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August 25, 2008

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Dan Bassill

I agree with you that the $40 million could have been spent better. I'd go a step further and say that most of the money donated to the campaigns won't translate to significantly better schools, more funding for non-school programs in high poverty areas, or fewer youth dropping out of school.

I read an article by Jesse Jackson in the 8/26 Chicago Sun Times which basically said "leaders can inspire us" but it's up to citizens to do the hard work of creating change.

If we imagine an "hour glass" or a "figure 8" one side is people who have the wealth to make donations to campaigns, and non profits, or the talent to help schools and non profits help people who need more help. The other side represents the places in big and small communities where help is needed on a consistent, and long-term basis in order for change to occur. This list includes schools, after school programs and volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs.

The small part in the middle between the two parts of the hour glass, and the figure 8, are web portals that can help people learn more about the issues, and learn how to connect with schools and non school programs. The http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net/programlocator/default.asp web site is such a portal. People can go through that site to offer help at more than 200 non profits offering various forms of tutoring/mentoring, or to look at maps showing where there are poor neighborhoods and poorly performing schools, but few (or no) tutor/mentor programs. In these cases all of the information on the site is intended to help business and non profit partners create new programs, borrowing from the work everyone else is already doing.

If intermediaries like this are available in every city or state, and public leaders point to these in their speeches and web sites, then thousands and thousands of people might be inspired to go through these sites to where they can help.

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