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...
by COFI Admin | Oct 31, 2021 | Elementary Justice
This month, COFI and POWER-PAC IL were proud to join grassroots organizers, student and parent groups, education advocates, and other members of the Dignity in Schools Campaign in National Week of Action Against School Pushout. This year’s theme, Community Not Cops,...
by COFI Admin | Sep 10, 2021 | Elementary Justice, In the Media
“Upholding all schools’ votes to begin the school year was necessary, Dexter Leggin said. His son attends Al Raby High School in East Garfield Park, which voted to keep one officer. Students, parents, faculty and other school community members must be the ones...
by COFI Admin | Sep 5, 2021 | Elementary Justice, In the Media
“CPS parent Dexter Leggin has two children at CPS high schools and is a parent leader with the nonprofit Community Organizing and Family Issues. Leggin says he supports the removal of police from schools, and that improving relationships between Black and brown...
by COFI Admin | Aug 27, 2021 | Elementary Justice, In the Media
“Most of the high schools that voted to remove one officer are in low-income Black neighborhoods, while those that voted to remove both officers have mostly Latino students or a mixed student body. ‘It is bull,’ said Dexter Leggin, a parent who works...
by COFI Admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Elementary Justice, In the Media
“Parent and activist Dexter Leggin said under-resourced schools also feel like police are their only option for dealing with troubled students. Leggin works with the parent action group, COFI. ‘When a kid is acting up, we don’t have the resources,’...
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