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June 2010 Blog Posts (10)

Share words

One is from Najib Mahfuz, I took this sentence from his book Children of the Alley, he won the Nobel Prize for literature in Oct 1988. It's a great book, trust me. As I read the Chinese vision, i have to translate it in English, there would be some mistakes.

"Work for yourself, as you are going to live forever; work for others, as you are going to die tomorrow."

Another is from movie Precious.

"Some folks got a…

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Added by Liu Chong on June 29, 2010 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

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

Let's Get Started

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

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