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:...
by COFI Admin | Feb 27, 2018 | East St. Louis, Elementary Justice, In the Media, Local Victories
Parents United for Change, a group of COFI-trained mothers who are also a new branch of POWER-PAC Illinois, won bus transportation for 338 elementary school children! Parents expressed concerns about unsafe walking conditions and began advocating for school bus...