Using Maps to Support Distribution of Tutor/Mentor Programs in Your City

No General would go to war
without a map.
Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present); Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present)
tutormentor2@earthlink.net http://www.tutormentorexchange.net
However, in America’s war on poverty, poorly performing
schools, crime and violence, too few of our leaders are
using maps to connect resources with youth and families
in the neighborhoods that have the greatest need.

Have you seen how
Generals and reporters
use maps in TV and
Internet news to show
troop movements during
wars?
Generals use Maps to Win Wars
Image from https://www.flickr.com/photos/chancenarrative/5332524344/
CEOs use Maps to Win Market Share
The map at the right shows CVS stores in Chicago
region (in 2009). Businesses use maps to determine
where to place stores and build business.
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Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present); Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (20110-present), http://www.tutormentorexchange.net

In order to defeat an enemy we need to fight wherever the enemy is
entrenched. Without using maps we miss most places where help is needed
Enemy
sites
Forces
Direct
engagement
Analysis
Of enemy
Strength &
weaknesses
Organize
& Train
US forces
Logistics
To get forces in
place
Understand needs &
plan resource
allocation, e.g. strategic
planning
What resources do we
need to implement the
plan? How to prepare
them?
How do we distribute
needed resources and
troops to multiple
locations where they are
needed?
Feed & Equip
Our army better
than enemy
Recruit
& Retain
US forces
Revenue
To support
these efforts
We need to feed, cloth, arm
and re-supply our troops
and logistics providers for
as long as war is in
progress.
How to replace forces that
are lost with new solders
trained and ready to pick
up from where previous
left off
How do we raise money
needed to pay for this
entire effort?
Public
Commitment
To sustain effort and
recruit troops
How do we educate and
inform public so we can
maintain support for
revenue needed to
support war effort?
Poverty
in city is
enemy
Forces
Include tutors
& mentors
How do we create infrastructure to support this force?
Do any
leaders use
maps in war
on poverty?
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This presentation shows a several
examples of how Geographic Information
System (GIS) maps can be used to help
draw resources to organizations serving
the same cause throughout a geographic
region such as Chicago.
Visit the Tutor/Mentor Institute at
http:www.tutormentorexchange.net to
review this and other PDF essays.
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MISSION
Collect and share information that helps
mentor-rich programs be available to more
youth living in high poverty neighborhoods.
We focus on youth living in poverty
because these children face greater
barriers to succeeding in school and
finding jobs and careers.
Throughout this presentation the names Tutor/Mentor
Connection (T/MC) will be used along with Tutor/Mentor
Institute, LLC. From 1993-2011 we operated as the
Tutor/Mentor Connection, part of the non profit Cabrini
Connections youth program in Chicago. In 2011 the
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC was created to continue the
T/MC into the next decade, seeking new forms of
investment and revenue to support strategies such as this
use of GIS mapping.
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Daniel F. Bassill
Founder, Leader, started career as
a volunteer tutor/mentor in 1973.
He led a tutor/mentor program for
35 years and launched
Tutor/Mentor Connection in 1993 to
help similar programs reach youth
in all high poverty areas of Chicago.

To SUCCEED
We must recruit business
leaders who will use their
resources in PULLING
Youth to Careers
To SUCCEED
We must help tutor/mentor
program leaders, volunteers,
schools and parents be more
effective in PUSHING
Youth to Careers
School-Time Programs
3-5 PM Non-School Programs
Pre-K K - 5th 5th - 6th 6th - 8th
High
School
Career
Track
After 5 PM and Weekend Programs
Goal:
Help inner-city youth
reach Jobs/Careers.
Charts like this help
illustrate a vision of
multi-year programs
that help youth reach
careers.
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T/MC uses maps to generate public awareness
The T/MC used its maps as part
of a public awareness campaign
since 1994, not just as a
planning tool.
Its goal has been to focus
attention on where programs
are needed, and to help existing
programs connect with each
other.
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Daniel F. Bassill has led Tutor/Mentor Connection and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC since
1993. During the 1993 to 2011 years he also led Cabrini Connections tutor/mentor program.

Maps need to be used in planning.
See this in article at
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/08/how-many-youth-programs-are-needed.html
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https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/07/response-to-chicago-violence-do-planning.html
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https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2015/11/using-maps-in-long-term-violence.html
Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present); Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (20110-present), http://www.tutormentorexchange.net Pg 10

While the media write about poor schools, they seldom produce maps that show the relationship
between poverty and poor schools. This is one of many maps created between June 2008 and April
2011 thanks to an anonymous donation of $50,000. See more at
http://www.horizonmapping.net/projects/tmc/tmc_gallery/Tutor_Mentor_map_gallery.html
Between 1994 and 2011 the
Tutor/Mentor Connection piloted
uses of a GIS database to create
maps that visually show where
tutor/mentor programs are
located and where more are
needed.
Since 2011 the Tutor/Mentor
Institute, LLC has shared data
platforms hosted by others and
encouraged people to use them.
Flags on map are poorly performing schools.
Shaded areas are high poverty regions.
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Volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs need to
reach K-12 youth in every high poverty area in
Chicago region. All programs have same needs:
These resources are
needed by every program,
every day, in every
neighborhood:
* volunteers
* public visibility
* operating dollars
* technology
* training/learning
* leadership
Chicago
area
The
Tutor/Mentor
Connection
was formed in
1993 to help
every program
get these
resources.
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From 1994 to 1998 the Tutor/Mentor Connection piloted quarterly events, such as
May and November conferences, intended to draw volunteers and dollars directly
to all tutoring and/or mentoring programs in the Chicago region. As these repeat
from year-to-year and are supported by more leaders and organizations, the impact
was intended to grow. Read about these events at
https://tutormentorexchange.net/planning-strategies/52-calendar-of-activities
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Maps can help any organization or
group of people do better planning.
A map focuses a group on the needs
of every poverty area, not just high
profile areas.
As you view the maps on the next slides, ask “Is
someone doing this in my community?”
If the answer is “No”, then duplicate this
strategy.
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Maps can show
where poorly
performing
schools are
located.
These are areas
where
tutor/mentor
programs are
most needed in
Chicago.
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In 1990s and 2000s Chicago and Illinois placed poorly performing schools on
“warning” and “probation” lists. The Tutor/Mentor Connection created maps
showing how high poverty affects student learning.

Using advanced GIS
computer technologies,
T/MC produced maps that
showed locations of
tutor/mentor programs in
different areas of the city.
This map shows tutor/mentor
program locations near a
Catholic Church on Chicago's
West side. It was used to help a
suburban church create a
volunteer recruitment strategy.
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This map shows Catholic
Church sites in Chicago.
It is not enough to have a
few good programs at a few
churches. The city needs a
city/suburban faith
partnership that leads to
quality tutor/mentor
programs in every poverty
neighborhood.
The T/MC encourages churches to use
maps in planning and create maps with
flags that visually show which churches
are active in helping tutor/mentor
programs grow.
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View maps showing faith groups in articles at
https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/search/label/faith%20group

Maps can help
programs in their
planning and fund
raising.
This map shows tutor/mentor
programs, business, churches,
hospitals, etc. in the same
neighborhood of Chicago's West
side. An organization called
“New Concepts” used this in
developing a neighborhood
partnership and a grant
proposal to fund that
partnership.
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This map shows
hospitals in Chicago
The T/MC goal is that
hospitals develop strategies
that distribute prevention
programs and health care
mentors at tutor/mentor
locations near each
hospital.
A hospital can also inspire
the involvement of
business, faith and
university groups in its
service area.
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View articles and maps showing potential hospital involvement
https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/search/label/hospitals

This map
shows
hospitals near
the Lawndale
area of
Chicago
Since they serve the same area, these hospitals could form a ‘youth mentoring
partnership’ that would provide leadership to tutor/mentor program growth in this
area.
See this map in 2008 Tutor/Mentor blog article
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2008/10/supporting-growth-of-tutormentor.html
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Maps can lead potential
volunteers and donors
to programs in areas of
high youth violence
This map shows the location of a
shooting in Chicago. The Chicago
SunTimes did a front page story and
used the photo of a celebrity to get
reader attention. The T/MC created this
map and put it on the web site to show
these readers where they could get
involved to prevent future tragedy like
this.
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Maps
following
media stories
tell “The Rest
of the Story.”
This map shows the location of a another shooting in Chicago. If
readers learn to go to T/MC sites following media coverage of a
negative news story, we can turn bad news into positive actions.
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Maps following
media stories tell
“The Rest of the
Story.”
This map shows the location of a another 2008 shooting in
Chicago. View this and more maps in articles on the
http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com site and the
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com site.
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Read “Rest of the Story” strategy at
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2021/04/follow-negative-news-with-rest-of-story.html

Skim through articles on Tutor/Mentor blog to see examples of maps used
in stories. Create and share your own.
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/maps
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Visitors can now view the
Program Locator Database
archive at
https://tinyurl.com/
ProgramLocatorSearch
This was designed to enable
users to find information,
based on searches of
a) type of program;
b) age group served;
c) time of day;
d) zip code
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If your city does not have a map-based directory of youth serving programs, that they use to draw
volunteers and donors directly to these programs, borrow ideas from the work done in Chicago
from 2003 to 2009.

This site is now an archive. Visit
https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorMap-archive If your city does not have
a map-based directory of youth serving programs, that they use to draw
volunteers and donors directly to these programs, borrow ideas from the
work done in Chicago from 2004 to 2008.
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The
Program
Locator was
created
between
2004 and
2008.

A Program Locator helps
volunteers, parents and donors
find contact information for
specific programs.
It helps donors, business leaders,
media and policy makers
understand
a) where programs are needed;
b) level of service in any area;
c) voids in service availability
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While the Chicago Program Locator is now an archive, there are many mapping platforms
that can be used to show where people need help. View at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-MappingData
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Build your own Program Locator. This concept map shows
layers of information needed. http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Platform
See article at
https://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2020/06/using-maps-to-support-growth-of-youth.html
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Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC still uses maps!
Find current map and list of Chicago area tutor, mentor programs
using cMap at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Volunteer-Opportunities
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Visit my web sites to see uses of maps in
advocacy and collaboration.
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present)
Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present)
Be a General! Create your own maps and use them to mobilize resources for
youth and families in high poverty neighborhoods of Chicago or your own
city, state and/or reservation. Connect with Dan Bassill on any of these social
media platforms - https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media
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http://www.tutormentorexchange.net
http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
Daniel F. Bassill, Founder, Leader

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