Comments on: Olympic Aspirations: taking the field for social justice http://wrythings.net/2007/04/22/olympic-aspirations-taking-the-field-for-social-justice/ words worth reading Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael http://wrythings.net/2007/04/22/olympic-aspirations-taking-the-field-for-social-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-3663 Michael Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:26:28 +0000 http://wrythings.net/2007/04/22/olympic-aspirations-taking-the-field-for-social-justice/#comment-3663 The recent issue of <a href="http://chicagoreporter.com" rel="nofollow">The Chicago Reporter</a> (a publication of the <a href="http://www.communityrenewalsociety.org" rel="nofollow">Community Renewal Society</a>) is one of the vehicles of that campaign drawing attention to the children of incarcerated parents. It was also covered on <a href="http://www.wbez.org" rel="nofollow">WBEZ</a>. We can connect this with the population of Chicago Public School students currently homeless. The recent issue of The Chicago Reporter (a publication of the Community Renewal Society) is one of the vehicles of that campaign drawing attention to the children of incarcerated parents. It was also covered on WBEZ.

We can connect this with the population of Chicago Public School students currently homeless.

]]> By: tutormentor http://wrythings.net/2007/04/22/olympic-aspirations-taking-the-field-for-social-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-3662 tutormentor Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:54:39 +0000 http://wrythings.net/2007/04/22/olympic-aspirations-taking-the-field-for-social-justice/#comment-3662 Thanks for picking up the baton on this conversation. Let's hope we can get others to join this team. I attended two forums last week. One hosted by Associated Colleges of Illinois, had a high profile economist pointing out the growing gap between how well the US prepares kids for careers and how well other countries are doing this. The speaker emphasized that the loss of jobs to other countries will increase unless we make greater efforts to prepare all youth for 21st century careers. I posted a link to the presentation on my blog. The next day I attended a forum hosted by the Community Renewal Society. The purpose was to launch a campaign to draw attention to children of incarcerated parents. The statistics of this forum were the high costs of incarceration and the negative impact this has on kids of incarcerated parents. Both events talked about the same problems from different perspectives. The goal of the T/MC and the conferences we organize in May and November (<a href="http://www.tutormentorconference.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.tutormentorconference.org</a>) is to draw representatives from these different sectors into the same stadium of idea sharing, where we can work as a larger team, each with different talents, to help kids from poverty be better prepared to lead adult lives out of poverty...and out of the justice system. As I'm organizing face to face events, I'm also trying to create on-line networking opportunities. The goal is not that every interaction goes through me, or through any other single leader. The goal is that more of the people who should be on the same team, are connecting and building relationships with each other. That will lead to new types of teams and better outcomes in the future. Thanks for picking up the baton on this conversation. Let’s hope we can get others to join this team. I attended two forums last week. One hosted by Associated Colleges of Illinois, had a high profile economist pointing out the growing gap between how well the US prepares kids for careers and how well other countries are doing this. The speaker emphasized that the loss of jobs to other countries will increase unless we make greater efforts to prepare all youth for 21st century careers. I posted a link to the presentation on my blog.

The next day I attended a forum hosted by the Community Renewal Society. The purpose was to launch a campaign to draw attention to children of incarcerated parents. The statistics of this forum were the high costs of incarceration and the negative impact this has on kids of incarcerated parents.

Both events talked about the same problems from different perspectives. The goal of the T/MC and the conferences we organize in May and November (http://www.tutormentorconference.org) is to draw representatives from these different sectors into the same stadium of idea sharing, where we can work as a larger team, each with different talents, to help kids from poverty be better prepared to lead adult lives out of poverty…and out of the justice system.

As I’m organizing face to face events, I’m also trying to create on-line networking opportunities. The goal is not that every interaction goes through me, or through any other single leader. The goal is that more of the people who should be on the same team, are connecting and building relationships with each other. That will lead to new types of teams and better outcomes in the future.

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