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,’...
by COFI Admin | Jul 9, 2021 | Elementary Justice, In the Media
Maria Leticia (Letty) Toribio, POWER-PAC IL Elementary Justice Campaign co-chair, spoke with NBC 5 for their Race in Chicago series about continuing educational disparities in the city, speaking specifically about school discipline. Watch the story here.
by COFI Admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Elementary Justice, In the Media
“Parents such as Monica Alba agree that boosting counselor staffing is key. Through the parent group Community Organizing and Family Issues, Alba has been involved in advocacy to mandate lower counselor ratios across Illinois. When her son was in fifth grade...
by COFI Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Elementary Justice
Above: POWER-PAC IL parent leaders Dexter Leggin and Lynn Morton advocating during Fall 2020’s Counselors Not Cops campaign. Since the early 2000s, POWER-PAC IL parents have led the charge in ending the school-to-prison pipeline. So far, they’ve won a...
by COFI Admin | Feb 25, 2021 | Elementary Justice, In the Media
“At the community meetings, the conversation focused on residents’ experiences with campus police and possible safety alternatives to the program. On Tuesday night, at a discussion led by the parent group COFI Power PAC, the grandmother of a student who was...
by COFI Admin | Jul 17, 2020 | Early Learning Campaign, Elementary Justice, In the Media
“Lety Patino, the mother of twin freshmen daughters in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood, said her family’s experience with remote learning this past spring was extremely trying. Her students did not receive computers from the district until close to the end of the...
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