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Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection

800 W. Huron, Chicago, IL 60622
www.tutormentorexchange.net
www.tutormentorconnection.org
www.cabriniconnections.net

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This is a two part organization with a local, global strategy. One part is Cabrini Connections, a site based, non-school tutor/mentor program that aims to connect inner city youth with workplace volunteers in on-going relationship-building activities that influence the aspirations and lifeskills of a youth, build also educating and engaging the volunteer as a long-term mentor, coach, advocate, leader, capacity builder.

The global part of our organization is the Tutor/Mentor Connection, which is a knowledge center, advocate, and intermediary, which seeks to help programs like Cabrini Connections be more available to k-12 youth in all high poverty neighborhoods of Chicago, Detroit and other large cities.
Projects

Information Visualization Project

Interns: Taeho Ko, Garima Garg, Malhar Gupta

Code: CABRINI-01

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Intern will work on one visualization project converting a Tutor/Mentor Connection concept or idea into an on-line animation/communication that helps site visitors better understand and respond to the messages provided at http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/Partner/CC/Presentations/CC_presentat... . Intern can complete a project started but not completed by previous interns or can start new project based on review of essays on T/MC site and amount of work that can be completed in a week. The finished project will be part of the communications resources of the T/MC and will be viewed by people from around the world that we want to recruit as supporters and leaders in the Tutor/Mentor Connection's strategies.

Specific skills: Ability to conceptualize and idea and communicate it via animation flash video etc. is important as is the ability to bring the finished project to the Internet on a T/MC web site or on YouTube.

The SI Alternative Spring Break is open to graduate students of the University of Michigan's School of Information. Undergraduates looking for Alternative Spring Break opportunities should look into the University of Michigan Alternative Spring Break program administered by U-M's Ginsberg Center.