Partners for the Tutor/Mentor Conferences

We seek partners who view the T/MC conference as part of their own commitment to make more effective volunteer-based tutoring and/or mentoring programs available to economically disadvantaged kids living in neighborhoods with high violence, high poverty, and many poorly performing schools.  Partners can come from business, universities, local tutor/mentor programs, schools, foundations, and any sector of society. They can come from beyond Chicago. They even come from other countries.  

The conference is part of a Collaboration Strategy, where each partner does as much as he/she can to help tutor/mentor programs grow in many places.

The Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) depends on the volunteer actions of many individuals and organization to organize the May and November Conferences each year. All of our speakers are volunteers who donate their time. Many come from other cities and pay for their own travel and lodging expenses. Without this help, we could not keep the fees for the conference so low or offer as many scholarships as we do. In this way, all of our speakers are partners in this effort.  We thank you all.

If you'd like to help plan the November 2008 and 2009 conferences, please contact us.

Partners for the November 2008 Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference

The Chicago Field Museum
The November 2008 Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference will held at the Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Il.  on November 21, 2008 as part of a shared effort to increase the ways that museums make a difference in the communities that surround them.  Staff from the Museum will be presenting workshops, and participating in panels.  All workshop space has been donated by the Museum.

Speakers and workshop presenters
All of the people who make time to do presentations are volunteers, who partner with the Tutor/Mentor Connection to make this conference possible.  See the complete list of speakers (May 2008 still posted).

Would you like to bring your network and knowledge to this conference?  Contact us now!

Conference Planning Team

Several people are active in planning and hosting the May 2008 Conference.  Julie Nygaard of the Field Museum, Karen Royster James of Columbia College of Chicago,  Nicole White, Cassina Sanders, El Da'Sheon Nix, Chris Warren and Toni Pullen of Cabrini Connections, and Dan Bassill, President of the Tutor/Mentor Connection.

A very special thank you to the volunteers who helped with this website:

  • Donna Schmid helped write and edit most of the content on this website.
  • John Bull created our online registration system and list of attendees.
Introduce yourself on-line and join the 2008 Conference Planning Team