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Patricia Dougan said she wants to help 'turn on a light' for the community

Patricia Dougan said she is pleased to serve on the Grant Making Committee because she believes that The Raymond John Wean Foundation is helping to "turn on a light" for a community that "went dark" after the collapse of the steel industry.

 "I believe that many in the community had burned out in their attempt to make things better in the many years since the mills folded," Dougan said. 

She said she believes that The Raymond John Wean Foundation's Neighborhood Success Grants are important because they help people learn to organize power and money to bring action. "The impact is large, very large," she said. 

Dougan, a lifelong Mahoning Valley resident who currently lives in Youngstown's Brownlee Woods neighborhood, works as a lawyer for Community Legal Aid and has a long list of what she believes to be some of the area's strongest assets. 

"The people of this community, our ethnic diversity that allows us to share and blend our cultures and our foods and festivals are its biggest asset. Then in our smaller, neighborhood communities there are those who are pulling together to make Youngstown a place we are proud to call home. Finally, there is the Butler, the University, Mill Creek Park, Powers Auditorium, Stambaugh," she said.