EL Da' Sheon Nix's Posts - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T13:21:03ZEL Da' Sheon Nixhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ELDaSheonNixhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1950139168?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3986gyym6jlsn&xn_auth=noMay Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conferencetag:www.classroom20.com,2009-06-01:649749:BlogPost:3478662009-06-01T18:00:00.000ZEL Da' Sheon Nixhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ELDaSheonNix
I had the opportunity of being a part of the Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Netowrking Conference that took place last week at Northwestern University's Law School. I just wanted to share my some of my experiences for those who could not attend. Hopefully after hearing more about my experiences and learning more about the actual event this will encourage more people to attend the next Conference in November.<br />
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http://cabriniblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/tutormentor-networking-and-leadership.html
I had the opportunity of being a part of the Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Netowrking Conference that took place last week at Northwestern University's Law School. I just wanted to share my some of my experiences for those who could not attend. Hopefully after hearing more about my experiences and learning more about the actual event this will encourage more people to attend the next Conference in November.<br />
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Please Read Cabrini Connections' eNewsletter at www.cabriniconnections.netClassroom 2.0 says, "Hey Mr. President...over here!!!"tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-01-21:649749:BlogPost:2690862009-01-21T21:44:54.000ZEL Da' Sheon Nixhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ELDaSheonNix
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I’m sure each and every one of you have been keeping up with the news and all of the events that have been taking place as a result of Barack Obama becoming the first African American President of the United States. And I have to say again that this is TRULY A HISTORIC TIME in the US history. But now that all of the celebrities have began departing DC and all of the other ‘witnesses’ of history began and complete their migration back to their…
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I’m sure each and every one of you have been keeping up with the news and all of the events that have been taking place as a result of Barack Obama becoming the first African American President of the United States. And I have to say again that this is TRULY A HISTORIC TIME in the US history. But now that all of the celebrities have began departing DC and all of the other ‘witnesses’ of history began and complete their migration back to their communities, cites, and states, it is time for Barack Obama to actually begin leading our country.<br />
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And I’m sure we are all well aware that he can not only do EVERTHING on his own and the problems and issues that our country face in this day and time will not be resolved in a matter of days. We not only have to be patient, but together we have to follow the leadership of Barack and this new administration and collectively make changes in our economy, homes, communities, our schools, and in ultimately in our own lives for the youth and OUR country’s future.<br />
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With that being said, I think one of the priorities that should be high on this new Administration’s list is how to better not just better prepare our youth, but to supply resources to the communities that need it the most. Communities that are filled with violence, high poverty rate, poor school conditions, and broken homes. These are the areas that should be focused on more than any, because if Barack Obama can provide the necessary resources and put those resources into the hands of people who are truly dedicated and committed advancing the lives of youth then the short and long term advantages can and will be monumental.<br />
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I am asking each and every person who views article to look at this map that was put together by the Cabrini Connections’ very own GIS Mapping Coordinator Mike Trakan (http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com/). This map shows the areas of poverty in the city of Chicago. After viewing this map, I want you to not only think about what Barack Obama can do to assist these areas, but think about what YOU can personally do to facilitate positive change in the lives of youth in these areas of need. Although this map is just providing information for the city of Chicago, this map can be duplicated in almost every city in the United States. And with that duplication of the city’s landscape, I am almost 100% certain that the problems occur in the high poverty areas in Chicago are mirrored in high poverty areas in other cities.<br />
Hopefully Barack, the new Administration, and other supports of tutoring/mentoring programs will use this map to provide these areas of poverty with the resources that are truly needed.<br />
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Here are a few ways in which you can help out.<br />
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-visit our website and either become a volunteer or support our efforts with a donations www.cabriniconnections.net<br />
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-visit www.tutormentorconnection.org and become a volunteer at a tutoring/mentoring program in your area<br />
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-OR simply be a positive role model for the youth you come in contact with!<br />
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EL Da' Sheon Nix<br />
Administrative Coordinator<br />
Cabrini Connections<br />
Tutor/Mentor Connection<br />
800 West Huron<br />
Chicago, IL 60642<br />
312.492.9614<br />
312. 492.9795 (fax)<br />
eldasheon.nix@gmail.com<br />
http://cabriniblog.blogspot.com/Barack Obama is a Dream Come Truetag:www.classroom20.com,2009-01-20:649749:BlogPost:2682672009-01-20T23:13:03.000ZEL Da' Sheon Nixhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ELDaSheonNix
<i>"Classroom 2.0, I consider all of us as universal teachers in this class who are all working together to teach the youth all of the valuable tools needed to one day become 'teachers' as well. After reading this blog post, take some time and think about how you can help make dreams come true with our 'students'?"</i><br />
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Today we witnessed history!!! Barack Obama became the first African American President in the country’s history. I don’t know about you but there was not just a since of pride…
<i>"Classroom 2.0, I consider all of us as universal teachers in this class who are all working together to teach the youth all of the valuable tools needed to one day become 'teachers' as well. After reading this blog post, take some time and think about how you can help make dreams come true with our 'students'?"</i><br />
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Today we witnessed history!!! Barack Obama became the first African American President in the country’s history. I don’t know about you but there was not just a since of pride for this moment, but a true feeling that our country has come so far. Just take a couple of minutes to reflect of all of the hardships that minorities faced on a daily basis because of the color of their skin, and how that color was punishable by death.<br />
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And on this day Barack Obama, if only in the minds of some, allows us to believe that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!! And because of this example tutor/mentor such as Cabrini Connections can continue to encourage students to not just dream BIG, but really just to dream. Many of the youth that we serve in our program, youth in programs throughout the city, and I’m 100% that this is true for youth in similar neighborhoods throughout the world…have lost the ability to dream because of the violence in their schools, communities, and even their homes. So how do you tell a 13 year old male that he can be anything he wants to be in life, if he can’t even envision a day where he is not harassed to join a gang while walking to, while being in, and on his way home from school?<br />
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But on this day, that ability to dream is revitalized and hopefully in the days to come Barack Obama and his Administration will provide truly dedicated and committed people of service with tools needed in order to foster these new found dreams of the youth. Hopefully more jobs will become available to so that not only do parents have proper means to support these youth in the homes, but jobs that the youth can get as youth to learn valuable skills needed to turn these jobs into future careers. Hopefully ALL schools will have the all of the proper and necessary teaching materials, GREAT and well prepared teachers and administrators, and all of the resources needed to provide these youth with the safe and proper education to become productive adults. Hopefully Cabrini Connections (www.cabriniconnections.net), Cabrini Green Tutoring, Chicago Lights, and tutoring/mentoring programs throughout the world will be able to have all of the resources and financial support to teach the life skills, assist with academic and career goals, and produce future leaders just like Barack Obama.<br />
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And you don’t have to be Barack Obama to assist with the dreams of youth. You can become a tutor/mentor at a program in your area, you can donate to a tutor/mentor program, or you can simply be a role model to any and all youth that you come in contact with!<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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EL Da’ SheonLetter to the President: Support the Education of Youth through Tutoring/Mentoring Programstag:www.classroom20.com,2009-01-19:649749:BlogPost:2671042009-01-19T21:21:21.000ZEL Da' Sheon Nixhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ELDaSheonNix
Dear President Obama, January 19, 2009<br />
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<i>First and foremost, Congratulations on becoming not just the first African American President in the Country’s history, but for being one of the greatest examples of the vision that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of in his “I Have a Dream” speech! I am writing you today to say that I will support you, respect you, and I will continue to try to follow in your footsteps by being a role model to all young people.<br />
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I am also writing you today to request…</i>
Dear President Obama, January 19, 2009<br />
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<i>First and foremost, Congratulations on becoming not just the first African American President in the Country’s history, but for being one of the greatest examples of the vision that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of in his “I Have a Dream” speech! I am writing you today to say that I will support you, respect you, and I will continue to try to follow in your footsteps by being a role model to all young people.<br />
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I am also writing you today to request some resources that I feel that if you and your Administration can provide to me and people like me, then we will have more of the necessary tools in which are needed to continue to make changes in our homes, schools, and communities that can and will benefit the youth.<br />
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As the Administrative Coordinator of the tutoring/mentoring program called Cabrini Connections’ we try to provide any and all of those necessary resources to the youth of the Cabrini Green community and the surrounding areas in order for them to be properly equipped to be in a job or a career by the age of 25. This task is not easy due to the violence, lack of resources, lack of jobs and careers for the youth and their parents, and due to the poor school conditions that many of our youth are subject to.<br />
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So Mr. Obama I am asking for you and your Administration to assist us in our efforts to not only educate and provide the youth with life skills at Cabrini Connections, but to assist tutoring/mentoring programs throughout the country and maybe even the world. We are going to need well equipped facilities for the youth to meet, we are going to need enough resources to properly educate the youth, we are going to need caring, dedicated, and committed volunteers and staff in each and every program, we are going to need to find ways to get the parents and the community involved, we are going to need FUNDING do all of the things that we need and want to do with and for our youth, and maybe most importantly we are going to need all of these things on a consistent basis.<br />
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Mr. Obama if you and your Administration can assist Cabrini Connections and all of the other tutor/mentor programs with these things then I am confident that together we can continue to make positive progress with our youth and the country as a whole through these programs. And through these programs the youth will learn the skills needed to be leaders, to be successful, to be respectful etc…and will through time will share all of what they have learned with those who are wanting and needing to follow in their footsteps.<br />
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So I thank you in advance Mr. Obama!</i><br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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EL Da' Sheon Nix