Below is a page from the 1997 NEWSLINK, the printed newsletter of the Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection, which I formed in late 1992.  The headline is "No General Would Go to Battle Without a Map".  It's aimed at corporate CEOs. In the top map inset is a 1997quote from Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley.  It says, "I look forward to a time when...

This is a story that appeared in the Chicago SunTimes in November 1994. It talks about my leaving my corporate advertising job to lead a volunteer-based tutor/mentor program in Chicago. The two photos show me with a 7th grade student, who is now a college graduate with two kids in college. We're still connected on Facebook.The second is a map of Chicago,...

I've followed the University of Michigan Poverty Solutions account on Twitter (X) for a few years and have a viewed some of their live presentations. Below are screenshots from two resources I found on their site today.Michigan  Poverty and Well-Being Map - open link Multidimensional Index of Deep Disadvantage - open link Both maps are interactive,...

My Twitter feed brought a new report to my attention this week. It's titled "Persistently poor, left-behind and chronically disconnected" and was written by Kenan Fikri who I've been following for a while.  (I'll use Persistent Poverty to refer to this report in the rest of this article.) The map below was what caught my attention.  It shows areas...

Today I explored a robust data visualization site created by Argonne Labs in partnership with Northwestern University’s Digital Youth Network. The home page of the website is shown below.  Click on any of the green circles and you'll open data tables for nine communities on Chicago’s south side, cataloguing STEM assets from Kindergarten to career. ...

Below is a map view showing three cities in Oregon, using a mapping product from Maptitude. This map is part of an article on LinkedIn titled "How to use GIS to look at changes in employment patterns".    In the introduction the writer says "This article explores how to use GIS (geographic information software) in local or regional economics. Many...