by COFI Admin | Jan 25, 2018 | Early Learning Campaign, In the Media
Talibah and Southside Parents United Roundtable (SPUR), a team of COFI-trained parents and a branch of POWER-PAC, advanced a campaign to increase access to developmental screenings and early intervention services and ‘won’ monthly screenings at a site in West...
by COFI Admin | Jan 10, 2018 | In the Media, POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty
The POWER-PAC Stepping Out of Poverty has been working with partners to oppose utility rate hikes that leave families with massive amounts of debt to the utility companies. Unfortunately, besides Commissioner Miguel del Valle, other members of the Illinois Commerce...
by COFI Admin | Oct 18, 2017 | In the Media, Uncategorized
Check out this WBEZ feature on the inequities in special education funding. COFI parent leader, Tara Williams advocates for her son’s special education services. COFI parents are fighting to make sure all children get the special education resources they deserve...
by COFI Admin | Sep 13, 2017 | In the Media
POWER-PAC parent leader, Angelica Rosales, speaks with Univision Chicago about the impact of a possible rate increase for check cashing at Currency Exchanges on low-income families. Check it out here.
by COFI Admin | Aug 4, 2017 | In the Media
Parent leaders & COFI Food Ambassadors Yeny Duran and Angelica Rosales are featured CNN on their ambassador work spreading the word about Free Summer Meals ! See the clip here.
by COFI Admin | Jul 3, 2017 | In the Media
POWER-PAC parent leader, Karen Lynn Morton is featured in an ACLU of Pennsylvania blog on restorative justice. “The success of restorative approaches depends on the “competency and buy-in of the people implementing the process.” Without intensive training,...
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