2003

From T/MC’s own activity log (OHATS); the Timeline has the same events with their goals and outcomes.

• 2003-01-07 Steve Carter, Manager of Illinois State Operations for AARP was referred to the T/MC by Lavetta Summers of CPS. The 2003 national AARP conference will be in Chicago on the same weekend as the 2003 Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. We agreed to look for ways that we can showcase AARP community service while building visibility for tutor/mentor programs. — Chicago Public Schools, AARP, Illinois Office
• 2003-01-08 Bill Smythe, a Loan Underwriter for the Illinois Housing Authority called to see if T/MC could offer help in developing a project in Joliet, Il. The goal of the project is to use a portion of HUD funding to pay for tutor/mentor and youth development services in a new development that HUD is funding. Mr. Smythe was referred to the T/MC by one of our Kids' Connection volunteers. — Illinois Housing Authority
• 2003-01-21 Jim Cory repots that he has installed a free site counter service on the map web site. Since the January T/MC email newsletter references this site, the counter will help us know if people are visiting it and using our information. — GIS Volunteer with T/MC
• 2003-01-21 Shriram Venkatraman reports that " The database server is online. I created a small database on it last monday and tested it out.I have engaged a friend of mine to help us out in some of the work. His name is Thatapura Ganesha, but he goes by TR. He has about 10 years experience in database and data warehouse industry. He is also a good .NET programmer. " — T/MC Volunteer
• 2003-01-28 Lynn Swisshelm of MentorCharlotte (NC) called to ask for permission to use the "Defining Terms" power point in a meeting she was doing. She's been receiving the monthly email newsletters — Mentor Charlotte
• 2003-01-30 I contacted Stephen Pugh, a Board of Director candidate.
• 2003-01-30 Angus McKay wrote, "I would love to discuss our Youth Leadership North Program. We are in the process of designing a youth program for northern Saskatchewan youth in Canada, I looked through your site and find your program is interesting. Please comment." — Youth Leadership North Program, Saskatchewan, Canada
• 2003-01-30 I met with a rep from IC Starts to talk about mapping and strategy. — IC Stars
• 2003-02-10 Provided tutor/mentor information to Mike Morris, PTA Council President, Paulding County, Ga. Opened conversation about collaboration. — PTA Council President, Paulding County, Ga
• 2003-02-13 While we do not have a major event to document, we are making progress in a major area of public awareness. Following are some examples: Sara Caldwell, a founder of Cabrini Connections, has submitted a proposal for a one-hour documentary, titled Touched by a Mentor. This will feature a Mentor Theme song written by Sammie Lee, of California. Dr. Edward Gordon, a CC advisory council member, is researching the feasability of writing a book that profiles tutoring/mentoring Alison Neumer, of the ChicagoTribune RedEye section is considering doing a series of profiles. In addition, Community Media Workshop profiles the T/MC in its NEWSTIPS section. — Amphion Productions, California, Imperial Consulting Corp, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Media Workshop
• 2003-02-14 Meeting with Junior Achievement about 2003 campaign. — Junior Achievementt
• 2003-02-19 Lorinda Penny, a graduate student from Owensborrough, KY, called after visiting www.tutormentorconnection.org. She's writing a grant for a tutor/mentor program in Owensborrough as part of her studies and wanted ideas from T/MC. I encouraged her to become part of the T/MC in writing a grant that focuses on Total Quality Mentoring and social and emotional learning. Since she works in state government, I also encouraged her to lobby Kentucky leaders to adopt the T/MC as their own model of building a network of TQM programs. — Owensborrough, KY
• 2003-02-27 I contacted Mike McKiernan at Cushman & Wakefield. — Cushman & Wakefield
• 2003-02-28 meeting with Cedric Pope, Sinai Mentoring Institute
• 2003-03-04 Speak to Tracey Pakuliewcicz at participate America
• 2003-03-04 Article in Chicago's Daily Law Bulletin titled "Judge's gift to support students, law programs" told about a $1 million bequest from the estate of the late U.S. District Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz to the Chicago Bar Foundation. Bob Glaves, Ex. Dir, of the Chicago Bar Foundation was quoted in the article saying, "We're going to take a relatively small chunk of the gift -- but a large sum of money of $100,000 -- to support the Lend-A-Hand Program. In the early 1990s, Judge Marovitz was actually involved in setting up the Lend A Hand Program, so we thought he would like to keep supporting it." — Executor of estate, Chicago Bar Foundation
• 2003-03-06 Erwin Mason, Sr., OCS-Corp, based in Oklahoma, called to talk after reviewing the presentations on the T/MC web site. His email follow up read, "It was a pleasure to talk with you and learn about your innovative projects.I feel that we both could benefit from our collaborative efforts our development and public engagement resources and you creative innovation that every community organization and leader should be using." — OCS-Corp
• 2003-03-17 Kathleen Prados, of Franklin Sr. High School in Franklin, LA, posted a message at the T/MC web site saying that "20 JROTC Cadets are ready and willing to help build capacity of tutor/mentor programs in St. Mary Parish, and that they want to build a partnership with the T/MC." I sent a "statement of principles" letter of agreement and a description of T/MC Functions/components and offered to help them. — Franklin Sr. High School in Franklin, LA
• 2003-03-19 Northeastern Illinois University agreed to host the Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference on June 5th and 6th of 2003. Ken King of New Concepts solicited this involvement on behalf of the T/MC. — New Concepts T/MC, Northeastern Illinois University
• 2003-03-20 Phil Shapiro of Arlington, VA, interviewed Dan Bassill, President of Cabrini Connections, and posted the audio interview on the Internet at http://storymakers.net/danielbassillinterview.ram — Arlington, VA IT volunteer
• 2003-03-28 Meeting with special committee formed to discuss a fundraising and recruitment concert — Junior Achievement, Junior Achievement, Junior Achievement, Junior Achievement, Boys and Gilrls Clubs
• 2003-03-28 Jim Morsch, Dan Bassill, Bob Glaves, Judge Tom Donnelley and Karina Ayala met to review proposed future structure of Lend A Hand Program. Articles from the Chicago Daily Lay Bulletin and the CBA Report were distributed that show that the Lend A Hand is to receive $100,000 from the Estate of Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz to help it as it becomes independent from the CBF — Lend A Hand Council; Cabrini Connections Advisory, Chicago Bar Foundation, Lend A Hand Staff, Lend A Hand Advisory Council, T/MC and Lend A Hand Advisory Council
• 2003-04-03 Sara Caldwell, a CC founder, came to Chicago from LA to film interviews with CC students, volunteers and alumni for a demo tape she is creating for the "Touched by a Mentor" documentary (see www.amphionpro.com). — Amphion Productions, LA, Cabrini Connections
• 2003-04-04 Second 2003 Volunteer Recruitment Campaign Committee Meeting
• 2003-04-08 Dan met with three representatives from The Institute for Cultural Affairs (www.lca-usa.org). We discussed concepts of Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection and way we might collaborate. — ICA Community Youth Development, ICA Community Youth Development
• 2003-04-09 Ellen Dick presented a 'fund raising" workshop to 10 people at the Cabrini Connections headquarters. — Ill. Association of Non Profitt Organizations
• 2003-04-10 Sent a request to Chuck Follett of Follett Publishing asking for financial help.
• 2003-04-11 Meeting with Junior Achievement Southside representative — Junior Achievement
• 2003-04-11 Carole Franke and Vurnice Maloney from Kankakee, Il. came to T/MC to gather info on ways to duplicate T/MC ideas in their own county. — Kankakee County Teen Reach, Kankakee County Teen Reach, T/mc
• 2003-04-15 Email from Juliet Hanlon, of CitySoft, in Boston, read: You can count on my support. I will refer any appropriate folks your way. Bryan Joyce is one fellow that I can think of immediately from N-Ten Group. I'll have to get back to you with his contact info' and also Gerald Glassmeyer is in the Bay area. Building literacy is no joke any more in America and one that matters to me. The opportunity to technology at this time in history is tenfold as we at CitySoft know (inevitable really)... A great example of this is what our CEO Nick Gleason did with CitySkills in Boston- check out their statistics, it was historic and has become an example to many more. http://www.cityskills.com It is a privilege to know that you care for this future. I hope that you will bring your tech needs to CitySoft. We are one of your bridges to teaming humanity and technology towards that bright future of elearning, ementoring and etutoring. — CitySoft, in Boston
• 2003-04-15 Conversation with John Nichols at Junior Achievement about fall concert. — Junior Achievement
• 2003-04-21 Discussion with a Starbuck's Regional Manager about collaborating with the 2003 campaign on recruitment sites — Starbucks
• 2003-04-23 meeing with committee members to discuss 2003 campaign. Ellen Sausser, Youth Outreach Services and Michele Drzwiecki, Onward Neighborhho House
• 2003-04-24 Provided one-on-one training to Rita Rose, of Chicago. She wrote, "I found the meeting very informative and helpful. The resources and other web sites were more than enough info for getting an understanding of all the components necessary to begin and maintain a successful program. The resources and links that were shown are links that you're accessible to at anytime, which makes it easy for anyone beginning a program to progress at a pace that is tailored to their needs and others that are being recruited. — new program
• 2003-04-30 Today I received email newsletters of the Illinois Service Learning network and the Illinois AmeriCorps E-Bulletin. Both had descriptions of the June Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference. Totally they reach more than 1,000 people throughout the state. — ISBE, Service Learning Manager, IDHS, Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service
• 2003-05-02 Meeting with Starbuck's District Manager John Trella to discuss recruitment at Starbuck's stores.
• 2003-05-05 Conversation with Dorothy Whitney, PR for Secretary of State Jesse White.
• 2003-05-05 Meeting with Shirley Jenkins of Alpha Temple to discuss Southside recruitment efforts.
• 2003-05-12 Meeting with Mary Moring, INVEST/Evanston to discuss Evanston recruitment.
• 2003-05-15 Jennifer Weaver, of PeaceJam, based in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Toinette Pilgrim, Executive Director of Student Mentor Partners based near Detroit, Michigan, will do workshops at the June 5th and 6th Conference. — PeaceJam, based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Student Mentor Partners
• 2003-05-15 Robyn Mitchell and Denise M. Lewis, University of Maryland/ProjectLINKS Technology Outreach Program will do a workshop at the June 2003 Leadership Conference. The topic is ProjectLINKS: Putting the Pieces Together — University of Maryland/ProjectLINKS Technology Outreach Program, University of Maryland/ProjectLINKS Technology Outreach Program
• 2003-05-15 A June Conference workshop will be presented by Sarah Frank, Program Director, Milwaukee Mentors. Participating agencies will include: Maggie Broeren, Executive Director, Our Next Generation and Nancy Hahn, Program Supervisor, New Concept Self Development Center, Inc. Kathy Munson, Director of Mentoring Programs, YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee — Milwaukee Mentors, Our Next Generation, New Concept Self Development Center, Inc., YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee
• 2003-05-15 The Chicago GEAR UP Alliance is partnering with the T/MC on the Spring 2003 Leadership Conference which will be June 5th and 6th at Northeastern Illinois Univefsity. Printed invitations were mailed to 1350 people on 5/13. The first email notice went to more than 4,000 people in early May. The second notice went to the same group on May 15. Kenny King of New Concepts was the intermediary in connecting the GEAR UP Alliance with the T/MC. — New Concepts, Chicago Gear Up Alliance
• 2003-05-15 Phone conversation with Teri Dary, Program Director for Do Something. We talked about ways to combine resources on a project to increase service learning at schools in Congressman Jackson's Chicago district. — DoSomething
• 2003-05-15 Thomas Keller, Ph.D. (University of Chicago) and David DuBois, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Chicago) will present workshops on Thursday and Friday of the June Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference. This workshop will present recent research on mentoring and discusses practical applications for program planning and improvement. — University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago
• 2003-05-15 Barry Kibel, Ph.D., Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation http://www.pire.org/resultsmapping will do a workshop at the June 2003 Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference. His topic is Use of on-line and paper-and-pencil journaling to inform, improve, and evaluate tutor/mentor programs — Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
• 2003-05-16 Dan Met with David Whitaker, Executive Director of the Chicago Area Project. Merry Dee of WGN encouraged both of us to meet when we were at the Illinois Area Project lunch in Springfield on April 2, 2003 — Chicago Area Project
• 2003-05-21 I met today with Aparna Raj, of Northwestern University's Suitcase Party. We're in the finals for being their Charity for 2004 — Northwestern University's Suitcase Party
• 2003-05-21 Ric Estrada of Erie House and Dan Bassill Met to discuss shared ideas — Erie Neighborhood House, T/Mc
• 2003-05-24 Received invitation from Janet Salmons,who leads Vision2Lead, Inc., to participate in an online conference: Wired.Org: Nonprofits and NGOs Work the Web. It will run for four days, September 16-19, 2003 — Vision2Lead, Inc
• 2003-05-24 Seli Lulkin of the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce sent email telling me that a community calendar notice for the conference was posted on their web site and that they were sending 1800 email releases to business and community people in that part of Chicago. — Edgewater Chamber of Commerce
• 2003-05-27 Kitty Brokaw of Center for Excellence in Education, Based in DC and Chicago visited and we shared stratiegies and vision — Center for Excellence in Education
• 2003-05-27 Meeting with Rev. Leonard DeVille at Alpha Temple to discuss Southside recruitment through churches and businesses. — Alpha Temple, Alpha Temple
• 2003-05-28 Emailed Young Alumni Coordinator of the Yale Club of Chicago (I know her through participation in Club's young alumni planning committee) regarding possibility of using young alumni email list to spread word about golf event and volunteer opportunities.
• 2003-05-29 Emailed information regarding participation in golf event and silent auction to co-worker (attorney) who expressed personal and family interest in event. Included information about Cabrini Connections and Tutor/Mentor Connection. Asked her to pass on information to any and all who may be interested.
• 2003-05-30 Meeting with MB Financial Bank to discuss continuing partnerships.
• 2003-06-02 Sara Calwell submitted Touched By a Mentor proposal to Carol Dean for the Roy Dean grant. This grant requests funding for the production of this one-hour documentary that tells the story of mentoring at Cabrini Connections. — Amphion Productions, Roy Dean Foundation
• 2003-06-02 David Whitaker and Glyn Hilton of CAP came to T/MC to learn about our work
• 2003-06-03 Youth Service America sent a message about the T/MC conference in Volume 10 of their on-line newsletter. — Youth Service America, SERVENet
• 2003-06-06 Received June 2003 copy of AARP Connections, the voice of AARP Volunteers Nationwide. Daniel F. Bassill, CEO of Cabrini Connections, is the featured commentator in this four-page newsletter. — AARP Connections
• 2003-06-06 Linda Ballasy send email on 6/6/03 that said, "I am a trainer for the National Mentoring Center in Portland, OR. I have an upcoming training in Salt Lake City, Utah for which I would like to hand out from your website on Volunteer Recruitment Tips. — National Mentoring Center in Portland, OR
• 2003-06-10 Emailed various contacts regarding participation in/sponsorship of golf benefit and volunteer opportunities. Asked contacts to
• 2003-06-10 Friend active in improvisational comedy community posts information regarding golf benefit and volunteer opportunities on Chicago Improv Network Forum. — Chicago Improv Network Forum
• 2003-06-12 The Chicago Bar Association Board of Directors approved the forumation of the Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend A Hand Program as an offical organization sponsored by the CBA. This is the offical movement of the Lend A Hand Program from under the Chicago Bar Foundation to being a separate entity under the CBA. The estate of Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz donated $100,000 for the funding of this effort. — Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Bar Foundation, Members of Lend A Hand Advisory Council
• 2003-06-16 Meeting with Amy Aleman from the Citywide Literacy Coalition to discuss working together — Albany Park Community Center
• 2003-06-20 Dan Bassill presented a series of 20 minute workshops at the Latino Prevention Network Conference in Chicago. The topic was "How to start and sustain a tutor/mentor program." 31 people attended and were added to the T/MC email newsletter list. — Latino Prevention Network, Tutor/Mentor Connection
• 2003-06-23 The Barnes & Noble store in Geneva, Il. will partner with the T/MC to help with tutor/mentor program development in the Western suburbs of Chicago. An event is scheduled for July 10th to begin building participation of local programs in the T/MC recruitment campaign. — Barnes & Noble
• 2003-06-24 Emailed politically-active friend (has worked on a number of political campaigns for Chicago and Illinois candidates) regarding golf benefit.
• 2003-06-24 Emailed friend whose husband is general manager/wine director of three-star restaurant in the Loop to see if restaurant would be interested in donating gift certificate for silent auction. — Allen's - The New American Cafe
• 2003-06-27 Attended Yale Club/Princeton Club Young Alumni event and distributed brochures regarding golf benefit and explained what Cabrini Connections is and what we do. — Yale Club of Chicago, Princeton Club of Chicago
• 2003-07-01 Brian Banks from Prag at Loyola met with Dan Bassill of T/MC to discuss faith based initiatives — Loyola Prag
• 2003-07-07 Friend passed on information regarding golf benefit to law firm's (Skadden, Arps) internal newsletter. — Skadden, Arps
• 2003-07-14 Intorduction of the 2003 Tutor/Mentor Volunteer Recruitment Campaign at the Southside Minister's Conference of around 20 ministers. — Alpha Temple, Secretary of State's Office, Alpha Temple
• 2003-07-23 Sean Scanlon of Life Directions wrote, "Take a look - you are our first partner link on our new national website! http://www.lifedirections.org/location/chicago/chicago_partner.htm Hope you are well - look forward to talking to you about Detroit Bar" sometime this summer. — Life Directions
• 2003-08-04 Lara Galinsky of the Echoing Green Foundation wrote, "I have certainly heard wonderful things about Tutor/Mentor Connection from various listservs as well as through Do Something, the organization I worked as national program director up until last year. I value the importance of your work and the progress you and the group of dedicated staff and volunteers have made to reach your powerful vision." — Echoing Green Foundation
• 2003-08-05 Talked to Dan, about ideas to help tutor mentor connection to achieve it's misson. — New Improved Media
• 2003-08-05 Mayor Ralph W. Conner of the Village of Maywood, Il. sent a letter in support of the 2003 Volunteer Recruitment Campaign. Barbara Cole, Director of the Maywood Youth Mentoring Program was the volunteer who recruited the Mayor's support. — Village of Maywood, Il., Maywood Youth Mentoring Program
• 2003-08-13 Led 3 hour Volunteer Recruitment Training session today. Attended by one person, Mary Jon Girard of the McGaw YMCA in Evanston, Il. I could have cancelled since only one person was registered. Instead I presenteded the workshop, knowing that every person I speak to is a potential partner of the T/MC. It tu rns out that Mary Jon has extensive program development experience in Memphis and is very likely to become a partner in the goals of the T/MC. — McGaw YMCA, Project SOAR
• 2003-08-13 T/MC awarded consulting contract from Community Technology Centers Network. We'll do 17 hours (each) of volunteer recruitment consulting with PuiTak Center pf Chicago and Transitional Living Services of Hebron, Il.. — CTCNet, PuiTak Center, Transitional Living Services
• 2003-08-14 Louis Brass wrote an article titled, Literacy: Reaching for life's road map, which appeared in the 8/14/03 issue of the Batavia Sun. The article told of the T/MC's efforts to help a tutor/mentor network form in the West Suburbs and of the 8/14 meeting planned for the Barnes & Noble store in Geneva. Three prospective literacy volunteers and a leader of a literacy program from the West Suburbs attended the meeting, but no tutor/mentor programs. — Batavia Sun, Barnes & Noble, Geneva
• 2003-08-23 The Business Technology Sectin of the 8/23 Chicago Tribune had a feature story titled "Programs target tech gap." Cabrini Connections had two paragraphs in the story. Our message of "lack of funding" came through clearly. — Chicago Tribune, Cabrini Connections
• 2003-08-28 Did fund raising workshop for people from the PALs program, Southwest Women Working Today, and Maywood Mentoring program — PALs, Maywood Mentoring, Southwest Women Working Together
• 2003-08-30 Frank Johns met with Dan Bassill to learn about volunteering as a tutor/mentor. In the conversation we demonstrated much of the vision of the Tutor/Mentor Connection. — Volunteer
• 2003-09-03 Met with Transitional Living Services to help them develop a marketing communications strategy. — Transitional Living Services, CTC
• 2003-09-04 Chicago Sun Times witer Mark Brown wrote a column about tutoring/mentoring for the Sept. 4th edition. It was the top half of page 2 in the paper. This story was the result of work done by Public Communications, Inc., the PR partner of the T/MC. — Chicago Sun Times, Public Communications, Inc., Cabrini Connections
• 2003-09-16 Dan Bassill is a featured presenter at the www.wired.org conference. This brings together technology leaders from around the world. — www.wired.org
• 2003-09-16 The T/MC is now listed as a NATIONAL PARTNER on the web site of the National Mentoring Partnership. While we were a partner in 1997 and 1998 we did not have this type of links for the past few years. This represents a more formal means of collaboration between T/MC, Chicago and other mentoring networks. — National Mentoring Partnership
• 2003-09-17 T/MC hosted on-line chat today in the www.wired.org conference. T/MC has a presentation at the conference, which has more than 70 people from around the world enrolled. — Wired.org
• 2003-09-17 Karina Ayala at the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend A Hand program reports "I have secured several bar associations to adopt a Lend a Hand program, which will actively recruit mentors for tutor/mentor agencies. The Asian Bar, the Filipino Bar and the Hispanic Lawyers Association have all agreed to start this year. — Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend A Hand program, Asian Bar, Filipino Bar, Hispanic Lawyers Association
• 2003-10-07 Met with reps from Greater Chicago Food Depository
• 2003-10-20 Doris Salomon, Community Affairs Director of BP wrote to thank Cabrini Connections for submitting a proposal for the BP 2003 Leader Awards. Although we were not a winner, she wrote, "You should feel proud of the fact that of 135 proposals, your program was one of 10 to be reviewed by the Green/Environment Blue Ribbon Panel." She went on, "Although your program was not selected as a winner, it is BP's belief that your organization should be commended for your efforets in addressing key community issues in the Chicagoland area." — BP Community Affairs Director, Cabrini Connections
• 2003-10-21 Emailed head of Yale/Princeton Young Alumni Committee to see if she would be willing to forward flyer re: Harvest in the Park to list. — Yale/Princeton Young Alumni Committee
• 2003-10-21 1300 printed invitations were mailed for the Nov. 20/21 Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference. An email invite was sent to about 3000 people.
• 2003-10-27 Erwin Mason, from Oklahoma, called to say that he'd been following the T/MC's work since we first talked a year ago and that he's impressed with what we're doing. He offered to explore ways that the T/MC could be written into proposals that his organization is generating in Oklahoma. — Oklahoma community activist
• 2003-10-27 Emailed Oprah Winfrey regarding Cabrini Connections' work and need for funding. — Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah magazine
• 2003-10-28 Met with representative of Aurora Mentoring Coalition, president of Mentors@Work program, reapresentative of Literacy Volunteers of America, IL, at the Barnes & Noble Store in Geneva, Il. This was the third meeting since July and there was a concensus to continue meeting. — Mentors @ Work, Breaking Free and Aurora Mentoring Coalition, Mentors@Work, Barnes & Noble, Literacy Volunteers of America
• 2003-11-04 WVON Radio called to say their foundation had adopted Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection to be their focus charity in 2004. This means they will work closely with CC and the T/MC throughout the year to draw visibility to our mission, actions and events. — WVON Radio, Cabrini Connections & T/MC
• 2003-11-16 A web link to the T/ME web site has been added by the Good Knight Child Empowerment Network, Inc. It is at http://www.goodknight.org/Supporters.html — Good Knight Child Empowerment Network, Inc.
• 2003-11-21 Paul Collins launched a new version of the Tutor/Mentor Surveys, using WebIQ instead of Group Systems. These can be accessed at http://jordan-webb.net/tmc — Jordan-Webb
• 2003-12-02 T/MC and Fox Valley area tutor/mentor leaders met at the Barnes & Noble Store in Geneva, Il. on Tues. Dec. 2, 2003. We were joined by Malcolm Jones andFiliberto Alegandro Luna of Hip Haqq Productions (HHP). HHP has volunteered to help build visibility for the Tutor/Mentor Connection through arts performances that they organize. The first monthly spotlight on charities for the month of January, will be the Cabrini Connections Tutor and Mentor Program, the launch will be taking place on Jan 7th 2004 at Anthony’s Restaurant and Jazz Club in Elgin. In addition, Jennifer Johnson reports that a local mentor will be featured in a story in the Daily Herald in Dec, Kathy Moore of Mentors at Work volunteered to take on a media contact role, to generate follow up when media do a story related to tutor/mentor issues. The next meeting was scheduled for January 13, 2004. — five people
• 2003-12-05 Attended Great Cities Forum at University of Illinois at Chicago. Within first hour of registering I ran into six different people who told me they had been on the T/MC web site within past few months, or who had attended the Nov. Conference, or who were involved with T/MC in some way. Aslo reconnected with David Perry, Director of the Great Cities program, whom I first met a few years ago. — Great Cities Initiative, See T/MC database
• 2003-12-05 Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lend A Hand meeting held at offices of the Chicago Bar Association. Participants were Executive Board members of the LAH. The group reviewed the new LAH web site prototype at www.corboydemetrio.com/cba. The group also reviewed proposed recognition events for 2004. — List available
• 2003-12-16 Dan and I discussed how IUPUI Unversity College could start a T/MC effort in Inianapolis similar to the one Chicago. — IUPUI - University College
• 2003-12-18 Met with professor from DePaul who teaches graphics class. This class will develop newsletter, conference invitation and web site templates for the T/MC to use in 2004 events. T/MC will put these on its web sites for other organizations to borrow for their own communications. — DePaul

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