by COFI Admin | Feb 27, 2018 | East St. Louis, Elementary Justice, In the Media, Local Victories
Parents United for Change, a group of COFI-trained mothers who are also a new branch of POWER-PAC Illinois, won bus transportation for 338 elementary school children! Parents expressed concerns about unsafe walking conditions and began advocating for school bus...
by COFI Admin | Jan 30, 2017 | Elementary Justice
On January 17, 2017, communities across the country supported activities for the Day of Racial Healing, a national initiative launched by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and hundreds of other groups calling for racial healing and building an equitable society where all...
by COFI Admin | Oct 30, 2016 | Elementary Justice, Legislation, POWER-PAC IL
The week of October 17th to 22nd, POWER-PAC parent leaders joined partners from across the country as part of the Dignity in Schools 7th Annual National Week of Action against School Pushout. In Chicago, POWER-PAC parent leaders hosted a teach-in along with the...
by COFI Admin | Apr 28, 2016 | Elementary Justice
“Parents have a unique perspective on issues of school culture and are valuable partners in assessing and shifting school culture.” Strategies for Parent Engagement p. 7 COFI and POWER-PAC parents are pleased to share our newly released Strategies for...
by COFI Admin | Mar 31, 2016 | Elementary Justice
On an unseasonably warm winter day, a group of teenagers and police officers sat together on Chicago’s south side for a Peace Circle at COFI’s Community Peace Center at I Grow Chicago (6402 S. Honore, Chicago). Talibah Moore, a COFI parent leader and POWER-PAC...
by COFI Admin | Jan 30, 2016 | Elementary Justice
COFI and the Early Learning Ambassador program were honored to be included in the Black Child Development Institute’s report, Being Black is Not a Risk Factor: Statistics and Strengths-based Solutions in the State of Illinois. As the report highlights:...
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