COFI has undertaken extensive internal and external evaluations of The COFI Way’s impact on families and communities. We invite you to dive into the research and learn more about the effectiveness of our family-focused organizing model throughout the last three decades.
Restorative Kinship: How a Local Movement of Women of Color Transforms Family Relationships
Jennifer E. Cossyleon, PhD
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 2021
Project Impact Reports Parent Leadership Evaluation Network
Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools,
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 2019
“Coming Out of My Shell”: Motherleaders Contesting Fear, Vulnerability, and Despair through Family-focused Community Organizing
Jennifer E. Cossyleon, PhD
Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 2018
“Hear Us, See Us!” How Mothers of Color Transform Family and Community Relationships Through Grassroots Collective Action
Jennifer E. Cossyleon, PhD
Loyola University, 2018
COFI Replication and Expansion Evaluative Paper
COFI, 2017
Democracy in Action: Community Organizing and Urban Change
Kristina Smock, 2004
Capturing the Ripple Effect: Developing a Theory of Change for Evaluating Parent Leadership Initiatives
Anne T. Henderson, Kate Gill Kressley, Susan Frankel
Annenberg Institute for School Reform, 2016
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