb2BKLjGSg_ixdGGk3kPVHMIgDs-znlrsDNvlMlqaM-EBSdd7hIH-UmUgyxquZzA1rQq453mcM2nhhUNNyOiCn_m7-ITcscS1xeD1zKHLZ74cHyu38G0fw5KKH1b1mWVJI_JzJd-7i9cAiI--S_JnmtuA0603M91ZKyePLOQBdA/s1400/4-pt%20strategy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1400" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HOCoVHfIaG97u1Epb2BKLjGSg_ixdGGk3kPVHMIgDs-znlrsDNvlMlqaM-EBSdd7hIH-UmUgyxquZzA1rQq453mcM2nhhUNNyOiCn_m7-ITcscS1xeD1zKHLZ74cHyu38G0fw5KKH1b1mWVJI_JzJd-7i9cAiI--S_JnmtuA0603M91ZKyePLOQBdA/s320/4-pt%20strategy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Thanks for reading. I hope you'll borrow from what I share here, on the <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Blog</a> and on the <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC</a> website. Create your own versions. Share your own maps and blog articles. Teach others to do the same.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpfJFu4ZakACOuNF5TpQ2LA74xN3bFCb-WmoZTbNgvXvr9gKjgmLhFRGdg2BQwOs_6WOSm3DM10zJe9bhaBhhycd4XRIcQ__ABFRa2_9dtUpXqfl2nSTjH7bb0ME0EAhV6RT4wCu1HQzKxp5a-pDJ_U9lNE3XXzIZWQ2qmgTpMLfrbi4aA6YqKDxdSQ/s213/Dan2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="212" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpfJFu4ZakACOuNF5TpQ2LA74xN3bFCb-WmoZTbNgvXvr9gKjgmLhFRGdg2BQwOs_6WOSm3DM10zJe9bhaBhhycd4XRIcQ__ABFRa2_9dtUpXqfl2nSTjH7bb0ME0EAhV6RT4wCu1HQzKxp5a-pDJ_U9lNE3XXzIZWQ2qmgTpMLfrbi4aA6YqKDxdSQ/w199-h200/Dan2021.JPG" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div>You can connect with me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Mastodon. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to help fund my work, <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">visit this page</a> and send a small contribution.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to adopt this work and embed it in your university, I'd love to hear from you. </div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-60606586305059113852023-05-24T10:20:00.000-05:002023-05-24T10:20:36.678-05:00American Inequality site shows problems and solutions<p>I've used this blog for the past 12 years to share links to data-mapping platforms that identify areas of high poverty and inequality. I host these links in <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/resource-links/law-justice-links/poverty-mapping" target="_blank">this section</a> of the Tutor/Mentor library. </p><p>This week I learned of a new resource, called <a href="https://americaninequality.substack.com/p/literacy-and-inequality" target="_blank">American Inequality</a>. Below is a screenshot from one article on the site.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIgWeJb0eYNWVXgNBj1BFb5q_5tnEI2ssyfaRF0bABTd2GksGtldvQRD2VDV9mN8I1fdp21CYMT5TFaX5B0JNaCfvdIdJuWtzWTQYMtd77XO0zXgzfuuNwWvLBpStlUaqWwI1YlaDRki_466WqQ-KGC2LLSSFOTvtQAglBoEwuH0ZuxI8DetNVTgAqA/s926/AmericanInequality.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="829" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIgWeJb0eYNWVXgNBj1BFb5q_5tnEI2ssyfaRF0bABTd2GksGtldvQRD2VDV9mN8I1fdp21CYMT5TFaX5B0JNaCfvdIdJuWtzWTQYMtd77XO0zXgzfuuNwWvLBpStlUaqWwI1YlaDRki_466WqQ-KGC2LLSSFOTvtQAglBoEwuH0ZuxI8DetNVTgAqA/s320/AmericanInequality.JPG" width="286" /></a></div>One feature that I like on this site is that it not only provides an interactive map that enables you to zoom into specific parts of the country to learn more, but in the article it shares solutions that could be implemented if more people mobilized public will to solve these problems.<div><br /></div><div>I've been sharing some of the data-maps I find in the <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P554W2G5-241DHY0-32ZJ/MappingData.cmap" target="_blank">concept map</a> shown below. <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbzSRcmMCoW1SJIhNrP42X7Dqe_I0zg6z9j9LQz41Vyh5y4FzyIuFVNDTwWyeSAa3oQmkyOEV_DTy0oAeQFiECM_7FUFyjMswuYPhZwcQxz-LwGFZXmVy8WNbbOGJiBsIYG2_sUuW2KEZyFNKx1dHZgnec-8lGCCEPZcrW16-L4kXGjtU_fX1R7vtlw/s1629/DataMap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1629" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbzSRcmMCoW1SJIhNrP42X7Dqe_I0zg6z9j9LQz41Vyh5y4FzyIuFVNDTwWyeSAa3oQmkyOEV_DTy0oAeQFiECM_7FUFyjMswuYPhZwcQxz-LwGFZXmVy8WNbbOGJiBsIYG2_sUuW2KEZyFNKx1dHZgnec-8lGCCEPZcrW16-L4kXGjtU_fX1R7vtlw/s320/DataMap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />In addition to sharing these resources on this blog I've been showing ways to incorporate maps into <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/maps" target="_blank">blog articles</a> on the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC blog. <div><br /></div><div>I learned about the American Inequality resource by participating in a ZOOM webinar hosted last night by the <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsHourExtra" target="_blank">PBS News Hour Classroom</a>. During the webinar I asked "Who was teaching this?" and was told about a <i>New American History</i> site. I asked them to post the link on Twitter, which they did, as you can see below.<br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremybney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jeremybney</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/saribethrose?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@saribethrose</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsHourExtra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NewsHourExtra</a> for tonight’s discussion on data visualizations - a topic our <a href="https://twitter.com/NewAmericanHist?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NewAmericanHist</a> teams thinks about daily as we build new <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OER?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OER</a> learning resources and share w/educators & students K12 across the country <a href="https://t.co/TmiyLMHZEm">https://t.co/TmiyLMHZEm</a> <a href="https://t.co/QAzkCJ5cng">pic.twitter.com/QAzkCJ5cng</a></p>— Annie Evans (@MapM8ker) <a href="https://twitter.com/MapM8ker/status/1661156343510597633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>I visited the site and found this <a href="https://resources.newamericanhistory.org/mapping-inequality" target="_blank">Mapping Inequality</a> lesson plan. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij60BhpTwksdzRYiB6r1Tcv_qA9s5L-xnmoXuMTZ01eHxb5joSSYFw5vPRGkIq2kq9-SjlKct5R5Z7_X4KHTbrl341hqDcL51NwMVWVlk1l_RNK5dJZWn26BlvTS-9k-FKI7uleG8uxbs8ClpNVYPP7Q7tVbrRJdZKXtPCLf4NK7NQ0edT2j0Qc1aZjA/s1166/MappingInequality%20-%202023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="1166" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij60BhpTwksdzRYiB6r1Tcv_qA9s5L-xnmoXuMTZ01eHxb5joSSYFw5vPRGkIq2kq9-SjlKct5R5Z7_X4KHTbrl341hqDcL51NwMVWVlk1l_RNK5dJZWn26BlvTS-9k-FKI7uleG8uxbs8ClpNVYPP7Q7tVbrRJdZKXtPCLf4NK7NQ0edT2j0Qc1aZjA/s320/MappingInequality%20-%202023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />If you're an educator or an activist I encourage you to browse this site an see ways to teach others to tell these stories in creative, interesting and informative ways.<br /><br />I keep looking for sections on each data-mapping site that show ways students and adults can create similar, on-going, map-stories, since that's the only way we'll build the public attention, and motivation, to do the work of solving the problems shown on the maps. It seems to me that any of these platforms could be hosting a "teach this" resource list and including the <i>New American History</i> site. <div><br /></div><div><b>Share links in the comment section to sites where you feel this is being taught. </b></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, access to all of the articles and resources on the <a href="https://americaninequality.substack.com/" target="_blank">American Inequality</a> site is not free. There is a subscription fee. If you can afford to pay please do. If not, use the articles that are shared at no cost and share them with others. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIU8w8c6J21S5_STTHfgCxAIJpRbw0fia1xukEeAEfs-5jO9AU_FCZ4-XL7NDnBsonRC8OBeWa1Xk7U-l9v4GHSndJdlFOJ9kPdQVkTN7yPbwtptTM8yKKmroFyw7fawTyi43eQPiHEdaWFc02dSPBpxZeKihsxEgMOpkZbN6VAaVld7OnmRUhtMp9A/s213/Dan2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="212" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIU8w8c6J21S5_STTHfgCxAIJpRbw0fia1xukEeAEfs-5jO9AU_FCZ4-XL7NDnBsonRC8OBeWa1Xk7U-l9v4GHSndJdlFOJ9kPdQVkTN7yPbwtptTM8yKKmroFyw7fawTyi43eQPiHEdaWFc02dSPBpxZeKihsxEgMOpkZbN6VAaVld7OnmRUhtMp9A/w199-h200/Dan2021.JPG" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div><b>Thanks for reading.</b> I hope you'll connect with me on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Mastodon and/or Facebook. (see links <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">here</a>).<br /><br />I don't charge a fee for anyone to use the resources on any of the blogs or websites I host, but there is a cost to me. If you can help with a small contribution, please visit <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a>. </div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-75309767877321993592022-11-09T16:47:00.000-06:002022-11-09T16:47:33.800-06:00New data platform focuses on Financial Health and Wealth data <p>If you skim through this blog you'll see that I'm sharing links to tools that communities can use to better understand where youth and families need extra help to share in the opportunities of America.</p><p>Below is an image from the Urban Institute's new dashboard which was introduced via a ZOOM event today. View <a href="https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/FH%20Dashboard%20Slides.pdf" target="_blank">presentation slides</a>. A video of the event will be available shortly. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDY-2O8cdiMEHxnXr1tnscwDlHmGzay5qA6HVw--mjlUED1k3KBPLlBUL2EJz-POOXfBb3mVWmoeBplxlqds0OvLuyf31TdoyowAa_eLe-UHk1-6uTjZFK9TM2FqCj0LAor_Y5_ebc_U4Zej2-nEX0zdBbqg3VRGaKBCX6XwPr1o0gAHZ5bwiKSLugw/s1844/FinacialWealthDashboard%202022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1844" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDY-2O8cdiMEHxnXr1tnscwDlHmGzay5qA6HVw--mjlUED1k3KBPLlBUL2EJz-POOXfBb3mVWmoeBplxlqds0OvLuyf31TdoyowAa_eLe-UHk1-6uTjZFK9TM2FqCj0LAor_Y5_ebc_U4Zej2-nEX0zdBbqg3VRGaKBCX6XwPr1o0gAHZ5bwiKSLugw/w400-h151/FinacialWealthDashboard%202022.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>View the dashboard <a href="https://apps.urban.org/features/financial-health-wealth-dashboard/" target="_blank">at this link</a>. One of the features of the platform is the ability to focus on small spaces, as low as the zip code level. </p> I shared one of the slides with this Tweet, showing the type of stories that can be created. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The slides for today's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveAtUrban?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LiveAtUrban</a> event can be found at <a href="https://t.co/ZIyRvduv1q">https://t.co/ZIyRvduv1q</a><br /><br />I show one slide here. Youth in every city need to learn how to do this analysis & share it widely. Who's teaching this? <a href="https://t.co/Jv2zzvKg3Y">https://t.co/Jv2zzvKg3Y</a> <a href="https://t.co/DqnZSL0sEr">pic.twitter.com/DqnZSL0sEr</a></p>— Daniel Bassill (@tutormentorteam) <a href="https://twitter.com/tutormentorteam/status/1590428886072184833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> In doing so, and by writing this article, I'm demonstrating a practice I hope many will adopt. More people need to learn to tell stories using data platforms like this or some of those I point to from <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P554W2G5-241DHY0-32ZJ/MappingData.cmap" target="_blank">this concept map</a>.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGqOOUgNsw93LqMB7BKpjoz6-4EUCnoHXRKzyRLGyOsZ6VkLDnJRewbtK1Gxmj8Alg9a2wVYo0insx9pOJNI6yztfvh1ARSySrjQnzkfaqIHT8uFXw1rEbSlTpRV2edAvhWY1fePq5xI4w04-BpA0rDmaBJj0cK_bvfgdgLWg8iN3PZ2EIGbpb8YAuA/s1360/DataMap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1360" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGqOOUgNsw93LqMB7BKpjoz6-4EUCnoHXRKzyRLGyOsZ6VkLDnJRewbtK1Gxmj8Alg9a2wVYo0insx9pOJNI6yztfvh1ARSySrjQnzkfaqIHT8uFXw1rEbSlTpRV2edAvhWY1fePq5xI4w04-BpA0rDmaBJj0cK_bvfgdgLWg8iN3PZ2EIGbpb8YAuA/s320/DataMap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><b>Use the data to create change.</b><br /><br />In a 2014 Tutor/Mentor <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2014/02/following-bad-news-in-media-with-rest.html" target="_blank">blog article </a>I encourage schools and libraries to create programs that teach youth to tell stories using data and maps.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9M-nHB4xt9t5-Fytla1WWAi4DWQYARfl7upa-YJ3K_TURV0qVLq8C9Z1YG0Z-Gcx23oiCav3Y2AO_7NDT01Wea4VOeGAKZa7ky0vZLEcK-Hr4sWpiWs7cufu6kL3BIL-YeB0P-jKxLYfnKz75MLe7X03eYhi2h55iPTlvri0ibFgNNhbPrcl7_j0YMA/s1190/TeenSlain2-6-141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1190" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9M-nHB4xt9t5-Fytla1WWAi4DWQYARfl7upa-YJ3K_TURV0qVLq8C9Z1YG0Z-Gcx23oiCav3Y2AO_7NDT01Wea4VOeGAKZa7ky0vZLEcK-Hr4sWpiWs7cufu6kL3BIL-YeB0P-jKxLYfnKz75MLe7X03eYhi2h55iPTlvri0ibFgNNhbPrcl7_j0YMA/s320/TeenSlain2-6-141.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>As media report incidents of violence, young people, volunteers and activist could use data platforms like created by the Urban Institute, to show some of the inequalities that contribute to a loss of hope and an embrace of violence. </div><div><br /></div><div>If these stories are told creatively, forcefully, and often enough, they can convince policy-makers and philanthropists to create new policies and programs that change these conditions. <br /><br />I urge you to take time to view the Urban Institute dashboard, and in a few days, view the video of today's ZOOM call, to see how panelist described how it might be used.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for reading. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you find this information useful, consider a contribution to help <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">Fund Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC</a>. </div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-41424250705348585702022-09-22T09:41:00.000-05:002022-09-22T09:41:59.505-05:00Neighborhoods of Concentrated Poverty <p>Below is a map showing cities in the USA with neighborhoods of concentrated poverty. It's from <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Indicators-of-inclusive-prosperity_final2.pdf" target="_blank">this Brookings Metro PDF</a> report. Read the introduction in <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/events/helping-neighborhoods-reduce-poverty-without-displacement/" target="_blank">this article</a>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87cGhXWJgKEWi2EXPFfbucWzvTn6aFKexsONpdxmcBirt6t0pyvFOKXDZdjDldhhuHIHlkykWhwTbbDpXsoTkGV5_-_8MK3NLNM1GnwTQZKaneUyVF3JWZMCXTw_3s1GerrEiBE94HCTImTz_KGc7x2yP84CiTr-SMjL7mIlXXRoXEvUgKO4Rs1s1lw/s733/ConcentratedPoverty%202022%20report.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="733" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87cGhXWJgKEWi2EXPFfbucWzvTn6aFKexsONpdxmcBirt6t0pyvFOKXDZdjDldhhuHIHlkykWhwTbbDpXsoTkGV5_-_8MK3NLNM1GnwTQZKaneUyVF3JWZMCXTw_3s1GerrEiBE94HCTImTz_KGc7x2yP84CiTr-SMjL7mIlXXRoXEvUgKO4Rs1s1lw/s320/ConcentratedPoverty%202022%20report.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>This map was part of background information showing places where communities need extra help. Solutions were offered and are described in the report, and in <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/events/helping-neighborhoods-reduce-poverty-without-displacement/" target="_blank">this webinar</a> that introduced the report. </p><p>The PDF report included the set of maps below, showing concentrated poverty in Chicago and other cities. Look at maps I share below, and on this and the <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/maps" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor blog</a>. I've been pointing to Chicago's West and South side neighborhoods as places needing help for more than 2 decades! <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3FTkeueqOtTEXxkqbpr54MhBy8u9YK-WVp_tlTAFl9OcM7Hu3ZrW6qIy3BIHhT6boPFEMY9_k3FnV1dWKIHokQqIzTUg3RM63UwqKYY-DZFVjf4BDLKHhbyrOT3QNA7dDD4aLXAKCo7UL3hRI-zYzwvCKbifrmkpC_kV79gjKhRMpljiu_-9B6BhYg/s755/ConcentratedPoverty%20-cities-2022%20report.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="738" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3FTkeueqOtTEXxkqbpr54MhBy8u9YK-WVp_tlTAFl9OcM7Hu3ZrW6qIy3BIHhT6boPFEMY9_k3FnV1dWKIHokQqIzTUg3RM63UwqKYY-DZFVjf4BDLKHhbyrOT3QNA7dDD4aLXAKCo7UL3hRI-zYzwvCKbifrmkpC_kV79gjKhRMpljiu_-9B6BhYg/s320/ConcentratedPoverty%20-cities-2022%20report.JPG" width="313" /></a></div><br /><p>While this is a new report and map, the problem is not new. The map below was from a 2014 Brookings.edu report which I wrote about in <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2015/05/big-city-poverty-baltimore-not-alone.html" target="_blank">this 2015 article</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiFQXZCznQYcOuirfKu0L4javu6eaRCkuMSGB1jappAxaGzKZ30wtxdDpywC9wjGi4V9JhKVqCOpmwPrttT18XyVLq7cuWQtZ7pUvOkbZQr-e0yuOhHMBFl3KUIRMbbtIM1Iv9UhsbRGGM4Knco40wfJ5C7AGs09IigXxWV_8L1FTBSs3OYZvc0I2Ig/s1190/Brookings.edu-poverty2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1190" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiFQXZCznQYcOuirfKu0L4javu6eaRCkuMSGB1jappAxaGzKZ30wtxdDpywC9wjGi4V9JhKVqCOpmwPrttT18XyVLq7cuWQtZ7pUvOkbZQr-e0yuOhHMBFl3KUIRMbbtIM1Iv9UhsbRGGM4Knco40wfJ5C7AGs09IigXxWV_8L1FTBSs3OYZvc0I2Ig/s320/Brookings.edu-poverty2014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Maps that show high poverty areas in Chicago and other places have driven the work of the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC</a> (2011-present) for more than 2 decades. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sYpgJqsiuC4UB2GJyE0UQ6kSzHLQYzuIJ6Umqs2PcJQh2ojCRVdKI2eh_8Y9TyRljgwNG-YGQydh3_eiBZPJuLvEpHghKj5xWTKm9PtZDImKuIkxKY9KC2cDXqtzNPcYk-5V0VfXOiwzZ8zGNaMH3srRUFUJFn5g_N7e6uXPqenoeT3jULB6_3OPvg/s1190/SunTimes11_28_1994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1020" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sYpgJqsiuC4UB2GJyE0UQ6kSzHLQYzuIJ6Umqs2PcJQh2ojCRVdKI2eh_8Y9TyRljgwNG-YGQydh3_eiBZPJuLvEpHghKj5xWTKm9PtZDImKuIkxKY9KC2cDXqtzNPcYk-5V0VfXOiwzZ8zGNaMH3srRUFUJFn5g_N7e6uXPqenoeT3jULB6_3OPvg/s320/SunTimes11_28_1994.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><br />In the 1994 <i>Chicago SunTimes</i> <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/images/PDF/suntimes11_1994-bassill.pdf" target="_blank">article</a>, I'm shown with one of the students from a tutor/mentor program I was leading in Chicago. The map in the background was one produced by my organization. The shaded areas are places with concentrated poverty, where I've been trying to help volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs grow since starting the T/MC in 1993. <br /><br /><b>So this is not a new problem. </b><br /><br />The student shown with me in the <i>SunTimes</i> article now has a graduate degree and a son in college. That's the potential impact of organized tutor/mentor programs. We need more of them. They need to reach K-12 kids in every high poverty neighborhood. Each city shown in these maps needs a Tutor/Mentor Connection-type strategy to make this happen. <p></p><p><b>The solution. </b><br /><br />The PDF that I shared above included this graphic. Communities that were able to implement all of these steps showed positive gains in reducing poverty and increasing community wealth. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfKJhr4SiOpkp2dOcrErGrF-H_S9lKsqcX6QGUWrpuwPCPd3jppH7e3oxfSwmbDLKxqhm208MHv_APMUm0fRZoxb45nzStorBYnktcu6s40oxYCzhKygfGDzOMHNbaB2xAVj0CdZ2jnofEYm-v_Xaa0zmPXFZNU_a-DiqBjSq_LzNr4HTXISqUBKSRhA/s714/Indicators%20of%20Inclusive%20Poverty%20-2022%20report.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="714" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfKJhr4SiOpkp2dOcrErGrF-H_S9lKsqcX6QGUWrpuwPCPd3jppH7e3oxfSwmbDLKxqhm208MHv_APMUm0fRZoxb45nzStorBYnktcu6s40oxYCzhKygfGDzOMHNbaB2xAVj0CdZ2jnofEYm-v_Xaa0zmPXFZNU_a-DiqBjSq_LzNr4HTXISqUBKSRhA/s320/Indicators%20of%20Inclusive%20Poverty%20-2022%20report.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Getting more people involved in helping the neighborhood, in building and sustaining non-school learning and mentoring organizations, and drawing resources to help improve school performance, high school graduation, college attendance and graduation, are additional needed strategies.<br /><br /><b>The problems are old. The Brookings.edu/CommonGround report offers new solutions. </b> Implementing these requires the same strategies that have been needed for decades.<br /><br /><b>Mobilizing public attention and support </b>that would make long-term solutions available in every one of these high poverty areas is what would be new. This 1995 <i>Chicago Tribune</i> <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/images/PDF/tribune5_15_1995.pdf" target="_blank">article</a> shows that I had a "master plan".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvc3tWjFTdw4-4Na7_e4jmqTCjHZ6wj5cNJhVqg7IuR4-mPqgEABQjazfYnGQBCI3_Vg6A-A2-_7uYmsqt5v46Ss05_HvmUe1mgSgOVUVvGKz8FEqwCuVlEnJkPZzdvodnkF9iluxfPre71J7jHrNCHpcKftYgWbV4OqLplJJfWEx9qPmfXDK8c280ZA/s2048/MasterPlan2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1489" data-original-width="2048" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvc3tWjFTdw4-4Na7_e4jmqTCjHZ6wj5cNJhVqg7IuR4-mPqgEABQjazfYnGQBCI3_Vg6A-A2-_7uYmsqt5v46Ss05_HvmUe1mgSgOVUVvGKz8FEqwCuVlEnJkPZzdvodnkF9iluxfPre71J7jHrNCHpcKftYgWbV4OqLplJJfWEx9qPmfXDK8c280ZA/s320/MasterPlan2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>What I did not have was the ability to communicate this effectively to the millions of people who need to be involved in solutions, for the many years it takes to build involvement, build commitment to solutions, then provide funding and talent to those solutions on a consistent basis for many years.</p><p>What's needed is for many to take the YOU role shown in the graphic below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAqwH3SUY51sXTdcva0iX-iPcezhOqSaizIPyXC4MK66l_d9I2jHhU8c9nmmiga0oTv7fEsMy_e713e0gFCRqmNXFFNu50yskUQfTbmi1Ttd6bGyU_sBFXq_weA2v-HSQS4_R6BfZrgq5BJCA5JJMeQgqMEyhWFRwXP35BPU1S9RTfvf1yvfoMutWbA/s2048/FormLearningCircles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAqwH3SUY51sXTdcva0iX-iPcezhOqSaizIPyXC4MK66l_d9I2jHhU8c9nmmiga0oTv7fEsMy_e713e0gFCRqmNXFFNu50yskUQfTbmi1Ttd6bGyU_sBFXq_weA2v-HSQS4_R6BfZrgq5BJCA5JJMeQgqMEyhWFRwXP35BPU1S9RTfvf1yvfoMutWbA/s320/FormLearningCircles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Share my articles and the reports I point to, such as those from Brookings.edu and those listed in various sections of the Tutor/Mentor Library. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJBaq5FMhKXAabXYmWQ2mruZ42Ibcpe6iEICxJBvw3O1R9CCAtVJPv_FTBWfBuCYGIY6m2mp1hMXkpIf9Cp_3huoayR_eMl4dSvd0TLApDzs27oiSdiirUS_t0U1c0Fb2s6Qpqc8RrEtrckjRecNUgvkKSNukzq15PQIaa7LB8v6z4Douyxm8sUj7kg/s680/EDUCATE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="680" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJBaq5FMhKXAabXYmWQ2mruZ42Ibcpe6iEICxJBvw3O1R9CCAtVJPv_FTBWfBuCYGIY6m2mp1hMXkpIf9Cp_3huoayR_eMl4dSvd0TLApDzs27oiSdiirUS_t0U1c0Fb2s6Qpqc8RrEtrckjRecNUgvkKSNukzq15PQIaa7LB8v6z4Douyxm8sUj7kg/w200-h143/EDUCATE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>Educate yourself. Then engage your network. Offer help. Don't wait to be asked. Build a shared understanding and "Give" until it feels good. Build habits of learning by reading these articles weekly, and pass that on to your kids.<br /><br />This is a long-term problem, requiring long-term solutions. <br /><br /><b>Thanks for reading. </b>I'm on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc. You can find links <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">on this page</a>.<br /><br />If you want to help fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC, visit <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a> and send a small contribution. <br /><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-37544001281590206042022-08-03T11:53:00.001-05:002022-08-16T09:55:47.343-05:00ChiVes - new environmental mapping resourceLast night's <a href="https://chihacknight.org/events/2022/08/02/chicago-chives.html" target="_blank">ChiHackNight</a> presentation introduced <a href="https://chichives.com/" target="_blank">ChiVes</a>, a data collaborative and community mapping application that brings data on Chicago’s environment together at the neighborhood level. It’s a partnership of researchers, community organizations, and civic groups.<div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8mbUDzfzOxl2wGSFfGSQA5FZXnpywX1D0hlBR5N-iXdt9OSgzgrPeiUL68ouUdvQcJYtuHfb2jINqyu8uAOMIx0F6SL79Z-xlsn2iteNwPEOuwhAU8NUIC6bn9BY3g5edNsC9sIQI68-FaRQONzeBleIqecAWpemXuF15RTf3OKsrE7feK31khJ6ttg/s1877/ChiVesMap%20-%20EconomicHardship.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1877" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8mbUDzfzOxl2wGSFfGSQA5FZXnpywX1D0hlBR5N-iXdt9OSgzgrPeiUL68ouUdvQcJYtuHfb2jINqyu8uAOMIx0F6SL79Z-xlsn2iteNwPEOuwhAU8NUIC6bn9BY3g5edNsC9sIQI68-FaRQONzeBleIqecAWpemXuF15RTf3OKsrE7feK31khJ6ttg/s320/ChiVesMap%20-%20EconomicHardship.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />This site is a data collaborative, resource guide and a platform where "code-enthusiasts and developers can fork the ChiVes website, make changes, and submit for review." </div><div><br />Above is a screen-shot showing a map view from one section in the site. At the right are many menu choices for what you might want to view. You can zoom in to the block level. <br /><br />Below is a map view from the '<a href="https://chichives.com/community" target="_blank">communities'</a> section on the site. Choose a community from the drop-down menu and you'll see a report like the one shown below for Grand Boulevard.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iZfLMZ3ICFZs_FMVxGs1yntXc2OETyS_eglbs9J4dEVHB2Wf2KqkMnI5BAKXezuQSEsI3_DR4eWU6r6Xt5-o6-Sll027EI2RG6fw88In4QTaVWye5iczzvtnfJdzFIXdfE089BPm9-AEfsLXqMgcsVq2TlUJ4TH-bCp44EQV9gvHMaAtWLCmOTU-bQ/s1180/ChiVesMap%20-%20GrandBoulevard.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1180" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iZfLMZ3ICFZs_FMVxGs1yntXc2OETyS_eglbs9J4dEVHB2Wf2KqkMnI5BAKXezuQSEsI3_DR4eWU6r6Xt5-o6-Sll027EI2RG6fw88In4QTaVWye5iczzvtnfJdzFIXdfE089BPm9-AEfsLXqMgcsVq2TlUJ4TH-bCp44EQV9gvHMaAtWLCmOTU-bQ/s320/ChiVesMap%20-%20GrandBoulevard.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />The beauty of this site is that it is a "work in progress". If you see something that you think would improve the maps or presentation of information, contact the organizers, like <a href="https://twitter.com/tutormentorteam/status/1554829365304651780?s=20&t=EakheUmEqqs3PTiMCYgJpQ" target="_blank">I did on Twitter</a>, or if you're a web developer or GIS professional, use the open source code and create a new page that you can host on your own site or, possibly, offer as an update to the existing site. <br /><br />I added a link to ChiVes in <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/resource-links/collaboration-process-improvement/gis-mapping-" target="_blank">this section</a> of the Tutor/Mentor Library where I point to many other examples of GIS mapping. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9ado6pPtfmfEBv17Jtx_v3eo_9QHD4LdAhTr2gpzb_TitFcMnCQrkH_rd3HPwPFajzh8b1sFpsx1Yg7yq_3R6Y5UtOlRW_GYc9R4wtLiSod9qRW6ZYw11UAIuZC7me-LCjRICXQtWn28TNxiouHsjpmVUKW_kIARnChMT8bSRJVDF0b0OZt2E0jj-w/s2048/Planning%20Needed%20-%20NLawndale.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9ado6pPtfmfEBv17Jtx_v3eo_9QHD4LdAhTr2gpzb_TitFcMnCQrkH_rd3HPwPFajzh8b1sFpsx1Yg7yq_3R6Y5UtOlRW_GYc9R4wtLiSod9qRW6ZYw11UAIuZC7me-LCjRICXQtWn28TNxiouHsjpmVUKW_kIARnChMT8bSRJVDF0b0OZt2E0jj-w/w200-h150/Planning%20Needed%20-%20NLawndale.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>In addition I shared <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/07/response-to-chicago-violence-do-planning.html" target="_blank">this article</a>, showing how I was overlaying information on maps to show poverty levels and the number of kids, age 6-17, in each Chicago community area, and to draw attention and resources to help youth tutor and/or mentor programs grow in each area. The <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorMap-archive " target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Program Locator </a>platform built in 2004-2009 is out of date and now only an archive. Thus, I'm hoping a developer (and a university) will be inspired to take ownership and build a new platform with the same features and goals and student involvement similar to what ChiVes is modeling. <div><br />If you're reading this please share information about ChiVes so more people will investigate and help make this a valuable resource for Chicago and a model for other communities. <p></p></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-16176506032541560752022-07-29T12:07:00.002-05:002022-07-29T12:07:50.796-05:0030 Year History of Mapping <p>This blog was created in 2008 by Mike Trakan, a newly hired map maker, to show the work he was doing for the Tutor/Mentor Connection in Chicago.<br /><br />Today I posted <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2022/07/30-year-history-of-mapping.html" target="_blank">an article</a> on the Tutor/Mentor blog that featured the <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1Y6LQHZ5C-DN4Y34-8V2/TMC%20History%20of%20Using%20Maps.cmap" target="_blank">concept map</a> shown below. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5RQBA49I7fdbN-c_GFM3UM7mNsSYaaKjfSPC8bPbNh9ZHpEB2yd42_O02zMIKXSiU7OZM2MTeWD65iX8dnwyJb90RU-Fy03zmpF1kbCiH5HiF0N4FG2BX4Kz2X_KTuTccRGShEkVP-VTD1IhmOsa-GIQmcotOw0kcE4ow7OgL85dQB-lusaymYVgvw/s1907/Maps%20-%20History.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1907" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5RQBA49I7fdbN-c_GFM3UM7mNsSYaaKjfSPC8bPbNh9ZHpEB2yd42_O02zMIKXSiU7OZM2MTeWD65iX8dnwyJb90RU-Fy03zmpF1kbCiH5HiF0N4FG2BX4Kz2X_KTuTccRGShEkVP-VTD1IhmOsa-GIQmcotOw0kcE4ow7OgL85dQB-lusaymYVgvw/w394-h161/Maps%20-%20History.JPG" width="394" /></a></div><br />Please take time to read the article, and dig through the many other articles I point to. If it makes sense to you, help me find benefactors who will establish a Tutor/Mentor Connection study/action program on one or more college campuses, where student/faculty/alumni manpower will re-build the mapping capacity and apply all of the strategies I've piloted for the past 30 years, to reach more k-12 kids in high poverty areas with support that helps them move safely through school and into adult lives with jobs that enable them to raise their own kids free of the challenges of intense, segregated, poverty.<div><br /></div><div>Connect with me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and/or LinkedIn (<a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">see links here</a>). <br /><br />Help me keep this strategy on-line. Visit my "fund T/MI" page <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">at this link</a>. </div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-55577684569868998552022-05-19T10:52:00.001-05:002022-05-19T10:52:30.463-05:00Chicago Community Health IndexBelow is a screenshot from a <a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/da5601c3e0924e5ab3ee07ade9954f7a" target="_blank">Community Health Index</a> created by UIC Great Cities Institute and updated annually since then. The darker red areas are parts of Chicago where the hardship index is highest. These are areas where people have needed help for many years. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDj_JH7pvKVQETkHVdm1MOeNUGR5HYjOXBXZS5vzYzWYaLSTF44BimI_26MF_hP3ZibSnzuN3oqcfoK7a7I9_MFxQfjNwS7QnVMFEw0h2PiEzydC4hlUmPiW3xQS-YaXrYKvZ7kFYWxlHGwi1PJNXWfO9d6si7-LnxzortCrw1aQEpQomrzjuOY5WKQ/s1533/Chicago%20Community%20Health%20Index.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1533" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDj_JH7pvKVQETkHVdm1MOeNUGR5HYjOXBXZS5vzYzWYaLSTF44BimI_26MF_hP3ZibSnzuN3oqcfoK7a7I9_MFxQfjNwS7QnVMFEw0h2PiEzydC4hlUmPiW3xQS-YaXrYKvZ7kFYWxlHGwi1PJNXWfO9d6si7-LnxzortCrw1aQEpQomrzjuOY5WKQ/w375-h210/Chicago%20Community%20Health%20Index.JPG" width="375" /></a></div><br /><div>This blog has been using maps since 2008 to highlight areas of high poverty where youth, families and schools need extra help. Prior to 2011 the maps shown were created using our own GIS tools. Since then blog articles have continued to show maps using a Program Locator developed in 2008 (but inactive since 2018) and platforms created by others.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnj7ZCB-6UkWIvF1_BHoZGR7Xy0OGzpiKaO2U8MlWzseqBdwM24Rraa1cxrjQXriFQcwKLhmNKvgFLTy7JhjypfdiMqUWkq2zgGHcizPHP58CL20hHrLzHJAktB0M6g6Ot9rDQkHdZcrQzDu99n8NxhzjuHHp0Z-Catkv1ufV3NHQjVTULKsy1Yo9WA/s2048/Volunteers-Intermediaries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnj7ZCB-6UkWIvF1_BHoZGR7Xy0OGzpiKaO2U8MlWzseqBdwM24Rraa1cxrjQXriFQcwKLhmNKvgFLTy7JhjypfdiMqUWkq2zgGHcizPHP58CL20hHrLzHJAktB0M6g6Ot9rDQkHdZcrQzDu99n8NxhzjuHHp0Z-Catkv1ufV3NHQjVTULKsy1Yo9WA/w200-h150/Volunteers-Intermediaries.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />The goal is that people from every industry and profession, as well as from colleges, faith groups and health care institutions, will spend time looking at these maps, then will create their own blog articles, calling more people to look at the information, then do something with their time, talent, dollars and votes to change conditions in one or more of the areas with high needs.</div><div><br /></div><div>That's not yet happening in nearly enough places. </div><div><br /></div><div>See more uses of maps in stories on the <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor blog</a>, which was started in 2005. </div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-26841684876013738252022-03-21T14:17:00.002-05:002022-05-03T09:43:56.327-05:00Build Data Dashboard using ESSER funding.<p>Last week I watched a webinar where the term Social Determinants of Education was used in context of the non-school data schools could be collecting to better understand school performance and propose solutions. I wrote about it<a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2022/03/build-social-determinants-of-education.html" target="_blank"> here</a> and included links to the video and website, along with other resources.<br /><br />Below is a screenshot from the demonstration shown in the video. This shows how non-school youth development programs are plotted on a map along with indicators such as poverty. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoW2IglXbAhGyGlP-Nd9V95rO2mKYUvedKV65Pe9-MjHn7vsfxnE2EC60C8G0kba2GWU0BeaRJrXWFoMEQ-jfN_cj6DgGR3yaThvT-pzrsFl2CbM8YTM2sLJ0TT-0nlq6riMrrU4jF-uDSA8B7mWmnd1He9sjCS0qvXG4QOOxpB1HEn15cnYlek13Vmg=s1156" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1156" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoW2IglXbAhGyGlP-Nd9V95rO2mKYUvedKV65Pe9-MjHn7vsfxnE2EC60C8G0kba2GWU0BeaRJrXWFoMEQ-jfN_cj6DgGR3yaThvT-pzrsFl2CbM8YTM2sLJ0TT-0nlq6riMrrU4jF-uDSA8B7mWmnd1He9sjCS0qvXG4QOOxpB1HEn15cnYlek13Vmg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />In my article I showed how the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) had started building a list of Chicago non-school, volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs in 1993 and began using GIS maps to show where programs were needed and where more were located as part of that strategy. <div><br /></div><div><i>Read <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2020/02/making-youth-tutormentor-programs.html" target="_blank">this article </a>to see growth of our mapping strategy since 1993. Visit <a href="http://tutormentorinstitute.wikidot.com/project:program-locator-database-and-survey" target="_blank">this page</a> to see current status. <br /></i><br />What I did not emphasize enough was that while we pointed to youth serving organizations and indicators of need, we also pointed to businesses, faith groups, colleges, hospitals, banks, etc. who shared geography and could be directly involved in helping fill a neighborhood with a wide range of K-12 tutor and/or mentor programs.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRVa4TnNTYBXTMx6LKR0b_tqJ0uL7Ot1CXx6nJn9bIGGYKiEDapjNR473Pj0mWRO3FL0f9qfczk2KtNP09v3Lnm7K_EiQLEkKM4WFQHIiA2_0LFaBhEuzykBWoa6gUHTcuxcBg3ZDxgsMuZdsN1L9IV_JvLYDg_LPWOepvJLjjt7DTI3VZTYWDQCKAQQ=s2048" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRVa4TnNTYBXTMx6LKR0b_tqJ0uL7Ot1CXx6nJn9bIGGYKiEDapjNR473Pj0mWRO3FL0f9qfczk2KtNP09v3Lnm7K_EiQLEkKM4WFQHIiA2_0LFaBhEuzykBWoa6gUHTcuxcBg3ZDxgsMuZdsN1L9IV_JvLYDg_LPWOepvJLjjt7DTI3VZTYWDQCKAQQ=w150-h200" width="150" /></a></div><br /><p>Click on this image and enlarge it, then look at the list posted on the right. This is how we were sharing information in the 1990s, prior to the Internet. <br /><br />It's part of a "Rest of the Story" strategy that we developed to draw additional attention and resources to neighborhoods featured in negative news stories, such as kids getting killed in Chicago.</p><p>When we launched the interactive Chicago tutor/mentor program locator in 2008 we built a page of asset maps. You can see this in the graphic below. This is only available as an archive now (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120116210840/http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/AssetMapGalleries.aspx" target="_blank">click here</a>). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhm3iN0Aj8aICBwevN1awG1XvlqRjzZJ1jlm0Tjgdnhm0f_fbFiGWt-VH6ltD4LXD2yiuQlI1-kQVdn3rXgIpA9N4Ql8Iex7YDRvpkazZGBvKUMpeQze-ixtUANCgdMWT02fPuX45AgC14QuJFrbfLPCAVe2DklVyMT3FPohiTzR5uMNaZDaIJqM-PlsQ=s902" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="902" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhm3iN0Aj8aICBwevN1awG1XvlqRjzZJ1jlm0Tjgdnhm0f_fbFiGWt-VH6ltD4LXD2yiuQlI1-kQVdn3rXgIpA9N4Ql8Iex7YDRvpkazZGBvKUMpeQze-ixtUANCgdMWT02fPuX45AgC14QuJFrbfLPCAVe2DklVyMT3FPohiTzR5uMNaZDaIJqM-PlsQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>When this was working you could click on any of the categories and open a new page. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHp9X71ufzPYwmLrI3f5mvwItyNZTtL73i_KUpr-O_53racxAOCQK8sWRgyo5xUjA7oV189tzlV_5Y93XtKUvLW_Rs5hZzwgASn9XEsUrCpCWVb79UD42XFI6201-g-yHNy_iEDEXFc_h2SDBF94wZwcVkE55ewj1Wbmc5drmglREVhoHR_iDGG-xyAw=s343" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="261" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHp9X71ufzPYwmLrI3f5mvwItyNZTtL73i_KUpr-O_53racxAOCQK8sWRgyo5xUjA7oV189tzlV_5Y93XtKUvLW_Rs5hZzwgASn9XEsUrCpCWVb79UD42XFI6201-g-yHNy_iEDEXFc_h2SDBF94wZwcVkE55ewj1Wbmc5drmglREVhoHR_iDGG-xyAw=w152-h200" width="152" /></a></div><p>For instance, of you opened the "banks" page you'd find a list of <br />Chicago banks. You could build a view showing only one, or several banks. You could also add information from the other categories. Then you could zoom into a zip code, or Congressional district, or any small area on the map, and see indicators of need, existing programs, which you could sort by age-group served and type of program, and assets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a map view created using the assets map section:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCo6pIRWEwpDrUs3DjuDTVHcOoY6nasx9NycNk5ZEeJwSHci7puxyEZIwwWKptMa2szwbTyX9makv3-GY4QyiDSiOQFn61ngzD6shsvRQv6QOAK1-cy1SP5eCOz54przekPSFidR64ozR0d9awUDGLtWvh8ttOr5OLQUdW6PgAhSVBwoPdJfcdMenzSw=s706" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="706" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCo6pIRWEwpDrUs3DjuDTVHcOoY6nasx9NycNk5ZEeJwSHci7puxyEZIwwWKptMa2szwbTyX9makv3-GY4QyiDSiOQFn61ngzD6shsvRQv6QOAK1-cy1SP5eCOz54przekPSFidR64ozR0d9awUDGLtWvh8ttOr5OLQUdW6PgAhSVBwoPdJfcdMenzSw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This shows how I was able to zoom into a section of the city and build a map view, then add an image from a May 2017 newspaper story about "two men shot in front of a church". <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQJRbSQafyzCZpoySCZLcsY8HjVsNHvN-PWqbkcW_dvQpspPiNY2MFscbgZHTirX-kRFqy567JiICiLZV2WBUyYS3TTsed5h6_rrrbZ6SNnw-ZTjue-Yqk4GEQ7NQpn-k1rgQ3lfb9lw6D6s0jAPvcVUcaMfUptw_Pvq1GYl2D1tRK9wzB1FGYWQyxfg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQJRbSQafyzCZpoySCZLcsY8HjVsNHvN-PWqbkcW_dvQpspPiNY2MFscbgZHTirX-kRFqy567JiICiLZV2WBUyYS3TTsed5h6_rrrbZ6SNnw-ZTjue-Yqk4GEQ7NQpn-k1rgQ3lfb9lw6D6s0jAPvcVUcaMfUptw_Pvq1GYl2D1tRK9wzB1FGYWQyxfg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>You can find many map-stories on this blog, and the <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/violence" target="_blank">tutor/mentor blog</a>, showing similar map views. <br /><p>While this service is no longer available, it remains as a model for people building new dashboards. Until that happens, I've shown some ways to use other dashboards.<br /><br />The map view below is shown <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2021/05/use-cps-school-locator-to-find-support.html" target="_blank">in this article</a>. I used the Chicago Public Schools Locator platform and zoomed into an area on the far South Side of Chicago with extensive poverty, but too few non-school youth support programs. I highlighted on the map businesses nearby who could be helping.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit06WzPFhaR_TopHG6-q4TVQa98kGNf1d1xv5Kwikl2v0gY6Ij7cUSinX8gh4Ob65JouejX9P9q6ZXfLgxy29zOXP1w-yDCsBYOD10WvhX1-oO7xK4-wwC5Mmla9dTWk6BvcNFMsWUnaSi7hqPYdynv5lxxaqPODALW2ZeIOYJA5egIp7y_gfTyYhOIA=s1477" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1477" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit06WzPFhaR_TopHG6-q4TVQa98kGNf1d1xv5Kwikl2v0gY6Ij7cUSinX8gh4Ob65JouejX9P9q6ZXfLgxy29zOXP1w-yDCsBYOD10WvhX1-oO7xK4-wwC5Mmla9dTWk6BvcNFMsWUnaSi7hqPYdynv5lxxaqPODALW2ZeIOYJA5egIp7y_gfTyYhOIA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />For those who have the funds (perhaps from ESSER) to build new dashboards I created <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1VXF95G87-1KGPNT8-4V8/Platform%20-%20layers%20needed.cmap" target="_blank">this concept map</a> to show layers of information that could be included. See it in <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2020/06/using-maps-to-support-growth-of-youth.html" target="_blank">this article</a>. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCVqfCNV_PI9qDEner0kH-ezmStDfLs_FXzypLFKp1hTkeFF2ay0yVmRveRrCejTsAP_ZAIQrNyhU2ZwQ7sxf2Dys73HxvGDR3yne7Mnx_wRT4CVzoCugS9_4hHsafaVlEcbg2FesN3EHg8WzMhWMODOcWHmLEuf2B-EssGDLla3VYheoKw7v6A4f6cg=s1310" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1310" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCVqfCNV_PI9qDEner0kH-ezmStDfLs_FXzypLFKp1hTkeFF2ay0yVmRveRrCejTsAP_ZAIQrNyhU2ZwQ7sxf2Dys73HxvGDR3yne7Mnx_wRT4CVzoCugS9_4hHsafaVlEcbg2FesN3EHg8WzMhWMODOcWHmLEuf2B-EssGDLla3VYheoKw7v6A4f6cg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>What my maps and articles focus on is funding and sustainability. It takes 12 years for a youth to move from 1st grade to high school graduation and several more years to move into a job. While a few non-school organizations may succeed in attracting consistent funding, most don't have that type of ability. They struggle. </p><p>If someone can create an interactive dashboard, and someone else can build a list of non-school youth serving organizations, sorted by type of program and age group served, others can integrate this into the dashboard and lead efforts to draw 'people who can help' through the dashboard and into different parts of the city, and the websites of organizations in those areas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiIpoz-FIPuqQA6JJVrMQ64dB6ukalOtMRfe6JBgE0HjRrkTBzhxR2lKbZikhhO2LyqsKxqUGOQ6aohjmPNGzNVvuQ0nv1ffiUFwBj85XElz7OPklpPtzlMzlweh_bzD9lUTF9J11XI-Hh1Nifdt4PrArDYb8pI0zcazkozACKBVocJVSLB8SpxWNAjw=s1075" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1075" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiIpoz-FIPuqQA6JJVrMQ64dB6ukalOtMRfe6JBgE0HjRrkTBzhxR2lKbZikhhO2LyqsKxqUGOQ6aohjmPNGzNVvuQ0nv1ffiUFwBj85XElz7OPklpPtzlMzlweh_bzD9lUTF9J11XI-Hh1Nifdt4PrArDYb8pI0zcazkozACKBVocJVSLB8SpxWNAjw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />In the graphic above I've drawn a grid over the map of Chicago illustrating the potential for volunteer groups, businesses, faith groups, etc. to adopt specific parts of the city, collecting and maintaining program data for that section of the city and leading on-going communications and outreach efforts intended to draw support to youth programs in that area. The could also be supporting the operations of programs in that area and/or making specific types of learning more available, such as computer science education. <br /><br />Ultimately, every high poverty area should have someone taking this role. That takes me to another innovative project. This is the Twitter page of <a href="https://twitter.com/ProvenTutoring" target="_blank">Proven Tutoring</a>. It's a project of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Research and Reform in Education. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAIYfDpduH5JcDf6rtU4pNyxEtMX2IT--HaDEB3M5WFqzLyMQmzpG7FBqncC337K5pjyQcWaYvWfZCQF1uzCob7_l4XGNz5xdn6-WUtkN6IxGg2EXrIkRlvZXFcXXA_RGnLG3aC1ADnseCBvT0Y6lnG5777EZqpEtXlkgTogtq-46X1yBhH7aJclXRQg=s681" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="681" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAIYfDpduH5JcDf6rtU4pNyxEtMX2IT--HaDEB3M5WFqzLyMQmzpG7FBqncC337K5pjyQcWaYvWfZCQF1uzCob7_l4XGNz5xdn6-WUtkN6IxGg2EXrIkRlvZXFcXXA_RGnLG3aC1ADnseCBvT0Y6lnG5777EZqpEtXlkgTogtq-46X1yBhH7aJclXRQg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />Visit the <a href="https://proventutoring.org/" target="_blank">website,</a> read the blogs, and view<a href="https://proventutoring.org/#programs" target="_blank"> the list</a> of reading and mathematics tutoring programs that they point to. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxk6EfF5Q72Ms_GvqZykeAQJkKcJ9bSK6WgJ2Y6pcGqQJpK5HhYkaGeNKyBkNleHBA1WKVR3n7Ih0MZqWfIzxsmA-5XW82eSG4d9AV7NHVyc6l7byGyXKdQDljIjSA0KZzdzseRgxjrZPkq9LSo-wBSc2U5kNZQOIl42GkU_KoSOrftcD7vpJHXp6JVQ=s1215" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1215" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxk6EfF5Q72Ms_GvqZykeAQJkKcJ9bSK6WgJ2Y6pcGqQJpK5HhYkaGeNKyBkNleHBA1WKVR3n7Ih0MZqWfIzxsmA-5XW82eSG4d9AV7NHVyc6l7byGyXKdQDljIjSA0KZzdzseRgxjrZPkq9LSo-wBSc2U5kNZQOIl42GkU_KoSOrftcD7vpJHXp6JVQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>This is an example of what universities could be doing to collect and share information about non-school tutor, mentor and learning programs in neighborhoods surrounding each university. I've been reaching out to universities since the late 1990s to enlist one, or more, to take this role in support of the Tutor/Mentor Connection's strategies. Here's <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2020/04/reaching-out-to-universities-virtual.html" target="_blank">one example</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Proven Tutoring is partially funded by the Walton Family Foundation. Just last week I saw this Tweet, showing a $281 million gift from <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mackenziescott" target="_blank">@MackenzieScott</a> to fund the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">HUGE NEWS! We are excited to announce a milestone $281 MILLION gift from <a href="https://twitter.com/mackenziescott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mackenziescott</a>. With this generous gift, Boys & Girls Clubs can continue to reach even more youth, as we guide millions of kids & teens on their journeys to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/greatfutures?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#greatfutures</a>. Learn more <a href="https://t.co/klJGYv0AZS">https://t.co/klJGYv0AZS</a></p>— Boys & Girls Clubs (@BGCA_Clubs) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGCA_Clubs/status/1504494339329773568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> </div> Imagine the potential for a major donor to fund the one or more universities adopting the Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy and goals and hiring a team like that at <a href="https://twitter.com/RS21smarter" target="_blank">@RS21</a> to build a data platform that has all of the Social Determinants of Education features that they described in their webinar and <a href="https://medium.com/rs21/social-determinants-of-education-covid-19-and-responding-to-student-needs-42cf9efb2a0" target="_blank">in this blog article</a>, along with layers of information showing youth serving organizations, and assets, which was collected and updated by students. <div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvSjSdvt8yY8wtASVICrfIXB-o9DB0DzCW8-fspZKZc84cx6VKTyFrOThHnfJg40pES_P6Y86YaKH48PN3i4yz2g0LqbZsSPZ8AM_xcF0VNSODPYVeEtFyB75NZQlVQa-buDecJKqlHR-uKjK_Ai60YPsoPl6KnA4BUj22_f8zwY79UJ7ozuhnyhvxcg=s2048" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvSjSdvt8yY8wtASVICrfIXB-o9DB0DzCW8-fspZKZc84cx6VKTyFrOThHnfJg40pES_P6Y86YaKH48PN3i4yz2g0LqbZsSPZ8AM_xcF0VNSODPYVeEtFyB75NZQlVQa-buDecJKqlHR-uKjK_Ai60YPsoPl6KnA4BUj22_f8zwY79UJ7ozuhnyhvxcg=w200-h150" width="200" /></a></div><br />Imagine the even greater potential if students in business, arts, sports and media departments were leading on-going campaigns to draw policy-makers, volunteers, donors, youth, educators and others to the platform and on to websites of youth organizations, who they then would support with time, talent and dollars.<br /><br /><b>That's the goal.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>If you're still reading, thank you. Please share this with your network and with people who can take up this call to action. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /><div><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-38832635108092155782022-01-14T13:38:00.002-06:002022-01-14T13:38:35.447-06:00Using maps to drive resources to high poverty areas<p> I started the Tutor/Mentor blog in 2005 and have posted <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/maps">255 articles </a>showing uses of maps. If you look at some of <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/print-newsletters" target="_blank">these printed newsletters</a> you'll see that I was putting maps in stories back in the 1990s.<br /><br />This <b>MappingforJustice</b> blog was started in 2008 and until mid 2011 shared maps created by the Tutor/Mentor Connection to draw attention and resources to volunteer-based tutoring and/or mentoring programs in high poverty areas of Chicago. I took over the blog in mid 2011 when I launched the <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC</a> and have continued to share maps made using the Chicago <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorMap-archive " target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Program Locator</a> (now an archive) and maps made using platforms hosted by others.</p><p>There are so many stories on these blogs that it's difficult for people to find an overview that they can understand. Thus, I recently began aggregating a few articles around different topics on my Wakelet account. Here's one focused on using maps:</p><iframe allow="autoplay" class="wakeletEmbed" height="760px" src="https://embed.wakelet.com/wakes/05GJenlYi9iVcrjU4YPWv/list" style="border: none;" width="100%"></iframe><!--Please only call https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js once per page--><script charset="UTF-8" src="https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js"></script>
<br /><br /><div>While most of my maps created up till 2011 focus on Chicago I point to <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P554W2G5-241DHY0-32ZJ/MappingData.cmap" target="_blank">platforms</a> that can be used to create map-stories focused on any part of the United States. </div><div><br /></div><div>With this in mind, use my articles as templates for creating your own stories and try to mobilize public awareness and a flow of resources into all high poverty areas of your own community. More stories written by more people, built greater public awareness, understanding and motivation.</div><div><br /></div><div>Share your articles on Twitter and tag me at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tutormentorteam" target="_blank">@tutormentorteam</a> so I can reTweet them.</div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-12482577034129077422021-12-21T08:57:00.000-06:002021-12-21T08:57:23.231-06:00Use maps to guide giving<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBKtTt_IwaF6YEWgQdwE-IIsxAxtXylt00PZyyvBVT_ckCbHtYPNIRZWvjPiju_eEU18zHCLvWq2oZuM4a3UfH0WRpwrrtUEuZGKtLy5bhV_-o1NhXGeO7TfAEEGPj1dIVjmDH7JNk7L3jQD1JF667nLWUo-p-ly9XEuDkrqylpUUJvrhzRhLh4JpsIQ=s1190" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1190" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBKtTt_IwaF6YEWgQdwE-IIsxAxtXylt00PZyyvBVT_ckCbHtYPNIRZWvjPiju_eEU18zHCLvWq2oZuM4a3UfH0WRpwrrtUEuZGKtLy5bhV_-o1NhXGeO7TfAEEGPj1dIVjmDH7JNk7L3jQD1JF667nLWUo-p-ly9XEuDkrqylpUUJvrhzRhLh4JpsIQ=w200-h143" width="200" /></a></div>Since 2008 stories on this blog have shown ways to use maps to understand where poverty is concentrated in Chicago and other cities and to draw needed operating dollars, technology, volunteers and ideas to youth serving programs in every high poverty area of Chicago.<p></p><p>As you celebrate the holidays view <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/chicago-area-program-links" target="_blank">my lists</a> of youth serving organizations. Visit websites to see what they do. Pick one, or two in different parts of the city to support. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0A9h-XBxyUYbQRX5PvIk-Lkjuc9kqRBnfV9k91XFU_Kj_qvYHaNURYIkWELVKeT_i37tctiI32GziIx6yaqzSlH74G64MX48H_X2KHc0N1Ha_hXz3NhKYlzlFfpyVYYbyz_97abl8hbYI2RpiO-J-3loMpRudkjyi1Bb3jsK9DOmJdZlUkaNiMDuDMg=s1184" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1184" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0A9h-XBxyUYbQRX5PvIk-Lkjuc9kqRBnfV9k91XFU_Kj_qvYHaNURYIkWELVKeT_i37tctiI32GziIx6yaqzSlH74G64MX48H_X2KHc0N1Ha_hXz3NhKYlzlFfpyVYYbyz_97abl8hbYI2RpiO-J-3loMpRudkjyi1Bb3jsK9DOmJdZlUkaNiMDuDMg=w200-h163" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>I depend on contributions to Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (not a 501-3-c) to help keep my lists of programs on-line and available to anyone. Visit <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">this page</a> if you'd like to help. </p>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-82268247370237574142021-11-19T16:27:00.003-06:002021-11-19T16:27:19.417-06:00Africa will have most of worlds largest cities by 2100<p> The map below if from a <i>Washington Post</i> article showing how Africa will have most of the World's largest cities by 2100.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU94vBBb7wEeXvATy54oV0UqE-kb2aFqVUguqmWAi1yhsSrEUq6mST_EYpLrcS-rX-yzXyFDQLFkszk0WYb9dzKoNpK-6wqWAyc2mhCIzKrrxWP3jD7_hGdcGFs6itPj48iHyFum2KQg6V/s1315/LargestCities-2100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1315" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU94vBBb7wEeXvATy54oV0UqE-kb2aFqVUguqmWAi1yhsSrEUq6mST_EYpLrcS-rX-yzXyFDQLFkszk0WYb9dzKoNpK-6wqWAyc2mhCIzKrrxWP3jD7_hGdcGFs6itPj48iHyFum2KQg6V/w344-h221/LargestCities-2100.JPG" width="344" /></a></div><br /><p>Read the article at this link. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/africa-cities/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/africa-cities/ </a></p><p>Perhaps universities in Africa will adopt the map-based strategies I've been sharing with Chicago and other US cities since 1994. </p>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-84072271222394709322021-11-18T09:35:00.000-06:002021-11-18T09:35:35.940-06:00MapsCorps - another data source<p>I've used this blog for more than 12 years to show uses of maps in stories that attract attention to important issues and to places where people need extra help from volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs and much more.</p><p>Here's a resource to add to your collection. I've known about MapsCorps for a couple of years but had not seen their community mapping pages. <br /><br />If you go to <a href="https://mapscorps.org/">https://mapscorps.org/</a> and scroll down on the home page you'll see this map of Chicago.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKiOMaJCtE72FmV66sUJFEWEkicc2Tk5BP-BIHQiqaIukzPMWDaLc5zRjytKJlh6Y6t0oh1mrNUkCfIj4YvxbdTyBSnN_3A2YMiFueg2oG79uGpJBF_MscP_zkBCpkLAheUYrViTz-N2ko/s970/MapsCorps-1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKiOMaJCtE72FmV66sUJFEWEkicc2Tk5BP-BIHQiqaIukzPMWDaLc5zRjytKJlh6Y6t0oh1mrNUkCfIj4YvxbdTyBSnN_3A2YMiFueg2oG79uGpJBF_MscP_zkBCpkLAheUYrViTz-N2ko/s320/MapsCorps-1.JPG" width="309" /></a></div><br />Next click on any of the Chicago community areas shown in red to open a map focused specifically on that area. I clicked on Washington Park, which is just West of Hyde Park on Chicago's South side.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRjALrpmOWYWiwzYlEMrOTuU9d-ol_zOOWlmRA06Mcsu2s1V85qCAgH8Uxu0bHTpzqX7TZfJWZYSAR1qknMzN4FoVad8khIy96OI4hAsIYdWEllYE9FySLu5J5xZOYANeQ0xsN0FQcWPv/s983/MapsCorps-WashingtonPark.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="983" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRjALrpmOWYWiwzYlEMrOTuU9d-ol_zOOWlmRA06Mcsu2s1V85qCAgH8Uxu0bHTpzqX7TZfJWZYSAR1qknMzN4FoVad8khIy96OI4hAsIYdWEllYE9FySLu5J5xZOYANeQ0xsN0FQcWPv/s320/MapsCorps-WashingtonPark.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The community area is shown and you can zoom in and out to get a closer look. On the left side bar are categories of information shown on the map. I opened the "childcare and schools" category, then clicked on each category to see what would show on the map. When I clicked "other" the Chicago Youth Programs site was shown. The pop-up provides an address and phone number but not a link to the website. </div><div><br /></div><div>Open each of the community areas and you'll find a similar map, but different information will be shown. It's a great resource. I just wish they had a category for "tutor/mentor" program, and that more of the programs operating in the city were showing up on the maps. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you use this resource, along with data from other platforms (<a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2021/11/using-data-from-multiple-platforms.html" target="_blank">see this article</a>, and others like it on this blog) you can build an understanding of community needs, available youth serving organizations, and assets in the area who might provide volunteers, technology, ideas and dollars.</div><div><br /></div><div>All of this can be included in blog articles, videos, PDF presentations and more, with a goal of supporting existing programs and helping new ones grow where needed.</div><div><br /></div>I learned about this resource in a webinar hosted the the <a href="https://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/" target="_blank">To&Through Project</a>. In the Tweet below you can find a link to the video and learn about this, and the map resources provided by LISC Chicago.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">ICYMI, our panel discussion with Jennifer Axelrod from <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiTrust?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChiTrust</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/NiaAbdullahHU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NiaAbdullahHU</a> from <a href="https://twitter.com/MAPSCorps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MAPSCorps</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/jake_ament?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jake_ament</a> from <a href="https://twitter.com/LISCChicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LISCChicago</a> is now available. See the thread below for quotes and some of the tools and plans discussed today. <a href="https://t.co/zbs4DZK738">https://t.co/zbs4DZK738</a></p>— To&Through Project (@UChiToThrough) <a href="https://twitter.com/UChiToThrough/status/1461110359792795648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div>Universities and high schools should be teaching young people to create such map stories and show how they need to be repeated over-and-over for many years in order to build attention and convince leaders to provide the needed resources to the neighborhood. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>A blog like this one, and the <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor blog</a>, which I started in 2005, should be found on various websites in every community area of Chicago, its suburbs, and in other cities. </b>Note that I've written these for more than 12 years and have led the Tutor/Mentor Connection since 1993. Until others build and sustain such a long-term commitment and consistent flow of stories too few will respond to the needs of kids and families in each area where map indicators show there is a need.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>It's the only way we will ever cut through all of the noise and attract needed attention and resources to high poverty areas of Chicago and other cities.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">Find links here</a>. Let's connect.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xOOU8c4NegosMmIadLq0K_Dho7fRMlPm-z_tT0TnhiYmR76Z1HY_thzGgXHoJcsHLIqHnSR11fG-PWOyNmkxpVuDVqxlNgv3synzcad-QTLp2Zpj5R1K8xenaj6Bmf6UkIfRdPxJCYKn/s451/Dan-Enough.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="351" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xOOU8c4NegosMmIadLq0K_Dho7fRMlPm-z_tT0TnhiYmR76Z1HY_thzGgXHoJcsHLIqHnSR11fG-PWOyNmkxpVuDVqxlNgv3synzcad-QTLp2Zpj5R1K8xenaj6Bmf6UkIfRdPxJCYKn/w156-h200/Dan-Enough.JPG" width="156" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p>I'll be 75 this December. You can support my work by making a small contribution. <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/birthday" target="_blank">Visit this page</a>. <br /><br /><b>However, what's more important</b>, is that someone from one of Chicago's universities steps forward to take ownership of my archive so it remains available as a teaching tool and inspiration beyond my own lifetime. A wealthy donor could make that happen. </p></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-37491240505527830642021-11-09T12:33:00.002-06:002021-11-10T12:32:52.438-06:00Using data from multiple platforms<p> Below I'm showing some data platforms that I've seen recently which show indicators of need for extra support of youth living in high poverty areas.</p><p>University of Chicago <a href="https://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/" target="_blank">To&Through Project </a>released a new report showing CPS students' enrollment patterns and high school/college outcomes by the community area in which they live.<a href="https://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/Approaching%20Student%20Attainment-Nov2021-FINAL.pdf"> Click here</a> to view the report. At the same time <a href="https://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/tool/cps/comm/2020/#/milestones" target="_blank">a data platform</a> was created to help people use the data. Below is an image showing one page on this platform.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNcTCCTMaq4YuNTLkN8JzDWv-Ymv7JCarUsJI3X6SEWp2rdV-5znaOCb3TbgLoWLj1YGCPg_E82IYuXSwxJ6nJmsnf7tjOu9FsYsBGdfWAGRiq9YKXojSh0J-4iNy1POvDQz-wS57AwqR/s1177/Austin+-+To%2526Through+2021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1177" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNcTCCTMaq4YuNTLkN8JzDWv-Ymv7JCarUsJI3X6SEWp2rdV-5znaOCb3TbgLoWLj1YGCPg_E82IYuXSwxJ6nJmsnf7tjOu9FsYsBGdfWAGRiq9YKXojSh0J-4iNy1POvDQz-wS57AwqR/s320/Austin+-+To%2526Through+2021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Follow <a href="http://www.twitter.com/UChiToThrough" target="_blank">@UChiToThrough</a> on Twitter and see how they are helping people understand what's available and how to use this tool.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A CPS student’s community area continues to matter greatly in whether they attain a college credential. The patterns in college completion by community area suggest that using a community-based strategy on top of school-based strategies could address inequities in completion. <a href="https://t.co/AgfR4Mtx1j">pic.twitter.com/AgfR4Mtx1j</a></p>— To&Through Project (@UChiToThrough) <a href="https://twitter.com/UChiToThrough/status/1456298641543553027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2021</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Next, view <a href="https://advocacy.code.org/stateofcs" target="_blank">this report </a>showing schools that include Computer Science Education. Below is a screenshot from a section of <a href="https://code.org/yourschool/accessreport" target="_blank">the data tool </a>showing the Illinois 7th Congressional District. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNw6D4aKHNSEnw42u-SNcap92V0J3SJeNcWsOrtfMAMKJb3uRkOtdcrWSmCkSfcmJXy5eaqARqeS_PAn2M3FEgUszqEwfA2iBFgxmsmB89_skS6TrXNHhHPO8ZYvgUo1D56pkOH64qZtPO/s895/CS+report+2021-7th+dist.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="772" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNw6D4aKHNSEnw42u-SNcap92V0J3SJeNcWsOrtfMAMKJb3uRkOtdcrWSmCkSfcmJXy5eaqARqeS_PAn2M3FEgUszqEwfA2iBFgxmsmB89_skS6TrXNHhHPO8ZYvgUo1D56pkOH64qZtPO/s320/CS+report+2021-7th+dist.JPG" width="276" /></a></div><br /><p>Next, look at the Chicago Public Schools <a href="https://schoolinfo.cps.edu/schoollocator/index.html?overlay=tier" target="_blank">locator platform</a>. Below is a screenshot from that platform that I used in <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/07/response-to-chicago-violence-do-planning.html" target="_blank">this blog article</a>, to show assets in the neighborhood around different schools who could be helping school and non-school programs help kids. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kINsaisPlPVYKgmmv6oW8dWuK2n0ZBCqgU5Cw3F4cQLldv7RvpsAhx-kOfVhTxjwrBVhU-AVLx1l0NitXGbylkZ3zDtqrQou0f7EbS7UKxIOYrsjA_y1h7USvKeNPwc-alCUrtsgBfol/s2048/Homicides2021-W.+Englewood+Business.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kINsaisPlPVYKgmmv6oW8dWuK2n0ZBCqgU5Cw3F4cQLldv7RvpsAhx-kOfVhTxjwrBVhU-AVLx1l0NitXGbylkZ3zDtqrQou0f7EbS7UKxIOYrsjA_y1h7USvKeNPwc-alCUrtsgBfol/s320/Homicides2021-W.+Englewood+Business.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />After posting this article I attended a ZOOM meeting where the <a href="https://www.heartlandalliance.org/heartland-alliance/research-and-policy/data-reports/chicago-data-dashboards/community-data-economic-opportunity/" target="_blank">Chicago Community Data Portal </a>was introduced. Below is a screenshot from that.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfUkVPuGaziIH_XUXGjDUZePjFT8CrGLv0QQfq6uD5EgnOKE5wxBxmJpaZTaXqFcmlt0TnZHT0_L9vrsl-Du0-2aT8ky9wJp42PSJoJgbZ955j2dhpJydK3v7hZa7s9vOi_GEW_hTDS62/s1164/ChiCommDataPortal.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1164" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfUkVPuGaziIH_XUXGjDUZePjFT8CrGLv0QQfq6uD5EgnOKE5wxBxmJpaZTaXqFcmlt0TnZHT0_L9vrsl-Du0-2aT8ky9wJp42PSJoJgbZ955j2dhpJydK3v7hZa7s9vOi_GEW_hTDS62/s320/ChiCommDataPortal.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />These are just four data platforms that are available to advocates and planners who want to focus on specific areas within large cities like Chicago. There's a load of data in these portals. Take the time to learn what's available and ways to use it. <br /><br />Open <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P554W2G5-241DHY0-32ZJ/MappingData.cmap" target="_blank">this concept map </a>and view other platforms that can be used. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihrwO0rNkmh_j2DOXOjjYY94QlLQx-S3NHKsh6qe0c-WZzNMl9wkZWRKM24EYnpjCfp-p2hR0wdlJZVZLZL-FkQTjuBy6U4wNSNGOh8GRv2Xih0Muq1kin-GIrgqNX_8sHqHhrTyMjh1Y/s1360/DataMap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1360" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihrwO0rNkmh_j2DOXOjjYY94QlLQx-S3NHKsh6qe0c-WZzNMl9wkZWRKM24EYnpjCfp-p2hR0wdlJZVZLZL-FkQTjuBy6U4wNSNGOh8GRv2Xih0Muq1kin-GIrgqNX_8sHqHhrTyMjh1Y/s320/DataMap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>This data can help people understand where kids and families need extra help but will be of little value if more people don't use the data tools to create stories that attract the attention of policy makers, donors, volunteers, business leaders and others who need to be involved helping programs grow and schools improve. Those stories need to be launched over and over in order to attract attention and motivate changes in habits.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwEE9d0QK-p-xgXkROI27CimQ2Hiy_TiheLwcpkAopdFWnA0q9uvHXvYOgHoAfxLxSGz7RXSHwhDR3AovVJdPm6YNCicJ3DQCFmzw8gsO5xT29yv2dX_H-aK2htSO9LJAraxKjOEVjXNL/s2048/influence+goals-steps.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwEE9d0QK-p-xgXkROI27CimQ2Hiy_TiheLwcpkAopdFWnA0q9uvHXvYOgHoAfxLxSGz7RXSHwhDR3AovVJdPm6YNCicJ3DQCFmzw8gsO5xT29yv2dX_H-aK2htSO9LJAraxKjOEVjXNL/w150-h200/influence+goals-steps.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>What this requires are efforts that "influence" what others do. The graphic at the left is used in several articles on the Tutor/Mentor blog to show that we need to influence resource providers, not just program leaders, youth and parents. <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/02/building-super-bowl-of-support-for.html" target="_blank">Here's one example</a>.<div><br /></div><div><b>Get involved!</b><br /><br />This blog was started in 2008. The <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Blog</a> was started in 2005. The Tutor/Mentor <a href="http://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Intern blog</a> was started in 2006.<br /><br />Review the stories posted over the past 13 to 16 years. They are examples of the type of stories others need to be posting regularly, and for as long, in order to capture attention, mobilize resources and do the work needed to help kids move from poverty to jobs and careers.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>If you appreciate these articles, consider a holiday contribution to help me fund this work. <a href="https://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">Click here. </a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
</div></div></div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-30450450496861567772021-08-15T17:12:00.001-05:002021-08-20T15:58:52.961-05:00Population growth in US cities <p> Below is a screen shot that I created from an article in the <i>Washington Post</i>, titled "<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/land-development-urban-growth-maps/" target="_blank">Where America's developed areas are growing</a>".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CtX_3wzGJq28UPc37tGYpqvlQEtNh6JKwzgG8G946Z8a2Okdpeewuqn9-PRz0wRcJnr6fFgiXxqJEI1E5T7s1qlXrJ5SyVQc6z_-4qsCY_EXoepcWYAk3HRe1iIR-cqzMUlQqFAHoId_/s1259/Population+growth-Sycamore.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1259" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CtX_3wzGJq28UPc37tGYpqvlQEtNh6JKwzgG8G946Z8a2Okdpeewuqn9-PRz0wRcJnr6fFgiXxqJEI1E5T7s1qlXrJ5SyVQc6z_-4qsCY_EXoepcWYAk3HRe1iIR-cqzMUlQqFAHoId_/w348-h212/Population+growth-Sycamore.JPG" width="348" /></a></div><p>I'm showing the Sycamore-DeKalb, Illinois cities. I spent 5th grade through high school in Sycamore, graduating from HS in 1964. I left for college in the fall of 1964 and while my family lived there until 1992, I later made my home in the Chicago region. Thus, I've watched this population growth with interest over the past 30 years.</p><p>I used this example to demonstrate the interactive feature of the <i>Washington Post</i> article. Type in any zip code in the bar at the top of the map and you'll get a map showing that location, with the purple shading showing population growth in that area between 2001 and 2019.</p><p><b>This is just one platform that I point to in this blog, demonstrating ways to visualize data and share it via newspaper and Internet articles.</b></p><p>I've used this blog since 2008 and the <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/maps" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor blog</a>, since 2006, to share map-stories with the goal of drawing attention to the information, then using the information to develop strategies that draw resources into the areas where the maps show help is needed. </p><p>I've been collecting links to data platforms for many years and while I point to some from articles on this blog, I created <a href="https://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P554W2G5-241DHY0-32ZJ/MappingData.cmap" target="_blank">this concept map</a>, to point to many more. And while many major media are creating some fantastic map stories, I don't find many bloggers talking about using their data maps for specific purposes, the way I've been doing.</p><p>Thus, I'm pleased to point to a new site being hosted by Adam Hecktman, who has been part of the ChiHackNight group for many years, in his role with Microsoft. Look at the Tweet below and visit Adam's new site. I'm please that this MappingforJustice blog is the first on the site. I hope there will be many more in the coming months.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Submit your Chicago Tech for Good blog.<a href="https://twitter.com/AdamHecktman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AdamHecktman</a> added my blog this week.<br /><br />Mapping for Justice <a href="https://t.co/PhCwghPdMi">https://t.co/PhCwghPdMi</a></p>— Daniel Bassill (@tutormentorteam) <a href="https://twitter.com/tutormentorteam/status/1426004988074074112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
The <i>Washington Post </i>article enables you to look at population growth in every part of the country. People in every city need to be looking at the maps and asking "what does this mean for us?" and "What can we do to fix any problems this shows?" and finally, "Who wants to help?"<div><br /></div><div>Since most of us don't have dedicated advertising budgets to reach out and gather people to work together to solve specific problems, using our blogs and social media to share our ideas is one of the few resources we can use.</div><div><br /></div><div> Creating libraries, or hubs, is one way to shine the light on the work many are doing. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>8-20-2021 update</b> - Here's 8-20-2021 <a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/census-2020-data-in-graphics-for-chicago-and-illinois/ad8d66cb-7982-4b15-b7bf-a32ffcc724b7" target="_blank">WBEZ story</a> titled, "<i>Takeaways From 2020 Census Data For Chicago And Illinois In 6 Graphics</i>". White population in Illinois declined while POC grew. </div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-55222177832723718282021-08-02T09:09:00.000-05:002021-08-02T09:09:30.895-05:00How Many Youth Programs are Needed?<p>Last week I posted two articles on the Tutor/Mentor blog that included the maps I'm showing below. These show 15 Chicago community areas with high levels of shootings and homicides, considered 'high priority' by the <i>Chicago SunTimes</i>. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzTawpveAkfez7wnA69a7te510s713113H5rwUnNUT-9EuOK8poGKHbJfQrylLM6ro_3r6srE4j3Pf7C0ZWpYI0-qYH3nrbMrjKB8HHvhzt4pnDNVrB3qaocS7LvoLYVutgUr-UV0KROJ/s2048/Planning+Needed+-+How+Many+Youth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzTawpveAkfez7wnA69a7te510s713113H5rwUnNUT-9EuOK8poGKHbJfQrylLM6ro_3r6srE4j3Pf7C0ZWpYI0-qYH3nrbMrjKB8HHvhzt4pnDNVrB3qaocS7LvoLYVutgUr-UV0KROJ/s320/Planning+Needed+-+How+Many+Youth.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I've combined the community area maps created by the <i>SunTimes</i>, with maps from the Tutor/Mentor directory to show the same neighborhoods, locations of existing non-school, volunteer-based, tutor and/or mentor programs, and the number of high-poverty youth, age 6-17, in the area.<p></p><p>Here's an example: North Lawndale is on the far West side of Chicago and 4178 low income youth, which is 61% of the total youth population in that area. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAQ-gXtzM9p_2vspp42CP2G7zrS7FUIOIAcjS6ZmvXjgCGq9QKQwhmdq4F8ARlx5cna9qhoqm5JwRDOEEyMZ9IFI99ESgUymw93Nsrks56ipXSwxZhEKgk1M9jQ-5N27YBsYsNrILXLxr/s2048/Planning+Needed+-+NLawndale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAQ-gXtzM9p_2vspp42CP2G7zrS7FUIOIAcjS6ZmvXjgCGq9QKQwhmdq4F8ARlx5cna9qhoqm5JwRDOEEyMZ9IFI99ESgUymw93Nsrks56ipXSwxZhEKgk1M9jQ-5N27YBsYsNrILXLxr/s320/Planning+Needed+-+NLawndale.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The green icons of the Tutor/Mentor map are youth programs in the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC's directory. (see <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2020/02/help-youth-tutor-mentor-learning.html" target="_blank">map here</a>). While there are seven programs, they are on the edges of the community area, except for the Better Boys Foundation (BBF Family Services). We don't know how many youth each existing program serves, nor the age groups they serve, but if each served 100 kids weekly, it would mean 700 out of 4178 had access to a non-school tutor and/or mentor program.</p><p>Here's another example: This shows Englewood, on the South side of Chicago, West of the Dan Ryan Expressway. Click to enlarge the map.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjpCzDRpzEmnaTubyEQm-vkZGzqLcT0ScOOSX62WwNNXmYuVwUx64E7O1fPJCGdMTRlK1FA0F7_v1gX3nd4ex7_cvdEG9cqBQBhUPd2i6Vqynne6r_TmGZioNU6zvGz4j2cFUpu21m5WR/s2048/Homicides2021-Englewood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjpCzDRpzEmnaTubyEQm-vkZGzqLcT0ScOOSX62WwNNXmYuVwUx64E7O1fPJCGdMTRlK1FA0F7_v1gX3nd4ex7_cvdEG9cqBQBhUPd2i6Vqynne6r_TmGZioNU6zvGz4j2cFUpu21m5WR/s320/Homicides2021-Englewood.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The goal of creating these maps is to stimulate planning teams that help existing programs each get the operating resources needed to continue to serve youth and (hopefully) constantly improve, based on what they can learn from each other. At the same time, planning teams should identify where more programs are needed, and work to fill those voids. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMyrG0JHmqbn0qvvqOBzMVPtOJuI3D0_4Tj_EiqytwK3UO1L-2pEZCeeNeXcCnjGo0oyejRGVvfIchHeTEBNfFjrwEcuk4Kp0x_BYP37zYHGhKPAIDbtDWW8a9E_mRuH2r6vEP3DHAlv2/s2048/Building-Connecting-villages.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMyrG0JHmqbn0qvvqOBzMVPtOJuI3D0_4Tj_EiqytwK3UO1L-2pEZCeeNeXcCnjGo0oyejRGVvfIchHeTEBNfFjrwEcuk4Kp0x_BYP37zYHGhKPAIDbtDWW8a9E_mRuH2r6vEP3DHAlv2/w200-h150/Building-Connecting-villages.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />This should be happening in every community area of Chicago, as well as in Chicago suburbs and other cities.<p></p><p>Take a look at the two articles on the Tutor/Mentor blog. <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/07/response-to-chicago-violence-do-planning.html" target="_blank">July 29</a> and <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/08/how-many-youth-programs-are-needed.html" target="_blank">August 1</a>.</p><p>Since the mid 1980s I've seen stories of violence in Chicago, followed by editorials saying "demand something" or with quotes by parents saying "we need more youth programs for these kids". Yet, there's never been an on-going, map-based planning process, intended to fill high poverty areas with a wide range of youth tutor, mentor, learning and jobs programs.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fVaG-1z1cXvi5WvbhQFwDEFzVr3JkoF1TAn3EWOKs3B829frUlxb2EVvDTPHCumhTlA7ToOnU1WtXB8wk8QLn1Fz0UTUWgVt5CrNbBXTzBWMS4v__1jFFAAQ1bACTOTodyV7ojfrtyL4/s2048/20140205_213408_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fVaG-1z1cXvi5WvbhQFwDEFzVr3JkoF1TAn3EWOKs3B829frUlxb2EVvDTPHCumhTlA7ToOnU1WtXB8wk8QLn1Fz0UTUWgVt5CrNbBXTzBWMS4v__1jFFAAQ1bACTOTodyV7ojfrtyL4/w150-h200/20140205_213408_5.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br />Unless that changes, it's likely the violence will continue.<p></p><p>If you're using maps for this type of analysis or interested in learning more you can find me on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIN and Instagram (see <a href="http://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">links here</a>). Let's connect. </p>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-91074184195920923132021-06-17T11:02:00.000-05:002021-06-17T11:02:34.349-05:00Thoughts about Maps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD90eDvKsrAFXrdl9Um3wtCORkJgGehXqBJJkP-W8OiMuckTORKUs2LQnS6T23YS2-1V08QtQibqnVQy181yNFryaO8VQQC-w-8SHwJKyaJaTYQiT5eQGQCVr9XW2766MLcMVQ8tIPMoc/s1600/Direct+Support.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD90eDvKsrAFXrdl9Um3wtCORkJgGehXqBJJkP-W8OiMuckTORKUs2LQnS6T23YS2-1V08QtQibqnVQy181yNFryaO8VQQC-w-8SHwJKyaJaTYQiT5eQGQCVr9XW2766MLcMVQ8tIPMoc/s200/Direct+Support.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Since 1993 I've been trying using maps to help people form "partnerships and connections" that lead to a greater and more consistent flow of resources into every high poverty area of Chicago. One result would be a broader range of K-12, non-school, tutor, mentor and learning programs. <div><br /></div><div>Maps can be used to focus attention on places where people in Chicago need extra help. They provide answers to questions like “What neighborhoods are affected?” And, “What indicators show these areas need this government and philanthropic support?”<br />
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Below are some examples of how maps can be used. In this case I'm focusing on the Opportunity Zones announced in January 2019. <br />
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The Opportunity Zone map is shown at the right in the following graphics. In the first map I've used a <a href="https://demographics.virginia.edu/DotMap/index.html">demographics mapping site</a> to show Chicago. The green color shows areas with a high density of African Americans. By comparing the O-Zone map with the one on the right, you can see that the Opportunity Zones are targeted to help this sector more than others. <br />
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This next map shows the <i>Chicago Tribune</i> “<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/data/ct-shooting-victims-map-charts-htmlstory.html">shootings tracker</a>” site, which shows locations of Chicago shootings for past 365 days. There's a definite overlap with O-zones but there are other areas which also need investment.<br />
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The next map comes from the Casey Foundation's <a href="https://tinyurl.com/OpportunityMap-Chicago">Community Opportunity Map </a>which shows poverty levels in Chicago (and other parts of the country). Using the interactive map you can focus in on specific parts of the city, and generate tables of information. For instance, I created a view focused on the North Lawndale area.<br />
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This next set of maps shows non-school youth tutor and/or mentor programs in Chicago, based on a list I've been maintaining since 1994. While most of these are not-profit centers that would attract Opportunity Zone investment, they are part of the mix of youth and family support organizations needed to help bring a neighborhood out of deep poverty.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View Tutor/Mentor Programs map <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2018/08/use-this-map-and-list-to-find-volunteer.html">here</a></td></tr>
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A closer inspection of <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2018/08/use-this-map-and-list-to-find-volunteer.html">my map</a> would show the wide range of programs on the map, and the lack of these programs in many of the O-Zone areas. <br />
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<b>So who are some of the potential stakeholders and resources already in these neighborhoods?</b><br />
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On the graphic below I've zoomed into the O-Zone map to focus on the North Lawndale area of Chicago's West side. Then, I used the <a href="https://chicagohealthatlas.org/community-areas">Chicago Health Atlas Map</a> to focus on North Lawndale, and show hospitals serving this area. <br />
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Hospitals can be employers, can be customers for products and services produced locally, can provide needed health services, and can be conveners who bring stakeholders together. They can also be leaders who help comprehensive youth tutor/mentor programs grow in the area. Using the<i> Chicago Health Atlas</i> you can also create maps showing health disparities, which are indicators of investments needed in different areas of Chicago. <br /><br />
In the <a href="http://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P554W2G5-241DHY0-32ZJ/Mapping%20Data.cmap">concept map</a> below I point to the platforms I used to create the maps I've shown. These are just a few of the growing number of data mapping resources becoming available over the past few years. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Open map at<a href="http://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P554W2G5-241DHY0-32ZJ/Mapping%20Data.cmap"> this link</a></td></tr>
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<b>Creating, maintaining, and motivating others to use these platforms offer many challenges. Among these are:</b><br />
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a) Motivating and teaching people to use the various platforms to create maps that focus a story on specific places. That's what I did in the above maps.<br />
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b) Locating the different platforms with needed information can also be a challenge, at least from a time perspective. In many cases the data-maps are no longer on-line, so when I open a link it is a dead end. Unless people are really motivated, most won't do the digging needed to put together an effective map story.<br />
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c) Building public awareness so more people look at the maps, use them in planning and action steps that bring people together and drive needed resources to non profits and growing businesses in specific areas is also a challenge. People creating the map platforms usually don't have advertising dollars to do the communications needed to attract people to the maps, or to teach others to use the platforms to create on-gong map stories.<br />
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<b>These data resources are not profit centers</b>. Thus, they don't qualify for investment zone capital. One role of philanthropy, or other government resources, could be to support the development, constant maintenance and updating, and long-term use of platforms like this.<br />
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There are already a variety of community planning resources. Why not use them to guide investment? LISC Chicago as an example of this.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/LISCChicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LISCChicago</a> & others already have comprehensive community development plans for many <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> neighborhoods. What will it take to motivate investors to dig into these and look for financing opportunities? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveAtUrban?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LiveAtUrban</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/opportunityzones?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#opportunityzones</a></div>
— Daniel Bassill (@tutormentorteam) <a href="https://twitter.com/tutormentorteam/status/1086016077103026176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Below is a screenshot is from one of 27 quality of life community plans developed under the lead of LISC Chicago. It shows the Austin Community area. All 27 can be downloaded at<a href="http://www.lisc.org/chicago/our-work/comprehensive-community-development/quality-of-life-planning/qlps/"> this link</a>.<br />
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I don't include it on my data map because it's in a PDF, and not an interactive, on-line map (according to LISC Chicago). Thus while it's a great map, it's only useful to those who have access to it. You can't add layers, or zoom in, to focus on specific areas, or turn it into stories. There may be other map platforms like this in Chicago, or in other cities. I'm always adding to my library and this concept map. Send me links if you have them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another resource that can be used is the <a href="https://schoolinfo.cps.edu/schoollocator/index.html?overlay=tier" target="_blank">Chicago Public Schools Locator </a>map. Below is a screenshot that I created using the CPS Locator platform. I shared it and others in <a href="<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD90eDvKsrAFXrdl9Um3wtCORkJgGehXqBJJkP-W8OiMuckTORKUs2LQnS6T23YS2-1V08QtQibqnVQy181yNFryaO8VQQC-w-8SHwJKyaJaTYQiT5eQGQCVr9XW2766MLcMVQ8tIPMoc/s1600/Direct+Support.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD90eDvKsrAFXrdl9Um3wtCORkJgGehXqBJJkP-W8OiMuckTORKUs2LQnS6T23YS2-1V08QtQibqnVQy181yNFryaO8VQQC-w-8SHwJKyaJaTYQiT5eQGQCVr9XW2766MLcMVQ8tIPMoc/s200/Direct+Support.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> I'll be at my computer on Thanksgiving 2020, just as I am today. I'm making an effort to connect people who can help with information and ideas they can use to help bridge the divides in America, to create greater opportunity for all.&nbsp; <br /><br />During the past year as Covid19 and the continued killings of Black men and women by police in America have exposed long-standing inequities, it's more important than ever to mobilize people's time, talent, dollars, votes and commitment to bringing solutions to every place where maps show inequality.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> In January 2019 I attended the Chicago Opportunity Zones event held at the new Malcolm X College in Chicago. I joined with a few others using Twitter to share what I was hearing, so visit&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&amp;q=%23liveaturban"> #LiveatUrban</a> and scroll through the Tweets to learn more about the Opportunity Zones (<i>Called "O-Zones" by one speaker. A term I use often below.</i>)<br /> <br /> The final speaker was the new President of The Chicago Community Trust, who in the Tweet I've posted below said “Now is the time of action. We can't let perfect be the enemy of good.” <br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en"> “All of the different sectors have their respective roles and we need to come together. Now is the point of action. We can’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Time is slipping away.” <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiTrust?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChiTrust</a> CEO <a href="https://twitter.com/helenegayle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@helenegayle</a> closes us out on Leveraging <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpportunityZone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OpportunityZone</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveAtUrban?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LiveAtUrban</a> <a href="https://t.co/a0KRJC1N0I">pic.twitter.com/a0KRJC1N0I</a></div> — Chgo Community Trust (@ChiTrust) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiTrust/status/1086027167161638914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /> To me, part of those actions is doing the research and learning, to identify places where people need help, and to offer time, talent, dollars and other types of support to organizations and businesses in those areas.<br /> <br /> One panel was moderated by Derek R.B. Douglas, Vice President for Civic Engagement at the University of Chicago. In his remarks, he said, “The biggest thing we have to do when we leave this room is form the partnerships and connections to get to work.” <br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en"> “The biggest thing we have to do when we leave this room is form the partnerships and connections to get to work.” -<a href="https://twitter.com/DRBDouglas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DRBDouglas</a> during the 'How Can Opportunity Zones Build Community Wealth' panel at <a href="https://twitter.com/urbaninstitute?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UrbanInstitute</a>’s Leveraging Opportunity Zones for Community Benefit <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/liveaturban?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#liveaturban</a> <a href="https://t.co/x6HrTmfUeK">pic.twitter.com/x6HrTmfUeK</a></div> — UChicago Engagement (@UChiEngagement) <a href="https://twitter.com/UChiEngagement/status/1086025011842990081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <br /> Since 1993 I've been trying using maps to help people form those "partnerships and connections". Maps can be used to focus attention on places where people in Chicago need extra help, so the first thing that came to my mind was “What neighborhoods are affected?” And, “What indicators were used to show these areas need this government supported capital investment?”<br /> <br /> Below are some examples of how maps can be used. In this case I'm focusing on the Opportunity Zones announced in January 2019.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> The Opportunity Zone map is shown at the right in the following graphics. In the first map I've used a <a href="https://demographics.virginia.edu/DotMap/index.html">demographics mapping site</a>&nbsp; to show Chicago. The green color shows areas with a high density of African Americans. By comparing the O-Zone map with the one on the right, you can see that the Opportunity Zones are targeted to help this sector more than others. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_amewDw07_1UXNpJ-HvVT8ZvZMhwasL3ndWSN4BosisO2mlCRZXRD1DjOe0ZCVTtnCL2jR5GH_Canto6PJWk1l5gOZ-AiMytntCpDUYh1hOukeRBAmqi-GnDjN5BFimd1BhaP33mJFIA/s1600/O-Zone+-+Demographics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_amewDw07_1UXNpJ-HvVT8ZvZMhwasL3ndWSN4BosisO2mlCRZXRD1DjOe0ZCVTtnCL2jR5GH_Canto6PJWk1l5gOZ-AiMytntCpDUYh1hOukeRBAmqi-GnDjN5BFimd1BhaP33mJFIA/s400/O-Zone+-+Demographics.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> This next map shows the <i>Chicago Tribune</i> “<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/data/ct-shooting-victims-map-charts-htmlstory.html">shootings tracker</a>” site, which shows locations of Chicago shootings for past 365 days. There's a definite overlap with O-zones but there are other areas which also need investment.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSEQmvV_CiVSjaR9CQiMpEu9IjJ-Oc9-dkPM20AivHEH8Jh0Fy7AtAf8_Q7fa-uEHQZpuGMNMzE-svhkWYnsm-UBAlmdGW5TQHTE1DxZ9XnWDc_IeiMI5Q1KYdhUE_X8qfdf-kHs8ZGY/s1600/O-Zone+-+Violence.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSEQmvV_CiVSjaR9CQiMpEu9IjJ-Oc9-dkPM20AivHEH8Jh0Fy7AtAf8_Q7fa-uEHQZpuGMNMzE-svhkWYnsm-UBAlmdGW5TQHTE1DxZ9XnWDc_IeiMI5Q1KYdhUE_X8qfdf-kHs8ZGY/s400/O-Zone+-+Violence.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The next map comes from the Casey Foundation's <a href="https://tinyurl.com/OpportunityMap-Chicago">Community Opportunity Map&nbsp;</a>which shows poverty levels in Chicago (and other parts of the country). Using the interactive map you can focus in on specific parts of the city, and generate tables of information. For instance, I created a view focused on the North Lawndale area.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zpiMkHSuXdeKR_JEeEH7yKLNuABENBTi3iyA5qNo7EHG8vCjjllRyJX1l_ELIznH8m5oPapqq-h-PgQ296AKb4rnKgVMnvjAmZW7jjyImTgGxg6dBtd8DYm7l3MeH_OCQpnKdqcVCUw/s1600/O-Zone+-+Poverty.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zpiMkHSuXdeKR_JEeEH7yKLNuABENBTi3iyA5qNo7EHG8vCjjllRyJX1l_ELIznH8m5oPapqq-h-PgQ296AKb4rnKgVMnvjAmZW7jjyImTgGxg6dBtd8DYm7l3MeH_OCQpnKdqcVCUw/s400/O-Zone+-+Poverty.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> This next set of maps shows non-school youth tutor and/or mentor programs in Chicago, based on a list I've been maintaining since 1994. While most of these are not-profit centers that would attract Opportunity Zone investment, they are part of the mix of youth and family support organizations needed to help bring a neighborhood out of deep poverty.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEJ5ykEnHdlQKLhgGURErNJn86h0oXmlbVExCGza351Irgc2sCdyFRci1xXho3PV8CdvD0pEEQ2z_OQ6GSdn8VveGSlLBeVSS0C-n7nDz7xTFjR575p1fo7C35vZ3ciO46TYo2Q84hyM/s1600/O-Zone+-+TMPrograms.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEJ5ykEnHdlQKLhgGURErNJn86h0oXmlbVExCGza351Irgc2sCdyFRci1xXho3PV8CdvD0pEEQ2z_OQ6GSdn8VveGSlLBeVSS0C-n7nDz7xTFjR575p1fo7C35vZ3ciO46TYo2Q84hyM/s400/O-Zone+-+TMPrograms.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View Tutor/Mentor Programs map <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2018/08/use-this-map-and-list-to-find-volunteer.html">here</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> A closer inspection of <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2018/08/use-this-map-and-list-to-find-volunteer.html">my map</a> would show the wide range of programs on the map, and the lack of these programs in many of the O-Zone areas. <br /> <br /> <b>So who are some of the potential stakeholders and resources already in these neighborhoods?</b><br /> <br /> On the graphic below I've zoomed into the O-Zone map to focus on the North Lawndale area of Chicago's West side. Then, I used the <a href="https://chicagohealthatlas.org/community-areas">Chicago Health Atlas Map</a>&nbsp;to focus on North Lawndale, and show hospitals serving this area. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3obPgLhrJZE03BHRkJHpHKVB09-16YZQW-92zLMvM4p65vcPvzZ3yrmEbyX_x3eyN7wHrFwjXiOf2t3IYK3kmUMe5WI2HB3VQps3RUoAoF5PIO77Ig7uqmvkXkXo1ESyAXRCI1iZdgzo/s1600/O-Zone+-+Hospitals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3obPgLhrJZE03BHRkJHpHKVB09-16YZQW-92zLMvM4p65vcPvzZ3yrmEbyX_x3eyN7wHrFwjXiOf2t3IYK3kmUMe5WI2HB3VQps3RUoAoF5PIO77Ig7uqmvkXkXo1ESyAXRCI1iZdgzo/s400/O-Zone+-+Hospitals.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Hospitals can be employers, can be customers for products and services produced locally, can provide needed health services, and can be conveners who bring stakeholders together. They can also be leaders who help comprehensive youth tutor/mentor programs grow in the area. Using the<i> Chicago Health Atlas</i> you can also create maps showing health disparities, which are indicators of investments needed in different areas of Chicago. <br /> <br /> There were only a few maps shown the January 2019 Opportunity Zones presentation. One showed investment flows in the Chicago region. That map is shown in this tweet. Notice how the areas with the greatest investment, are just the opposite of those the O-Zone focuses on, which&nbsp; have the least investments flowing into them.<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en"> Map of Chicagoland showing existing capital flows <a href="https://twitter.com/urbaninstitute?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UrbanInstitute</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BrettTheodos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrettTheodos</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpportunityZones?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OpportunityZones</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveAtUrban?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LiveAtUrban</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InvestInImpact?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#InvestInImpact</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ImpInv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ImpInv</a> <a href="https://t.co/286aTceWfU">pic.twitter.com/286aTceWfU</a></div> — Benefit Chicago (@BenefitChicago) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenefitChicago/status/1085997056588697603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <br /> In the <a href="http://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P554W2G5-241DHY0-32ZJ/Mapping%20Data.cmap">concept map</a> below I point to the platforms I used to create the maps I've shown. These are just a few of the growing number of data mapping resources becoming available over the past few years. <br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJgb8KgwNVciXk5WTDqrcuQ8gfBfJYwksx72U8SCNvCYrjOrb1o1VdyPwN2LBYgr6e8YTbyGtDSTrqBybhhFH9D7hN-kpG7TMj5Gg751jwYyQvZ2g30e66Y1a8kOegBGTvZQfhTvxduo/s1600/DataMap.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJgb8KgwNVciXk5WTDqrcuQ8gfBfJYwksx72U8SCNvCYrjOrb1o1VdyPwN2LBYgr6e8YTbyGtDSTrqBybhhFH9D7hN-kpG7TMj5Gg751jwYyQvZ2g30e66Y1a8kOegBGTvZQfhTvxduo/s400/DataMap.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Open map at<a href="http://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/rid=1P554W2G5-241DHY0-32ZJ/Mapping%20Data.cmap"> this link</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <b>Creating, maintaining, and motivating others to use these platforms offer many challenges. Among these are:</b><br /> <br /> a) Motivating and teaching people to use the various platforms to create maps that focus a story on specific places. That's what I did in the above maps.<br /> <br /> b) Locating the different platforms with needed information can also be a challenge, at least from a time perspective. In many cases the data-maps are no longer on-line, so when I open a link it is a dead end. Unless people are really motivated, most won't do the digging needed to put together an effective map story.<br /> <br /> c) Building public awareness so more people look at the maps, use them in planning and action steps that bring people together and drive needed resources to non profits and growing businesses in specific areas is also a challenge. People creating the map platforms usually don't have advertising dollars to do the communications needed to attract people to the maps, or to teach others to use the platforms to create on-gong map stories.<br /> <br /> <b>These data resources are not profit centers</b>. Thus, they don't qualify for investment zone capital. One role of philanthropy, or other government resources, could be to support the development, constant maintenance and updating, and long-term use of platforms like this.<br /> <br /> During the event one speaker said there are already community planning resources. Why not use them to guide investment? I Tweeted out LISC Chicago as an example of this.<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en"> <a href="https://twitter.com/LISCChicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LISCChicago</a> &amp; others already have comprehensive community development plans for many <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> neighborhoods. What will it take to motivate investors to dig into these and look for financing opportunities? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveAtUrban?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LiveAtUrban</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/opportunityzones?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#opportunityzones</a></div> — Daniel Bassill (@tutormentorteam) <a href="https://twitter.com/tutormentorteam/status/1086016077103026176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /> <br /> Below is a screenshot is from one of 27 quality of life community plans developed under the lead of LISC Chicago. It shows the Austin Community area. All 27 can be downloaded at<a href="http://www.lisc.org/chicago/our-work/comprehensive-community-development/quality-of-life-planning/qlps/"> this link</a>.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0FnOWEuipSPuocIQfhxdxoqeqYUSGUe-pd-Bm6hvB6ToX1GL9peYi1hgI_vxzFkuowluKcoBJNH0Vrvdu5jcqGVnO_RieajoIF_eTGGc5G1IGjjGck5or0gKeDz3te_SchP_aBGDZbgE/s1600/O-Zone-LISC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0FnOWEuipSPuocIQfhxdxoqeqYUSGUe-pd-Bm6hvB6ToX1GL9peYi1hgI_vxzFkuowluKcoBJNH0Vrvdu5jcqGVnO_RieajoIF_eTGGc5G1IGjjGck5or0gKeDz3te_SchP_aBGDZbgE/s400/O-Zone-LISC.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Download at<a href="http://www.lisc.org/chicago/our-work/comprehensive-community-development/quality-of-life-planning/qlps/" style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;">&nbsp;this link</a><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> I don't include it on my data map because it's in a PDF, and not an interactive, on-line map (according to LISC Chicago). Thus while it's a great map, it's only useful to those who have access to it. You can't add layers, or zoom in, to focus on specific areas, or turn it into stories. There may be other map platforms like this in Chicago, or in other cities. I'm always adding to my library and this concept map. Send me links if you have them.<br /> <br /> In my own efforts between 1994 and 2011 I tried to build one platform that would provide many layers of information that could be used to support neighborhood based planning intended to make more and better youth serving programs available in high poverty neighborhoods.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24pNKqg1wEPT2bul3YPczRUOK_AefJr8cEMgkHrIybCUed0yxSvDBYx6yytCrDz_UONrS2HlqHh8fb5KzRfCtWoYEJooCJMQB2mznAGT8SfQ4Pm_b9ARJXvfmG4JLA71TRECwSHtFaBE/s1600/Englewood7_09.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1092" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24pNKqg1wEPT2bul3YPczRUOK_AefJr8cEMgkHrIybCUed0yxSvDBYx6yytCrDz_UONrS2HlqHh8fb5KzRfCtWoYEJooCJMQB2mznAGT8SfQ4Pm_b9ARJXvfmG4JLA71TRECwSHtFaBE/s200/Englewood7_09.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Example of map view created using <br /> Tutor/MentorProgram Locator</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> The map of the left was created using&nbsp; the Interactive Tutor/Mentor Program Locator's <a href="http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/AssetMap.aspx?map=Banks">Asset Map section</a>.<br /> <br /> <i>It's no longer functioning properly, although still can be seen on-line.</i><br /> <br /> While I've been collecting and mapping data since 1994, for most of those years I was dependent on volunteers and donated software. In 2007 a $50k anonymous gift, combined with a grant from HSBC North America, enabled me to re-build our in house mapping platform, and to build the on-line interactive platform.<br /> <br /> Using ARC GIS software we could create maps showing layers of information and using the interactive platform, we enabled others to create similar maps. Below are two examples. You can see more like this in the <a href="http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/mapgallery.html">MapGallery</a> created in late 2010.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3d9FIGC_PGHzSYiEqxG-0ly4jVnU8FLvq7RS2TfkFVOAWz7yareLsDqwza7v21H4DMxsVfnlbeKlhJIEi6LOYQwAVNbnQxIW0Knft-TEKAZWXeL6MlHUG9NFwbJ_0iwhIy9rKXgs7rYk/s1600/Meeks_ILSenate_15th-TM-Schools-101408.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1600" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3d9FIGC_PGHzSYiEqxG-0ly4jVnU8FLvq7RS2TfkFVOAWz7yareLsDqwza7v21H4DMxsVfnlbeKlhJIEi6LOYQwAVNbnQxIW0Knft-TEKAZWXeL6MlHUG9NFwbJ_0iwhIy9rKXgs7rYk/s320/Meeks_ILSenate_15th-TM-Schools-101408.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLiJqnDAV96PLDVdEf5YksDK02hQF9OjLXal3Vm2hSXBvjUz_8rdhqAphTkKf27UsyfV1amk4Dq6LKOVg6pyvFH-EGADwY61Y373uUZHTmLh8AjXaFtt9SJPyLd1v7X6ZGkyKgTh1MxE/s1600/TMC-Chicago-Ward1-business-300dpi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLiJqnDAV96PLDVdEf5YksDK02hQF9OjLXal3Vm2hSXBvjUz_8rdhqAphTkKf27UsyfV1amk4Dq6LKOVg6pyvFH-EGADwY61Y373uUZHTmLh8AjXaFtt9SJPyLd1v7X6ZGkyKgTh1MxE/s320/TMC-Chicago-Ward1-business-300dpi.jpg" width="247" /></a></div> <br /> Unfortunately, the recession, starting in 2008, dried up funding for this by mid 2010.&nbsp; I've not had funds to update this or create these maps since 2011, and it would take a significant investment to rebuild my capacity.<br /> <br /> <b>Yet, I feel it is needed</b> because I don't find any other mapping platforms combining all the layers I was trying to combine, and building it into blogs and on-going communications, so community planners could show the need, show existing service providers (and/or businesses) and show assets in, and around, the community who should be involved in any planning process.<div><br /></div><div>I wrote an article earlier this year showing the layers of information needed on a platform like the Tutor/Mentor Program Locator - <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2020/06/using-maps-to-support-growth-of-youth.html" target="_blank">read it here</a>.&nbsp;<br /> <br />I also added an interesting article about building relationship networks to support philanthropy.<a href="https://medium.com/office-of-citizen/its-all-about-relationships-systems-based-changemaking-470207584bf4" target="_blank"> You can read it here</a>.&nbsp; Such networks could be using the mapping ideas I've been sharing.<br /><br />Thus, if part of your Thanksgiving weekend involves researching places where you can make a difference, perhaps you can read some of the articles on my blogs then share them with others who might want to become the investor, partner or benefactor who <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2018/03/what-can-you-do-to-help.html">rebuilds the Tutor/Mentor Connection</a> and its on-line mapping, and makes it freely available for others to use in Chicago and cities around the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Or, you might be a creative social entrepreneur who can figure out how to generate revenue and profit from this, so we could seek capital investors from programs like the Opportunity Zones program.<br /> <br /> <b>Maybe you can help me be part of some of those "partnerships and connections" Derek Douglas talked about or that you will read about in the philanthropy article I pointed to above.</b><br /> <br />Or maybe you'll make a contribution to my <a href="http://tutormentorexchange.net/birthday" target="_blank">74th birthday campaign</a> or my annual <a href="http://tutormentorexchange.net/helptmi" target="_blank">fund the T/MI campaign</a>. <br /><br />I'm on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tutormentorteam">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TutorMentorInstitute">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tutormentor/">LinkedIN</a>. I'll look forward to connecting with you.</div>" target="_blank">this blog article</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNDd3AzR1kw0xbOrGI7-mDuwWJhUeiTpd3Qb8S_1mqgrhqlPcK-8esncwqEeLZK1LhoaMhDaH5QeQVHmcLsTIKBd4tVrUfOhoiNV_-_kVbJptZmkiFMfZp_oBenDW4H6mV0Q1XntL3OYy/s1477/CPS+School+Locator.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1477" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNDd3AzR1kw0xbOrGI7-mDuwWJhUeiTpd3Qb8S_1mqgrhqlPcK-8esncwqEeLZK1LhoaMhDaH5QeQVHmcLsTIKBd4tVrUfOhoiNV_-_kVbJptZmkiFMfZp_oBenDW4H6mV0Q1XntL3OYy/w371-h218/CPS+School+Locator.JPG" width="371" /></a></div><br /><div><br />In my own efforts between 1994 and 2011 I tried to build one platform that would provide many layers of information that could be used to support neighborhood based planning intended to make more and better youth serving programs available in high poverty neighborhoods.<br />
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The map of the left was created using the Interactive Tutor/Mentor Program Locator's Asset Map section. (<i>It's no longer functioning properly, although still can be seen on-line archive <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorMap-archive " target="_blank">at this location</a>.)</i><br />
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While I've been collecting and mapping data since 1994, for most of those years I was dependent on volunteers and donated software. In 2007 a $50k anonymous gift, combined with a grant from HSBC North America, enabled me to re-build our in house mapping platform, and to build the on-line interactive platform.<br />
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Using ARC GIS software we could create maps showing layers of information and using the interactive platform, we enabled others to create similar maps. Below are two examples. You can see more like this in the <a href="http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/mapgallery.html">MapGallery</a> created in late 2010.<br /><br />
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Unfortunately, the recession, starting in 2008, dried up funding for this by mid 2010. I've not had funds to update this or create these maps since 2011, and it would take a significant investment to rebuild my capacity.<br />
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<b>Yet, I feel it is needed</b> because I don't find any other mapping platforms combining all the layers I was trying to combine, and building it into blogs and on-going communications, so community planners could show the need, show existing service providers (and/or businesses) and show assets in, and around, the community who should be involved in any planning process.<div><br /></div><div>I wrote an article last year showing the layers of information needed on a platform like the Tutor/Mentor Program Locator - <a href="https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2020/06/using-maps-to-support-growth-of-youth.html" target="_blank">read it here</a>. <br />
<br />I also added an interesting article about building relationship networks to support philanthropy.<a href="https://medium.com/office-of-citizen/its-all-about-relationships-systems-based-changemaking-470207584bf4" target="_blank"> You can read it here</a>. Such networks could be using the mapping ideas I've been sharing.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last year MacKenzie Scott made a massive contribution to help fund 116 organizations </b>(<a href="https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/116-organizations-driving-change-67354c6d733d" target="_blank">see here list</a>). This week she did it again, and one of the recipients was MENTOR, The National Mentoring Partnership.</div><div><br /></div><div>Following last year's announcement I created this graphic, with the goal that she and others would make a long-term commitment to support the growth and operations of well-organized, long-term, tutor, mentor and learning programs helping kids in poverty from birth to work. Maybe the MENTOR gift is a partial response. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyQIIq-qyJJJOBoH9X1E7Hoe-PeNfdZhDwm3bb_T1tpsA3RHO52UFPDP2aSYcs38xRH0c9XrCF8BF7EjYzGF9kdvV4MDjJO8TBgCSLYqkwjiJ_SDo89o9EFrVrPNnJO8MwSkZwydTvWFi/s2048/AdoptTMC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyQIIq-qyJJJOBoH9X1E7Hoe-PeNfdZhDwm3bb_T1tpsA3RHO52UFPDP2aSYcs38xRH0c9XrCF8BF7EjYzGF9kdvV4MDjJO8TBgCSLYqkwjiJ_SDo89o9EFrVrPNnJO8MwSkZwydTvWFi/s320/AdoptTMC.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Thus far I've not seen MENTOR or any other youth development organization use maps the way I've been, in an effort to draw funding and volunteers into every high poverty neighborhood. Thus, if you're researching places where you can make a difference, perhaps you can read some of the articles on my blogs then share them with others who might want to become the investor, partner or benefactor who <a href="http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2018/03/what-can-you-do-to-help.html">rebuilds the Tutor/Mentor Connection</a> and its on-line mapping, and makes it freely available for others to use in Chicago and cities around the world. </div><div><br /></div><div>Or, you might be a creative social entrepreneur who can figure out how to generate revenue and profit from this, so we could seek capital investors from programs like the Opportunity Zones program.<br /><br />I'm on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tutormentorteam">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TutorMentorInstitute">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tutormentor/">LinkedIN</a>. I'll look forward to connecting with you.</div></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-5882524841432551852021-06-03T12:07:00.000-05:002021-06-03T12:07:08.032-05:00MyChiMyFuture Chicago Youth Programs Map<p> Below is a screenshot of the <a href="https://explore.mychimyfuture.org/" target="_blank">MyChiMyFuture</a> Chicago youth programs map. This is Mayor Lightfoot's initiative aimed at reaching more Chicago youth with non-school programs. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7ap1VsqT3sqKDKqnnNaDQxgTNwhZVWtaySwBc3xTlDyOXYz1gYJewlzXyKqlg1uTWvud9OgORiWY5_WFdKQ5hpk5is2KRxXzkAZMDUs4o1BrroRczJznlZo2eZQG5FORFrIFG9vbXw9Y/s1416/MyChiMyFuture2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="1416" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7ap1VsqT3sqKDKqnnNaDQxgTNwhZVWtaySwBc3xTlDyOXYz1gYJewlzXyKqlg1uTWvud9OgORiWY5_WFdKQ5hpk5is2KRxXzkAZMDUs4o1BrroRczJznlZo2eZQG5FORFrIFG9vbXw9Y/w413-h187/MyChiMyFuture2021.JPG" width="413" /></a></div>The map is interactive, with multiple categories of service providers. You can create map views showing single, or multiple categories. You can zoom into smaller sections of the city. And you can click on each icon to find program name, address, and website. This is all good.<div><br /></div><div>However, there is no sub category for "tutor, or tutor/mentor". If programs from the <a href="http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/FindaProgram/Chicago-AreaProgramLinks/tabid/561/language/en-US/Default.aspx" target="_blank">list I maintain</a> are on this map, they would be included in the "academic support category". <br /><p>I've participated in MyChiMyFuture meetings since 2019 and have posted a <a href="https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search?q=mychi" target="_blank">series of articles</a> on the Tutor/Mentor blog. I'm happy to see this map finally made public and hope that the Mayor and other public leaders will draw attention to it regularly in an effort to attract volunteers and donors to programs in every neighborhood. </p><p>So far it seems that the effort is aimed at youth and families, along with networking and training among programs. Without driving operating resources to EVERY program, on a continuous, multi-year, basis, the initiative is unlikely to fulfill it's goals.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6wMbv_7RilD0ezfAVnabbZ7uNWhJhPmzFMgsq09O9pFj4C_wlui3GxtLsSA8AjV8989wWRnI9933y2EMt4aMTfAbd7dHRfOJs3UDyuEJOY80SoSntHZ0RXPuL3zKG7cSUKjgNJwtpd9w/s516/Peter_Project1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="516" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6wMbv_7RilD0ezfAVnabbZ7uNWhJhPmzFMgsq09O9pFj4C_wlui3GxtLsSA8AjV8989wWRnI9933y2EMt4aMTfAbd7dHRfOJs3UDyuEJOY80SoSntHZ0RXPuL3zKG7cSUKjgNJwtpd9w/w200-h140/Peter_Project1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>Hopefully the initiative will evolve to one with a purpose of drawing needed resources to every high poverty area of the city, brining ideas, volunteers, operating dollars, technology and youth participants to every program. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-86063952233941223512021-05-19T11:25:00.000-05:002021-05-19T11:25:32.106-05:00Use CPS School Locator to Find Support<p>The Tutor/Mentor Connection created a map-based Chicago Tutor/Mentor Program Locator in 2008 to help programs connect with resources near where programs operate. That's no longer active, but maps are still available for this purpose. </p><p>Below is a screenshot of the <a href="https://schoolinfo.cps.edu/schoollocator/index.html?overlay=tier" target="_blank">Chicago Public Schools Locator.</a> I used this today in a series of Tweets about the Riverdale Community area on Chicago's Far South Side. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyeBBTmlC0RGN-0cxmsvS8dP3bYNQtGV5_t3ZucVGXctI774KAe5rNdSWVqOsnfvoADxUVSjCd_5APA5OhCGhVzLtE4smn6B1AX9mV4YcK2NvKR5vcnN72rjRLbB7fGv5EzoHYPyIKOIb/s1477/CPS+School+Locator.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1477" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyeBBTmlC0RGN-0cxmsvS8dP3bYNQtGV5_t3ZucVGXctI774KAe5rNdSWVqOsnfvoADxUVSjCd_5APA5OhCGhVzLtE4smn6B1AX9mV4YcK2NvKR5vcnN72rjRLbB7fGv5EzoHYPyIKOIb/w449-h264/CPS+School+Locator.JPG" width="449" /></a></div><br /><p>I've circled the South part of Riverdale. The Northern part of the area is mostly filled by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District facility. On this map I've highlighted 130th Street. To the East, there are many big companies, like Ford Motor Co., who could be recruiting employee volunteers to fill the Riverdale area with mentor-rich non-school programs like some that operate in other parts of Chicago, and like the one I led at the Montgomery Ward headquarters on Chicago Avenue, from 1975 to 1992. </p><p>Below is one of several Tweets I posted with this information.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I've maintained a database of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> non-school <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tutor?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tutor</a> and/or <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mentor?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#mentor</a> programs since 1993. I plot these on a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/map?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#map</a>. I only show one org, the ByTheHandClub, in this area. Are there more? See my full map: <a href="https://t.co/dpHxm0Yap5">https://t.co/dpHxm0Yap5</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/claconfab?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#claconfab</a> <a href="https://t.co/YizRK1Phm8">pic.twitter.com/YizRK1Phm8</a></p>— Daniel Bassill (@tutormentorteam) <a href="https://twitter.com/tutormentorteam/status/1395039960739328002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
On the <a href="http://www.tutormentorexchange.net" target="_blank">Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC</a> website there's one section about starting a program and another about roles business can take. Leaders from the Riverdale area can use these resources to gain ideas for reaching out to these businesses, while volunteers from these companies can find ideas to support a long-term involvement with k-12 kids in the area.<div><br /></div><div>I'd be happy to walk people through this process. Connect with me on Twitter, Facebook and/or LinkedIN. See links on <a href="http://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media" target="_blank">this page</a>. </div>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-4703260657195933512021-04-26T17:44:00.000-05:002021-04-26T17:44:18.767-05:00Chicago a divided city - WBEZ maps<p>Today the US Census announced that Illinois will lose one Congressional seat as a result of declining population in Illinois and growth in a few other states. As I thought about this I saw an <a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/the-middle-class-is-shrinking-everywhere-in-chicago-its-almost-gone/e63cb407-5d1e-41b1-9124-a717d4fb1b0b" target="_blank">article</a> on the WBEZ website, showing maps created by the <a href="https://voorheescenter.wordpress.com/2018/06/06/who-can-live-in-chicago-part-i/" target="_blank">Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement</a> at the University of Illinois at Chicago.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAPVhrrQ1MAPwGY4h5Y8jGIsRk_MBNZaubVmhDd_OmBFSQKYNopy1hQRICnigkHa2dAwWgURdtSSb6UQXgnVRXqMk6dHSasiz1v5bM8A1MhMxx9A8H_LgjqviFr2Zd0ZLNjJADyarU6PD/s743/WBEZ+-+changing+demographics+2021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="743" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAPVhrrQ1MAPwGY4h5Y8jGIsRk_MBNZaubVmhDd_OmBFSQKYNopy1hQRICnigkHa2dAwWgURdtSSb6UQXgnVRXqMk6dHSasiz1v5bM8A1MhMxx9A8H_LgjqviFr2Zd0ZLNjJADyarU6PD/w393-h289/WBEZ+-+changing+demographics+2021.JPG" width="393" /></a></div><br /> Whereas in 1970 there were large middle class neighborhoods in the North, SW and South sides of Chicago, not the city seems starkly divided between wealth and very low income. <p></p><p>While the low income area grew dramatically this does not mean the population of poor people grew. African American population within Chicago has been declining for decades. This 2019 UIC Great Cities Institute <a href="https://greatcities.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Black-Population-Loss-in-Chicago.pdf" target="_blank">report</a> states that "<i>Since a peak measured in 1980, Chicago’s Black population has declined steadily from 1,187,905 in 1980 to
797,253 in 2017, a decrease of 390,652 or 32.9%.</i>" </p><p>This <a href="https://archive.curbed.com/2018/7/31/17632092/black-chicago-neighborhood-great-migration" target="_blank">2018 article</a> provides more information about the migration of Blacks out of Chicago, to the suburbs, other cities in Illinois, and out of state, perhaps to some of those states gaining Congressional seats. It includes a quote saying, "<i>Experts from the Urban Institute predict that by 2030, Chicago’s African-American population will shrink to 665,000 from a post-war high of roughly 1.2 million</i>." </p><p>That leaves behind those who are very poor and those who are very affluent. </p><p><br /></p>Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000172417518054683.post-77446947001421890292021-04-24T10:11:00.004-05:002021-04-25T08:11:24.268-05:00Chicago Philanthropic Initiative Using Maps<p>If you skim through articles on this blog you'll see that I've piloted uses of maps to guide the distribution of resources to youth programs in high poverty areas of Chicago since 1993.</p><p>The Tweet posted below points to a <i>WBEZ</i> article pointing to <a href="https://www.mappingcovid19equity.org/" target="_blank">The Mapping COVID-19 Recovery Project</a>, a collaborative effort of 25 major Chicago foundations, nonprofit organizations, and public and private groups.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A new community project aims to guide future investment in Chicago, particularly as Black and Latino communities begin their recovery from the impact of COVID-19 — through maps. <a href="https://t.co/Lbg0zxkyjK">https://t.co/Lbg0zxkyjK</a></p>— WBEZ (@WBEZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/WBEZ/status/1385971879282937858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div><br /></div><i>
WBEZ</i> is doing some outstanding mapping. It's an example of what's possible if you have the talent and dollars needed to create the maps and share them via various media channels. I encourage you to read the report, visit the <a href="https://www.mappingcovid19equity.org/maps-research" target="_blank">Recovery Project website</a>, then help draw attention to the places where the maps show people need extra help.Tutor Mentor Connectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140800580077672326noreply@blogger.com0