In a different presentation titled "Rest of the Story" a vision has been outlined, showing youth roles in building attention and drawing resources to issues and areas where poverty reduces opportunities. This PDF shows that thinking applied to one neighborhood in Chicago. The idea can apply to any issue, in any neighborhood in the world.

1. Chicago Tribune 3-12-17
Devoted 2.5 full pages to story. Where's call to action?
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2. The Rest of the Story
On March 12, 2017 the Chicago Tribune devoted a large part of the front page and two
full inside pages to the tragic story of a young man and his family living in one of
Chicago's most impoverished and neglected neighborhoods – North Lawndale.
With the story was a set of statistics showing the level of poverty, along with a map
showing where the North Lawndale district was located.
Other than a couple of paragraphs where it was mentioned that the youth participated in
one afterschool program, there was no analysis of the level of non-school tutoring,
mentoring, learning and/or jobs programs there were in the neighborhood, nor any talk
about how leaders could be building a long-term strategy to support youth in the
neighborhood, from when they are born till when they are adults, and in jobs.
Since 1993 the Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) (and since 2011 the Tutor/Mentor
Institute, LLC) have been using maps as a tool that leaders in any neighborhood could
use to bring people together and support the growth of constantly improving non-school
programs that provide safe places and extra adult support that helps kids build
aspirations to lives beyond poverty, and helps them turn those aspirations into reality as
a result of on-going, long-term support.
The maps on the following pages could be used by leaders in this area and are an
example of tools that could be used by leaders in other parts of Chicago with the same
problems.
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3. Here's a sequence of what should take place
When you see feature story in paper about poverty, violence.
Get address. Plot on map. Ask, “What neighborhood?.”
Look for indicators of poverty, health disparities, other incidents of violence, etc.
Use Tutor/Mentor Program Locator, or other indicators web sites that allow you to
zoom into an area as small as a zip code or Chicago Community Area
Determine if there are any non-school tutor, mentor or learning programs in the area.
Plot them on your map (if someone hasn't already created a program locator directory
that does this for you).
Determine number of kids, age 6-17, who are low income in the map area. For
Chicago this info is available at http://tinyurl.com/TMI-communityareamaps
Do an analysis. Are their programs in every part of the area, for every age group, close
enough for kids to walk to; safe enough to attract volunteers from outside of the
neighborhood? What assets are available who could help programs grow?
Look at web sites of existing orgs in the map area, as well as similar organizations in
other parts of Chicago and other cities (Use Tutor/Mentor links library as resource).
Compare what programs in target area do to what others do. If you see practices that
you'd like to duplicate, build a team, find the resources and bring that practice to
programs in your area.
View this information on following pages.

4. 4717
55%
North Lawndale – 4717 youth age 6-17 below poverty line
From map at http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/2016/02/updated-map-showing-locations-of.html
Green icons are non-school youth programs in North Lawndale area -
Vist web sites to see who they serve and what they do.
Click on icon to see name of organization
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5. Youth 6-17 below poverty level – Chicago West Side Community Areas5
6356
34.6%
5023
47.8%
2115
48.2% 2448
48.4%
4717
55%
2540
34.2%
Use interactive
map to build your
own neighborhood
analysis.
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Pg. 10North Lawndale

6. Goal: Help hospital become take lead role in growth of non-school tutor/mentor programs
In area surrounding the hospital. Learn more at http://www.tutormentorexchange.net
Assets in area, include major hospital:
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7. 4717
55%Roosevelt Road
Ogden Ave
Eisenhower Expressway
North Lawndale – Three main roads bring commuters through the neighborhood daily
This map from http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/AssetMap.aspx?map=Church
This map shows faith
groups in North
Lawndale area.
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8. What
businesses are
located near
your youth
serving Non
Profit who could
be supporting
your work?
Use this to find
out:
https://www.sba.gov/tools/sizeup
North Lawndale – banks in area
Using web site like
sba.gov you could
locate other
businesses in this
area
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9. The Tutor/Mentor Chicago
Programs Locator Asset
Maps can also be used to
learn about assets in an
area.
See Program Locator at
http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/AssetMap.aspx?map=Banks
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10. North Lawndale is represtended by a US Congressman, a State Senator, a State
Legislator, a Cook County Commissioner, a Ward Alderman, the Mayor, two Senators,
and the Governor. They all should be held accountable.
Use maps to identify political leaders responsible for this area
See example of mapping political districts in this T/MC article at
http://tinyurl.com/Maps-Violence-Prevention
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11. Using this information create
conversations in different places
where people talk about how they
respond to stories in the news and
what they can do to help non-school
programs grow in North Lawndale
and other places.
And what they can do to help each
program constantly improve what it
does to help kids move through
school safely and successfully into
adult lives free of poverty because
they have jobs.
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12. Create Your own presentations, videos and
blog articles to Share this Information.
Visit these sites to see how Tutor/Mentor Connection and Tutor/Mentor Institute,
LLC have been trying to attract attention and support to non-school tutor, mentor
and learning programs in Chicago, and to its own efforts as an intermediary and
knowledge hub.
- http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
- http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com
- http://tutormentorexchange.wordpress.com
- http://www.tutormentorexchange.net
- http://www.tutormentorconnection.org
- http://www.pinterest.com/tutormentor
- http://www.slideshare.com/tutormentor
- https://www.scribd.com/user/20297076/Daniel-F-Bassill
- http://www.tutormentorconference.org/Institute%20Theater.htm
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13. YOU
This is an on-going process of network-building.
It's a form of evangelism and advertising. If YOUR communications are consistent,
creative and reach the right people the number of people who respond and get involved
will grow. If you repeat this for 10 to 20 years the result should be more young people
coming through school safely who have a network of people helping them to
opportunities as adults.
If YOU don't take this role, who will?
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