by COFI Admin | Sep 30, 2021 | Elementary Justice, In the Media, Legislation
Many students across the state are returning to in-person school for the first time in a year and a half, and POWER-PAC IL parents are back to it as well and hitting the ground running! Pictured above are members of Southside Parents United Roundtable, or SPUR branch...
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,’...
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.
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