by COFI Admin | Mar 20, 2017 | General
In March, the COFI Institute trained staff and leaders of community organizations in Phase 2: Train the Trainer: Community Outreach & Action. Participants were introduced to the COFI model of Family Focused Organizing and how to support community residents to lead...
by COFI Admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Early Learning Campaign, General, Stepping Out of Poverty
COFI-trained Parent Leaders from across the state of Illinois met on September 27 in Bloomington, Illinois to brainstorm ideas for building statewide parent voice on behalf of young children and their families. They also met with a representative of the Illinois State...
by COFI Admin | Dec 13, 2015 | General
Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate Twenty Years of Parents Leading Change! Click here to read more about COFI’s 20th Anniversary Celebration!
by COFI Admin | Jul 10, 2015 | General
Over the past year, thanks in part to the generous support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Family Engagement Initiative, COFI has expanded its parent leadership and organizing work to seven new communities across Illinois. In doing so, we have trained and engaged...
by COFI Admin | Feb 1, 2015 | General
“The COFI training prepares parents to be excellent leaders in their homes and communities and to better support our children’s success, which creates a better community!” – New COFI parent leadership graduate, Concepción Ruiz, from the Chicago neighborhood of...
by COFI Admin | Dec 31, 2014 | General
2014 National Meals Summit “We are all here because we don’t want to see any of our children hungry.” On December 15, Tara Williams addressed the 2014 National Meals Summit with an audience of 270 people from 48 states. She shared her experience as a mother,...
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