Founded in 1993, BT meets with police and local aldermen to advance its goals of ridding the streets of drug dealers, prostitutes, and the violence they bring. At the BT meetings, residents can report trouble spots anonymously, without fear of reprisal from the gang leaders in the area.
Delores was particularly concerned about the 1,600-student school that some of her six children attended. She volunteered there as a parent attendance officer, following up on truant students. Now Delores works there part-time as she studies for her General Equivalency Diploma with the help of her daughter, who is president of BT's Youth Council. "Every time I took a job outside the neighborhood, my kids' schoolwork suffered and they acted up," she says. "What better way for my kids to get a good education than for me to work there?"
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Secured
funding for a new roof and replacement
windows for a neighborhood elementary
school to keep out the cold and the
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commitments from the City of Chicago
for two new schools in the neighborhood
to reduce severe crowding.
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as "The New and Emerging Community
Organization of the Year" by
a prestigious group of Chicago foundations.
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