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Our Mission: The mission of the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (T/MI) (2011-present) is to gather and organize all that is known about successful volunteer-based, non-school tutoring/mentoring programs and apply that knowledge to expand the availability and enhance the effectiveness of these services to children throughout the Chicago region.
Read/Listen to sample CEO speech on Medium, showing commitment to the strategies shared on this website.
Read Dan Bassill's 30-Year History of Reaching out to Universities. click here
Help find donors who will move the Tutor/Mentor strategy into one or more universities in Chicago and other cities.

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Use lists shown in the HOT LINKS section on left side of this site to find volunteer-based tutor/mentor and learning programs in the Chicago region and around the country.
New. Mapping Event Participation - view Open Source tool created by students from Indiana University's Fall 2025 Information Visualization MOOC. click here
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I'm Dan Bassill. I encourage you to read these blogs weekly and share them with your networks.
Tutor/Mentor Blog
Mapping for Justice Blog
Tutor/Mentor Exchange Blog
Intern blog - click here
Substack.com - click here
Read/Listen to articles on Medium - click here
Listen to Podcast describing Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) - click here
New additions to the library - click here