by COFI Admin | Jan 15, 2021 | General, In the Media
“Regina Simms has taken a cautious approach to safety amid the pandemic. Still, when her son’s family made the decision to send her youngest grandson back to the classroom at Dixon Elementary on Chicago’s South Side, she backed that wholeheartedly. It was not an...
by COFI Admin | Dec 22, 2020 | General, POWER-PAC IL
ABOVE: In June, parent leader Dexter Leggin spoke at a press conference where a city ordinance was announced to end police presence in schools. In 2020, COFI discovered what it means to community organize during a global pandemic. From helping neighbors to winning...
by COFI Admin | Oct 15, 2020 | General
COFI turned 25 in October and there is so much to celebrate! We do so in the midst of this current health, economic, and political crisis, when Black and Brown communities are suffering the most. Still, COFI/POWER-PAC IL mothers and grandmothers (and some fathers)...
by COFI Admin | Oct 15, 2020 | General, Uncategorized
COFI is launching a new Center for Action and Learning that aims to catalyze a national parent-led movement for economic and racial justice and to provide support and capacity building for organizations across the country using The COFI Way. The Center seeks to expand...
by COFI Admin | Jul 27, 2020 | General
Liliana is a COFI Virtual Peer Ambassador on the frontlines of the battle to ensure equity in remote learning, especially for bilingual students, and save immigrant families economically. She is also a mom who survived a terrible case of COVID-19. Tell us a little bit...
by COFI Admin | Jun 1, 2020 | General
“NOBODY IS FREE UNTIL EVERYBODY IS FREE” These are the prophetic words of Mississippi organizer and mother-leader, Fannie Lou Hamer, nearly 50 years ago in calling out to other women and mothers, Black, White and Brown, to come together to fight for...
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