by COFI Admin | Mar 30, 2016 | In the Media
Last week, a school security guard handcuffed a 6-year old girl for taking candy from her teacher’s desk. As Lynn Morton, POWER-PAC Co-Chair Emeritus shares in this Dignity in Schools Campaign article, “Teaching a child a lesson should be productive and...
by COFI Admin | Mar 14, 2016 | In the Media
When communities come together, systems and policy change are more likely to happen. That’s why COFI was honored to learn that New Settlement Apartments Parent Action Committee (PAC) sees our parent-led peace centers as proof that New York City Schools should...
by COFI Admin | Jan 11, 2016 | In the Media
According to the inaugural issue of I Am East St. Louis the Magazine, KeKeisha Beasley and other COFI parent leaders are “uniting to change the trajectory of an entire generation and the future of East St. Louis.” Read KeKeisha’s story to see how...
by COFI Admin | Dec 20, 2015 | In the Media
Over the past 2 years, POWER-PAC parents have worked with Chicago Public Schools and VOYCE to identify and eliminate “identity-based discipline disparities” in Chicago schools. The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University facilitated the...
by COFI Admin | Oct 12, 2015 | In the Media
Austin Weekly News highlighted the efforts of several westside parent leaders in its article, “Serving the Community: Community Organizing and Family Issues.” Check out the story to read how POWER-PAC members in Chicago’s largest neighborhood are...
by COFI Admin | Aug 12, 2015 | In the Media, Mental Health Justice & Equity
The CDC’s Division of Community Health published a short report on the success of POWER-PAC’s Recess for All! Campaign. The document highlights parents’ efforts to work together to bring recess to 236,450 Chicago Public School students. As the CDC points...
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