Upcoming events - November 2013

 

Here are some upcoming meetings in the next few months. We hope to see you at one of these events:

Tutor Mentor Conference

The purpose of the conference is to connect leaders and supporters of volunteer-based tutoring, mentoring and education-to-career programs with each other. The conference, sponsored by Tutor/Mentor Institute starts 8am on  November 4 (Monday), 2013 at the Metcalfe Federal Building at 77 W. Jackson Blvd in Chicago.

JP Paulus (of Do-Gooder Consulting) will co-present with Jeremy Barahona of PURSUE Scholars. They will present on "Reaching Out to Religious Groups", which was also presented at the 2013 Illinois College Access Network conference. To sign up for this event, or more information, go to tutormentorconference.org

Urban Youth Network

November 7 (Thursday) , 2013 @9am
Meeting location To Be Announced (though most likely, The Lighthouse, 4338 S. Prairie, Chicago IL).  Free breakfast (includes doughnuts and coffee)

For more info, contact Nick Rivera at nick@gripyouth.com or see the Urban Youth Network Facebook page.

Illinois College Access Network

The November Illinois College Access Network Meeting will be on Thursday, November 14th , starting at 8am, in the same location as the May  meeting -- 2nd floor atrium of National Louis University, 122 S Michigan in Chicago. The topic will focus on Early College Program at City Colleges of Chicago. Please RSVP by sending an e-mail to  illinoiscollegeaccessnetwork@gmail.com



For more entries, see our events web page for details.

We look forward to seeing you at these events.

JP Paulus is a CCDA workshop presenter!

The Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) recently approved Do-Gooder Consulting's JP Paulus as a workshop presenter for the CCDA's 2012 National Conference.

The workshop is entitled "Steps 2 College", and will help articulate the college-going process in four steps (the KnowHow2Go campaign's 4 Steps). The listing for all workshops is here.

The CCDA Conference is September 26-30 and will be held this year in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis Hilton and Convention Center).

If you are planning on coming to the workshop, please let us know with a comment here, or e-mail us at workshop@do-gooder.us

Please let us know what state you are in, so we can better tailor the information to fit your needs.

If you can't make it, or would like an expanded version of the workshop, please contact us at workshop@do-gooder.us or calling us at 872-222-8008 for details.

Look forward to seeing you at CCDA!

FREE College Changes Everything conference is July 12

The College Changes Everything Conference is coming soon, and it can change how YOU can help bring your youth to college (and graduate!).

This FREE conference is on Thursday, July 12. It starts at 8am and runs until 3:30pm, with free continental breakfast and lunch. The event takes place at the Tinley Park Convention Center.

According to the conference's web page:

Attend this one day conference that focuses on effective practices and showcases resources available to help with college access and increasing college completion. The conference brings together a diverse audience from across the state: college access practitioners; high school leaders, counselors and case managers; college and university leaders and administrators; and policymakers interested in higher education.

Sessions presented by state and national leaders will provide purposeful information and engage the audience in thoughtful discussions on the serious issues we face, such as:

• College and Career Readiness
• Retention Success
• Skill Sets for 21st Century Jobs
• Expanding Students Pursuit of STEM Fields
• Dual Credit and Dual Degree Programs
• Remediation Success
• Common Core Standards and College Access
• And more

The forum will include time for sharing best practices with peers to help participants walk away with plans for moving their access and completion efforts forward. Come ready to share and learn.

Registration has already started, and you should go ahead and click on this link to register. Last Year, registration closed weeks before the conference, so time is of the essence..

Click here for more information on the conference.

This event is sponsored by KnowHow2GoIllinois and organized by

• Lt. Governor’s Office
• Illinois Student Assistance Commission
• Illinois Board of Higher Education
• Illinois Community College Board
• Illinois State Board of Education
• Women Employed
• Illinois College Access Network
• Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities

If you are not able to go to the conference, or would like personalized coaching for your staff, Do-Gooder Consulting can help provide it. We specialize in helping youth ministries integrate this information with their theological framework. Contact us at college@do-gooder.us for more information.

Reload Chicago coming March 24, 2012 - with Soong Chan Rah!

See the end of the post for Do-Gooder Consulting's take on the Reload conference.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The date has been set! Reload Chicago 2012 will be held on Saturday, March 24th. We are also excited to announce our morning speaker will be Soong-Chan Rah....you don't want to miss it!

What: Reload Chicago
When: Saturday, March 24, 2012
Where: North Park University
Who: Any Christian working with youth: youth pastor, volunteer, student
How Much: $25 (Saturday only) ($40 for 2 Day Justice Summit along with Reload)
For more information, see the Reload Chicago 2012 page or contact Ailson Burkhardt at cyms@northpark.edu or 773-224-1000

The morning speaker for Reload  is Professor Soong-Chan Rah.  Rev. Dr.  Rah is a leader in racial reconciliation  and is Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL and the author of The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity (IVP Books, 2009).

Pastor Harvey Carey closes out Reload.



Stay tuned for more information on early registration discounts.
Mark your calendars now!

For those who don't know, Reload has been going on for several years. It is a 1 day conference for Urban Youth workers, set in cities throughout the US and Canada.  It is sponsored nationally by the Urban Youth Workers Institute. Locally in Chicago, North Park University's Center for Youth Ministry Studies has been at teh forefront of Reload.


If you have been touched by the KingdomWorks/CompassionWorks conferences that were annual events in Philadelphia and other cities in the 1990's, then you will appreciate Reload


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I have perosnally been blessed by it.


Note,this year's Reload is in collaboration with North Park University's North Park Justice Summit happening on Friday. Many Reload attendees will also participate in the Summit. One of the featured speakers for the summit is Dr. Cornel West.


I encourage you all to attend.