Reverend Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins is the founding director of the TARGET Area Development Corporation which was established in 1995 by the Ambassadors for Christ Church, community leaders, and local clergy. Born in Chicago, she studied accounting at DePaul University and earned her Bachelor’s Degree at Roosevelt University and a Master’s of Human Services Administration at Spertus College. Before entering the field of community leadership development and organizing, Rev. Watkins worked as a social service director, a church administrator, and an affordable housing developer. Rev. Watkins is the co-founder and convener of the Developing Justice Coalition, a cross-community alliance of local organizing groups, which has embarked on a bold new approach toward increasing public safety and reducing violence without criminalizing local residents.
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