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. ...
by COFI Admin | Oct 31, 2022 | Elementary Justice
Congratulations to the Elementary Justice Campaign for another successful Week of Action in partnership with Dignity in Schools! We held three remarkable gatherings to elevate campaign efforts led by POWER-PAC IL parents and promote this year’s theme,...
by COFI Admin | Aug 16, 2022 | Elementary Justice, In the Media
“For years, Chicago parent Maria Toribio heard countless stories of school officials quick to call police to deal with minor disciplinary issues. She worried these police interactions would follow students into adulthood and criminalize them. ‘Instead of...
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