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We've not yet Succeeded

Today I've begun my second week of internship but things seem progress much slower than I expected, which makes me a little bit frustrated.

Recently, Cabrini is hosting a Golf Benefit to raise its fund for next month as well as to provide a chance for people from different areas… Continue

Added by Willow Yang Liuqing on June 28, 2010 at 4:00pm — 6 Comments

I'd never imagined such experience: flying 13 hours oversea and spending most of my summer time intern in a totally new country for a non-profit organization. But now I'm here, in Chicago, the windy city, working with a group of enthusiastic members in Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection.…

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Added by Willow Yang Liuqing on June 24, 2010 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

first day

It's the first day of my intern; I'm going to stay here for almost two months. To be honest, I don't know what the company does before I came here. After Dan's introduction and Michael's video, an intern who has

worked here several years ago, I think I got the main point of this company.

That’s help youth in disadvantaged environment build up their aim and goal of

their life and help them to reach it with our connections in the…

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Added by Liu Chong on June 24, 2010 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

T/MC Journal

I am going to start blogging here with some of my reflective thoughts as I browse the Tutor/Mentor Connection and Cabrini Connections web sites and online resources. As I near the end of my first year on staff here, and I prepare to welcome a new Northwestern University Public Interest Program Fellow (… Continue

Added by Bradley Troast on June 17, 2010 at 3:29pm — No Comments

Mentors transitioning from college to career

It is a joy to see some of our 4-year mentors transition from college to graduate and start their careers. I know that the fact they personally experienced mentoring youth one-on-one will stay with them in the work place. I hope they will advocate for mentoring among more young professionals.

--enjoying a vacation with my calif family, graduating from high schools north and south,…

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Added by Sue RCYF MY Hero! in Austin on June 16, 2010 at 7:53pm — 2 Comments

My Korea blog link.

http://blog.naver.com/leems84/150088334827

I wrote about tutor program & schedule & how to get a volunteer work.

Because Many Koreans use this website(like Google), maybe they can read that post :)

Added by Minsang Lee on June 16, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Network Building - Next Steps, and Help Needed

Below is a map showing the mix of organizations who were part of the May Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference in Chicago.

On this map we see there were many tutor/mentor programs, some from other states, but not nearly as many programs as there are in Chicago. We see a few universities, represented. We see one donor. We see some media. This mix needs to change, to include more donors, more universities, and workforce… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on June 11, 2010 at 12:17pm — No Comments

My Korea blog site

http://blog.naver.com/leems84/150087540623

This link is my Korea blog site.

Naver is so famous portal. It is like google in Korea.

I wrote about Cabrini Connection:)

Added by Minsang Lee on June 4, 2010 at 12:06pm — 3 Comments

Work done by interns

This video was created by one of the interns from Korea who was with us a couple of years ago. It's as meaningful now as it was then.

Find more videos like this on Tutor/Mentor… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on June 3, 2010 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Tutor/Mentor Conference connects people from many states and many organizations

This photo is one of many taken on Thursday and Friday, at the Tutor/Mentor Conference held at Loyola University in Chicago.

One of the speakers was Charles Cameron, who I first met on Social Edge many years ago. Below you can upload the handout Charles prepared. I hope you'll all read it. It shows… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on May 29, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

My Dreams are my Reality

Today, I read Dan's blog post. So I can understand T/M connection & Cabrini Connections activities. I think these activities are very effective to other people. If we try to change everything at once, then it is so hard and it is easy to give up. but Cabrini Connection do these activities constantly. I believe that if every people understand these programs and they understand our object, It can be more effective programs:)

Added by Minsang Lee on May 24, 2010 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Nice to meet you!!

Hello nice to meet everyone !!

my name is Jiwon and nickname is Chuck.

Please, Call me Chuck.. and i want making friends anyone,

so I always welcome to visit my page

and to recommend@@;;

Added by Jiwon Seo on May 19, 2010 at 10:25am — No Comments

Hi I'm justin.

Hi everybody!

My name is Minsang Lee and english name is Justin.

I'm from South Korea. I'm in Konkuk Univ in Korea and my major is Computer Engineering.

I arrived in Chicago about 6 month ago. I was studying at IIT during spring semester.

This experience is very impressive to me because I made a lot of memories and experienced many things.

Now I'm ready to work as intern at Cabrini Connections. I believe this new experience will be beneficial to me… Continue

Added by Minsang Lee on May 19, 2010 at 9:44am — 1 Comment

William T. Grant Foundation 2009 Annual Report

I encourage bloggers who are writing for the T/MC to read the 2009 president's essay and others that are posted on this Foundation page.

We need to encourage people to connect on-line and at face to face events such as the Tutor/Mentor Conference, to discuss the ideas raised in these reports and other research.

We need to focus attention on

a) strategies that make constantly-improving youth-serving… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on May 18, 2010 at 10:45am — No Comments

Update on volunteering

Yesterday I had some free time so I went into the center to make some more calls to Chicago tutor/mentor organizations. I invited them to the conference later this month and was pleased to see that a lot of them were already aware and considering attending already. It's been great to talk to like-minded people who are passionate about helping children, and the the feedback I've been getting from the organizations has been equally as wonderful. They are all very appreciative of the invitation… Continue

Added by Kyle Petit on May 4, 2010 at 8:46pm — No Comments

Final Paper!

Part I – Learning Question…

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Added by Jordan Merlo on April 28, 2010 at 9:43am — 1 Comment

Advice to Future Interns at Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection

After interning at Cabrini Connections for a little over 14 weeks I have learned several things. I would like to share my knowledge with you so that you can start off with knowledge that I wish I had begun with.

So, how do you make the most of your internship? Well with the help of some online sites and my own experience in interning at Cabrini Connections I have come up with 9 points you should…

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Added by Jordan Merlo on April 26, 2010 at 4:15pm — No Comments

Final Two-Week Report!!

Fourteen-weeks ago I started my internship at Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connections. Cabrini Connections is a non-profit organization designed to enrich and further develop the lives of the students who live in low-income neighborhoods such as Cabrini Green. They do this by providing tutor/mentor programs for these students after hours, which not only provides alternate learning opportunities but keeps these students out of trouble. At my internship my job is to promote the…

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Added by Jordan Merlo on April 23, 2010 at 3:16pm — 1 Comment

My experience back at Cabrini Connections

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to update everyone on what I've been doing this past week while helping out at Cabrini Connections. I spent a month volunteering at the center back in December '07 and January '08, while home for winter break from the University of Missouri. Since then, I've graduated from college and spent 17 months abroad, where the majority of that was spent teaching English in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I had a wonderful experience and really enjoyed working with the… Continue

Added by Kyle Petit on April 22, 2010 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment