Harper hosts town hall on healthy child development

State Reps. Fred Crespo, a Hoffman Estates Democrat, and Michelle Mussman, a Schaumburg Democrat, will host a town hall session, Movement for Children: A Discussion on Youth Challenges from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Harper College Wojcik Conference Center, 1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine. Representatives from Prevent Child Abuse America, the Children’s Advocacy Center for North and Northwest Cook County and Campanelli YMCA will have a dialogue with attendees about challenges that affect children. The event is part of a larger initiative to gather local input to develop a policy on healthy child development that will be presented to Congress.