by COFI Admin | Mar 1, 2013 | POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty
On March 21st, Felipa Mena, co-chair of POWER-PAC, was one of five women honored by the Chicago Foundation for Women with their 2013 Impact Award for her relentless commitment to ending community violence through her work with young high school women and low-income...
by COFI Admin | Feb 1, 2013 | Early Learning Campaign, Health, Food, and Recess, POWER-PAC IL
In light of President Obama’s call last night for increased investment in preschool, we are excited that our early learning work is making an impact in Chicago and Illinois. The Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development applauded the work of parent...
by COFI Admin | Nov 1, 2012 | POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty
POWER-PAC leaders, Rosazlia Grillier and Rosalva Nava, along with COFI Senior Organizer Tracy Occomy, led a workshop on the impact of racism on financial security. The workshop was co-led by national expert, Tom Shapiro of Brandeis University. POWER-PAC leaders...
by COFI Admin | Sep 1, 2012 | Health, Food, and Recess, POWER-PAC IL
In the third largest school district in the country, all 266,000+ children at 472 different elementary schools, now have recess, thanks to POWER-PAC’s organizing and Recess for All! Campaign. After an eventful and exciting first couple weeks of school, children,...
by COFI Admin | Jun 1, 2012 | Elementary Justice, POWER-PAC IL
On Wednesday, June 27, 2012, POWER-PAC testified at the Chicago Board of Education Meeting, supporting the passage of a revised Student Code of Conduct which will drastically reduce the number of days of suspensions CPS students experience. According to the Chicago...
by COFI Admin | May 1, 2012 | Early Learning Campaign, POWER-PAC IL
In the months of May and June, COFI and POWER-PAC trained over 90 staff and parent leaders of early learning programs in the basics of COFI’s parent leadership and parent engagement model. Staff and parent leaders came from 11 different sites from two state-funded...
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