by Jacqui Guillen | Feb 28, 2025 | East St. Louis, Health, Food, and Recess, Mental Health
Parent Leaders Mamie Cosey (right) and Rosalia Salgado (left) pose for a picture with Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton (middle). The Healing-Centered Illinois Task Force, which COFI and POWER-PAC IL parents Mamie Cosey (East St. Louis) and Rosalia Salgado...
by Darius Vinesar | Sep 11, 2024 | East St. Louis, Stepping Out of Poverty
Parent leaders in East St. Louis gathered at a forum hosted by Children’s Advocates for Change to discuss child poverty and potential solutions to address it. Increased funding for public schools, higher-quality education, and higher attendance were some...
by Jacqui Guillen | Jan 22, 2024 | East St. Louis, In the Media
As Congress considers expanding the federal child tax credit (CTC), COFI and POWER-PAC IL Parent Leader LeAnn Swain (East St. Louis) spoke to WCIA 3 News about how the 2021 CTC helped her get household necessities for her family. Here is an excerpt: “During the...
by COFI Admin | Dec 16, 2021 | East St. Louis, In the Media
“Lettie Hicks, whose younger daughter is currently a second grade student in East St. Louis school district 189, received a warning letter after her daughter missed five days of school last year. Hicks was confused when she received the letter. Her school...
by COFI Admin | Feb 28, 2020 | East St. Louis
Lettie Hicks and Parents United for Change, a team of COFI-trained parents and a branch of POWER-PAC IL, advanced a campaign for safe passage to and from school and won busing for students living in dangerous neighborhoods. See the full Education Week video...
by COFI Admin | Nov 26, 2019 | Early Learning Campaign, East St. Louis
COFI leaders Joan Van, Lettie Hicks, and Gloria Hicks brought the COFI parent ambassador model to East St. Louis to engage and inform parents about early learning opportunities and services. They were recently featured in an NBC News article about their work:...
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