Youth and Families Task Force

Task Force Mission

The Youth and Families Task Force will recommend ways for the incoming administration to engage our city's youth and families to promote equity, expand opportunities, and develop healthy families and communities. New Orleans will be a city that encourages youth and families to live, learn, work, and prosper.

Task Force Recommendations

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Task Force Members

Co-Chairs

headshot Gina Warner, Executive Director, GNO Afterschool Partnership

headshot Calvin Mackie, President and CEO, Channel ZerO Group, LLCChair, Louisiana Council on the Social Status of Black Boys and Men

Members

  • Glenda Allen-Jones, Southern University
  • Richard Exnicios, Attorney at Law
  • Anna Frachou, Puentes New Orleans
  • Thelma French, Total Community Action
  • Ashley Graham, Share our Strength
  • Ernestine Gray, Chief Judge, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court
  • Patsy Green, Child Advocate
  • Cynthia Honore Collins, Early Childhood and Family Learning Program Foundation
  • Irvin Bell, Desire Street Ministries
  • Mary Joseph, Children's Defense Fund
  • Keith Leiderman, Kingsley House
  • Nancy Marsiglia, Agenda for Children
  • Ron McClain, Family Services of Greater New Orleans
  • Peggy Mendoza, City Year Louisiana
  • Rickie Nutik, Young Audiences
  • Minh Nguyen, VAYLA NO
  • Joy Osofsky, LSU Health Sciences Center
  • Linda Pompa, Urban Strategies, Inc.
  • Joanne Schmidt, Baptist Community Ministries
  • Hamilton Simons-Jones, Operation Reach, Inc.
  • Pamela Steeg, Ochsner Board of Councilors, Pediatrics

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