Drawing from our own experiences in addition to models of success such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Quantum Opportunities Program, we've combined the terms tutor mentorand education-to-careers into a single blueprint that engages adult volunteers as mentors, tutors and change-agents in the lives of inner-city kids. We call it Total Qualtity Mentoring.

This article illustrates the concepts of  Total Quality Mentoring (TQM) and explains the charts that are includes in this illustrations section.

This map shows where a young girl was shot in South Lawndale on August 7. It also shows mentor programs located nearby as well as businesses and schools. By participating in these programs, you can contribute to positive change in the neighborhood. For a list of the programs, churches, schools and businesses within one mile of the shooting, please go to the File Cabinet Link on the TutorMentorConnectionGIS home page and then click on the file Shooting_Aug7.htm.

This is an article that describes the T/MC's intended uses of GIS maps.  The maps downloaded are some examples this article discusses.

The Total Quality Mentoring chartshows that a full range of learning experiences need to be available at the PUBLIC SCHOOL during the school day. But it also shows that these learning experiences need to be available in the AFTERSCHOOL HOURS. Furthermore, the afterschool hours break into two distinct time frames.

While great learning opportunities and safe places where kids and volunteers can meet are needed during the school day and immediately after school, these time frames will never attract enough adult mentors to build one-on-one relationships with the 15 million at-risk kids who most need these types of relationships. The workplace will never be able to release that many people.

That means the third time frame is needed. Volunteers and children need to be able to connect in the afterwork timeframe, at business sites, at churches, at youth centers and at colleges, where programs can offer a wide diversity of exeriences, mentors and opportunities.