by COFI Admin | Feb 1, 2011 | POWER-PAC IL
A record number of parents from communities across Chicago participated in COFI’s Parent Peer Training. New teams of Head Start and public school parents sent representatives from Austin, Englewood, Kenwood, Little Village, North Lawndale, Pilsen, and West Lawn....
by COFI Admin | Jan 1, 2011 | POWER-PAC IL
Congratulations to POWER-PAC Leader, Rosazlia Grillier, one of four people nationally to be honored by Allstate as a “Give Back Day Hero”! To commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this award is given to volunteers in African American...
by COFI Admin | Dec 1, 2010 | Health, Food, and Recess, POWER-PAC IL
Article reprinted from Newstips by Curtis Black COFI: A win on recess, and more Posted By Curtis On December 8, 2010 @ 11:32 am Parents who’ve been pushing for several years to restore recess in Chicago schools won a victory in Springfield last week when the General...
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...
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