by COFI Admin | Dec 1, 2010 | Elementary Justice, POWER-PAC IL
COFI is proud to release the Parent-to-Parent Guide: Restorative Justice in Chicago Public Schools – Stopping the School-to-Prison Pipeline.
by COFI Admin | Nov 1, 2010 | Elementary Justice, POWER-PAC IL
On November 13th, fifty POWER-PAC parent leaders joined over a hundred other parents, youth, teachers, and religious officials to launch the High HOPES (Healing Over the Punishment of Expulsions and Suspensions) Campaign. The campaign calls upon Chicago Public Schools...
by COFI Admin | Oct 1, 2010 | POWER-PAC IL
On October 1, 2010, one-hundred POWER-PAC parents and children rallied to “Step Up for Kids” as a part of a national campaign of the Every Child Matters Education Fund. Parent leaders and advocates nationwide want to make children a priority on the local, state and...
by COFI Admin | Sep 1, 2010 | POWER-PAC IL
POWER-PAC’s innovative early learning campaign is featured in a new report released September 27, 2010, Child Care Matters: Building Economic Security for Low-Income Women. The report was produced by the Women’s Economic Security Campaign of which the...
by COFI Admin | Jun 1, 2010 | POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty
POWER-PAC leaders began work on issues of economic security for low-income families last fall. A number of events are reaching families and policy makers to take on the particularly harsh repercussions of the recession. At a citywide forum more than 50 parents...
by COFI Admin | May 1, 2010 | POWER-PAC IL
Cabrini Mothers in Power, a group of COFI-trained women leaders, works to make life better for children and families in the housing community on Chicago’s near north side. Their work was featured on the cover of Streetwise, in the story Cabrini Moms Share Home....