by COFI Admin | Apr 19, 2018 | In the Media
Univision Chicago covers the victory of the COFI-trained and supported team, Padres Lideres Unidos, of the Southwest Branch of POWER-PAC. See the coverage here.
by COFI Admin | Apr 19, 2018 | In the Media
Padres Lideres Unidos, a COFI-trained group of mothers on the southwest side, push for safer street crossing in their Little Village community. They collected over 500 signatures and worked with Alderman Muñoz to have a STOP sign installed. abc7 Chicago covered the...
by COFI Admin | Mar 15, 2018 | In the Media
The Parents United for Change team in East St. Louis is featured on St. Louis Public Radio. They are calling on the Housing Authority to end exorbitant fees and fines that lock families in poverty. See the full coverage here.
by COFI Admin | Mar 14, 2018 | In the Media
Newly Released report shows how debt policies lock families in poverty. See full Press Release.
by COFI Admin | Feb 27, 2018 | In the Media, Stepping Out of Poverty
“Ticket debt piles up disproportionately in the city’s low-income, mostly black neighborhoods. Eight of the 10 ZIP codes with the most accumulated ticket debt per adult are majority black, according to a ProPublica Illinois analysis of ticket data since 2007 and...
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...
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