by COFI Admin | Feb 27, 2018 | In the Media, POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty
Melissa Sanchez, Investigative Reporter with ProPublica Illinois, tells the stories of Chicagoans who are driven into ticket debt. POWER-PAC leaders Rosalva Nava and Yolanda Williams share their stories. See the piece here.
by COFI Admin | Feb 6, 2018 | In the Media, POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty
“Advocates point out that the rate increase illustrates how financially vulnerable low-income residents are hit hard by fees and fines that quickly add up, says Tracy Occomy Crowder, a senior organizer with Community Organizing and Family Issues.” Read the...
by COFI Admin | Feb 1, 2018 | In the Media, POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty
The Chicago Tribune features the newly released report, “Stopping the Debt Spiral,” and the debt trap that low-income families of color face in Illinois. Read the full column “Fees, Fines, Loans, Scams: How the Poor Get Poorer,”...
by COFI Admin | Jan 31, 2018 | POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty
On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 POWER-PAC mothers and grandmothers, shared the results of their parent-to-parent surveys and personal stories of how they become indebted by predatory systems that take advantage of people living on a low-income, revealing what poverty...
by COFI Admin | Jan 31, 2018 | In the Media, POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty
The Chicago Reader highlights POWER-PAC’s newly released report, “Stopping the Debt Spiral” and interviews POWER-PAC leader Rosazlia Grillier on how debt is impacting low-income families. See the full article here.
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...
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