The Chicago Tribune included a story this week about an 8 year old child who was struck by a stray bullet in the 1900 block of North Spaulding Ave. The story said this boy was the third child shot since the weekend. We think that tutoring/mentoring programs that operate in the non-school hours and offer a wide range of learning activities, can be a way to reduce the violence in inner city neighborhoods. However these programs need more volunteers, more money, more business partners to succeed. Please see the web page in the TutorMentor File Cabinet called shooting_9-20-01.htm to find mentoring programs, businesses, churches and schools in the neigborhood of the shooting. Pick a program and get involved.

This map shows neighborhoods where poverty is the terrorist and where help is needed to provide hope and opportunity that might keep gangs and gang violence from dominating a neighborhood. Click on the database links and find a tutor/meentor program where you can be a donor, a volunteer, a leader and/or a business partner.

This article was put o­n the T/MC web site in December 2001, following a Chicago SunTimes front page article with a photo of Mark Lane and Ophra Winfrey. This download supports the map image and illustrates how T/MC seeks to follow negative news with stories that lead volunteers and donors to neighborhoods where the news takes place.

The front page of the 12/12 Chicago Sun Times shows a full photo of Ophra Winfrey and Mark Lane Jr. In 1993 Mark was a co-star with Ophra in the movie, "There are no Children Here". While he survived gangs in the movie, he did not in real life. He was shot two days before Thanksgiving at age 22. There are many Tutor/Mentor programs in the Chicago area where you can offer kids an alternative to gangs.

This map tells a story.
The place where the shooting occurred was at 67th and Stewart. The neighborhood has high levels of concentrated poverty. Two of the public schools in this area were put on the Chicago Public School Probation List in 1997 because less than 15% of reading scores were at the state average.

This map shows where the tutor/mentor programs are that serve kids in grades kindergarten through 5th during the evening. The RED dots are tutor/mentor sites. The BLACK dots are public schools that are on the Illinois State Board of Education's Warning List. This clearly shows there are not enough tutor/mentor programs for this age group in areas where schools are failing. Learn how you can get involved with tutor/mentor programs.

This map shows where the tutor/mentor programs are that serve kids in 6th through 8th during the evening. The RED dots are tutor/mentor sites. The BLACK dots are public schools that are on the Illinois State Board of Education's Warning List. This clearly shows there are not enough tutor/mentor programs for this age group in areas where schools are failing. Learn how you can get involved with tutor/mentor programs.

This map shows where the tutor/mentor programs are that serve kids in high school during the afternoon. The RED dots are tutor/mentor sites. The BLACK dots are public schools that are on the Illinois State Board of Education's Warning List. This clearly shows there are not enough tutor/mentor programs for this age group in areas where schools are failing. Learn how you can get involved with tutor/mentor programs.

This map shows where the tutor/mentor programs are that serve kids in grades kindergarten through 5th during the afternoon. The RED dots are tutor/mentor sites. The BLACK dots are public schools that are on the Illinois State Board of Education's Warning List. This clearly shows there are not enough tutor/mentor programs for this age group in areas where schools are failing. Learn how you can get involved with tutor/mentor programs.

This map shows where the tutor/mentor programs are that serve kids in grades 6th through 8th during the afternoon. The RED dots are tutor/mentor sites. The BLACK dots are public schools that are on the Illinois State Board of Education's Warning List.This clearly shows there are not enough tutor/mentor programs for this age group in areas where schools are failing. Learn how you can get involved with tutor/mentor programs.