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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.
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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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
Using Chicago Tutor/Mentor Program Locator this map view was created.
2142
3,191 33.9%
26.4%
The Chicago Program Locator was built in 2008. It is now only viewable as an archive
https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorMap-archive 955
28%
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Using data from the Heartland Alliance, this map showing Youth 6-17 below
poverty level in Chicago community areas, was created.
2142
33.9%
X = teen slain 3,191
2/6/14 26.4%
x
955
28%
263
9.3%
708
22.3%
Note the large number
of youth and low
number of programs in
this area.
1,350
The Chicago Program Locator was built in 2008. It is now only viewable as an archive
39.3%
https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorMap-archive
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Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present), Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present), http://www.tutormentorexchange.net tutormentor2@earthlink.net
Using the Asset Map section of the Chicago Tutor/Mentor Program locator
this map was created, showing assets in the area.
2142
3,191 33.9%
26.4%
The Chicago Program Locator was built in 2008. It is now only viewable as an archive
https://tinyurl.com/ProgramLocatorMap-archive
955
28%
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Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present), Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present), http://www.tutormentorexchange.net tutormentor2@earthlink.net
Students could create
stories that draw adult
attention to neighborhoods
where kids need extra help.
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Teams Students from public schools could be creating these stories.
Catholic Schools in
Chicago supported by
Big Shoulders Fund
programs, volunteers
and mentors.
CPS schools could also See how this story has been posted
have students doing on the Tutor/Mentor Blog:
this work as part of http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2014/02/f
project based and/or ollowing-bad-news-in-media-with-rest.html
service learning.
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http://www.etmooc.org
https://clmooc.com/
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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Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present), Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present), http://www.tutormentorexchange.net tutormentor2@earthlink.net
Youth and event organizers can
create maps showing who
participates, and helping people
connect with each other before,
during and after the event.
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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
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Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present), Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present), http://www.tutormentorexchange.net tutormentor2@earthlink.net
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.
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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.
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.
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High Schools, Colleges and Universities could be teaching youth to
take the role described in this presentation.
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