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I collect & share ideas others can use to fight poverty & inequality & help volunteer-based tutor, mentor & learning orgs reach K-12 youth in more places. Piloted since 1993 in Chicago. I have posted on social media since mid 2000s.
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As early as tomorrow morning, the Senate could hold its first procedural vote on the DHS funding bill — and it can’t pass without Democratic votes.

Tell your senators to hold the line and vote NO on giving more money to the regime’s death squads.
Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Nicole Good. These killings are a dire...
act.indivisible.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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With #NFL awards coming soon, I hope some will look at this article & help build a database of all the causes pro and college athletes support. tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/07/athl...
January 28, 2026 at 3:58 PM
With #NFL awards coming soon, I hope some will look at this article & help build a database of all the causes pro and college athletes support. tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/07/athl...
January 28, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Before social media, there were virtual communities. Many of them. In 1996 we created a directory:

rheingold.com/electricmind...
electric minds | virtual community directory | alphabetical
rheingold.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Derrick Rose was honored by the Chicago Bulls last weekend. The media stories told of his commitment to help people in the neighborhoods where he grew up. I wrote this in 2013. Maybe someone will show it to him now. tutormentor.blogspot.com/2013/07/derr...
January 27, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I was looking at the list of blogs in my library and found one w articles about 2011 conferences. I used the KUMU.io visualization to find them on this map. It's posted at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2026/01/does...
January 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Here is a post by Jeffrey Beckham, Jr., Ex Dir of Chicago Scholars. jefferybeckhamjr.substack.com/p/welcome-th...

I urge more youth-serving programs were sharing their concerns.
Welcome. The Democracy Our Young People Deserve
If you follow me... You will get the truth.
jefferybeckhamjr.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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In this post I shared another visualization created using Kumu.io and invited students/universities to build similar maps showing the information in the #Tutor #Mentor library. tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/12/mapp... #datavis #dataviz #conceptmap
December 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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If you're interested in education/youth development the monthly ZOOM call & website provide a range of resources. www.edfunders.org/resources/
January 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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If you feel helpless living far away from MN, here are many ways to give those working on the ground there. Plenty of options for whatever moves you. I gave to immigrant mutual aid, reproductive care, animal rescue and rent relief, but there are several others.

standwithminnesota.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.

Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.

AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.

Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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#IVMOOC students from Indiana University created an open source tool any one can use to gather & map data showing "who" attended their events. See at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2026/01/plan...
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
#IVMOOC students from Indiana University created an open source tool any one can use to gather & map data showing "who" attended their events. See at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2026/01/plan...
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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AOC: If you can keep people divided, then you can continue to loot the economy.

They are they are trying to distract from the fact that prices have exploded, that people's health insurance is being stripped, $1 trillion out of health care to fund this violence.
January 25, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand

I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
January 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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My website is now working again so I resent my January newsletter. You can view it at tutormentorexchange.net/2026-newslet...

Look at the new resource for mapping networks created by students from Indiana University.
January 19, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an ICU nurse. 😢💔🙏 He spent his life helping people, and now our government is peddling lies in an attempt to make you believe them.
January 24, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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I promise to get the truth out for Alex Pretti's parents 💔
January 25, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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We need thinkers,writers,web developers,financiers. No one can do this better than us. Let’s do this.

open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
Project 2029:
A Call to Action
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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It's #MentoringMonth. Has your #tutor #mentor program planning started for the 2025-6 program? Here's some ideas to consider. danielbassill319958.substack.com/p/start-plan...
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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#FunFactFriday
Mentoring gives back — to careers, confidence, and community. 💙

Swipe to see why mentoring creates a lasting ripple effect this #NationalMentoringMonth.

💬 What has mentoring given you?

#NationalMentoringMonth #MentorshipMatters #PayItForward #Leadership #iCouldBe
January 23, 2026 at 8:25 PM