Jacqueline Reed
President/CEO and Founder, Westside Health Authority
In its early years, Westside Health Authority fought for health care and to keep hospitals open in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. The organization's approach relies on identifying neighborhood assets and mobilizing residents to carry out a community vision in the areas of youth development, health promotion, community development, prisoner re-entry, employment, technology, violence prevention, and economic development.
School libraries
November 1, 2010 - 2:21pmWe need as many resources in our community as possible, given that many families don't have access to educational resources in their homes. The libraries need to be...
Class sizes
June 1, 2010 - 10:22amCPS boasted of smaller schools, as a means of managing students...developing better relationships with the students. I always felt that smaller schools weren't the...