J. Reid Porter is the Founder and CEO of Act (Advocates for Community Transformation), a Christian, place-based, justice organization that makes neighborhoods safer and stronger by empowering residents to fight crime on their streets, through shutting down drug houses. Act’s legal advocacy model is a private solution to the public problem these drug houses pose. It takes existing civil laws to bring legal action on behalf of concerned residents against the owners of the drug houses to get an injunction forcing the owner to cease the illegal activity. Motivated to carry out justice as an expression of Christ’s call to love our neighbor, Act’s innovative approach disrupts this fight and provides a winning solution that brings neighbors, law enforcement, pro bono attorneys and the church together to tackle this entrenched problem that plagues every major city in the United States. Reid holds a J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law where he was an editor on the law review and received a B.A. in history and minor in Spanish from the University Of Texas at Austin. Prior to founding Act, Reid was a trial lawyer in Dallas and served as a volunteer in the historically underserved neighborhood of West Dallas. He is a Manhattan Institute Civil Societies Fellowship Alumnus, a Stand Together Foundation Catalyst Partner, and a Praxis Fellow. Reid’s work has been featured in Forbes, WORLD Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, and DMagazine. Reid lives in Dallas, Texas with his beautiful wife and four amazing children.