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The Value Of Public Service, Toni Preckwinkle
The Value Of Public Service, Toni Preckwinkle
Public Policy and Administration Lecture Series
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has been a dedicated community leader for over two decades. She has worked with the Cook County Board of Commissioners, elected officials and County employees to implement major reform and reshape County government through fiscal responsibility, innovative leadership, transparency and accountability, and improved services. Since taking office in December 2010, President Preckwinkle has developed a broad policy agenda — focusing on critical public safety reform, working to strengthen the County’s health care system, and increasing the capacity and capability of our economic development efforts. President Preckwinkle will discuss her accomplished career in government, as …
Dispatches From Chicago: Reporting On Immigrant Issues, Odette Yousef
Dispatches From Chicago: Reporting On Immigrant Issues, Odette Yousef
Public Policy and Administration Lecture Series
Odette Yousef is the North Side Bureau reporter for WBEZ 91.5FM, Chicago’s NPR affiliate. She works in one of three urban community bureaus to extend Chicago Public Media’s coverage to people and places that may not always make it into mainstream news outlets. In particular, Odette focuses on issues relating to Chicago’s Asian-American populations, as well as many other minority populations that live in the city’s far North Side neighborhoods. Prior to coming to Chicago, Odette was a reporter with WABE FM in Atlanta, and worked at NPR in Washington, DC. She also co-hosts the television show My Chicago on …