Building Networks to Solve Problems - Youth As Leaders

Building the “Village”-Youth As Leaders
Ideas for expanding network of
people helping at-risk youth move
through school and into careers.
See how youth can turn negative media stories into community mobilization.
See how place based conferences and seminars can be supported by on-
line learning communities. Apply these ideas in any community, school,
business and/or faith group.
Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present), Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present), http://www.tutormentorexchange.net tutormentor2@earthlink.net

This presentation shows one strategy of community mobilization, which
we call “The Rest of the Story”.
This was a story in the Chicago Tribune on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. You can see that there have been
“at least 11 other shootings within four blocks” of where this shooting took place.
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See this in article at https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2014/02/following-bad-news-in-media-with-rest.html

A team of volunteers could..
• Get the address and create a map showing where the incident took place
• Use demographics to show indicators of why …. Poverty, poorly performing schools, etc.
• Pass the map on to a “writer” who develops a story including a) why it happened, b) the level of
non-school learning, mentoring, recreation and/or jobs programs in the neighborhood, c) the
community assets who could be helping such programs grow, etc., and d) a call to action, inviting
people to become involved in helping existing programs, or helping new programs grow where
needed
• Pass the map and story to a technology team who puts the story on a blog or web site (see
examples at http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com
• Send the URL of the web story to a social media team who broadcasts this to potential readers
via social media networks, and to traditional media, asking them to use the story in their own
editorial follow up
• Since violence and negative news are random in where they happen, and when, teams from
different neighborhoods adopting this strategy can contribute to a daily stream of “Rest of the
Story” articles intended to build greater interest, involvement and support of youth
tutoring/mentoring and learning programs throughout the city.
• The following pages are an example of what youth and volunteers could create.
Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present), Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present), http://www.tutormentorexchange.net tutormentor2@earthlink.net Pg. 3

3,191
26.4%
2142
33.9%
955
28%
Using Chicago Tutor/Mentor Program Locator this map view was created.
The Chicago Program Locator was built in 2008. It is now only viewable as an archive
https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorMap-archive
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2142
33.9%
3,191
26.4%
1,350
39.3%
708
22.3%
955
28%
Using data from the Heartland Alliance, this map showing Youth 6-17 below
poverty level in Chicago community areas, was created.
263
9.3%
Note the large number
of youth and low
number of programs in
this area.
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x
X = teen slain
2/6/14

3,191
26.4%
2142
33.9%
955
28%
Using the Asset Map section of the Chicago Tutor/Mentor Program locator
this map was created, showing assets in the area.
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Use archive to create
new Program Locator
with these features.

Students could create
stories that draw adult
attention to neighborhoods
where kids need extra help.
Students stories could provide graphics, showing long-term support needed in
every neighborhood. The could also point to information adults, business
leaders, faith groups, etc. could use to support the on-going operations of
mentor-rich programs in all places where news stories and data indicate that
kids and families and school need extra help.
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Catholic Schools in
Chicago supported by
Big Shoulders Fund
programs, volunteers
and mentors.
The two schools in the
Rogers Park area could
have teams of students
creating visual
presentations like this,
intended to mobilize
business, media, faith
support to grow
tutor/mentor programs in
the area.
CPS schools could also
have students doing
this work as part of
project based and/or
service learning.
Teams Students from public schools could be creating these stories.
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See how this story has been posted
on the Tutor/Mentor Blog:
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2014/02/f
ollowing-bad-news-in-media-with-rest.html

http://www.etmooc.org
Youth from different schools, and different cities could be sharing their stories,
and their learning, with youth and adults from different neighborhoods and
many different places, via on-line events, like MOOCs, and via place based
seminars and conferences held in their own community.
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https://clmooc.com/

Youth and event organizers can
create maps showing who
participates, and helping people
connect with each other before,
during and after the event.
Youth and event organizers can
also use maps to develop an
analysis of participation,
understanding what groups are
under represented who need to
be recruited so there are
enough resources in the event
to make the ideas a reality.
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Use other resources to
build your map stories
These two map views were
creating using the Tutor/Mentor
Institute, LLC map shown at
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2
020/02/help-youth-tutor-mentor-
learning.html
View blog article with this
map view.
https://tutormentor.blogsp
ot.com/2021/07/response
-to-chicago-violence-do-
planning.html
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This concept map shows many data-mapping platforms youth could
use to create map stories. http://tinyurl.com/TMI-MappingData
Embed your maps in blog articles or videos and share them on social media. Do this
regularly to draw attention and resources to places shown on maps.

By applying these ideas, in many ways, and over many years, more people
will become involved in efforts that help youth in every high poverty
neighborhood have mentor-rich networks supporting their learning and efforts
as the move from birth to work.
Here are a few articles to support your involvement in this strategy:
How to use program locator to make maps - https://tinyurl.com/Using-TMI-program-locator
Rest of Story strategy - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-RestOfStoryInterns
Unleash personal power - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Be-Difference-Maker
Community Information Collection - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-InformationGathering
Over time, the network (village) grows and more people help build and sustain
programs that help youth move through school and into jobs and careers.

High Schools, Colleges and Universities could be teaching youth to
take the role described in this presentation.
Read articles inviting universities to take this role.
https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/search/label/universityTMC
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Help build This Capacity
If you have ideas to share, these are web sites
where you can learn more and get connected:
http://www.tutormentorexchange.net
http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com
http://debategraph.org/mentoring_kids_to_careers
http://michaelcnt.blogspot.com/
https://tutormentorexchange.net/social-media
Email tutormentor2@earthlink.net to discuss ideas for collaboration and capacity
building among programs, or between cities. Connect on Twitter @tutormentorteam
Connect on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TutorMentorInstitute
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Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present), Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-
present), http://www.tutormentorexchange.net tutormentor2@earthlink.net

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