On November 9, 2011, a panel of experts spoke to 130 parents and teens at Lake Forest High School. "Street Smarts: Parents, Teens and the Law" is an annual program that addresses alcohol and substance abuse and other useful information to help your teen navigate through the challenging high school years. Panelists included: Betty Frank-Bailey, Executive Director of LEAD and Speak Up! Prevention Coalition; Frank Lesniak, Lake Forest High School Dean; Samantha Welch, a survivor of a drunk driving crash: and Honorable Christopher Stride, Associate Circuit Judge, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Lake County.




LEAD was recently profiled in Forest & Bluff magazine. The article gives a brief history of the organization's contributions to our community during the past 25 years and highlights our upcoming Parent University.