Public service

Mitts was born and raised in Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

. She became active in city government when she moved to Chicago. Mitts was also a CAPS

Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy

Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy was started in 1993 as a pilot program in five diverse neighborhoods. A year later, the Chicago Police Department implemented CAPS all across Chicago...

facilitator, Sunday school instructor, and President of the Community Action Council, an organization that provides services to assist persons in need to live with dignity and become self-sufficient.

Aldermanic career

As alderman, Mitts serves on six committees: Committees, Rules, and Ethics; Economic, Capital, and Technology Development; Energy, Environmental Protection, and Public Utilities; Parks and Recreation; and Police and Fire.

Mitts co-sponsored a proposed amendment (PO2007-7206) to the municipal code of Chicago prohibiting the sale or possession of live chickens in residential districts in Chicago, which was introduced to the Chicago City Council and referred to the City Council's Committee on Health on September 27, 2007.