by Jacqui Guillen | Mar 11, 2025 | Early Learning Campaign
COFI and POWER-PAC IL Parent Leaders from Aurora, Chicago, East St. Louis, and Elgin at Early Childhood Advocacy Day 2025. Nearly 30 POWER-PAC IL Parent Leaders and children traveled to Springfield on March 4th to join advocates and fight for early childhood...
by COFI Admin | Nov 18, 2024 | Early Learning Campaign, Elementary Justice, POWER-PAC IL
Photo caption: Top photo: COFI and POWER-PAC IL Parent Leaders with the Chicago elected school board candidates. Bottom left photo: Talibah Moore speaking at the Chicago “Babies Can’t Wait!” rally. Bottom right photo: Elgin Parent Leader Ana Argueta...
by Jacqui Guillen | Oct 7, 2023 | Early Learning Campaign, In the Media, POWER-PAC IL
POWER-PAC IL/Chicago Westside Branch Delegate Lisa Russell and POWER-PAC IL Early Learning Campaign Co-Chair Yolanda Williams spoke at the Illinois Child Care for All Coalition’s West Side Town Hall on October 5. The Coalition, which COFI and POWER-PAC IL are a...
by Jacqui Guillen | Sep 9, 2023 | Early Learning Campaign, In the Media, POWER-PAC IL
“Among those families making difficult decisions is Lisa Russell’s. The West Side delegate for Community Organizing and Family Issues is a grandmother of three who helps her daughter manage her children’s complicated school and care schedule. ‘My daughter was eligible...
by COFI Admin | Apr 28, 2023 | Early Learning Campaign, Legislation, POWER-PAC IL
We are less than a week away from COFI/POWER-PAC IL’s annual lobby day, Moms on a Mission–and parent leaders are on the ground fighting for our littlest ones! On April 18, Early Childhood Advocacy Day, a committed group of parent leaders (from Chicago, Evanston,...
by COFI Admin | Apr 12, 2023 | Early Learning Campaign, In the Media
“For Rocio Mancera, an Evanston mother of four, Early Childhood Advocacy Day on April 18 is an opportunity to fight for the voiceless. ‘If we don’t advocate for the children, who else can?’ said Mancera, in an interview translated from Spanish....
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