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 Arguenta...
by Darius Vinesar | Oct 25, 2024 | City of Chicago, Elementary Justice
On October 24, COFI-trained parent leaders organized a meet and greet informational event with candidates for Chicago’s first elected School Board. Parent leader Lynn Morton was one of the parents who planned and led the event, impressing the importance of the...
by Jacqui Guillen | Aug 22, 2024 | Elementary Justice
Caption: Parents, students, and CPS staff celebrate the expanded Whole School Safety policy decision. Credit: VOYCE and Embark COFI and POWER-PAC IL parent leaders in Chicago are celebrating a remarkable shift in education and school safety! At the end of July,...
by Jacqui Guillen | May 24, 2024 | Elementary Justice, In the Media
COFI and POWER-PAC IL parents joined Chief of Safety and Security Jadine Chou and the Whole School Safety Steering Committee on May 23 to present a safety plan to the Chicago Board of Education – and it was voted through for public comment! The plan emphasizes...
by Jacqui Guillen | Nov 6, 2023 | Elementary Justice, Restorative Justice
When schools want Lynn Morton, founding co-chair of POWER-PAC IL, to do restorative justice (RJ) training, the first thing she asks is: How many parents do you have lined up for this training? “[Restorative justice] is not a school-only thing. This is about the school...
by COFI Admin | Dec 6, 2022 | Elementary Justice, In the Media
“Lisa Russell, the mother of four Chicago Public Schools graduates and a West Side parent advocate with the nonprofit Community Organizing and Family Issues, said a classmate of her youngest son had to repeat the eighth grade shortly before the pandemic hit. ...
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