Community Leaders Series
As We See It
Quarterly 75-minute events convening business, education, government, and community leaders.
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If you're a business owner, you're out in the community every day—and you notice patterns. Customers struggling to find childcare. Employees dealing with aging parents who need support. Challenges that others might miss.
If you're a school administrator, certain issues keep surfacing in staff meetings. Families facing housing instability. Students needing mental health support you can't provide in-house. Gaps you wish you could fill.
If you work in law enforcement, you respond to the same addresses repeatedly. You see the intersection of mental health, substance abuse, and community safety every shift. You know there must be better solutions.
If you're a nonprofit leader, you understand your services inside and out—but what are schools facing? What patterns are police seeing? What do businesses need to understand about your work?
You're already part of the solution. You just need to connect with the right people.
Proof of concept: In 2025, we piloted this with 25 business owners who toured Northeast DuPage Family & Youth Services and learned about the DuPage County Health Department’s Crisis Recovery Center. The response? “Wow, I didn’t know all of this existed!”
That’s exactly what we’re building on—helping community leaders discover resources and partnerships they didn’t know were possible.
What Is It?
Quarterly, alternating 7:30-8:45am and 4:00-5:15pm
Trusted leaders sharing real challenges they're facing
Interactive dialogue explaining what you're seeing
Strategic networking with people who care about community challenges
Behind-the-scenes site visits to organizations you've never seen inside
This isn't just information-sharing, it's collective problem-solving
2026 Events
March 9th
Alive Center - Hanover Park
Melinda Perez-Carter, Assistant Principal for Student Services, Lake Park High School
Monday, March 9, 2026 | 4:00-5:15pm | Alive Center, Hanover Park
What do you see happening in your corner of our community? School administrators see students needing mental health support—but what’s actually available? Law enforcement sees youth in crisis—but where can you refer them? Business owners hear employees struggling—but where do you point them? Nonprofit leaders provide services—but how do schools connect families to you?
Experience a compact, purposeful event where behind-the-scenes access opens doors to cross-sector problem-solving. We’re convening community leaders from schools, business, nonprofits, law enforcement, and government at a community-embedded, teen-led space: the Alive Center in Hanover Park’s Greenbrook/Tanglewood neighborhood.
Joining us as Featured Guide on March 9 is Melinda Perez-Carter, Assistant Principal for Student Services at Lake Park High School. With 20 years as a school social worker and dean, she brings expertise in supporting the whole child through trauma-informed practices and collaboration. She’ll share how schools connect students, families, and resources—and what community partners need to know to strengthen connections and better support youth navigating challenges.
Then it’s your turn: What are you seeing? Where do you see overlap? When we share what’s happening across the community, we discover we’re already part of solutions. We just didn’t know who else was working on them.
Organized by Good Works Results LLC with grant funding from the Bloomingdale Township Mental Health Board, serving residents in Bloomingdale, Glendale Heights, and portions of Addison, Carol Stream, Hanover Park, Itasca, Lombard, Medinah, Roselle, and Schaumburg.
May
In Development
Mental health in the workplace
Past Events
February 2025
The Bloomingdale Breakfast Club was buzzing this morning with business owners, mental health professionals, and community leaders learning about the DuPage County Health Department‘s new Crisis Recovery Center (CRC) and touring the Northeast DuPage Family & Youth Services Inc. counseling center facility.
You can find resources here.
Nonprofit Leaders Forum
A capacity-building program designed for nonprofit leaders in community organizations, empowered with tools and a robust network to thrive.