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 | 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 | Aug 5, 2020 | In the Media, Stepping Out of Poverty
“Rosazlia Grillier, an activist in Chicago, helped spearhead a campaign in her hometown for debt relief and affordable bills. Other goals in this movement include customer service that does not look down upon people, less cumbersome paperwork in applying for...
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...
by COFI Admin | Jul 17, 2020 | Early Learning Campaign, Elementary Justice, In the Media
“Valerie Carroll, a parent of four students in the district, said the coming fall puts families like hers in a tough spot. She said her children struggled with a lack of support, technology issues, limited communication from their schools, and more during the...
by COFI Admin | Jun 23, 2020 | In the Media, Stepping Out of Poverty
“Rosazlia Grillier, a mother who lives in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, said the pandemic ‘has added to the nightmare that people were already living every single day.’ ‘However, the bright side of [the pandemic] is it has brought to the...
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